Emerging Talent Program

Congratulations to Shelbourne Ladies on Winning the FAI Continental Tyres Women’s Senior Cup.  The team today had Three Ex NECSL players take to the pitch Leanne Kiernan who scored a hat trick today.  Amanda McQuillan  who kept a clean sheet in goals today and Lynn Craven who came on at 83 minutes. Well done Ladies…

Best of of Luck to Leanne Kiernan and Amanda McQuillan ex NECSL players and all in Shelbourne Ladies this Sunday in the Womens Senior Cup Final. Mark Leavy’s side are currently top of the Continental Tyres Women’s National League and go into Sunday’s final on the back of an impressive 6-1 win over Galway United…

Well done to Lauryn Grier on another fantastic performance last night against Faroe Islands in Ireland’s U17s game.   Match Report   The Republic of Ireland Women’s Under 17s displayed their quality in Turner’s Cross as they overcame Faroe Islands 6-0 in their opening Group 10 qualifier. Three goals from Carla McManus, two from Alannah…

Another EX NECSL player doing well with the Ireland U15 Set up.  Well done Jimmy Corcoran   REPUBLIC of Ireland U15 Head Coach Jason Donohue has named a squad of players for a training camp later this month.   The Irish coaching staff has watched more than 700 players in recent months as they look…

A good day in the office for Ireland Under 19s with a 10-0 win in their first game.  The squad today featured two Ex-Necsl Players Leanne Kiernan who score 4 times and Amanda McQuillan who kept a clean sheet today for Ireland.   Here is the Full Match report. The Republic of Ireland Women’s Under…

Congratulations to NECSL Player Lauryn Grier who has been selected to play for Ireland’s U17 in their upcoming games against Finland.  Lauryn will travel with her squad to compete in these friendly games to get the squad ready for their UEFA European Championship First Round qualifiers.   Full FAI Press release below   Republic of Ireland…

Our 15s ETP squad will compete in the Galway Cup next week.  This team is full of experience at these tournaments with some of the guys having competed in other events. We would like to wish them all the best of luck and look forward to hearing how they do throughout the week. Meet the…

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…

Congratulations to Jimmy Corcoran & Paddy Moore who have been selected to represent the Football Association of Ireland at the Hibernia Trophy at St. Joseph’s Boys FC, Sallynoggin, Co. Dublin from Friday 19th August to Sunday 21st August

The NECSL would like to thank Malcolm Slattery & UMBRO for sponsorship of kits for the upcoming tournaments, Kennedy Cup, Gaynor Cup & Galway Cup

Our 14s Gaynor Cup Squad will be heading off to Limerick to compete in the Gaynor Cup competition this weekend.  Their first game kicks off at 7pm on Friday and from there they will have a busy weekend full of games. Fixtures Their Fixtures for the Weekend so far are Once this initial set of…

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.  

Today we held our draw today for the end of season Tournaments. The Under 13 Squad did the draw and the winners are   1st Prize – 2 Premium Level Tickets for Ireland vs Netherlands Tadgh Foley (seller Sean Foley U14)   2nd Prize – 2 Premium Level Tickets for Ireland vs Netherlands Sean Foley…

Last Night Irelands Womens U17s played against France and yet again ex NECSL player Leanne Kiernan scored the winning goal for Ireland. Well done to all the NECSL players Leanne, Jade and Lynn on their fantastic performance in this tournament.  The Full match report can be read on the FAIs website. http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/victory-sees-wu17s-end-qualifying-on-a-high

Well done to Amanda McQuillian former NECSL player on winning the  FAI Under 17 Women’s International Player of the Year.   Amanda who played for Johnstown FC, Trim Celtic and was a player representing the ETP in the Gaynor Cup now plays with Shelbourne Ladies and is regularly selected to Play for Ireland.  We would like to…