Over the coming weeks the website will take on a whole new look, being made more user friendly & accessible to our supporters and players alike and from next season and beyond will be used by the club as a major news resource not only for club info, match reports and team contacts but will also be available to advertise club events and sponsors.
Well it doesn't get more heartbreaking than losing a final on a penalty unless of course the penalty never was !!!! Read the full match profile here click on the dodgy ref pic to access.
Portumna were drawn away against the league runners up Tullamore Town for this Semi Final encounter. Tullamore have had all the spoils against Portumna beating us 5-1 and 2-1 in the two league encounters. Portumna were determined that they would be third time lucky. Click here to see full match report.
Portumna were drawn away to meet St Angus in the Shield Semi Finals after their exciting and well deserved 3-2 win in the Quarterfinals against Abbeyleix. Click here to see a full match report.
Portumna Town U13 squad had a marvellous win against Birr Town but they had to do it via the dreaded penalty shoot out, read all about the drama here by clicking on the link......
Portumna's U13's got a good run out at Athenry's Moanbaun, no quarter was asked nor given and the match was an excellent exhibition of fast attacking football. To find out how Cormac Barry's charges got on in their away trip out West then click the squad picture.
Click on the picture link for our U9's match report as the season winds down
Click here for our very latest on how the u13's have been performing in the top flight as their league campaign comes to an end.
Soccer began in England in the mid-1800's, and was originally played by the higher, more aristocratic English classes in their boarding schools and private clubs. The ease and inexpense of the sport quickly moved it ahead as a sport for the masses however. The London Football Association was founded in 1863 and was responsible for standardizing game rules throughout Europe. Soccer began to spread throughout Europe almost immediately, with Spain, Germany, Italy, and France all taking up the game by the early 20th century. As interest in the sport grew throughout the world, so did an interest in formal competition. In 1900, the first soccer game was played at the Olympics, with medals introduced just eight years later. Professional players, however, were exempt from competition in the Olympic Games for more than 80 years. In 1904, The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), was formed, followed by the first World Cup international competition in 1930. A round-robin style tournament that pitted teams from individual nations against each other every four years, the World Cup has now grown into an international affair, with nearly 200 teams now seeking admittance!!!!
For all lovers of Jimmy Choo Portumna Town Football Club are holding a fundraising night on February 14th in the Shannon Oaks Hotel. We are hosting a “Sex and the City” theme Valentine’s Ball starting at 8pm. Features & Highlights of the evening include- Evening Event details : Arrive at hotel at 8pm, free cocktail reception, gift for the ladies and escorts shown you to your table. 5 course dinner, live music, DJ, spot prizes galore and a raffle will be held on the night. Ticket prices €100 or 2 for €180. A great night – not to be missed. Ask any club official for further details
This game gave the famous phrase a game of two halves real meaning when Portumna brought it to the extreme at the weekend with a magnificent rally in the second half after a real roasting by their manager Cormac Barry. Read here to see how the game unfolded. Click the picture link to read more
To see the latest match report from Cormac Barrys U13's and their progress in their division then click the picture link to access.
www.PORTUMNATOWN.com would like to wish all our visitors & guestbook signees a Happy & Prosperous 2009. With us getting ever closer to the 3000 hits stage in such a short time just goes to show the power of the internet in spreading the word about the excellent work being done at the club by all our managers, players and club officials. Well done to all and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
As the festive season gets underway let us assess the first half of the season for all of our Portumna teams. Our U10's lie 5th (of 7) in the U10 WEST DIVISION and although a tough league another win will put them mid table. The U11's are in a similiar situation also lying 5th (of 7) in the U11 PREMIER DIVISION and again another result in their next game up would push them up the table. The U12's in the MAJOR DIVISION are currently bottom of their league but have shown enough fight & decent performances recently to gain respectability and with teams above them having played up to two games more it is only a matter of time before they advance up the positions. The u13's having been promoted last season sit respectably mid table and are well capable of staying in the division a major success in itself.
Cormac Barry's U13 squad are currently holding their own in the U13 premier league see how they got on in their latest match by clicking here.
Portumna welcomed their close neighbours Kiltormer for this top of the table clash. READ MORE IN OUR MATCH REPORTS SECTION>>>>>>>>>
Find all upcoming fixtures for PORTUMNA TOWN FC here GOOD LUCK to all teams, all game kick offs, referees in charge and all current league tables can be seen on www.msleague.ie
U9 WEST PORTUMNA V KILTORMER 1PM K.O
U10 WEST BANAGHER V PORTUMNA 10AM K.O
U11 PREMIER PORTUMNA V PORTLAOISE 10 AM K.O
U12 MAJOR PORTUMNA V MULLINGAR 12.30 PM K.O
U13 MAJOR PORTUMNA V PORTLAOISE 11.15 AM K.O
Portumna made the long trip to Wicklow at the weekend to play in the last 64 of the FAI schoolboys cup, see how they fared by clicking the link.
