Category: Women’s Premiership
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Second edition of All-Island Cup is the perfect kickstart for NI women’s club campaign
It has been a while in waiting, but the domestic women’s season kicks off this weekend with five Irish League representatives taking to all-Ireland action. The Avenir Sports All-Island Cup, which was introduced to the calendar in 2023 and received rave reviews among players and fans alike, begins again with the Belfast big four of…
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Sion Swifts’ Premiership exit can still open a prosperous new chapter in their history
A couple of months before the start of the 2024 women’s domestic football season, the NI Football League was dealt a blow with the news that one of the top-flight’s best-performing clubs has withdrawn from the division. On Monday, it was revealed that Sion Swifts Ladies, the fourth-placed finishers in the Sports Direct Women’s Premiership…
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Women’s football took another leap forward in 2023… and continued investment in youth will bring it to new heights
When we discuss nostalgia in the Irish League, the women’s game is of a much more recent vintage. Domestically, what was a six-team top league less than five years ago has boomed into a 10-strong Sports Direct Women’s Premiership that comes under the same banner as its male equivalent. The reasoning for the growth of…
