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 February 28
7.45 p.m.
Cabinteely face into their first SSE Airtricity League First Division away game of the 2020 season against Athlone Town on Friday at the Athlone Town Stadium.
Cabinteely started the campaign last week with a 4-2 home victory over Bray Wanderers in the East Coast derby at Stradbrook while Athlone’s proposed away fixture against Galway United at Eamonn Deacy Park was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
MANAGEMENT TEAM VIEW
Cabinteely’s Assistant Manager/First Team Coach Eddie Gormley praised the work ethic of the side in their hard-earned success over Bray at a wet and windy Stradbrook last week.
However, he stressed they must work just as hard against Athlone.
“It was a great performance against Bray considering the conditions. The players have to take a lot of credit for the way they adapted, because it was the worst conditions I’ve ever witnessed at a match in my life.”
Gormley went on to say “Athlone will be a difficult game for us. We must focus on the task in hand. We’ve had a good week’s training behind us. Athlone obviously didn’t play last week and will be hungry to get a good result. We’ll go there, work hard and see where it takes us.”
TEAM NEWS
Cabinteely hope to have a near full squad at their disposal.
REFEREE
Michael Connolly will take charge of the fixture with Dermot Broughan and Alan Dunne being the assistants. Marc Lynch is fourth official.
PREVIOUS MEETNGS
Since entering the League of Ireland back in 2015, Athlone have provided Cabinteely’s opposition a record 18 times – jointly held with Cobh Ramblers.
This match will see Athlone become the club who will have faced Cabinteely the most (19) times.
Cabo have won 12 matches while Athlone have earned three victories.
Cabinteely are unbeaten against Athlone in their last ten league matches since 2017.
FIRST DIVISION MEETINGS BETWEEN THE CLUBS
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).