Ever play futsal? find it fun but tough? then read this report about the Irish BLIND Futsal squad at the latest world championships.Click the link to find out all about them!
Portumna played Tullamore at home this week, their latest match report is now available online by clicking the match reports link to the left .
A 3-1 win for Portumna Town's Under 13's against Emo got their season back on track today. CLICK HERE FOR MATCH REPORT
With matches throughout the MSL falling to the weather it is perhaps gratifying to know that at least two of our teams got games under their belt. The U9's were away to Gallen in Ferbane & the U13's played their home games thanks to the hospitality & generosity of Cormac Barry's old stomping ground and team Kiltormer AFC. Click on your choice!
To all those managers & players who participated last season in the EVOWEARsports player of the month awards, this seasons awards will be issued by your coaches for November 08 in early December. So well done to past recipients and good luck to all those players striving for success this season.
This coming weekend sees a feast of football coming to Portumna Town's home ground of Marian Park. The Under 11's take on Portlaoise Rovers at 10.30am in the Premier League. The Under 12's are against Mullingar Athletic in the u12 Major Division with an 11.45am kick off & Cormac Barry's Under 13's are versus Broadfors Rovers in what promises to be a tantalising fixture in the FAI Schoolboys competition at 1pm. GOOD LUCK TO ALL TEAMS.
PORTUMNA TOWN Under 9's got off to the best possible start in their season by winning at a canter against Killeigh.To see how they won so well click the picture link to see a full match report & the complete squad listing for the season ahead in the MIDLANDS SCHOOLBOYS / GIRLS LEAGUE.
Last week the U13 squad travelled to Ardmore for an FAI schoolboys cup game and came away with a fantastic win, but more importantly made some good friends in Wicklow with a generous welcome put on for the visitors. Click the picture link of the Ardmore away jersey see full match report.
Eric Lavine & Nigel Keady (ex Galway United and Current Athlone Town professional footballers) put the Under 12 & 13 squads through their paces last thursday in a 2 hour training session that is sure to give anyone attending much insight into how a professional trains. The session was well recieved by kids and adults alike and attracted positive comment from all around. ALSO NEW U13 MATCH REPORT NOW ONLINE SEE HOW CORMAC BARRY'S U13 SQUAD FARED AGAINST TULLAMORE
Cormac Barry's Under 13 squad travelled to Portlaoise for their first away game of the season after their fantastic win over Birr. A game that promised much more than the end result. READ THE U13 MATCH REPORT ON OUR MATCH REPORTS SECTION.
ERIC LAVINE will be running a FREE soccer clinic session for the U12 & U13 squads in Portumna's home ground of Marian Park this coming THURSDAY 9th October 2008 starting at 5.45pm (approx 2hrs duration). The AFTER SCHOOL SOCCER PROGRAMME is designed to deliver action packed evenings of fun, skills & games for boys and girls of all levels of ability Most importantly the programme is delivered by FAI Qualified Coaches Eric Lavine & Nigel Keady who both currently play for ATHLONE TOWN. For further details please contact either of the coaches at 087-2873332 (eric) & 087-6163586 (nigel) or email afterschoolsoccer@ymail.com PLEASE NOTE UNDER 12's & UNDER 13's SQUAD FOTO FOR THE WEBSITE WILL BE TAKEN AT THIS SESSION please bring your home kit shorts and socks.
What a fantastic couple of weeks for Cormac Barry's U13 squad, firstly a great FAI Schoolboys cup win over Wicklow's Blessington and then a thumping 6-1 defeat dished out to last seasons nemesis Birr Town, although only promoted to this new league other teams will be looking at this latest result with trepidation! click U13 match reports to the left to access full match report.
It really was a mixed bag of results in week 1 of the MSL, the results were as follows- UNDER 10 WEST Portumna 2-1 Mucklagh, UNDER 11 PREMIER Portumna 2-4 Mucklagh, UNDER 12 MAJOR Rosenallis 5-0 Portumna, UNDER 13 SFAI CUP Portumna 4-0 Blessington.
Portumna Town F.C will hold their AGM on Thursday 25/09/08 at 8:30pm. The Venue is Portumna Retirement Village . All Coaches and Parents are invited to attend. Thanks
After what has seemed like an age the Midlands Schoolboys League finally gets underway at long last this weekend with the following fixtures, home team is listed first. Good Luck to all our teams in action this weekend.
St Pauli a German Bundesliga 2 team have been a 'KULT' team for many years in the German league, at a time of rising transfer fee's & extremism and bigotry here is a team who have been trying and succeeding to stem the tide.Click on the link to read more.....
