2014 Sligo Rovers F.C. season

Sligo Rovers F.C.

2014 season
Chairman	Dermot Kelly
Coach	Ian Baraclough
Stadium	The Showgrounds, Sligo
League of Ireland	5th
FAI Cup	2nd round
League of Ireland Cup (aka EA Sports Cup)	2nd round
Setanta Sports Cup	Champions
Europa League	2nd qualifying round
Home colours Away colours
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The 2014 Sligo Rovers F.C. season is the club's 72nd season competing in the League of Ireland and the team's third season under the management of Ian Baraclough. It's the team's ninth consecutive season in the Premier Division which they have won three times. They will be attempting to defend the FAI Cup. They will be appearing in the Europa League making it the fifth time in six seasons to have played in European competition.

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Club Apps.	Club Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Gary Rogers		GK	(1981-09-25) 25 September 1981	St Patricks Athletic	2012	84	0
12	Richard Brush		GK	(1984-11-26) 26 November 1984	Shamrock Rovers	2014	144	0
Defenders
2	Alan Keane		RB	(1984-09-23) 23 September 1984	Galway United	2009	206	18
3	Danny Ledwith		LB	(1991-08-17) 17 August 1991	Shamrock Rovers	2014	6	0
4	Gavin Peers		CB	(1985-11-10) 10 November 1985	Mansfield Town	2006	286	24
5	Evan McMillan		CB	(1986-11-20) 20 November 1986	Bohemians	2013	41	7
6	Jeff Henderson		CB	(1991-12-19) 19 December 1991	Newcastle United	2012	47	2
11	Ross Gaynor		LB	(1987-09-09) 9 September 1987	Dundalk	2012	68	3
16	Kalen Spillane		CB	(1991-09-09) 9 September 1991	Cork City	2014	4	0
24	Jake Dykes		CB/LB	(1995-06-30) 30 June 1995	N/A	2012	6	0
Midfielders
8	David Cawley		CM	(1991-09-17) 17 September 1991	Ipswich Town	2012	81	9
14	Paul O'Conor		CM	(1987-08-10) 10 August 1987	Drogheda United	2014	6	0
15	Joseph N'Do		CAM	(1976-04-28) 28 April 1976	Bohemians	2010	139	11
18	John Russell		CAM	(1985-05-18) 18 May 1985	St Patrick's Athletic	2014	81	10
20	Aaron Greene		LW	(1990-01-02) 2 January 1990	Shamrock Rovers	2013	88	14
21	Kieran Djilali		RW	(1991-01-22) 22 January 1991	Wimbledon	2013	42	6
29	Séamus Conneely		CM	(1988-07-09) 9 July 1988	Sheffield United	2012	51	2
Forwards
7	Danny North		ST	(1987-09-07) 7 September 1987	St Patricks Athletic	2012	50	26
9	Seán Maguire		ST	(1994-02-22) 22 February 1994	West Ham United	2014	4	0
10	Raffaele Cretaro		ST/RW	(1981-10-15) 15 October 1981	Bohemians	2011	397	68
22	Eric Odhiambo		ST/RW	(1989-05-12) 12 May 1989	Hereford United	2014	5	3

Transfers

In

Player	Country	Position	Signed From
Richard Brush		Goalkeeper	Shamrock Rovers
Kalen Spillane		Defender	Cork City
Danny Ledwith		Defender	Shamrock Rovers
Paul O'Conor		Midfielder	Drogheda United
John Russell		Midfielder	St Patrick's Athletic
Eric Odhiambo		Forward	Hereford United
Seán Maguire		Forward	West Ham United

Out

Player	Country	Position	Sold To
Ciaran Kelly		Goalkeeper	Retired
Iarfhlaith Davoren		Defender	Released
Danny Ventre		Midfielder	Derry City
Lee Lynch		Midfielder	St Patrick's Athletic
Anthony Elding		Forward	Cork City
Pascal Millien		Midfielder	Sheikh Russel KC
Ryan Connolly		Midfielder	Galway

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Last Updated – 24 March 2014

