FOOTBALL DAILY: Rovers and Shels to meet in a fiery Dublin derby, Ferguson surgery, O'Neill on Celtic resolve, and Andrews' FA Cup dreams
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What are the key details of the Dublin derby between Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne?
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Hello and welcome along to Monday's Football Daily. I'm Phil Egan. Coming up today, we look ahead to tonight's action in the League of Ireland with champion Shamrock Rovers away to Shelburne. We hear from Celtic boss Martin O'Neill after a penalty shootout win over Rangers in the Scottish Cup. And Keith Andrews, Brentford side, make the trip across London to take on West Ham for the last place in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.
How does Shamrock Rovers' manager Stephen Bradley view the upcoming match?
But first today, Shamrock Rovers have a chance to cut the gap at the top of the table to leaders Bohemians at three points if they can beat Shelburne at Talca Park. Rovers beat Derry City 1-0 on Friday night in a live commentary game from Tala Stadium, thanks to a second-half penalty from Dylan Watts. The champions have won two of their opening four games, and boss Stephen Bradley says no matter what form they're in, it's always a tough game against Shelves.
Us and Shells are always tough games, always Dublin derbies, always good games and I don't see Monday being any different.
What recent achievements did Athlone Town accomplish in women's football?
It'll be a tight game, it'll be a good game but we'll recover tonight and go there fully focused and win the game.
Shells have their second Dublin derby in three days with Joey O'Brien's side looking to bounce back from their injury time loss to St.
What impact will Evan Ferguson's ankle surgery have on the Irish national team?
Pat's on Friday. Max Matt has scored the winner for Pat's after Shells had come from 2-0 down on that game. It's been a mixed art for the 2024 league champions who have one win, two draws and one loss from their opening four games. Kick-off at Talcott Park is 7.45. It's a rearranged fixture from the second weekend of the season when the pitch was deemed unplayable due to all the heavy rain last month. At Lone Town warmed up for the new women's Premier Division season by claiming the President's Cup yesterday. Returning American forward Dana Sherriff was on target for last year's double winners who beat rivals Shelburne 1-0. At Lone Boss, John O'Sullivan says it was an entertaining game.
Yeah, I think it was a very entertaining game. I imagine the fans got their money's worth, that's for sure. Yeah, look, Shells came at us the first 20. They showed us what they're good at. They're a very good side, there's no doubt about it. We weathered that storm, we came into it. We got good joy of play.
What insights does Greg Cunningham share about his time at Manchester City?
Didn't score the chance we got in the first, what, 35, 40 minutes. The second half we came into it, we took our chances, could have took a few more chances, but we didn't.
Evan Ferguson will undergo surgery today with the on loan Roma striker ruled out of Ireland's playoff against the Czech Republic in two weeks. The Meath man will have surgery on a persistent ankle issue, which has troubled him for the last 18 months. And on yesterday's Football Hour, David Snade and Keith Tracy joined John Duggan and pondered if Ferguson could make this summer's World Cup should Ireland qualify.
Evan Ferguson, not only do we feel he's going to be out of this Czechie game later this month, David Snade, but it could be that if we do qualify for the World Cup, it might not be for Evan.
Yeah, I think it's unlikely.
What happened during the Old Firm match between Celtic and Rangers?
I was asking Keith even before we came in, has he ever had ankle surgery or something like this in his career to kind of get an idea of what he must be going through because obviously this is something over the last couple, obviously a story that's been tipping away in the last couple of weeks about what's actually going on. They came apart a couple of weeks ago. that a possible surgery was on the horizon that they might have to just assess what's actually needed here and I guess speak to people like it's not guaranteed that it's definitely going to get 100% to the bottom of it and fix it there's clearly issues there yet that's the hope here now that's the most important thing regardless of the playoff and the World Cup
All gone well, Ireland get there. It's more so for a young lad's career.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the key details of the Dublin derby between Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne?
0:00–0:41
2
How does Shamrock Rovers' manager Stephen Bradley view the upcoming match?
0:41–1:11
3
What recent achievements did Athlone Town accomplish in women's football?
1:11–1:24
4
What impact will Evan Ferguson's ankle surgery have on the Irish national team?
1:24–2:15
5
What insights does Greg Cunningham share about his time at Manchester City?
2:15–2:59
6
What happened during the Old Firm match between Celtic and Rangers?
2:59–4:23
7
What are the latest storylines from the FA Cup and Championship?
4:23–5:23
8
How are global football events impacting Iraq's World Cup preparations?
5:23–14:22
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