Cormac Barry's squad had a terrific game of football on thursday (28/08/08) when they took on an Athenry XI team from the Galway & District League, to find how they got on click the link here
The club is considering entering a Girls U17 team into the girls league this year. To determine how many girls are interested the club is asking any girls who wish to play football on Saturdays to please contact Abe Kennedy on 086 1060811 or David Flaherty on 087 9837366 within the next few days.
Due to the number of children interested in joining the club at the youngest level this season, the club is looking for a volunteer to come forward to fill the role of manager for a second under 8 team so that all children can be accomodated. Full training will be given to the person taking charge of the team. People interested please contact either Ger O Sulivan 0868167463 or David Flaherty 0879837366.
Find below a list of our Coaches contact details for this season and their proposed training schedules, we welcome Sean Duggan (u9) & Dave Madden (u12) as new managers.
Managers - 2008/2009 Contact Details/Training Times
Team Manager Phone no Training Time U 8 Orla Connelly 086-3873447 TBA U 9 Sean Duggan 087-2274118 Weds 17:00 to 18:00 U10 David Flaherty 087-9837366 Thurs 18:30 to 20:00 U11 Ger O Sullivan 086-8167463 Weds 18:30 to 19:30 U12 Dave Madden 087-2465790 Weds 19:00 to 20:30 U13 Cormac Barry 087-2684462 Tues 19:00 to 20:30
19/08/08WWW.PORTUMNATOWN.COM has now had over 2000 hits since the start of last season. This represents an amazing visitors rate since the websites inception almost 10 months ago, we would like to thank all of our regular visitors and all of our new viewers who have made it a success. Tell all your friends, family and soccer fans about us and let us hit 3000! ASAP! THANKYOU!!!! p.s counter is at the bottom of this page.........
We at portumnatown.com positively welcome any news and views from players, parents and all people who have an interest in juvenile soccer and we consider all articles sent to us for publication. We particularly encourage any contributions from players who may have an opinion to voice.The new upcoming 2008/09 season promises to be another exciting one in the MSL if last years action was anything to go by!All contributions to evowear@eircom.net
All New book reviews are now available to read on our review section. The Damned Utd about Brian 'auld big'ead' Cloughs brief but fascinating tenure as Leeds United manager offers a great piece of fiction that has its basis in fact. This and other book reviews now available to read.Books include Who Ate All The Pies and Groove Armada Rafa benitez Anfield and the New Spanish Fury!
Just a reminder to all Parents and Guardians of children who want to register to play soccer for this coming 2008/09 season, registration takes place on August 9th at the Shannon Oaks Leisure Club, Portumna from 11am to 1pm. Registration open to boys & girls as we hope to run 6 teams this season ranging from U8 to U13. All new members will be required to submit an original birth certificate or passport. Children must be six by 30/06/08 to register for the U8 team, all enquiries contact Club Secretary David Flaherty on 087 9837366. Hope to see you all there!
Portumna Town FC are holding an important meeting with parents of children involved with the club on Friday the 25th of July at 8.30pm. At least one parent of each child is required to attend the meeting. Parents of children who are intending to join in August are also requested to attend the meeting. The meeting will be held in the Shannon Oaks hotel and will finish at 9.30pm. Due to matters that arose over the course of last year and recent developments concerning the future of the club it is vital that parents demonstrate their support for the club by attending this meeting.
Portumna Town F.C. will be holding a registration day for all new and existing members on August 9th at the Shannon Oaks Leisure Club from 11am to 1pm. The Club provide Soccer for both Girls and Boys. The club will be registering 6 teams with the Midlands schoolboys / girls league ranging from U8 to U13. All new members will be required to submit an original birth certificate or passport. Children must be six by 30/06/08 to register for the U8 team. Look out for further notices closer to registration in the local papers and parish newletters.Enquiries-Contact Club Secretary David Flaherty on 087 9837366
With the soccer season now at an end why not check out our games pages to ease your way through the lonely cold months ahead til the new season begins!
A Great Night was had by all at the end of season awards ceremony for 2008, awards included Under 8 & Under 9 Midlands League medals for all their efforts for the season, Club Awards for our Midlands Schoolboys League representatives, Special Achievement Award for manager/coach Mike O'Sullivan, a poetry award! and our Under 10,11 & 12 awards for Player Of The Season and Manager's Special Merit Award, of which our very own SHANE ROONEY! was a worthy recipient. Well done to all our winners and a full listing can be found below, congratulations from all at the club and portumnatown.com. ROLL ON NEXT SEASON, WE CAN'T WAIT!
