2012 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season

Shamrock Rovers F.C.

2012 season
Chairman	Jonathan Roche
Manager	Stephen Kenny to 11 September Stephen Glass Interim, Brian Laws
Stadium	Tallaght Stadium
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011

The 2012 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season is the club's 91st season competing in the League of Ireland and their 6th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football.

Shamrock Rovers began with a 2-1 win over Drogheda United in the Premier Division at Hunky Dorys Park on 2 March 2012.

Squad

As of 1 February 2012

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Oscar Jansson 2 DF Kerrea Gilbert 3 DF Conor Powell 4 DF Craig Sives 5 DF Ken Oman 6 MF Stephen Rice 7 MF Gary McCabe 8 MF Stephen O'Donnell 9 FW Gary Twigg 10 FW Gary O'Neill 11 FW Ciarán Kilduff 14 FW Aaron Greene 15 MF Killian Brennan 16 FW Daryl Kavanagh

No. Position Player 17 DF Graham Gartland 18 MF Chris Turner 19 DF Sean Gannon 20 MF Billy Dennehy 21 MF Ronan Finn 22 MF Conor McCormack 23 DF Colin Hawkins 24 FW Thomas Stewart 25 GK Conor Winn 26 DF Jack Memery 27 DF Pat Sullivan 28 DF Shane O'Connor 30 GK Reyaad Pieterse

2012 Fixtures and Results

      Win       Draw       Loss

Pre-season and friendlies

4 February	Shamrock Rovers	1–0	Mervue United	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
	Gary O'Neill  36'	(Report)		Attendance: 300 Referee: Neil Doyle

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14 February	Glentoran	2–1	Shamrock Rovers	The Oval, Belfast
	Darren Boyce  36' (pen) Richard Gibson  54'	(Report)	Gary Twigg  38'

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18 February	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	Wexford Youths	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
	Gary Twigg  40' Billy Dennehy  60'	(Report)

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21 February	Shamrock Rovers	4–0	Longford Town	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
	Gary Twigg  24' Aaron Greene  51',  58' Paul Hunt  60' (owngoal)	(Report)		Attendance: 700 Referee: Declan Heney

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24 February	Shamrock Rovers	8–1	Waterford United	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
	Ken Oman  14' Daryl Kavanagh  26' Billy Dennehy  33' Ronan Finn  45' Gary O'Neill  56',  58',  85' (pen) Gary McCabe  60'	(Report)	David Breen  35'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tom Connolly

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17 June	Shamrock Rovers	1–2	Malmö FF	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
	Gary Twigg  5'			Attendance: 300 Referee: Neil Doyle

League of Ireland

Round 1 2 March 2012	Drogheda United	1–2	Shamrock Rovers	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
19:05	D. Marshall  34'	Report	G. Twigg  44', 52'	Attendance: 1,553 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

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Round 2 9 March 2012	Shamrock Rovers	v	Monaghan United

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Round 3 16 March 2012	Cork City	1–1	Shamrock Rovers	Turners Cross, Cork
19:05	G. Kavanagh  62'	Report	C. Powell  78' G. Twigg  90+4'	Attendance: 4,324 Referee: Neil Doyle

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Round 4 23 March 2012	Shamrock Rovers	4–0	Shelbourne	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:10	G. Twigg  7' (pen.) S. Hurley  32' (o.g.) R. Finn  45' A. Greene  73' G. McCabe  82'	Report	D. Delany  4'	Attendance: 5,000 (estimated) Referee: Tom Connolly

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Round 5 30 March 2012	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	Bohemians	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
19:05	G. Twigg  79' B. Dennehy  90+3'	Report		Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Richie Winter

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Round 6 6 April 2012	St Patrick's Athletic	5–1	Shamrock Rovers	Richmond Park, Inchicore
19:05	C. Forrester  4', 40' J. Russell  26' C. Fagan  70', 86'	Report	K. Oman  45+1'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer

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Round 7 13 April 2012	Shamrock Rovers	6–0	Dundalk	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	C. Turner  31' G. Twigg  33', 81', 87' B. Dennehy  46' D. Kavanagh  90+1'	Report		Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Graham Kelly

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Round 8 20 April 2012	Bray Wanderers	2–2	Shamrock Rovers	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19:45	K. Waters  16', 37'	Report	R. Finn  67' G. Twigg  82'	Attendance: 1,750 (estimated) Referee: Paul McLaughlin

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Round 9 27 April 2012	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Derry City	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	G. Twigg  47'	Report	P. McEleney  70' D. McDaid  77'	Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

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Round 10 4 May 2012	Shamrock Rovers	2–2	UCD	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	B. Dennehy  5' D. Kavanagh  39'	Report	G. Rusk  59' (pen.) P. O'Conor  90+1'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dave McKeon

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Round 11 12 May 2012	Sligo Rovers	3–0	Shamrock Rovers	The Showgrounds, Sligo
13:45	D. North  30', 77' D. Cawley  37'	Report	C. Turner  50' G. Gartland  85'	Attendance: 2,823 Referee: Tom Connolly

