SEÁN O'CONNOR
22-year-old sports writer based in Dublin, Ireland.





WATCHLOI to be scrapped in favour of new streaming service.
The FAI announced today that WATCHLOI will be replaced by a brand new streaming service after the mid season break. First introduced last...

League of Ireland clubs launch the "Head in the Game" armband initiative.
On Thursday, the “Head in the Game” campaign announced that each captain in the SSE Airtricity League, First Division and Women’s...

Dundalk 0 – 1 Bohemians - ExtraTime.ie report - 9/4/21
Seán O’Connor reports from Oriel Park Georgie Kelly’s 1st half penalty proved to be the difference as Bohemians left Oriel Park with...

Shamrock Rovers 1 – 1 St Patrick’s Athletic - Live match report- 19/3/21
Shamrock Rovers 1 – 1 St Patrick’s Athletic Seán O’Connor live at Tallaght stadium. St Patrick’s Athletic almost caused a huge opening...

Thank you Sporting Fingal.
In his 2008 book, ex-England & Newcastle manager Bobby Robson beautifully described the effect a football club can have on a young child....

WatchLOI : An open goal missed by the FAI?
Bitterly disappointing news emerged this week as the “commercially unsuccessful” WatchLOI service is set to be vastly reduced for 2021....

Boost for League of Ireland with three funding announcements.
After some recent worrying, late-night press releases from the FAI, the news emerging from Abbotstown this past fortnight has been much...

Dundalk land €3 million payday as they seal Europa League group stage spot.
Just 5 weeks ago, Dundalk FC seemed to be in freefall. After the restart last July, the champions quickly found themselves 12 points...

Premier division round-up - 28/9/20
Bohemians 2 - 1 Derry City 93 minutes into last Friday night’s match between Bohs & Derry, the visitors almost had a vital 3 points...

LOI TV weekend round-up - 24/8/20
Derry City 3 - 1 Cork City Despite going a goal ahead early on, Cork City dropped to the bottom of the table following defeat at the Ryan...

LOI TV weekend round-up - 10/8/20
Bohemians 2 - 1 Dundalk Bohemians overtook Dundalk and climbed to 2nd in the league following an impressive home win against the...

LOI TV weekend round-up - 3/8/20
Derry City 0 - 2 Sligo Rovers Sligo earned their first win of the season on Friday night, as they overcame a poor Derry City side 2-0 in...

Relief and excitement as the League of Ireland restart kicks off.
When Shamrock Rovers overcame Sligo Rovers 3-2 on Saturday 7th March, only 18 cases of Covid-19 existed in Ireland. One could not have...