MA = Managers Award POY=Player of Year
U10 MA Shane Rooney U10 POY Dean Tierney
U11 MA Brian O'Sulivan U11 POY Ruary Cunningham
U12 MA Sean Touhey U12 POY Conor Barry
Portumna Town's End Of Season Awards Night has been scheduled for Sunday 8th June at the Shannon Oaks Hotel in Portumna Town. Kick Off (so to speak!) is at 6pm and awards on the night will include Players of the Season and Managers Awards. Hope to see you all there!
Niall Duane is David Flaherty's Under 9 player of the month for April 2008. Click on Niall's photograph to read his profile. Well Done to him and his squad on a terrific season from Evowear Sports & portumnatown.com .
CLICK ON THE LINK TO ACCESS A FULL MATCH REPORT AND PICTURES OF PORTUMNA TOWN'S HISTORIC SHIELD WIN IN MOUNTMELLICK.
BY CLICKING THE LINK YOU CAN NOW ACCESS OUR NEW CHAMPIONS PAGE THAT WILL LIST PORTUMNA TOWN'S CLUB HONOURS FROM NOW ON. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR UNDER 12'S ON WINNING THE MIDLANDS SCHOOLBOYS LEAGUE SHIELD FINAL AND WELL DONE TO THEM ON BECOMING OUR FIRST ENTRY INTO OUR HALL OF FAME.
Well What Can We Say? An absolutely fantastic performance from Portumna Town's U12 squad today secured the Midlands Schoolboys League Shield Title for this season with a 4-0 win over Mullingar Town. From start to finish playing an accomplished passing game was the order of the day and it is a credit to their manager Cormac Barry that they played this way,each and every goal owed much to the expansive, open and slick passing game which Mullingar could not live with for the entire match. Match report to follow......
Special mention must go to Eoin Foley-Cormac Barry's U12 Player Of The Month for March who unfortunately did not play in the Shield Final as he was injured, but he played a massive part in getting the team to this game and we are sure he will come back for next season.
Cormac Barry's U12's squad are in Mountmellick this coming saturday for their U12 MSL Shield Final against Mullingar kick off is at 10 a.m. All support would be very much appreciated from the management team and players alike . Good luck and well done to all for a great season from www.portumnatown.com. Catch up with the squads exciting finale to the season with a flurry of games in our MATCH REPORTS SECTION. Click the jersey to access reports.
Did you know that up until recently if you were a woman in Iran you would be arrested for attending a soccer match and it is only recently that women have been allowed to watch on the telly! Click on the picture to read the story of Niloofar Ardalan who infiltrates soccer stadia to watch soccer at great personal risk!
With the season now almost over for all of our teams it is time to reflect on what has been a very exciting and exhausting year from U8's through to our U12's. Our Under 10's & U11's both finished their respective second seasons in respectable mid table positions and Cormac Barry's U12's finished as runners up, this being all the more remarkable as it was the managers debut season for Portumna Town. Congratulations to all our players, parents and coaches on a great second season and good luck to all squads in the last few remaining games.
CHECK OUT OUR LATEST ADDITIONS TO OUR PORTUMNA PICTURE GALLERY, JOHN ALDRIDGE WAS A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR HIS HOME CITY WHEN HE WAS A GUEST AT OUR 'WHO WANTS TO BE A THOUSANDAIRE' FUNDRAISER LAST YEAR.
WOW! The Players Of The Month Awards are coming in thick & fast for March 08. Ryan Gohery is the latest recipient of the Under 9 award from his manager. Congrats to him and his manager David Flaherty, to read a profile of the player click on Ryans picture.
OUR TEAM- A POEM BY DAVID LYNCH - Who says that poetry and football do not mix, some would actually say that football is pure poetry! Well Done to David Lynch who has been nominated for the Portumna Town Club Award for the poem OUR TEAM.
Well Done to Eoin Foley on recieving the Under 12's award for player of the month for March 08. Eoin has been one of the driving forces behind the under 12's charge for the title in recent months and we at portumnatown.com think this award is well earned. Congratulation to you and your parents young Eoin.
Congratulations to Patrick O'Sullivan on recieving the PortumnaTown.com Under 10 Player Of The Month award for March 2008. Click on Patrick's picture for his managers profile. Also read the latest match report for our U12's as they attempt to win the league title. See our match reports section.
Have you seen EVOWEARsports latest team kit offers then check out our new sports page on portumnatown.com. CLICK ON THE LINK TO HAVE A LOOK AT OUR PERMANENTLY DISCOUNTED PRICESAND OTHER ITEMS AVAILABLE.
Click on the Steven Gerrard link for your chance to win a great prize in the EVOWEARsports monthly soccer quiz. Entry is open to anyone visiting this website. GOOD LUCK!
Ruairi Cunningham is February's Portumna Town Player of the Month for Mike O'Sullivans Under 11's.Click on Ruari's picture to see his managers profile. Also two new U12 match reports now online see how Cormac Barry's squad is doing in their battle for the league title!