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Round 12 18 May 2012	Shamrock Rovers	3–1	Drogheda United	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
19:05	G. McCabe  31' G. Twigg  55', 82'	Report	D. O'Brien  89'	Attendance: 2,400 (estimated) Referee: Alan Kelly

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Round 13 21 May 2012	Monaghan United	v	Shamrock Rovers

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Round 14 1 June 2012	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Cork City	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	G. Twigg  85'	Report	J. Dunleavy  88'	Attendance: 3,500 (estimated) Referee: Rob Rogers

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Round 15 21 June 2012	Shelbourne	2–3	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Drumcondra
20:00	P. Byrne  7' A. Murphy  18' P. Hughes  64'	Report	G. Twigg  13', 79' G. McCabe  68'	Attendance: 1,889 Referee: Tom Connolly

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Round 16 29 June 2012	Bohemians	4–0	Shamrock Rovers	Dalymount Park, Phibsborough
19:45	P. McMahon  11', 52' K. Moore  84', 87'	Report	S. O'Donnell  57'	Attendance: 2,825 Referee: Rob Rogers

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Round 17 8 July 2012	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	St Patrick's Athletic	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
15:00	C. Sives  71'	Report	P. Flynn  90'	Attendance: 3,500 (estimated) Referee: Paul Tuite

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Round 18 13 July 2012	Dundalk	1–1	Shamrock Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk
19:45	G. Shanahan  18'	Report	D. Kavanagh  61'	Attendance: 1,319 Referee: Tom Connolly

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Round 19 20 July 2012	Shamrock Rovers	0–0	Bray Wanderers	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
19:05		Report		Attendance: 2,100 (estimated) Referee: Alan Kelly

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Round 20 27 July 2012	Derry City	0–1	Shamrock Rovers	The Brandywell, Derry
19:45		Report	R. Finn  54'	Attendance: 1,100 (estimated) Referee: Derek Tomney

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Round 21 3 August 2012	UCD	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
19:45		Report	G. Twigg  5' G. McCabe  68'	Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Neil Doyle

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Round 22 10 August 2012	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Sligo Rovers	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	R. Finn  50'	Report	M. Quigley  32'	Attendance: 3,500 (estimated) Referee: Anthony Buttimer

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Round 23 17 August 2012	Drogheda United	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
20:00	D. Prendergast  89'	Report	C. Kilduff  16' R. Finn  33'	Attendance: 1,263 Referee: Damien Hancock

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Round 24 20 August 2012	Shamrock Rovers	v	Monaghan United

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Round 25 31 August 2012	Cork City	1–2	Shamrock Rovers	Turners Cross, Cork
19:45	I. Turner  3'	Report	R. Finn  42' G. McCabe  61'	Attendance: 3,004 Referee: Paul Tuite

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Round 26 7 September 2012	Shamrock Rovers	2–2	Shelbourne	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	C. Kilduff  27' R. Finn  82'	Report	P. Kavanagh  52' P. Gorman  77'	Attendance: 3,000 (estimated) Referee: Derek Tomney

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Round 27 10 September 2012	Shamrock Rovers	0–1	Bohemians	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00		Report	K. Devaney  45'	Attendance: 3,500 (estimated) Referee: Paul McLaughlin

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Round 28 25 September 2012	St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	Shamrock Rovers	Richmond Park, Inchicore
19:45	S. O'Connor  7' J. Carroll  9'	Report	Gary McCabe  78'	Attendance: 2,000 (estimated) Referee: Neil Doyle

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Round 29 28 September 2012	Shamrock Rovers	7–0	Dundalk	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	R. Finn  27' K. Oman  29' C. Kilduff  45+2' G. McCabe  57' (pen.), 66' (pen.) G. Twigg  70', 72'	Report		Attendance: 1,200 (estimated) Referee: Damien Hancock

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Round 30 5 October 2012	Bray Wanderers	1–3	Shamrock Rovers	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19:45	Waters  56'	Report	Brennan  17' Oman  32' McCabe  80' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,500 (estimated) Referee: Padraigh Sutton

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Round 31 13 October 2012	Shamrock Rovers	1–3	Derry City	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
19:00	Stewart  90+1'	Report	McLaughlin  7' Patterson  30' (pen.) McNamee  47'	Attendance: 1,800 (estimated) Referee: Paul McLoughlin

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Round 32 19 October 2012	Shamrock Rovers	2–1	UCD	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	G. Twigg  18', 20'	Report	D. McMillan  22'	Attendance: 2,500 (estimated) Referee: Paul Tuite

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Round 33 26 October 2012	Sligo Rovers	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	Showgrounds, Sligo
		Report	G. Twigg  10', 57'	Attendance: 6,097 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

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FAI Cup

Second Round 25 May 2012	Shamrock Rovers	1–0	Limerick	Tallaght Stadium
	S. O'Donnell  67'	Report	P. Quinn  76'	Attendance: 1,300 (estimated) Referee: Anthony Buttimer

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Third Round 24 August 2012	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	Cork City	Tallaght Stadium
	T. Stewart  70', 77'	Report		Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Padraigh Sutton

