Listowel star Savannah McCarthy signs for UCD Waves

Tom O’Shea, FAI Regional Manager for South, with all the latest soccer news

FURTHER proof that the women's game has really taken off came over the weekend when Raheny travelled to Romania for their Champions League group clash with Olimpia Cluj and came away with a superb 2-1 win with the goals coming from Noelle Murray and Clare Shine. Kerry will have a local interest in the Womens National League this coming season as Listowel Celtic's Savannah McCarthy has signed for UCD Waves.

Season Tickets

The Season Ticket will include six matches plus access to the Ford FAI Cup Final and underage internationals. Further benefits include priority access to away tickets, pre-sale opportunities for internationals and club games and exclusive discounts and competitions. We held the first open training session at the Aviva stadium exclusively for Season Ticket holders and Club Ireland/Vantage members. The event was well attended and well-received, with fans getting the chance to watch Martin, Roy and team put the squad through their paces ahead of the US games, and had jerseys and footballs signed by the players at the end. To purchase your Season Ticket visit www.fai.ie/st, if you have any queries you can contact me on 087 2902147 or tom.oshea@fai.ie

National Draw

The 2014 Irish Football National Draw is now in full swing and is a great opportunity for clubs to raise money for which the FAI has organised all the prizes. Clubs can order their tickets by visiting the FAI website and either submit and pay for their order online (€1.50 per ticket) or download the order form and submit it, along with a cheque (postal order/bank draft) by post or they can drop it into FAI HQ reception. Clubs/leagues sell the tickets for €10 each and retain all profits. Last year clubs / leagues raised over €1,000,000 and this year is expected to surpass that amount. Prizes include Ford cars, trips abroad, ipads and much, much more.

FAI Cup competitions

Entry forms for the FAI Junior Cup can now be downloaded from the FAI website at www.fai.ie while entry forms for the FAI Umbro Youth Cup 2014-15 & FAI Umbro Under 17 Cups have been sent to all local leagues, if there any issues clubs can also contact nofarrell@fai.ie