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FAI Cup		League Cup		Setanta Cup		Europa League		President's Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Gary Rogers	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
2	DF	Alan Keane	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0
3	DF	Danny Ledwith	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	1	0	3(3)	0	0	0
4	DF	Gavin Peers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Evan McMillan	2(1)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4(1)	2	1	0
6	DF	Jeff Henderson	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0
7	FW	Danny North	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0
8	MF	David Cawley	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
9	FW	Sean Maguire	2	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0	0	0
10	FW	Raffaele Cretaro	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0(1)	0	2(2)	0	0	0
11	MF	Ross Gaynor	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1
12	GK	Richard Brush	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	Paul O'Conor	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0(1)	0	3(3)	0	0	0
15	MF	Joseph Ndo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
16	DF	Kalen Spillane	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
18	MF	John Russell	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	1	0
20	MF	Aaron Greene	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4(1)	1	0	0
21	MF	Kieran Djilali	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
22	FW	Eric Odhiambo	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	5	3	0	0
24	DF	Jake Dykes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF	Gary Boylan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Regan Donelon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Seamus Conneely	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0(1)	0	2(3)	0	0	0
30	GK	Adam Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Liam Flatley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	1	0	0	0	0	0(1)	1	0	0

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Last updated 12 March 2014

Position	Nation	Number	Name	LOI Premier Division	Setanta Cup	FAI Cup	League Cup	Europa League	Total
1		22	Eric Odhiambo	0	3	0	0	0	3
2		5	Evan McMillan	1	1	0	0	0	2
2		7	Danny North	0	2	0	0	0	2
4		11	Ross Gaynor	0	1	0	0	0	1
4		18	John Russell	1	0	0	0	0	1
4		20	Aaron Greene	0	1	0	0	0	1
4		31	Liam Flatley	0	1	0	0	0	1

Top Assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal. Last updated 12/03/14

Position	Nation	Number	Name	LOI Premier Division	Setanta Cup	FAI Cup	League Cup	Europa League	Total
1		8	David Cawley	1	1	0	0	0	2
1		14	Paul O'Conor	0	2	0	0	0	2
3		6	Jeff Henderson	0	1	0	0	0	1
3		7	Danny North	0	1	0	0	0	1
3		18	John Russell	1	0	0	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name				Notes
2	DF		Keane	1
3	DF		Ledwith	1
5	DF		McMillan	1
6	DF		Henderson	1
11	DF		Gaynor			1

Last updated: 24 March 2014
Source:
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Notes: League only

Technical staff

• Manager: Ian Baraclough
• Assistant Manager: Gary Stevens
• Coach: Maurice Monaghan
• Coach: Gavin Dykes

League of Ireland

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dundalk (C) (Q)	33	22	8	3	73	24	+49	74	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Cork City (Q)	33	22	6	5	51	25	+26	72	2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1
3	St Patrick's Athletic (Q)	33	19	8	6	66	37	+29	65
4	Shamrock Rovers (Q)	33	18	8	7	43	26	+17	62
5	Sligo Rovers	33	12	7	14	44	36	+8	43
6	Limerick	33	12	5	16	37	45	−8	41
7	Bohemians	33	9	13	11	40	41	−1	40
8	Derry City	33	9	11	13	42	41	+1	38
9	Drogheda United	33	10	6	17	40	63	−23	36
10	Bray Wanderers	33	5	11	17	28	61	−33	26
11	UCD (R)	33	6	7	20	27	71	−44	25	Promotion/Relegation play-off
12	Athlone Town (R)	33	4	10	19	35	56	−21	22	Relegation to First Division

Updated to games played on 24 October 2014.
Source: League of Ireland
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ St Patrick's Athletic qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round as 2014 FAI Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	12	7	14	44	36	+8	43	7	5	4	29	18	+11	5	2	10	15	18	−3

Last updated: 29 April 2015.
Source: extratime.ie

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	L
Position	3	7	8

Last updated: 24 March 2014.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Round 1 8 March 2014 (2014-03-08)	Sligo Rovers	2-1	Athlone Town	Sligo
19:45	John Russell  63' Evan McMillan  87'	(report)	Philip Gorman  52'	Stadium: The Showgrounds Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Rob Rogers

Round 2 14 March 2014 (2014-03-14)	Bray Wanderers	1-0	Sligo Rovers	Bray, Co. Wicklow
19:45	Ciaran Byrne  47'	(report)		Stadium: Carlisle Grounds Referee: Graham Kelly

