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)

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	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	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	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
No.	Pos.	Name	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	Number	Name	LOI Premier Division	Setanta Cup	Total
1	22	Eric Odhiambo	0	3	3
2	5	Evan McMillan	1	1	2
2	7	Danny North	0	2	2
4	11	Ross Gaynor	0	1	1
4	18	John Russell	1	0	1
4	20	Aaron Greene	0	1	1
4	31	Liam Flatley	0	1	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	Number	Name	LOI Premier Division	Setanta Cup	Total
1	8	David Cawley	1	1	2
1	14	Paul O'Conor	0	2	2
3	6	Jeff Henderson	0	1	1
3	7	Danny North	0	1	1
3	18	John Russell	1	0	1

Disciplinary record

N	P	Name
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

Main article: 2014 League of Ireland

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dundalk !Dundalk (C) (Q)	33	22	8	3	73	24	+49	74	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Cork City !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 !St Patrick's Athletic (Q)	33	19	8	6	66	37	+29	65
4	Shamrock Rovers !Shamrock Rovers (Q)	33	18	8	7	43	26	+17	62
5	Sligo Rovers !Sligo Rovers	33	12	7	14	44	36	+8	43
6	Limerick !Limerick	33	12	5	16	37	45	−8	41
7	Bohemians !Bohemians	33	9	13	11	40	41	−1	40
8	Derry City !Derry City	33	9	11	13	42	41	+1	38
9	Drogheda United !Drogheda United	33	10	6	17	40	63	−23	36
10	Bray Wanderers !Bray Wanderers	33	5	11	17	28	61	−33	26
11	UCD (R) (Q)	33	6	7	20	27	71	–44	25	2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ²
11	UCD (R) (Q)	33	6	7	20	27	71	–44	25	Promotion/Relegation play-off
12	Athlone Town !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.
² Republic of Ireland was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, UCD received the qualifying spot for their ranking in League of Ireland Premier Division Fair Play ranking.
(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

8 March 2014 (2014-03-08) Round 1	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FAI Cup

Main article: 2014 FAI Cup

Win Draw Loss

6 June 2nd round	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

Main articles: 2014 Setanta Sports Cup and 2014 Setanta Sports Cup Final

Win Draw Loss

24 February 2014 (2014-02-24) Quarter-Final, First Leg	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

10 March 2014 (2014-03-10) Quarter-Final, Second Leg	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

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

14 April Semi-Final, second leg	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

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

EA Sports Cup

Main article: 2014 League of Ireland Cup

Win Draw Loss

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

Europa League

Main article: 2014-15 UEFA Europa League

Win Draw Loss

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

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

President's Cup

Main article: 2014 FAI President's Cup

Win Draw Loss

2 March 2014 (2014-03-02) Final	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%

Last updated: 24 March 2014
Source: Competitive matches

References

External links

2014 in Republic of Ireland association football

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League competitions	League of Ireland

Cup competitions	FAI Cup (Final) League of Ireland Cup (Final) President's Cup

Club seasons

Premier Division	Athlone Town Bohemians Bray Wanderers Cork City Derry City Drogheda United Dundalk Limerick Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers St Patrick's Athletic UCD

First Division	Cobh Ramblers Finn Harps Galway Longford Town Shamrock Rovers B Shelbourne Waterford United Wexford Youths

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