David Foley

@lochteach @IrelandFootball Mark Connors is u17s Manager

@IrelandFootball Who are the Managers of U17s and U19s now 🤔

𝗨𝟭𝟳 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱! Ireland are heading to back-to-back U17 World Cups 🏆🌍 A 7-0 victory over Slovakia secured a spot for Ireland at this year’s tournament Congratulations to all players and staff 👏 #COYBIG | #IRLU17

The moment our MU17s found out they had qualified for the FIFA U17 World Cup 🥹 What an achievement! Back-to-back qualification 👏

Welcome home to our MU17s following their back-to-back FIFA U17 World Cup Qualification 🤩👏

Ireland’s U17s arrive home after qualifying for the U17 World Cup 🇮🇪⚽️

Ireland are going back to the World Cup! 💚 Ireland U17s have qualified for back-to-back World Cups! 🏆 They sealed it in style with a 7-0 win over Slovakia! Congratulations to all players and staff! 👏🏻

@MarkBroomy Delighted for them all Mark, they deserved more from the game against Croatia, and they got rewarded for all their hard work today #COYBIG 💚🤍🧡

🇮🇪 𝗠𝗨𝟭𝟳 | 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 • Just look at that Scoreline... Look at the Stats.... The Total Attempts... Look at the Faces... U17 World Cup Here We Come 💪 ⚽️ 🇮🇪

@AB_Scouting @CAABase YES Abdul, so happy for all the lads, they 💯 deserve their rewards now 💚🤍🧡

A big well done to @CAABase clients Cillian Murphy, Josh Harpur, Josh O'Dwyer & Glen Ilunga helping Ireland u17 qualify for the World Cup 👏🏽 A big performance from the boys - Cillian Murphy 3 goals & 1 Assist, Josh Harpur 1 goal, Josh O'Dwyer 2 assists, Glen Ilunga debut 🇮🇪

#COYBIG what a group of lads 💚🤍🧡

@reptracker 4-0 🇮🇪😀

3-0 now through Ryan Sheridan!

@reptracker 2-0 up after 20 mins

The Ireland U17 lineup for the final qualifier against Slovakia!🇮🇪 A win by 2/3 goals should put them in a great position to finish as one of the four best runners up and qualify for the World Cup. A win plus a Poland win over Croatia would mean that Ireland would top the group and qualify for the Euros and World Cup. Graphic is wrong on lineup. Ozhianvuna is at RB, Sheridan in midfield, Spaight LCB with Burke LB. No stream for the game unfortunately.

@reptracker Good summary Conor, Ireland dominated that 2nd half and were so unlucky not to get something out of the game. The boys played some lovely football and did the country proud #COYBIG 🇮🇪

Croatia have defeated Ireland U17s in their second group game in the Elite Round qualifiers. A disappointing result from Mark Connors’ side, who in truth dominated large spells of the game but conceded two goals that probably could have been avoided. Ireland hit the crossbar twice in the second half through Victor Ozhianvuna and Josh O’Dwyer, and by the statistics alone they were on top. Unfortunately that’s football, it doesn’t always play out that the better team wins. The defeat makes qualification for the Euros more difficult. If Croatia avoid defeat against Poland in the final game, they will secure top spot in the group. However, if Poland were to beat Croatia and Ireland defeat Slovakia, all three teams would finish on six points. In that scenario UEFA would form a mini-table using the head-to-head results between the three sides. With Ireland beating Poland, Croatia beating Ireland and Poland potentially beating Croatia, the teams would be level on head-to-head points and the standings would then be decided by goal difference within those matches. If Ireland can beat Slovakia and Poland defeat Croatia, Ireland would therefore still have a strong chance of topping the group depending on the margin of those results. Even if Ireland do not finish first, a win over Slovakia could still leave them in a strong position among the best runners-up across the Elite Round groups, which is important for qualification to the FIFA U-17 World Cup later this year.

COYBIG 💚 🤍 🧡

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Robbie Keane on FaceTime? 😱🤳 We asked @R_Graydon99 to rank Republic of Ireland players and it descended into chaos 🤣 🇮🇪 #StPatricksDay

@o_reachtaire Cracking tune, never heard it before.

youtube.com/watch?v=6oYdWo… For the day that is in it, this is actually the best Irish pop song ever #theblades

Went to Bodø in '19. Was told no foreign journalists visited. I was treated well. Met everyone, allowed in dressing room, met at the airport by club legends. I expected Glimt to challenge for a first Norwegian title. No more. Won 4 titles since, Euro regulars and flying in CL

The U-18 rising stars aiming to light up the League of Ireland in 2026. Spoke to figures at every Premier Division club to find out who has been catching the eye at underage level recently. Feature here 👇🏻 independent.ie/sport/soccer/l…

Well done girls,super win 💪💚🤍

@TheIrishKieran Their Academy is their long term strategy🤷‍♂️

Lot more physicality/speed than you’d expect from Shamrock Rovers, with the signing of Brennan, Asamoah + Sobowale. That should change my season prediction. The loan element to the latter two though should raise questions to their strategy. (long term)

Shamrock Rovers adding dribbling ability and speed to their team with Asamoah…

REPORT | #IRLU17 | 🇭🇺 2-1 🇮🇪 @bfcdublin’s Josh Harpur on target for Ireland as they wrap up preparations for next month’s U17 EURO Qualifiers ⚽️ 📰👉 fai.ie/latest/report-… #COYBIG