Waterford Football Club formerly Waterford United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Waterford who play in the League of Ireland Premier Division. The club was founded and elected to the league in 1930. Originally the club was based at the greyhound stadium known as Kilcohan Park, but moved to the Waterford Regional Sports Centre in the 1993–94 season. In 2018 the club and its players became fully professional.
Bray Wanderers Football Club are an Irish association football club playing in the League of Ireland First Division. The club in its present form was founded in 1942 in Bray, and was known until 2010 as Bray Wanderers A.F.C. It was elected to the league in 1985, and plays its home matches at the Carlisle Grounds. The club colours are green and white, and it goes by the nickname "The Seagulls".
Hope Patricia Powell is an English football coach and former player who is the Women's Technical Director at Birmingham City.
Mark Anthony Kinsella is an Irish football manager and former player, currently a coach at Drogheda United after previously being both the manager and assistant manager. He played as a central midfielder for most of his career.
Noel King is a former professional footballer and manager. For 10 years from 2000 until 2010 he was manager of the Republic of Ireland women's national team. He was appointed interim men's national team senior manager on 23 September 2013 following the resignation of Giovanni Trapattoni. He is considered Dundalk's greatest manager of the modern era.
Donald Joseph O'Riordan is an Irish football coach and former professional player, who is the manager of Women's National League club Treaty United. O'Riordan notably played for Middlesbrough, Grimsby Town and Notts County amongst others and has previously been on the coaching staff at Sheffield United, in the role of technical director/coach of their feeder club Chengdu Blades F.C. in China.
Alan Reynolds is a former Irish footballer and coach. He is currently the manager of Bohemians in the League of Ireland Premier Division. He has also previously worked as a Football In Community Development Officer for the Football Association of Ireland.
James Ian Foster is an English football coach and former professional player. He was most recently the head coach of EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle.
Martin Christopher Russell is an Irish former professional footballer who played in the English Football League for Birmingham City, Leicester City, Scarborough and Middlesbrough. He also played for Portadown in the Irish Football League and for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland.
Louise Catherine Quinn is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for the Women's Championship club Birmingham City and the Republic of Ireland women's national team.
Vera Pauw is a Dutch football coach and former player who most recently managed the Ireland women's team. She has managed several national women's football teams, including Scotland, Netherlands, Russia and South Africa.
Melbourne City Women's Football Club, also known as the Melbourne City Women or simply as City, represents Melbourne City in the A-League Women, the top division soccer league in Australia. Founded in 2015, the club has its training and administration based at the City Football Academy in Melbourne and plays matches at Casey Fields in Casey and at AAMI Park in Melbourne. The current manager of the team is Dario Vidošić.
Stéphanie Frappart is a French football referee. She has been on the FIFA International Referees List since 2009.
Eileen Gleeson is an Irish association football manager who has been head coach of the Republic of Ireland women's team since 2023. Prior to her appointment as Ireland manager she was the Football Association of Ireland's (FAI) Head of Women and Girls Football. She also spent two years as Assistant Coach to Vera Pauw with the Ireland women’s team.
London City Lionesses is a professional women's association football club based in Hayes, Bromley, England. The team competes in the Women's Championship, the second tier of English women's football. The club was founded in May 2019, as an independent breakaway club from Millwall Lionesses.
Treaty United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Limerick. The club was founded in 2020 following the demise of Limerick F.C. and began playing in the League of Ireland Women's Premier Division in 2020 followed by the addition of a senior men's team to the First Division in 2021. They play their home matches at Markets Field, the same ground as their predecessors.
The 2021 League of Ireland First Division season was the 37th season of the League of Ireland First Division, the second tier of Ireland's association football league. The fixture list was released on 8 February 2021 and the competition commenced on 26 March 2021. Shelbourne were confirmed Champions and promoted to the League of Ireland Premier Division on 1 October 2021.
The 2022 League of Ireland First Division season was the 38th season of the League of Ireland First Division, the second tier of the Republic of Ireland's association football league. The title was won by Cork City.
Kerry Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Tralee, County Kerry. They play their home matches at Mounthawk Park.
Laura Heffernan is an Irish football manager. As of 2023, she is manager of Irish football team DLR Waves.
