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DCU spirited but frustrated in 3-1 home loss to DIT
DCU 1 DIT 3 CUFL Men’s Premier Division North
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Johnny McDonnell proud that players are “buying into” DCU football plans
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ohnny McDonnell was optimistic following the DCU senior football team’s first victory of the year, pointing to the squad’s strength and depth as a real asset for the coming year.
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Excited Johnny McDonnell enjoying “something different” with DCU Soccer
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ohnny McDonnell hadn’t had a break from football since 1983. McDonnell has a long career as a defender, which saw him play his trade on both sides of the border and become a League of Read more…
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“Massive honour” to pull on Ireland jersey, says DCU’s Amber Barrett
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ew people in DCU had as busy a summer as Amber Barrett. Between a move to a new college, a senior inter-county football campaign, a WNL league title to chase, a trip to Taiwan for Read more…
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Declan Roche excited for new football season
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]eclan Roche has reflected on DCU’s 2016/17 third level football season while also taking a look ahead to this coming season. The DCU Senior Football Manager, speaking at the Third Level Football season launch in Read more…
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University Games better than the Champions League, says Aoibhín Webb
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith two Women’s National League medals and Champions League adventures in Poland already propping up her resume, Aoibhín Webb is enjoying a promising spell at the pinnacle of women’s football in Ireland. A student of Read more…
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College View retain Billo Cup
The College View 14 DCUfm 12 [dropcap]A[/dropcap] complete team performance from The College View saw them retain the Bill O’Herlihy Cup in a tough match against a game DCUfm side at the DCU Soccer Centre Read more…
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Football and Karate teams share Clubs and Socs honours
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Dublin City University freshers’ football team and DCU Karate Club shared Team of the Year honours at the Clubs and Societies Awards in Clontarf Castle on Thursday, April 6th. The event, which is hosted Read more…
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Harding Cup champions: a review of the 2016/17 football season
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t the end of the 2016/17 season, the football programme in DCU is undoubtedly on an upward trend. The freshers’ team brought home the Harding Cup for the first time in the university’s history, while Read more…
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DCU taste defeat against old rival after astonishing Collingwood Cup start
Dublin City University 8 Royal College of Surgeons 0 Collingwood Cup first round Dublin City University 3 NUI Galway 2 AET Collingwood Cup quarter-final Dublin City University 1 University College Cork 2 Collingwood Cup semi-final Read more…
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DCU Freshers win Harding Cup as senior football team falls to UCC
Dublin City University 2 University College Cork 1 AET Harding Cup final Dublin City University 0 University College Cork 1 CUFL Premier Division semi-final It was a week of mixed fortunes for football in DCU. Read more…
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Kelly’s last minute penalty secures semi-final berth
Institute of Technology Carlow 3 Dublin City University 4 CUFL Premier Division quarter-final Luke Kelly’s 90th minute penalty gave Dublin City University a 4-3 win over reigning champions IT Carlow on Wednesday, February 1st. Read more…
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WNL is a badly needed platform for women’s football – Carroll
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ootball, for more than a century-and-a-half, has been the game of the masses. The working man’s leisure. That, though, is precisely the biggest institutional problem the game faces and has always faced. It has been Read more…
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DCU senior football team starts season with 2-1 win in Dundalk
Dundalk Institute of Technology 1 Dublin City University 2 Colleges and Universities Football League Premier Division A dominant second half display from Dublin City University earned a win over Dundalk Institute of Technology at Oriel Read more…
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Cregg highlights set piece woes in DCU’s 6-3 defeat to Maynooth
Dublin City University 3 Maynooth University 6 Colleges and Universities Football League Premier Division St. Patrick’s Athletic’s Jack Bayly’s first half brace played a pivotal role for Maynooth University as DCU were handed their first Read more…
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FAI launches Third Level Football season in Abbotstown
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 2016/17 Third Level Football season was officially launched on Wednesday afternoon, September 21st at the FAI’s Abbotstown headquarters. The conference included representatives from all 50 participating institutions in the second year the launch has Read more…
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“Football in the university is getting stronger all the time” – Butler
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] problem that has hindered the growth of football in Ireland since the foundation of the state is the lack of media attention and public funding it receives in comparison to Gaelic games, despite being Read more…
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College View triumphs in Bill O’Herlihy Cup
The College View 10 DCUfm 4 Bill O’Herlihy always harboured a deep-rooted desire for print journalism, confessing numerous times throughout his career a Read more…
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Seventh Annual Bill O’Herlihy Cup to take place on April 14th
The Seventh Annual Bill O’Herlihy Cup will take place on the DCU five-a-side pitches on Thursday, April 14th at one o’clock, it was announced this week.
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DCU women’s football team defeated in First Division final
DCU’s women’s football team was beaten in the Women’s Soccer Colleges Association of Ireland Division 1 final by the University of Limerick on Wednesday, March 16th. UL saw off the Glasnevin college in a thrilling Read more…
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DCU defeated by ten-man Trinity as UCD claim 43rd Collingwood crown
Collingwood Cup quarter-final DCU 0-1 Trinity College Dublin City University’s senior football team suffered a quarter-final exit in the Collingwood Cup for the second successive year, as they went down 1-0 to a ten-man Dublin Read more…
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Freshers football team defeated in Harding Cup Final
DCU 0-1 University College Dublin AET February 7th, 2015 Usually the pinnacle of freshers football in Ireland, the occasion of this years Harding Cup Final was somewhat spoiled by torrential rain that forced a move Read more…
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Wexford women attempt to level the playing field
Women are constantly reaching new heights in the world of sport today, successfully competing at the highest level in their respective sports such as athletics, GAA and football. The England Ladies Football Team, Jessica Ennis Read more…
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Roche supports link between DCU and Shelbourne
Dublin City University football manager Declan Roche spoke to The College View this week about his side’s disappointment in the Collingwood Cup last season, Alan O’Sullivan’s success on numerous fronts and his desire to see Read more…
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DCU held to 1-1 draw by Athlone IT
DCU 1 Athlone IT 1 CUFL Premier Division North November 10th, 2015 A 1-1 draw at home to Athlone Institute of Technology keeps DCU’s hopes of reaching the Colleges and Universities Football League Premier Division Read more…