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We are delighted to announce the full line-up for our Cup Final weekend in the MDL on September 14th and 15th. Entry to the grounds will be €5 per car, and Busses will be €5 per player. The entry includes a Cup Final Brochure. Additional brochures can be purchased for €2 each. All proceeds taken…

UPDATE Limited number of places left in certain age groups and please note for this years tournament they will be a shield competition(teams that don’t qualify for the cup semi-finals ) for all 11 a side age groups.   _________________________________________________ The 9th annual Kells Blackwater F. C. soccer tournament will take place over three weekends…

U12s cloghertown United v Parkceltic Summerhll A post shared by NECSL (@nerl.ie) on Mar 13, 2017 at 2:29pm PDT

The FAI Referees Department are pleased to confirm the date & venue for a Referees Beginner Course which will take place in Dublin in February 2018.   Refereeing is a challenging and very rewarding past time. Whether your ambition is to referee at the World Cup finals or officiate in your local league this course…

NECSL 3 – Cavan/Monaghan 1. On what was a sunny 🌞 but Blustery 🌬afternoon, our U12’s on the back of a well-earned draw with the NDSL four weeks ago went that extra mile in what was only their 2nd game together and came out with a fantastic win. It took a while for both teams…

Please review fixtures carefully and remember when submitting results please use the correct format   Submit result by 6pm day of game and 9pm midweek thank you   Also fixtures will resume for teams affected by state exams from 25th June

We would like to extend our Congratulations to Gerry Gorman secretary of the North East Football League (formerly the MDL) who last night was elected Vice President of the Leinster Football Association for one year and will take over as president in May 2017. He was also elected to the FAI senior Council and to…

Our U14 Gaynor Cup squad will be heading off the UL Sports Arena in less then two weeks to compete in the Gaynor Cup. Below are our first set of fixtures for the event, matches on Monday will be determined by the outcome of these games.  

Once again the MDL grounds host FAI Summer Soccer Schools for two one week periods – 03 —-07 July, and 14 to 18 August. (Monday-Friday 10:30am to 3pm). Bookings are filling up fast for the 2017 Summer Soccer Schools programme. Cost to participate is as low as ever – just €65 for Mainstream Camps, with…

We are delighted to announce Mr Shane Barrett as our new Director of football and Kennedy Cup 2020 head coach. Shane has a vast wealth of experience in the game having started playing with his local club Enfield Celtic.  He spent four years in Wolverhampton Wanderer’s youth programme, playing regularly in their youth and reserve team…

NDSL won out the despite an excellent performance from our NECSL team. Both teams struggled to settle into any kind of rhythm due to the strong wind blowing from behind the far goal.  This resulted in no chances of note in the 1st half, largely thanks to the dominant performance of the NECSL’s midfield trio;…

Best of luck to everyone getting their Junior Cert results today.

  15D1 Cloghertown V Johnstown A post shared by NECSL (@nerl.ie) on Mar 17, 2017 at 3:00pm PDT

OMP Keeper doing his job A post shared by NECSL (@nerl.ie) on Apr 6, 2017 at 6:09am PDT

The Football Association of Ireland launched the Coach Education Pathway 2017-2020 at the FAI National Training Centre on Monday, December 12. FAI High Performance Director Ruud Dokter, FAI Coach Education manager Niall O’Regan and FAI Coach Education Co-ordinator Warren Bolger were joined by coaches Paul Osam, Barbara O’Connell and Marcus Grant at the launch. Republic…

Our 13s ETP squad will compete in the Galway Cup next week.  The team have been training hard for their first tournament and look forward to the challenges it will bring.  The team will travel on Tuesday to Galway where they will stay to take part in the competition.  We would like to wish them all…