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Power Soccer has confirmed the visit of Everton academy coach Paul Harris to Power Soccer School of Excellence in Galway over the weekend of January 2-4, 2009. Harris has been instrumental in developing young players into first-teamers at Goodison Park.

Away from the bright lights of the Premier League chances exist to achieve the pleasure of outsmarting bookmaker firms. While the odds for tonight’s Championship encounter between Charlton Athletic and Derby County are skimpy enough, football punters will still be keen to invest in the fixture.

Italia 90 was easily the worst World Cup in living memory. Excruciatingly dull games, foul play, cantenaccio gone mad, cynical holding out for extra time, and running down the clock for penalties.

Italia 90 was easily the worst World Cup in living memory. Excruciatingly dull games, foul play, cantenaccio gone mad, cynical holding out for extra time, and running down the clock for penalties.

It now looks like Athlone Town will still be a League of Ireland club next season after it was revealed at a meeting this week (January 5) that more than half the club’s outstanding debt has been raised in less than a month.

In a dramatic and suffen move, Galway United have been forced to appoint a new manager after Jeff Kenna resigned to take over St Patrick’s Athletic.

“It’s not ideal but that’s the nature of junior soccer,” said Mayo manager Declan Kilkelly of his side’s preparation for tomorrow’s quarter final of the Oscar Traynor Cup. Mayo only got back to group training this week after their win over the Galway League in the last round of the group stages of the competition in December, due to the Christmas break and FAI Junior Cup action. Tomorrow they will make the trip to Dublin to take on the United Churches League in the quarter final of the premier tournament for county sides in junior soccer looking to book a place in the final four of the competition.

This Sunday afternoon sees the Mayo League take to the field in the semi final of the Oscar Traynor Cup in the lion’s den of the AUL complex in Clonshaugh, Dublin. Their opposition, the much fancied Athletic Union League, are the favourites to lift the cup this year. Mayo manager Declan Kilkelly was confident going in to the game when he spoke to the Mayo Advertiser earlier this week. “We have a great squad here and if we play to the maximum of our potential, we have a great chance of making the final.” The Mayo side had a warm up game last week with a charity match against Iorras Aontaithe in Carne, which Mayo won 3-2, which Kilkelly believed to be a “great bonding session for the lads and preparation for this weekends challenge.”

A big crowd turned up at Aghagower last weekend to witness Jack Charlton open the Westport Country Lodge Hotel. This was a historic moment for Aghagower as one of the greatest Irish legends officially opened the new hotel. As always Jack was very friendly to all the guests and especially to a couple of pupils from Knockrooskey National School who were there for the Mayo Advertiser to get an exclusive with the man himself.

Celtic fans in Galway have something to get excited about this week as some of the biggest names in the club’s history have been announced for the St Patrick’s Day squad coming to Terryland Park next month.