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Quarter-finals 14 September 2012	Shelbourne	2–1	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park, Drumcondra
20:00 IST	P. Hughes  30', 71'	Report	K. Oman  42' S. Gannon  90+2'	Attendance: 2,255 Referee: Alan Kelly

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League of Ireland Cup

Second Round 24 August 2012	SD Galway	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	Eamon Deacy Park
	W. Enubele  81'	Report	G. McCabe  7' (pen.), 44' (pen.)	Referee: Phil Caschera

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Quarter-finals 26 June 2012	St Patrick's Athletic	1–1 (2–4 p)	Shamrock Rovers	Richmond Park
19:45	S. O'Connor  27'	Report	K. Brennan  7'	Attendance: 1,091 Referee: Damien Hancock
		Penalties
	S. O'Connor J. Russell J. Chambers I. Daly		G. McCabe S. O'Donnell G. Twigg A. Greene C. McCormack	|

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Semi-finals 6 August 2012	Shamrock Rovers	4–1	Limerick	Tallaght Stadium
	S. Gannon  23' C. Kilduff  66', 78' B. Dennehy  90+2'	Report	J. Judge  87'	Attendance: 1,200 (estimated) Referee: Paul Tuite

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Final 22 September 2012	Drogheda United	3–1	Shamrock Rovers	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	D. O'Brien  33' K. Gilbert  43' (o.g.) E. Foley  61'	Report	K. Brennan  59'	Attendance: 3,120 Referee: Tom Connolly

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Setanta Cup

Quarter-finals 5 March 2012	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	Cliftonville	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	B. Dennehy  11' C. Hawkins  71'	Report		Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Neil Doyle

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Quarter-finals 20 March 2012	Cliftonville	2–0 (1–3 p)	Shamrock Rovers	Solitude, Belfast
	B. Johnston  45' J. Gormley  87'	Report		Attendance: 596 Referee: Mervyn Smyth
		Penalties
	C. Caldwell J. Gormley M. Donnelly D. O'Carroll		B. Dennehy C. Turner G. Gartland	|

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Shamrock Rovers won 3–1 on penalties after the tie ended 2–2 on aggregate

Semi-finals 16 April 2012	Shamrock Rovers	0–3	Derry City	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	R. Pieterse  12'	Report	K. Deery  15' P. McEleney  51' R. McBride  85'	Attendance: 1,000 (estimated) Referee: Alan Kelly

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Semi-finals 23 April 2012	Derry City	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	The Brandywell, Derry
		Report	G. Twigg  52', 86'	Attendance: 1,600 (estimated) Referee: Ray Crangle

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Shamrock Rovers lost 3–2 on aggregate

UEFA Champions League

2nd Qualifying round 17 July 2012	Shamrock Rovers	0–0	FK Ekranas	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
		Report		Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

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2nd Qualifying round 24 July 2012	FK Ekranas	2–1	Shamrock Rovers	Aukštaitija Stadium, Panevėžys
	M. Anđelković  45+1' Z. Kymantas  63'	Report	G. McCabe  90+2' (pen.)	Referee: Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)

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Shamrock Rovers lost 2–1 on aggregate

League Table

Squad statistics

Appearances/Goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Cup		Setanta Cup		EA Sports Cup		Champions League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Oscar Jansson	0	0	0	0	0(0)	0	0(0)	0	0(0)	0	0	0
2	DF	Kerrea Gilbert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Conor Powell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Craig Sives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Ken Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Stephen Rice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Gary McCabe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Stephen O'Donnell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Gary Twigg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Gary O'Neill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Ciarán Kilduff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Aaron Greene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Killian Brennan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	Daryl Kavanagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Graham Gartland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Chris Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Sean Gannon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Billy Dennehy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Ronan Finn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Conor McCormack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Colin Hawkins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Conor Winn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Jack Memery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As of 02 March 2012

Starting XI

This shows the most used players in each position, based on Shamrock Rover's typical starting formation for the season.

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Jansson 3 2 RB Gilbert 3 4 CB Sives 3 5 CB Oman 3 3 LB Powell 3 15 LM Brennan 3 6 CM Rice 3 21 CM Finn 3 20 RM Dennehy 3 10 FW O'Neill 3 9 FW Twigg 3 Jansson Gilbert Sives Oman Powell Rice Finn O'Neill Dennehy Brennan Twigg Last updated: 2 March 2012 Only competitive matches. Using the most used Starting Formation. League of Ireland Premier Division games only. See also Shamrock Rovers Football Club Overview Players Managers History History of Shamrock Rovers F.C. Seasons and Records Seasons Records and Statistics Rivalries Bohemians–Shamrock Rovers rivalry Stadia Glenmalure Park Tallaght Stadium Related Articles All Articles Shamrock Rovers F.C. seasons 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2012 in Republic of Ireland association football « 2011 2013 » League competitions League of Ireland Cup competitions FAI Cup (Final) League of Ireland Cup (Final) Club seasons Premier Division Bohemians Bray Wanderers Cork City Derry City Drogheda United Dundalk Monaghan United Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne Sligo Rovers St Patrick's Athletic UCD First Division Athlone Town Finn Harps Limerick FC Longford Town Mervue United SD Galway Waterford United Wexford Youths References