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8th placed Swords Manor 2nds play host to 5th placed Old Bawn FC at Brackenstown Road, Swords at 2 pm

Swords Manor 2nds's last result was a poor 3-0 loss away against Malahide Utd 2nds.
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Old Bawn FC's last fixture played was a comprehensive 1-5 win away against Strand United.
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6th placed Malawi FC play host to 9th placed ROC Celtic 2nds at John Paul 2nd Park, Cabra at 12 pm

Malawi FC's last result was a comprehensive 1-5 win away against Benbulbin United.
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ROC Celtic 2nds's last fixture played was a straightfoward 1-3 win away against Mid Sutton Sportslink.
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Somalia FC have yet to win at home.
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Benbulbin United
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7th placed Phoenix Athletic play host to 4th placed Ballyowen Celtic at Albert College at 2 pm

Phoenix Athletic come from a disappointing 2-0 loss away against Sandford-St Marys FC 2nds. They are currently on a losing streak of 5 games.
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Ballyowen Celtic come from a 3-3 draw away against Newlane FC 2nds.
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(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

Strand United are currently on a losing streak of 6 games.They have yet to win at home.
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Old Bawn FC
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11th placed Strand United play host to 10th placed Tallaght Utd at Mount Temple at 2 pm

Strand United's last result was a comprehensive 1-5 loss at home against Old Bawn FC. They are currently on a losing streak of 6 games.They They have yet to win at home.
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Tallaght Utd come from a poor 0-3 loss at home against Glenmalure Rovers. They have yet to win away from home.
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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.

Arthur Griffith Park FC have yet to be beaten at home.
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Harding IF FC
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6th placed Drumcondra AFC play host to 9th placed Blackrock College at Albert College at 12 pm

Drumcondra AFC's last game was a 5-0 win at home against Strand United.
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Blackrock College's last result was a narrow 1-0 win at home against Strand United.
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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.

This is the first game for both teams in this competition

7th placed Drumcondra AFC 2nds play host to 5th placed Dunshaughlin Youths FC 2nds at Albert College at 2 pm

Drumcondra AFC 2nds's last fixture played was a disappointing 1-3 loss at home against Exodus FC.
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Dunshaughlin Youths FC 2nds's last fixture played was a 2-2 draw at home against Draiocht Titans.
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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.

This is the first game for both teams in this competition

Glenmalure Rovers play host to Tamhlacht FC at Walkinstown Park at 11:30 am

This is the first game for both teams in this competition

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

Benbulbin United
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Malawi FC
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