Round 3 22 March 2014 (2014-03-22)	Sligo Rovers	0-1	Dundalk	Sligo
19:45		(report)	Dane Massey  90'	Stadium: The Showgrounds Attendance: 1,763 Referee: Dave McKeon

Round 4 28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)	Shamrock Rovers	v	Sligo Rovers	Tallaght, Dublin
19:05		[ (report)]		Stadium: Tallaght Stadium

Round 5 4 April 2014 (2014-04-04)	Derry City	v	Sligo Rovers	Derry
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Brandywell Stadium

Round 6 7 April 2014 (2014-04-07)	Sligo Rovers	v	Drogheda United	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 7 11 April 2014 (2014-04-11)	Cork Ctiy	v	Sligo Rovers	Cork
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Turners Cross

Round 8 April 18, 2014 (2014-04-18)	Sligo Rovers	v	UCD	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 9 21 April 2014 (2014-04-21)	Bohs	v	Sligo Rovers	Phibsborough, Dublin
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Dalymount Park

Round 10 25 April 2014 (2014-04-25)	Limerick	v	Sligo Rovers	Limerick
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Thomond Park

Round 11 3 May 2014 (2014-05-03)	Sligo Rovers	v	St Pats	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 12 9 May 2014 (2014-05-09)	Athlone Town	v	Sligo Rovers	Athlone
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Athlone Town Stadium

Round 13 17 May 2014 (2014-05-17)	Sligo Rovers	v	Bray Wanderers	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 14 23 May 2014 (2014-05-23)	Dundalk	v	Sligo Rovers	Dundalk
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Oriel Park

Round 15 31 May 2014 (2014-05-31)	Sligo Rovers	v	Shamrock Rovers	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 16 13 June 2014 (2014-06-13)	Sligo Rovers	v	Derry City	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 17 37 June 2014 (2014-06-37)	Drogheda United	v	Sligo Rovers	Drogheda
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Hunky Dorys Park

Round 18 5 July 2014 (2014-07-05)	Sligo Rovers	v	Cork City	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 19 11 July 2014 (2014-07-11)	UCD	v	Sligo Rovers	Dublin
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: UCD Bowl

Round 20 19 July 2014 (2014-07-19)	Sligo Rovers	v	Bohs	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 21 26 July 2014 (2014-07-26)	Sligo Rovers	v	Limerick	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 22 1 August 2014 (2014-08-01)	St Pats	v	Sligo Rovers	Dublin
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Richmond Park

Round 23 9 August 2014 (2014-08-09)	Sligo Rovers	v	Athlone Town	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 24 15 August 2014 (2014-08-15)	Bray Wanderers	v	Sligo Rovers	Bray, Co. Wicklow
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Carlisle Grounds

Round 25 18 August 2014 (2014-08-18)	Sligo Rovers	v	Dundalk	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 26 29 August  2014 (2014-08-29)	Shamrock Rovers	v	Sligo Rovers	Tallaght, Dublin
20:00		[ (report)]		Stadium: Tallaght Stadium

Round 27 5 September 2014 (2014-09-05)	Derry City	v	Sligo Rovers	Derry
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Brandywell Stadium

Round 28 20 September 2014 (2014-09-20)	Sligo Rovers	v	Drogheda United	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 29 26 September 2014 (2014-09-26)	Cork City	v	Sligo Rovers	Cork
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Turners Cross

Round 30 4 October 2014 (2014-10-04)	Sligo Rovers	v	UCD	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

Round 31 10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)	Bohs	v	Sligo Rovers	Phibsborough, Dublin
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Dalymount Park

Round 32 17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)	Limerick	v	Sligo Rovers	Limerick
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: Thomond Park

Round 33 24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)	Sligo Rovers	v	St Pats	Sligo
19:45		[ (report)]		Stadium: The Showgrounds

FAI Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

2nd round 6 June	Dundalk	3–0	Sligo Rovers	Oriel Park
19:45	David McMillan  31' Daryl Horgan  47' Brian Gartland  65'	Report		Attendance: 2,016 Referee: Paul Tuite

Setanta Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

Quarter-Final, First Leg 24 February 2014 (2014-02-24)	Crusaders	1–4	Sligo Rovers	Belfast
19:45	Declan Caddell  71'	(report)	Eric Odhiambo  17', 45', 62' Aaron Greene  39'	Stadium: Seaview Attendance: unknown Referee: Ray Crangle