All of Portumna Town's teams face a very busy fixtures schedule over the next week with both home and away games. Below are the current fixtures, these can be further checked on the Midlands Schoolboys League website.
SAT 12.04.08
MON 14.04.08
WED 16.04.08
U9 WEST 10.30AM T/MOREvPORTUMNA U10 WEST 10.00AM GALLENvPORTUMNA U11 PREM 11.00 AM PORTUMNAvM/MELLICK U12 WEST 10.00 AM PORTUMNAvK/LAVILLA
U10 WEST 7.30PM FRANKFORDvPORTUMNA U11 PREM 7.30PM PORTUMNAvCLONASLEE U12 WEST 6.15PM PORTUMNAvBANAGHER
U11 PREM 7.00PM PORTUMNAvWALSH ISLAND
FRI 17.04.08 U11 PREM 7.15PM M/MELLICKvPORTUMNA
A comfortable 7 nil win against Banagher kept Cormac Barry's Under 12's team in with a major chance of the league title as Birr could only draw at the weekend. Read our match report by clicking the link to see how the action panned out! Want to know how our other teams got on then see our Tables, Results & Fixtures page for all the latest information & stats. New Liverpool Soccer quiz now online, check it out in the quiz section. 06/04/08
DID YOU GUESS? The Gortanummera merger was a load of rubbish! did you check the date-1st APRIL FOOLs DAY- Apologies for anyone having to retract any info passed on today.And anyway with our U12's flying it is only a matter of time before GUFC come a calling! FORTHCOMING FIXTURES for this coming weekend are as follows for our teams - U10 WEST Portumna V Birr Tn 9.45 k.o then U11 PREMIER Portumna V Emo 10.30 k.o and finally U12 WEST Banagher V Portumna 10.45 k.o
01/04/08 PORTUMNA TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB has announced its intention to merge with GORTANUMMERA juvenile soccer club. Commenting on this development Chairman of GORTANUMMERA FC JOHNNY IGOE said "this represents exciting times for our little football club to merge with such a progressive club as Portumna Town Football Club,we dont intend to be swallowed up by Portumna as our new proposed post amalgamated club crest for the new set up shows.We would intend in time to be the major partner in this new relationship." Chairman of Portumna Town FC Ger O'Sullivan was unavailable for comment!
PORTUMNATOWN.COM has had a few recent additions to its webpages, our New Midlands Club Locator has added Killeigh FC to its ranks and any clubs that want to be included should send their details to our email address evowear@eircom.net .We also have our new Portumna Town Gallery for your enjoyment and again if you would like pictures posted then send them to the email above. Oh and by the way don't forget your chance to win a great football prize in the EVOWEARsports soccer quiz which finishes today!
MICHAEL DOLAN IS DAVID FLAHERTY'S UNDER 9 PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 08. CLICK ON MICHAEL'S PICTURE TO ACCESS HIS MANAGERS PROFILE IN OUR SQUAD PAGES. WELL DONE TO MICHAEL.ALSO CHECK OUT ANOTHER GREAT WIN FOR CORMAC BARRY'S U12's AGAINST FRANKFORD IN OUR UNDER TWELVES (12) MATCH REPORTS SECTION.
PORTUMNATOWN.COM has recieved its 1000th visit to its dedicated soccer website, this represents a great achievement considering its relatively short life so far. Everyone at the website would like to thank all of our visitors and hope you like its content so far. If you want to see other items covered then please contact us at evowear@eircom.net. (24/03/08)
Patrick O'Connell is an often overlooked man in Irish history but he is forever remembered in F.C Barcelona's history as the manager who kept the Catalan club alive during the Spanish Civil War. Read all about this great forgotten man from Irish sporting history by clicking on the Barcelona Crest. This is our first story in the Football Articles Section and we hope you enjoy such an unusual one to start with.
CLICK HERE for our all new club locator.We now have 9 Midlands league clubs details listed ,we at the website portumnatown.com see the benefits of using the club locator as a resource for other clubs and also for managers, parents and all that are interested in junior soccer in Ireland. If you would like your Midlands club listed here then please send your details to us at our email address evowear@eircom.net.
Portumna Towns U12's hit Clara for 11 (eleven!) goals at home and keeps them in with a real chance of the league title. Click on Ronan O'Meara's picture to the left to read a full match report.Well Done also to Ronan on achieving his U12 Player Of The Month Award from his manager Cormac Barry.
