Cabinteely FC v Athlone Town Match Preview

Cabinteely FC Press Release

Team News vs Athlone Town

Athlone Town Stadium

SSE Airtricity League First Division

Friday October 1, 2021

7.45 p.m.

Cabinteely are on the road for the penultimate time this season in the SSE Airtricity League First Division to face away action against Athlone Town.

MANAGEMENT TEAM VIEW

“We’re not looking too far forward – we are still taking it one game at time,” said Cabinteely FC First team coach/Assistant manager Eddie Gormley.
“We’ve played reasonably well over the past five to six weeks. But we have got punished for mistakes. We’re confident going to the game after a good week’s training. We know Athlone are a good side. But on the night, we just hope we can produce a good performance.”

TEAM NEWS

Cabo are boosted by the return of Dan Blackbyrne, Eoin Massey and Vilius Labutis from suspension.
But record goal-scorer Kieran Marty Waters remains out injured.

REFEREE

Paul Norton will take charge of the fixture with Conor Fitzgibbon and Jason Moore being the assistants. Gavin Colfer is fourth official.

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PREVIOUS MEETINGS

Since entering the League of Ireland back in 2015, Athlone have provided Cabinteely’s opposition a record 22 times – jointly held with Cobh Ramblers.
This match will see Athlone become the club who will have faced Cabinteely the most (23) times.
Cabo have won 14 of those matches while Athlone have earned four victories.

FIRST DIVISION MEETINGS BETWEEN THE CLUBS

2021

Stradbrook, July 9
Cabinteely 0; Athlone Town 1 (Derek Daly 19)


Athlone Town Stadium, April 30
Athlone Town 1 (Dean Casey OG 80); Cabinteely 3 (Niall Barnes 43, Ben Hanrahan 69).

2020

Stradbrook, September 11
Cabinteely 1 (Christian Lotefa 29); Athlone Town 1 (Ronan Manning 27).

Athlone Town Stadium, February 28
Athlone Town 1 (Ronan Manning 49); Cabinteely 3 (Vilius Labutis 34, Shane Barnes 68, 78).

2019

Stradbrook, September 13
Cabinteely 3 (Kieran Marty Waters 21, 29, Rob Manley 30); Athlone Town 1 (Nika Kalandarishvili 47).

Athlone Town Stadium, July 13
Athlone Town 2 (Evan Pierce 71, Dean Williams 73); Cabinteely 2 (Rob Manley 49, Luke Clucas 90 + 2).

Stradbrook, April 12
Cabinteely 3 (Rob Manley 61, 85, Keith Dalton 64); Athlone Town 2 (Shane Dunne 40, Kealan Dillon 70).

2018

Athlone Town Stadium, July 13
Athlone Town 1 (Ciaran Grogan); Cabinteely 3 (Kieran Marty Waters 20, Joe Doyle 68, Own Goal 85).

Stradbrook, June 4
Cabinteely 4 (Kevin Knight 30, Luke Clucas 41, 58, Kieran Marty Waters 72); Athlone Town 0.

Athlone Town Stadium, March 19
Athlone Town 1 (Jake O’Connor 65); Cabinteely 2 (Conor Keeley 51, Joe Doyle 66).

2017

Stradbrook, September 22
Cabinteely 6 (Kieran Marty Waters 10, 27, 56, Ryan Swan 78, Joe Doyle 29, 83); Athlone Town 2 (Stephen Walsh 85, Claudio Silva 90 + 3).

Athlone Town Stadium, July 14
Athlone Town 1 (Jason Lyons 36); Cabinteely 1 (Joe Doyle 46).

Stradbrook, April 17
Cabinteely 3 (Jason Byrne 25, Michael Scott 84, Cory Galvin 88); Athlone Town 0.

Athlone Town Stadium, March 31
Athlone Town 3 (Walter Invernizzi 56, Conor Barry 90 + 1, Jason Lyons 90 + 4); Cabinteely 3 (Evan Galvin 3, Jack Watson 15, Kieran Marty Waters 59).

2016

Athlone Town Stadium, August 26
Athlone Town 4 (Colm Coss 39, Sean McGrane 63, Conor Barry 72, 80); Cabinteely 0.

Stradbrook, July 1
Cabinteely 5 (Joe Doyle 2, 4, 8, 27, Oscar Brennan 87); Athlone Town 1 (Michael Monaghan 69).

Athlone Town Stadium, April 22
Athlone Town 3 (Marco Chindea 19, 52, 70); Cabinteely 1 (Shane Boyle 14).

Stradbrook, March 4
Cabinteely 2 (Ben Hanrahan 21, Joe Doyle 33); Athlone Town 1 (Marco Chindea 41).

2015

Stradbrook, October 17
Cabinteely 1 (Michael Brown 32); Athlone Town 3 (Sam O’Connor 20, Daniel Purdy 28, 71).

Athlone Town Stadium, August 7
Athlone Town 0; Cabinteely 1 (Michael Brown 58).

Stradbrook, June 12
Cabinteely 2 (Shane O’Neill 16, Sodiq Oguntola 68); Athlone Town 0.

Athlone Town Stadium, August 7
Athlone Town 2 (Philip Gorman 12, 90 + 4); Cabinteely 2 (Ger Pender 8, Conor Foley 60).