Shamrock Rovers F.C.

We'll talk about the playoff final shortly.

Dundalk were 3-1 winners against Shamrock Rovers.

I was at this one.

Rovers took the lead in the first half from...

It's very hard for people, like I say, for example, you know, we would have seen, I remember last year, every second clam was going on about, we'll say, attendances down in Athlone or Longford.

Yeah.

well like whereas like they know nothing about longford or you know that's you know it's had a tough time in the last few years yeah that's longford so like oh why is it why is there no people no people at the game and why is there loads of people uh at a bows game or a shells game or a or a shamrock rovers game like you know if those are the people that are saying that you know you can just really write write off those comments very early on you don't need to really assess them

I suppose we'll give our predictions for the playoff final.

We will.

So Stephen Bradley was speaking to us here in Off the Ball after the game on Friday night when they lifted their sixth league title in seven seasons, Shamrock Rovers.

Previously, Bradley had been linked with other roles including Hibernian most recently.

He was keeping coy though when he spoke to Jonathan Higgins after the game about what's next for him.

Coverage starts at two o'clock and kick off at three.

And then obviously last week, the league title was decided with Shamrock Rovers winning.

And then on Friday, pretty much everything had already been decided before then.

But Drodda United still, who were looking to claw themselves away from ninth place, didn't claw themselves away from ninth place, but they got a good, creditable 2-0 win over Galway United.

Dundalk beat Shamrock Rovers 3-1 but Shamrock Rovers were probably thinking ahead to lifting the trophy which they did afterwards at Oriole Park and then Waterford 3-2 winners against Shelburne away from home Sligo Rovers 2-2 with Derry City and then Bowes one, three, two at Pats.

And the table reads Shamrock Rovers 68, Bows 65, Pats 60.

And Keith, before the international break, I think you'd said you were confident that Shamrock Rovers would win by four or five at one point on Friday.

It was actually a six-point gap and then obviously Dundalk came back, but obviously it was an eight-point gap to Pats and a three-point gap to Bowes.

Now, unfortunately, following a very exciting season, the final round of fixtures in the SSE Electricity Premier Division of the League of Ireland was a bit of a damp squib.

Shamrock Rovers' defeat of Lowley Sligo Rovers and Bowes' defeat at the hands of Shelburne the previous weekend meant that the Hoops were already champions with a game to spare.

For the record, the Friday night's results were as follows.

Drogheda had a 2-0 win over Galway.

Bowes had a very good 3-2 win away at St Pat's which meant that they were guaranteed second position.

But I wonder would they have achieved this result if the league title was still on the line? I'm not so sure.

Anyway, the table at the end of the season reads Shamrock Rovers champions, of course, on 68 points, Bowes in second place on 65 and St. Pat's third on 60.

And Sligo were relegated because they finished bottom of the league.

Hello and welcome to the Milltown Way, the independent shamrock rovers podcast covering all things hoops.

I'm Ryan Brennan and I'm joined here by Adam Casey.

Well, it's all over.

Yeah.

Now, look, at the end of the day, He's a, at present, he's the second choice keeper.

Of course, Shamrock Rovers are in the hunt for Bohemian's keeper, Casper Taraska as well.

And it's been kind of revealed that he'll be the number two, the second choice keeper.

Should he, should he come in from, from Bowes? so that will strengthen the goalkeeper position by a lot I think anyone who's seen Bows over the past few years when you see Kasper he is a strong option

Yeah, no, it was, it was, it was.

But then, look, at the end of the day, I was with Shamrock Rovers players now.

I'm trying to do the best for Shamrock Rovers, but I did love coming back, maybe to prove a bit to John as well.

Look, I love John.

We're still in contact, you know.

So it's the first time in the parish, I think is what that is.

And Lee Grace, Carrickman, won his sixth League of Ireland Premier Division title with Shamrock Rovers in October.

So, as you can see, a busy month for the Tip FM Sports Star of the Month adjudicators.

One of those seven nominees will win it and we'll announce it before we go off air this evening.

I suppose Darryl Cabana is another one who had a brilliant League of Ireland career as well.

So Carrick has a real history and tradition of bringing players through to play in League of Ireland football.

And for anyone who follows it, I suppose Dan Cleary, Lee Grace and Pico Lopez have been the heart of that defence for Shamrock Rovers in all six title-winning campaigns.

It's incredible for Lee Grace to have the CV that he has.

Ange didn't want him.

Yeah, Ange thought he was foisted on him from, you know, a Dermot Desmond signing from Shamrock Rovers.

But then the same thing, like CCB didn't play because of the plastic pitch.

Robert Gibson, you made me actually laugh just then when I read this.