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John Fallon: A look ahead to the busiest month of the Irish football calendar

On top of the routine run-ins and finals, there’s the increasingly regular annual league phase involvement in the Conference League.

Thu, 02 Oct, 2025 - 06:11

John Fallon is a soccer correspondent with a long track record of covering all levels of the men’s and women’s game in Ireland.

Whereas the stretching of evenings indicates the peak of football action for most of Europe, Ireland’s blitz occurs when days shorten.

The summer LOI season in place for the last 23 years lends itself to the crescendo unfolding towards the end of the calendar year.

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