Cormac Tully is the first February player of the month for all the Portumna Town squads. He plays for the Under 10's. Cormacs courage in games and willingness to learn have been highlighted as major factors by his managers decision to award him this accolade and all at portumnatown.com say well done and congratulations for a well deserved medal. CLICK ON CORMACS PICTURE FOR HIS MANAGER GER O'SULLIVAN'S PROFILE
Ever wondered how to get to some away games? Check out our new Midlands Schoolboys League Club locator , new clubs listed are GALLEN UTD, KILTORMER AFC & PORTLAOISE CELTIC, keep watching as we add new clubs each week to help our fans follow Portumna Town away from home CLICK ON THE LINK TO ACCESS KILTORMER AFC CLUB DETAILS OR CLICK ON MIDLANDS CLUB LOCATOR TO THE LEFT OF PAGE FOR MORE CLUBS
COLIN BURKE gave a Man Of The Match performance in swamp like conditions against Gallen United at Ferbane on Saturday (8/3/08). It was about time Cormac Barry's Under 12's had the oppurtunity to get back playing football and they battled well to earn a well deserved win to push them up the table and give them a shout at the league title.READ THE FULL MATCH REPORT BY CLICKING THE LINK HERE.
The Midlands U12 representative XI lost to Kilkenny last week, the final score of 3-1 didn't really reflect how good a performance this was from the Midlands team, the games outstanding memory being Ronan O'Meara's (Portumna) outstanding thread needle precision pass for Aaron Rafter (Abbyleix) to run onto and to finish exquisitely past a despairing Kilkenny goalkeeper. Football is a funny old game they say!
The answers to the monthly EVOWEARsports quiz are now available,click here for our prize winner and the solutions to our most infuriating quiz yet, judging by your comments more will follow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEW QUIZ NOW AVAILABLE.
Priscilla Mullen has been selected as U11 player of the month for January 2008. Well Done Priscilla. PortumnaTown.com & all at EVOWEARsports.com would also like to send our congratulations to Priscilla and her parents on her achievement. This profile has been added to the U11 player profile page.
John O'Neill wins the U10 award for January 08 player of the month. WELL DONE TO JOHN & congratulations to his parents on John winning his very much deserved award. Click on Johns picture to access his full player profile in the U10 section. PortumnaTown.com and the Player of the Month Awards sponsor EVOWEARsports would like to congratulate all the recipients of January's awards.(Jack Curley U12's & Eoin Barry U9's)
Now that the weather seems to be on the up we can look forward to more soccer action this coming weekend.All the following fixtures are at home -First up are the U10's in the WESTERN Division v GALLEN at 10am, then next up in PREMIER Division action are theU11's v WALSH ISLAND at 10.45 am, followed by the U9's in the WESTERN BOYS Division v GALLEN at 12.00. The Under 12's MSL Representative squad is inKILKENNYwhere they will play Kilkenny at 12.00.
Last Saturday saw Portumna Town's U8's back in outdoor action with a soccer blitz at their home ground. Gallen and Eyrecourt provided the opposition on the day and what a good day the two Portumna Town Under 8 teams had as they never lost a game.Click here to read more.
Portumna Town Have chosen their January Players of the Month they are Jack Curley U12's (left) Eoin Barry u9's (right) & John O'Neill U10's.
Congratulations to all from portumnatown.com
Want your club listed on PORTUMNATOWN.com? We are looking for clubs in the Midlands League to send your clubs location and website details (if you have one) to us and we will post up your details on our new club locator section. This section can include club address, club officials, map, pictures etc please send your details to Neil Evason (website administrator) at evowear@eircom.net we look forward to hearing from you!
Yet again Portumna Town's Under 12 manager Cormac Barry finds his squad with a free weekend due to the lack of an official to referee the scheduled home match versus Banagher this coming saturday (16/02/08).This must be getting especially frustrating for the squad of players that Mr Barry has at his disposal as it is almost 3 months! since their last competitive match which was as a result of the bad weather and unplayable pitches across the Midlands League grounds.Let us hope that the other Portumna teams involved today namely the U9's at Birr Town & the U11's at Emo have better luck in getting their respective games played.Good Luck from portumnatown.com
Last week was a fairly busy week for Portumna Town FC, on the back of weeks of inactivity due to the recent spell of poor weather. On wednesday last week 35 children & 10 adults made the long journey to Croke Park to watch Ireland take on the Worlds Greatest footballing nation Brazil. All the children were thrilled to be at such a special match and their behaviour on the day ensured the adults too had an enjoyable experience. Upcoming saturday fixtures- U9 Away to Birr 11a.m k.o, U11 Away to Emo 10.30 a.m k.o,U12 Home to Banagher 10.00 a.m k.o.
