Results from Bit O’Red’s inaugural WNL season
SLIGO Rovers played 27 times in their inaugural season in the SSE Airtricity Women’s National League and finished eighth in the standings. They won six times, with two draws and 19 defeats.
Eight players were on target during the campaign, with teenage striker Emma Doherty scoring 11 of the 29 goals that the team scored. The next highest scorer was winger Gemma McGuinness, who contributed seven goals.
Rovers played one other competitive game this year – an Evoke. ie FAI Women’s Cup quarter-final against Bohemians. Rovers lost that game 3-1, with Lauren Boles scoring for the Bit O’Red. Rovers’ 27 results from this year’s WNL are detailed below.
ROVERS RESULTS:
SERIES 1: Peamount United 3, Sligo Rovers 0* (March 5); SERIES 2: Sligo Rovers 0, DRL Waves 3 (Avril Brierley, Rachel Doyle 2) (March 12); SERIES 3: Cork City 1 (Nadine Seward), Sligo Rovers 2 (Gemma McGuinness, Emma Doherty) (March 19);
SERIES 4: Sligo Rovers 1 (Emma Hansberry), Bohemians 3 (Chloe Darby, Sinead Taylor 2) (March 26); SERIES 5: Shelbourne 1 (Keeva Keenan), Sligo Rovers 0 (April 2); SERIES 6: Sligo Rovers 3 (Aoife Brennan 2, Emma Doherty), Treaty United 1
(Leah Kelly own goal) (April 16); SERIES 7: Wexford Youths WFC 2 (Becky Watkins, Ciara Rossiter), Sligo Rovers 0 (April 23); SERIES 8: Athlone Town 5 (Emily Corbet 4, Kellie Brennan), Sligo Rovers 0 (April 30); SERIES 9: Sligo Rovers 1 (Emma Doherty), Galway WFC 2 (Becky Walsh, Shauna Brennan) (May 7); SERIES 10: DLR Waves 3 (Sophie Watters, Kerri Letmon, Kate Mooney), Sligo Rovers 2 (Gemma McGuinness, Emma Doherty) (May 14); Sligo Rovers 2 (Emma Doherty, Gemma McGuinness), Cork City 0 (May 21); Treaty United 0, Sligo Rovers 0 (May 28); SERIES 13: Sligo Rovers 1 (Emma Doherty), Wexford Youths WFC 0 (June 4); SERIES 14: Sligo Rovers 0, Peamount United 5 (Stephanie Roche 3, Alannah McEvoy, Amy Roddy own goal) (June 11); SERIES 15: Bohemians 2 (Erica Burke, Aoife Robinson), Sligo Rovers 1 (Gemma McGuinness) (July 2); SERIES 16: Sligo Rovers 1 (Gemma McGuinness), Athlone Town 2 (Madison Gibson, Gillian Keenan), (July 16); SERIES 17: Galway WFC 5 (Bryce Reynolds, Elle O’Flaherty, Shauna Brennan, Jamie Erickson, Becky Walsh), Sligo Rovers 2 (Gemma McGuinness, Emma Doherty) (July 23); SERIES
Sligo Rovers 3 (Gemma McGuinness, Emma Doherty 2), Shelbourne 2 (Pearl Slattery, Alex Kavanagh) (July 30); SERIES 19: Sligo Rovers 0, Bohemians 2 (Niamh Prior, Abbie Brophy) (August 13); Cork City 3 (Laura Shine, Becky Cassin, Eva Magan), Sligo Rovers 2 (Paula McGrory 2) (August 20); SERIES 21: Athlone Town 4 (Gillian Keenan 2, Kellie Brennan, Emily Corbet), Sligo Rovers 2 (Amy Boyle Carr, Paula McGrory) (August 27); SERIES 22: Sligo Rovers 2 (Paula McGrory 2), Galway WFC 5 (Jamie Erickson, Shauna Brennan, Bryce Reynolds, Chloe Singleton, Jenna Slattery) (September 10); SERIES 23: Peamount United 2 (Aine O’Gorman, Sadhbh Doyle), Sligo Rovers 0 (September 17); SERIES 24: Sligo Rovers 1 (Lauren McLellan), Treaty United 1 (Cara Griffin) (October 2); SERIES 25: Wexford Youths 5 (Kylie Murphy 3, Ciara Rossiter 2), Sligo
Rovers 2 (Emma Doherty 2) (October 15); SERIES
26: Shelbourne 2 (Abbie Larkin 2), Sligo Rovers 0 (October 22); SERIES 27: Sligo Rovers 1 (Lauren Boles), DLR Waves 5 (Kate Mooney 3, Kate
Malone, Amber Cosgrove) (October 29).
*This was originally a 6-0 win for Dublin’s Peamount United, who were subsequently sanctioned for fielding an ineligible player. Rovers were awarded the three points and given a 3-0 victory.
SIDELINE VIEW: Steve Feeney, the Sligo Rovers senior women’s team manager.