League of Ireland: Gentlemen, start your engines...

Off go the contenders tonight in the League of Ireland, with the Premier Division title race considered the most open for a number of years.

Fri, 16 Feb, 2018 - 00:00

Here, John Fallon assesses each of the protagonists in the slimmed down 10-team division, including a few nuggets that did, or maybe didn’t, occur since the end of last season.

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Courts Soccer Place: Dalymount Park Place: Dundalk Place: Foyleside Place: Birmingham Person: John Fallon Person: Keith Long Person: Paul Weller Person: Fuad Sule Person: Dylan Watts Person: Dave Mackey Person: Bray Person: Keith Buckley Person: Daniel McKenna Person: Aaron Greene Person: Gary McCabe Person: John Caulfield Person: Roddy Collins Person: John Delaney Person: Stephen Kenny Person: Sean Maguire Person: Barry McNamee Person: Karl Sheppard Person: Maguire Person: Kevin O’Connor Person: Stephen Dooley Person: Kenny Shiels Person: Dean Jarvis Person: Shiels Person: Brandywell Person: Aaron Barry Person: Gavin Peers Person: Ronan Hale Person: Rory Person: Ronan Event: President’s Cup final Organisation: League of Ireland Organisation: Shamrock Rovers Organisation: Barnet Organisation: Leicester City Organisation: Carlisle Grounds Organisation: FAI Organisation: Bohemians Organisation: Ireland U19 Organisation: Wolves Organisation: Cork Organisation: Dundalk Organisation: DerryCitymanagerKennyShielsFeb2017_large.jpg Organisation: Derry Organisation: Cork City

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