A real mixed bag of results for our players involved in competitive action this weekend.Ger O'Sullivan's Under 10's got a battling 1-1 draw with Gallen Utd in the U10 MSL WEST DIVISION and Mike O'Sullivans Under 11's unluckily lost 5-2 to Gallen Utd a scoreline that just didn't reflect the possession and many chances created by Portumna Town.Finally our players representing Portumna in the Under 12's Midlands Schoolboys Inter League competition versus Carlow had outstanding games in the much deserved 3-1 win in Tullamore
This week we hope to get our season back underway as Portumna Town's under 10 & under 11 teams face Gallen United of Ferbane in rescheduled fixtures from last week, the kick offs are arranged for 10.00 am and 10.45 am respectively.There will be no under 12 fixture as an MSL U12 Inter League representative team will be playing against Carlow in Tullamore this weekend. Good luck to both Ger O'sullivan (u10) & Mike O'Sullivan (u11) and their squads this weekend and also to the MSL squad in Tullamore.
Congratulations to Ronan Coleman on winning January 08's Evowear Soccer Quiz. A new quiz with a difference now available by clicking the EVOWEARsports logo, can you figure out the anagram above? the clue is "eircom league team" this and other anagrams now on the Prize Soccer Quiz page.
With the whole league programme decimated this weekend (02/02/08) by cancellations for safety reasons it is perhaps reassuring to know that some of our teams are still playing football or should that be FUTSAL To find out about this wonderful indoor game please read on....
FIFA FUTSAL is the new soccer craze sweeping the football world. PORTUMNA U8's & U9's already play it and now the EIRCOM LEAGUE have seen the benefits of this exciting and skilfull small sides game.CLICK THE GUFC OR FAI CRESTS TO SEE GALWAY UNITED'S NEW FUTSAL SQUAD & FAI'S FUTSAL RULES
ORLA GIVES A HALF TIME TEAM TALK TO THE U8'S
CLICK THE U8'S PICTURE LINK TO SEE LATEST FUTSAL MATCH REPORT
Unfortunately due to heavy snowfall yesterday and freezing weather last night the Midlands Schoolboys League programme for this saturday (2nd february) was disrupted with many games called off.Portumna Town's U10, U11 & U12's fixtures v Gallen United were sadly called off due to the bad condition of the pitch,some of the Portumna teams have not played a match for 2 months which prompted one manager to describe the fixture postponement as a 'DISASTER'! If it wasn't for our U8 & U9 teams being involved in the exciting indoor FUTSAL BLITZ'S then no games will have been played in January at all.Let us hope the weather has a significant improvement and that the lads will be hungry when the season resumes in earnest when the pitches improve.Keep up to date with further news @ www.portumnatown.com your clubs soccer website.
It has been some weeks since any of PORTUMNA TOWN'S teams have played any 11 a side competitive matches due to unplayable pitches and the christmas break,this weekend they aim to put all that behind them with an away day trip to FERBANE where the under 10's, U11's & U12's take on GALLEN UNITED in what we hope will be a successful visit by the Portumna squads & their managers.First up are Ger O'Sullivans U10's with a 10.00 am kick off followed by Mike O'Sullivans U11's at 10.45 am and this is then followed by a mouth watering clash at 12.00 when 2nd placed Cormac Barry's in form U12's take on 3rd placed Gallen Utd in what promises to be an exciting affair.PortumnaTown.com wishes all teams success this saturday.
Four Portumna Town Players are involved in the FAI's Emerging Talent Programme this year the players are Conor Barry, Colin Burke, Niall Concannon & Ronan O'Meara. The programme intends to provide a proper player pathway whereby a boy or a girl can start with their local schoolboy club and graduate at 11 to the local centre of excellence to train under the guidance of UEFA licensed coaches. At 14 a player can progress to a regional centre before entering the international squads system and ultimately the national academy.To read more about the FAI development plan and other such initiatives please click on the link provided.
23/01/08 David Flaherty announced the signings of two new players for Portumna Town Football Club's Under 9's squad today.The new additions to the team are Leon Houlihan (midfielder) & Cian Gallagher (defender).PORTUMNATOWN.COM wishes them every success.
Portumna's U8's travelled to Mountmellick on saturday 19th January to take part in their first ever Futsal Blitz.Up against strong opposition in the form of Mucklagh,Abbeyleix and Mountmellick, Portumna emerged the top team winning all 3 of their matches.Keeping up the high standards they have set early on in the season the boys scored 12 goals and conceded none.A great accomplishment and one they can be proud of as are their manager and coach Orla Connelly & Seamus Lynch.The players who were involved on saturday were-Sean Lynch,Oisin O'Sullivan,Oisin Donoghue,Darragh Barry,Neil Connelly,Jason Dorflinger,Sean Brien,Ben Murphy,Declan Gorman,Joshua O'Halloran,Bill Tuohy,Alex Flaherty,Morgan Walsh.
