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Irish Independent
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Wicklow senior football preview: An Tóchar can bridge 30-year gap to last title
The Wicklow People and The Bray People takes an in-depth look at all 12 teams hoping to lift the Miley Cup in 2025 After some uncertainty over the format that would be used, the football championships for 2025 are ready to go. Wicklow's extended Tailteann Cup run meant two groups of six teams have been swapped for three groups of four, reducing the number of group-stage rounds from five to three. Teams play each team in their group once, with the top two in each group advancing to the quarter-finals. The two best third-placed teams will also reach the quarter-finals.
Irish Independent
20-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Rathnew manager tips wide-open race for Wicklow County Championship
Wicklow People Today at 02:30 With 34 Senior Championship titles to their name, Rathnew are Wicklow's most-successful club as far as winning the Miley Cup, the county's most-prestigious competition, is concerned. So, even if they might currently be lacking in Wicklow county panellists, it's fair to say Championship was, is, and always will be their priority. It's the same for every club, so League football is often a patchy indicator of what's to come, and that might explain why the Rathnew players were quite reserved in their post-match celebrations after winning the Dunne Cup and Division One of the Wicklow County League in Ashford last Saturday night. This, despite having come through a genuine, hard-fought decider with Greystones' Éire Óg.
