UCFL

10th placed Celtic Park FC play host to 4th placed Exodus FC at Beaumont Woods at 11:45 am

Celtic Park FC has yet to win in this competition, having lost its last 8 games.
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Exodus FC's last result was a confident 3-0 win at home against Dublin Postal FC.
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Glenmalure Rovers
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Oldbury FC
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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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Phoenix Athletic
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Ballyowen Celtic
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Dublin Devils FC play host to Lourdes Celtic FC 2nds at Phoenix Park at 2 pm

This is the first game for both teams in this competition

(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

This is the first game for both teams in this competition

8th placed York Road FC play host to 6th placed Drumcondra AFC 2nds at John Paul 2nd Park, Cabra at 12 pm

York Road FC come from a crushing 0-6 win away against Celtic Park FC.
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Drumcondra AFC 2nds's last fixture played was a disappointing 1-3 loss at home against Exodus FC. They have lost 7 out of 8 away games.
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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.

Belgard Athletic has yet to be beaten in this competition, having won 9 out of its last 14 games.
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Blackforge FC
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2nd placed Draiocht Titans play host to 7th placed Dublin Postal FC at Ring Commons Sports Centre, Balbriggan at 2:15 pm

Draiocht Titans's last fixture played was a narrow 1-2 win away against Exodus FC. They have won 6 out of 7 home games.
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Dublin Postal FC come from a poor 3-0 loss away against Exodus FC.
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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.

Old Bawn FC are currently on a winning streak of 5 games.They have won 8 out of 9 home games.
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Swords Manor 2nds
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8th placed York Road FC play host to 3rd placed Glasnaion FC at John Paul 2nd Park, Cabra at 6:30 pm

York Road FC come from a crushing 0-6 win away against Celtic Park FC.
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Glasnaion FC come from a 5-0 win at home against Celtic Park FC.
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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.

Exodus FC
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Dublin Postal FC
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4th placed Glenmalure Rovers play host to 7th placed Drumcondra AFC at Walkinstown Park at 11:30 am

Glenmalure Rovers's last result was a confident 3-0 win at home against Strand United.
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Drumcondra AFC's last game was a confident 0-3 win away against Strand United.
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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

Old Bawn FC are currently on a winning streak of 5 games.They have won 8 out of 9 home games.
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Tamhlacht FC
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