Damien Anthony Duff is an Irish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of League of Ireland champions Shelbourne F.C.
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".
Lee Kevin Carsley is a professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the England national under-21 football team.
Hope Patricia Powell is an English football coach and former player who is the Women's Technical Director at Birmingham City.
Noel King is a former professional footballer,.manager, and shittalker. 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, leading the club to the League of Ireland First Division in his first season in charge.
Donald Joseph O'Riordan is an Irish football coach and former professional player, who most recently was 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.
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.
Michael McDermott is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of League of Ireland First Division club Cobh Ramblers.
Cork City FC Women is an Irish women's association football team, based in Cork city. Originally playing at Bishopstown Stadium, since the 2021 Women's National League season, the team has played its home games at Turners Cross Stadium. The club kit is the same as that of Cork City FC, as is the emblem, which is itself a variant of the Cork coat of arms. The club was founded in 2011 as Cork Women's F.C., to take its place as one of seven teams in Ireland's inaugural Women's National League. In 2014 they affiliated with FORAS, the supporters' trust behind Cork City FC, and relaunched as Cork City Women's F.C.. The club claimed their first national silverware by winning the FAI Women's Cup in 2017, and merged "fully" with Cork City FC ahead of the 2018 season. Previously known as Cork City Women's FC, as of 2024 the team is known as Cork City FC Women.
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 Michael Matricciani.
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 was most recently head coach of the Republic of Ireland women's team. She has also held the role of the Football Association of Ireland's (FAI) Head of Women and Girls Football, as well as being Assistant Coach to Vera Pauw with the Ireland women’s team. At club level, Gleeson has coached Glasgow City of the Scottish Women's Premier League and Women's National League (Ireland) sides UCD Waves and Peamount United, who she guided to the last 32 of the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.
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.
