By Alan Finn When you think of Irish music festivals, a few names pop to mind immediately – Electric Picnic, Sea Sessions and Forbidden Fruit to name just a few. Long before the concept of these events however, a field in County Sligo would prove to be the blueprint for the modern weekend festival. In […]
By Alan Finn Since Sligo Rovers’ inception there has been a plethora of Scouse players who represented the club. Dixie Dean, Chris Butler, Chris Rutherford and John Dillon are just a few – but it could be argued that no Merseyside native left their mark on The Bit O’Red quite like Danny Ventre. SW Body: […]
By Alan Finn When you think of Scotland and Sligo Rovers, there isn’t a generation of supporters who couldn’t name a couple of players from the land of lochs and legends – beginning with the arrival of Bob Preston in 1934, the earliest Rovers manager on record who holds the distinction of also being the […]
By Alan Finn In recent memory Sligo Rovers fans will recall mixed fortunes against Dundalk who recorded a devastating 4-0 victory over Rovers in what was the Bit O’Red’s first home game of 2017. But later on in last year’s campaign a valiant display earned Gerard Lyttle’s men a 1-1 draw with Dundalk as their […]
By Alan Finn A football match with a difference took place in Sligo last week when the Irish amputee football team visited Sligo. The national side visited the Mercy College in recognition of the award-winning “Comfy Crutch”, a modified cover which relieves pressure on the hands of the user, designed by students Leah Kelly and […]