ATHLONE TOWN HAVE announced that Ciarán Kilduff has stepped down as coach of the club’s women’s team.
Kilduff guided Athlone Town to a first ever Premier Division title this season, but they were emphatically defeated 6-1 in the FAI Cup final yesterday by Shelbourne at Tallaght Stadium.
Kilduff’s departure was revealed in the wake of that loss.
“It has been an absolute honour to work with such talented players and dedicated staff,” said Kilduff, in a statement released by the club.
“Winning the Premier Division title with this team is something I will cherish forever. However, after much reflection, I feel this is the right moment for me to step away.
“I informed the club of my decision after the game, I am extremely proud of what we have achieved, and I would like to thank the club, players, and supporters for their incredible support throughout my time here.”
Athlone Town AFC wish to announce that Ciarán Kilduff has decided to step down from his role as Head Coach of the Athlone Town AFC Women’s team.
— Athlone Town AFC (@AthloneTownAFC) October 20, 2024
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The club paid tribute to Kilduff for his impact.
“Athlone Town AFC would like to express its gratitude to Ciarán in helping deliver a historic Premier Division title to the club.
“We wish him every success in his future endeavours. The club will begin the search for a new head coach in the coming weeks.”
Plenty of things the Boks do are dangerous and unsporting but the argument that 6 forwards rather than 5 is dangerous is very petty.
One of the most dangerous parts of rugby is when a player scores a try and the opposition player dives in with knees first into the players back. As what happened with osbournes try. It’s not only dangerous but dirty. Should be a red card everytime.
@chris mcdonnell: good point there Chris…… if that was done at a ruck/breakdown I’m sure cards would be produced.
Everyone disagrees with Matt Williams.
@Peter Slattery: the one thing we all agree on
The video ref has ruined rugby
@Tony McGrath: rugby is incredibly difficult to watch now. If my team wins, no one talks about the referee. If my team losses, the officials are responsible. It’s like this on a game by game basis. The sport is un-refereeable and fans send death threats to referees who eff up. Not sure why anyone would want this career.
@Andrew Martin Farrell:
The officials on Saturday were quite frustrating. They made mistakes, I don’t think on purpose but they were mistakes.. It just seemed those mistakes seemed to favour one team..
@Andrew Martin Farrell: 100%. After nearly every loss (apart from hampering where is not even close) a section of the losing teams fans will blame the ref. Over the years of the URC, Pro 12/14 etc Irish fans have been fairly happy with the overall standard of refereeing, whereas in Wales its the worst reffed league in the world.The reason, Regions lose a lot more games than the provinces, so have more games theyblame the ref for in a season, giving the perception of the league being poorly reffed.
@Andrew Martin Farrell: still good game to watch but way way to much drama after every game
Typical SA, 6-2 then 7-1, discriminating against the backs.
The “discriminating against the backs” line from Williams was absolutely ridiculous.
Williams is an absolute embarrassment to the world of punditry , don’t know who’s worse him or Sir John Kirwin …poor Alan Quinlan sits there listening to his drivel clearly in disagreement but hardly has the hart to properly challenge as he’s such a nice guy …at least VM get the ratings …that off the ball crowd are just as bad …as yes some of the SA shows are also biased so not excluding them
We can all agree that Matt Williams is not worth listening to.