UCFL

10th placed Lourdes Celtic FC play host to 8th placed Dynamo Ridgewood at Stanaway Park at 11 am

Lourdes Celtic FC has yet to win in this competition.
Form: D D L L L D L D L L D    Home Form: D L D L L L

Dynamo Ridgewood come from a straightfoward 4-6 win away against The Local FC.
Form: W W L W L L L D W D L L L    Away Form: W W L L L L

Rialto FC are currently on a losing streak of 7 games.
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Arthur Griffith Park FC
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6th placed VEC FC play host to 3rd placed Arthur Griffith Park FC at VEC (ETB) Grounds, Terenure at 6:30 pm

VEC FC's last game was a unlucky 3-2 loss away against Harding IF FC.
Form: L L W L L D L L W W D L L L W    Home Form: L L W D L L

Arthur Griffith Park FC's last fixture played was a narrow 0-1 win away against Rialto FC.
Form: W D W L L W D D W L W W D W    Away Form: W L L D D L W W

Somalia FC have yet to win at home.
Form: D L L L L D D L W D W W D L L

Dublin Devils FC have yet to be beaten away from home.
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7th placed Blackforge FC play host to 4th placed ROC Celtic at Walkinstown Avenue at 6:30 pm

Blackforge FC's last result was a unlucky 3-2 loss away against Belgard Athletic.
Form: L L L D L W W L L D D W    Home Form: D L W L W

ROC Celtic's last game was a unlucky 3-2 loss away against Boghall Rovers.
Form: L W W L W L W W W W D L    Away Form: L W L L W W L

(Update 06/08/2021: Please note that the Aug 6 deadline for entering the FAI Junior Cup has been extended by 3 days to Monday, Aug 9)

Following completion of the group stages of our pre-season tournament last Wednesday night (July 28), all teams not involved in the tournament finals will be turning their full attentions to the kick-off of the season proper. For the UCFL, this will be Saturday, August 21. We again remind teams of the importance of ensuring their player registrations are fully sorted out and up to date in advance of the kick-off. We hope to confirm the Divisions for the coming season in the near future.

(02/08/2021): FAI Junior Cup 2021/22 (Centenary competition) – entry deadline Aug 6

The Local FC
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Dynamo Ridgewood
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10th placed Tallaght Utd play host to 3rd placed Livorno Carpenterstown FC at Newlands Cemetery, Ballymount Park at 6:30 pm

Tallaght Utd come from a confident 0-3 win away against Strand United.
Form: W L L L D L D L W L D L L L L    Home Form: L L L W L D L L

Livorno Carpenterstown FC's last result was a crushing 6-0 win at home against Blackrock College. They are currently on a winning streak of 5 games.
Form: W W W W W L D D W W W W L    Away Form: W W L W W L

Our website has an area (“Match Reports”) for input of short match reports which we felt would be of general interest to many of our teams and would enhance the usefulness of the website as a source of information. To this end, we allowed our clubs direct access to enter such information themselves, with an understanding that no comments of a critical or derogatory nature would be made.

The committee was informed of some allegations relating to a particular match last Saturday and we are investigating these allegations under our standard disciplinary procedures.

Unfortunately, they were also inadvertently entered into the match reports section of our website. We have removed them now and we are also removing access to this section until further notice pending a review of how it should be used in future.

Boghall Rovers
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Booterstown United
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9th placed ROC Celtic 2nds play host to 4th placed Team Zimbabwe at The Lawns, Le Fanu Park, Ballyfermot at 2 pm

ROC Celtic 2nds's last fixture played was a 2-2 draw away against Newlane FC.
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Team Zimbabwe's last result was a unlucky 1-2 loss at home against Coolock Village FC 2nds.
Form: L L D D W L L W W W W W D W W D W D    Away Form: D D L W W W W D

Teams often arrange friendly games at this time of year and are responsible for all aspects of the game’s organisation, among them finding a referee. However, they should obtain approval for these games beforehand for several reasons, not least because referees will need it in place for insurance purposes.

Set out below is a reminder of the procedures which should be followed in order to obtain approval for a friendly game:

1. The organising club should request permission to hold the friendly from its own League via the League Hon Sec giving details of the proposed match i.e. opposition, pitch and date. If any of these details change then a new permission must be sought.

2. The Hon Sec will then confirm the sanction of the stated fixture by email to the organising club, which should in turn make this authentication available for inspection by the referee. Our referees will be advised of our procedures.

3. The organising club should be a current member of the league and ensure that both clubs have the necessary public liability insurance in place.

This is the first game for both teams in this competition

10th placed Booterstown United play host to League leaders Belgard Athletic at Rockfield Park, Blackrock at 11 am

Booterstown United's last game was a 3-3 draw away against Boghall Rovers.
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Belgard Athletic has yet to be beaten in this competition, having won 9 out of its last 14 games.
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With another round of games successfully completed on the first Saturday in July, the UCFL can state that we are very pleased with progress since the pre-season tournament kicked off on June 9. We hope all participating teams continue to enjoy the competition in the spirit of good communication and co operation displayed to date.

As most of you will be aware, we are targetting July 28 as the date for completion of all group stage games, with finals scheduled for August 7. Given this timeframe, it may not be possible to re-schedule games, especially as availability of referees may be an additional factor limiting our flexibility. We would ask that teams bear this in mind when preparing for games throughout the rest of July.

Strand United are currently on a losing streak of 15 games.They have yet to win at home.
Form: L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L D L W D L

Tallaght Utd
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6th placed Oldbury FC play host to 2nd placed Old Bawn FC at Aylesbury Park, Tallaght at 6:30 pm

Oldbury FC's last game was a confident 0-3 win away against Strand United.
Form: W W L L W W L W W L W L L    Home Form: L W L W L W

Old Bawn FC's last fixture played was a confident 3-0 win at home against Strand United. They are currently on a winning streak of 5 games.
Form: W W W W W L W W L D W W L L W    Away Form: W L L D L W

The FAI referees department have added two courses for training new referees. The UCFL encourages anyone interested in taking up refereeing to consider signing up for one of these courses.

FAI Referee Beginner Course – 6th/7th/8th July

FAI Referee Beginner Course – 20th/21st/22nd July

Stedfast United 2nds are currently on a winning streak of 4 games.They have yet to be beaten at home.
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Astars
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