Quarter-Final, Second Leg 10 March 2014 (2014-03-10)	Sligo Rovers	5–0	Crusaders	Sligo
19:45	Evan McMillan  11' Danny North  34', 41' Ross Gaynor  63' Liam Flatley  85'	(Report)		Stadium: The Showgrounds Referee: Arnold Hunter

Sligo Rovers won 9–1 on aggregate

Semi-Final, first leg 25 March	Sligo Rovers	2–0	St Patrick's Athletic	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45	North  17', 90'	Report		Attendance: 816 Referee: Mervyn Smith

Semi-Final, second leg 14 April	St Patrick's Athletic	1–5	Sligo Rovers	Richmond Park, Dublin
19:45	Lynch  68'	Report	Greene  21', 39' N'Do  26' Foran  71' (o.g.) Russell  81'	Attendance: 557 Referee: Derek Tomney

Sligo Rovers won 7–1 on aggregate

Final 10 May	Dundalk	0–1	Sligo Rovers	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
16:00		Report	O'Conor  13'	Referee: Arnold Hunter

EA Sports Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

2nd round 5 May	Sligo Rovers	0–1	Derry City	The Showgrounds, Sligo
17:00		Report	Patterson  14'	Referee: Padraigh Sutton

Europa League

      Win       Draw       Loss

1st Round, 1st Leg 3 July 2014 (2014-07-03)		v
		[ Report]

2nd Round, 2nd Leg 10 July 2013 (2013-07-10)		v
		[ Report]

President's Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

Final 2 March 2014 (2014-03-02)	St. Pat's	1-0	Sligo Rovers	Dublin
16:00	Keith Fahey  18'	(Report)		Stadium: Richmond Park Attendance: 1,330 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Records

Overall

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	6	3	3
Games won	3	2	1
Games drawn	0	0	0
Games lost	3	1	2
Biggest win	5-0 vs Crusaders	5-0 vs Crusaders	4-1 vs Crusaders
Biggest loss	0-1 vs St. Pats & Bray Wanderers & Dundalk	0-1 vs Dundalk	0-1 vs St. Pats & Bray Wanderers
Biggest win (League)	2-1 vs Athlone Town	2-1 vs Athlone Town
Biggest win (Cup)	5-0 vs Crusaders	5-0 vs Crusaders	4-1 vs Crusaders
Biggest loss (League)	0-1 vs Bray Wanderers & Dundalk	0-1 vs Dundalk	0-1 vs Bray Wanderers
Biggest loss (Cup)	0-1 vs St. Pats		0-1 vs St. Pats
Clean sheets	1	1	0
Goals scored	11	7	4
Goals conceded	5	2	3
Goal difference	+6	+5	+1
Consecutive Victories	2	2	1
Unbeaten run	2	2	1
Consecutive Defeats	2	1	1
Winless Run	2	1	1
Average GF per game	1.83	2.33	1.33
Average GA per game	0.83	0.67	1
Yellow cards	5	3	2
Red cards	1	1	0
Most appearances		–
Most minutes played		–
Top scorer		–
Top assists		–
Points	3/9 (33.33%)	3/6 (50%)	0/3 (0%)
Winning rate	33.33%	50%	0%

References

External links

• Sligo Rovers FC Website
• The Showgrounds home of Sligo Rovers FC
• Sligo Rovers Supporters Forum

Teams of the League of Ireland Premier Division Bohemians Bray Wanderers Cork City Derry City Drogheda United Dundalk Galway United Limerick Longford Town Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers St Patrick's Athletic First Division Athlone Town Cabinteely Cobh Ramblers Finn Harps Shelbourne UCD Waterford United Wexford Youths

Sligo Rovers F.C. – current squad 1 Coulter 2 Keane 3 Ledwith 4 Peers (c) 5 Folan 6 Henderson 7 Devaney 8 Cawley 9 Corcoran 10 Cretaro 11 Wearen 12 Puri 14 Boylan 15 Dykes 16 Keating 17 Ward 18 Russell 19 Donnellan 20 Armstrong 21 Nielsen 22 Beattie 23 Taheny 24 Flatley 25 Connolly 26 McManus 42 Brush Manager: Heary

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