Dates for Europa League Group games
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With Shamrock Rovers having qualified for the Group stages of the
Europa League there will be a lot of schedule juggling both at
Tallaght Stadium and at the FAI over the coming weeks.
Not only will key decisions have to made regarding the venues for Rovers home games but there will also be a number of contractual issues to be sorted out regarding the players. Hopefully the kind disagreements that afflicted St Patrick’s Athletic can be avoided but, with the group stages running into mid December, provisions will have to be made to extend the players contracts beyond the end of the domestic season.
With the FAI Cup final due to take place on Sunday 6th November, only the last two matches will lie outside the regular season, with match 5 scheduled for 30 November/1 December and game 6 slated for December 15th.
The full schedule of Europa League Group games is as follows:
Game 1 - September 15th
Game 2 - September 29th
Game 3 - October 20th
Game 4 - November 3rd
Game 5 - November 30th/ December 1st
Game 6 - December 15th
Not only will key decisions have to made regarding the venues for Rovers home games but there will also be a number of contractual issues to be sorted out regarding the players. Hopefully the kind disagreements that afflicted St Patrick’s Athletic can be avoided but, with the group stages running into mid December, provisions will have to be made to extend the players contracts beyond the end of the domestic season.
With the FAI Cup final due to take place on Sunday 6th November, only the last two matches will lie outside the regular season, with match 5 scheduled for 30 November/1 December and game 6 slated for December 15th.
The full schedule of Europa League Group games is as follows:
Game 1 - September 15th
Game 2 - September 29th
Game 3 - October 20th
Game 4 - November 3rd
Game 5 - November 30th/ December 1st
Game 6 - December 15th
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