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Weather disrupts weekend fixtures
SEVERE WET weather conditions saw games fall in every division but thanks to the fantastic new Astro pitch facilities at Cleveragh that was on the go all weekend in the only match played in the Best Western Sligo Southern Hotel Super League was between Manor Rangers languishing near the dreaded drop zone and needing points but they had a tough encounter with fifth in the table Ballisodare United.
Donegan's on the top of their game
ON MONDAY nigh,t K&M Celtic were beaten by a Keith Hennessy strike in a very entertaining game. Donegans have been going really well since the Christmas break and are proving a very difficult team to beat.
A need for new blood on board
JUNIOR SOCCER supremo, Noel Kennedy, and Gerry Nicholson, have stepped down from Sligo Rovers Management Committee, meaning there are four vacancies to be filled on the Board.
Mark of respect for Packie
SLIGO ROVERS have paid tribute to the memory of one of their greatest servants, the late Packie Mcgowan, by naming a room at their offices at Sligo Showgrounds in his honour.
500 Club gave €102k in 2011
SLIGO ROVERS 500 club contributed €102,000 to the club in 2011.
A pivotal game at start of season
LAST YEAR Casement Park, Belfast, provided Sligo footballers with their only win of the year in 2011, and that's where the 2012 campaign begins this Saturday night under lights.
Three more players join squad
SLIGO ROVERS have re-signed former goalkeeper, Richard Brush, for the 2012 season. And winger, John Dillon, a member of the FAI Cup winning squads for the past two years, has also agreed a new deal at the Showgrounds.
Rovers are back in action
SLIGO ROVERS 3 BOYLE CELTIC 0
The Academy is back
MERVILLE UNITED Academy is coming back for the Spring season with sessions beginning on Friday 3rd February at 5:45pm to 6:45pm at the Sligo Rovers Astra Pitch.
In Pictures
Historic postcards Over 6,000 photographs, political prints and portraits from days gone by form part of a project launched at the Linen Hall Library in Belfast. To view collection and buy the images, visit www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/postcards.
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