Portumna Town U9's made history last weekend as the first team from the club to take part in a Midlands Schoolboys/ Girls league Futsal Blitz.Futsal is the official FIFA & UEFA version of indoor 5 a side soccer and the only international recognised small side game.The Blitz's take place in Mountmellick Co.Laois with the U8's & U9's playing on alternate saturdays.Teams travel from all over the league to play in a non competitive blitz.Click on the link to see how Portumna U9's got on in their matches.
Congratulations to Max Parry our u12's Portumna Town FC Player of the Month for December.Portumnatown.com would like to say well done to Max on his commitment, dedication and hard work during December.
Well Done to David Hanley who is the under 10's Portumna Town FC Player of the Month for December 2007.Click on the player picture to get a full player profile of David by his manager Ger O'Sullivan on our under 10's player & squad profiles section.This award represents a great achievement by the player and all at portumnatown.com send our congratulations.All player of the month awards are provided by Evowear Sports.
Congratulations to Eric Flaherty who is our Under 9's DECEMBER 2007 portumnatown.com Player Of The Month Award winner, well done to him, his teamates & manager for some excellent results this season. Click on the player picture for a player profile in our Squad & Player Profile Section.Keep watching more portumna town player of the month winners to follow very soon.....
PORTUMNA TOWN FC's CONOR BARRY & RONAN O'MEARA both played for the the MIDLANDS SCHOOLBOYS Under 12 representative eleven in the very credible 1-1 draw against the WEXFORD LEAGUE last weekend. This is not only a tremendous achievement by both players but is also great recognition for Portumna Town. Conor Barry is also the captain of the MSL squad.
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Portumna Town's new website continues to go from strength to strength, over 300 Hits in only 3 weeks, a mention in the Connacht Tribune & The Advertiser and also an article on the Galway & District Leagues website! Decembers soccer quiz will be almost over so remember to get your entries in for your chance to win a terrific prize.
As we approach the Christmas break our under 8 and under 9 teams are continuing to play well in their respective matches so far this season, the under 10's are positioned well in 4th place in the U10 WEST DIVISION. The under 11's are 9th in the U11 PREMIER and Cormac Barry's under 12's are doing extremely well in 2nd place in the U12 WEST DIVISION. So have a well earned break lads until the Midlands Schoolboy/Girls Leagues resumption on 5th January 2008. Have a very safe Christmas from all at PORTUMNATOWN.COM and a Wonderful New Year.
Last Saturday night saw Portumna Town FC hold their annual Christmas Raffle in the Boat House Bar. First prize of €500 was won by Nancy Kennedy, 2nd prize of €150 sponsored by Fergal Coghlan was won by Niamh Hacket. 3rd prize a Christmas hamper worth €150 sponsored by Supervalu went to our winner Neasa Ridge and 4th prize of €100 sponsored by Dave Madden Ventilation was won by Gerard Gillespie. The club would like to sincerely thank all the sponsors and everybody who supported this raffle. The children and parents who put so much effort into selling the raffle tickets over the last few weeks can be proud of the fact that a total of €7,000 was raised and this money will go towards the development fund for the club.
U9's P.T.F.C Player of the Month for November Winner DONAL SHIEL
U10's P.T.F.C Player of the Month for November Winner DEAN TIERNEY
U11's P.T.F.C Player of the Month Winner DARREN DILLON
U12's P.T.F.C Player of the Month for November Winner SEAN TUOHY
02/12/07 Latest Under 9's match report and photo's now available in our match reports section.WELL DONE TO DONAL SHIEL for winning the under 9's Player of the Month award for November.
PORTUMNATOWN.COM has launched a free webtext service to anyone interested in recieving regular updates as they appear on the website.Anyone interested in recieving these free texts should text Y to 0872226935.
NEW Under 12 Match Report now available just follow match reports to the left and click on Under 12's section for full game details.
24/11/07 PORTUMNATOWN.COM Website Administrator Neil Evason pictured with U12's manager Cormac Barry after their very impressive 9 -1 home win against Tullamore donates a complete set of personalised jersies for use as their change strip.Click here for a full match report.
U12's SQUAD
Another good win against Banagher for manager David Flaherty's Under 9's as they continued their good start to the season. Read a full match report and squad listing here.
After last weeks set back Portumna Under 12's got back to winning ways with a fine 4-1 away win against Killavilla.
Another great win for the Under 12's against Clara keeps the pressure on the pace setters.Three wins from three games with 28 goals scored with only 1 conceded ! Click on the link to read full match report.
Portumna under 12's continued where they left of last week and impressed yet again with a 9-1 away win at Tullamores marvellous and impressive new Clara Rd ground.Read a full match report by clicking on the portumna crest to the left.
A marvelous 10 - 0 !!!! win at the weekend for Cormac Barry's Under 12's over Gallen of Ferbane in his debut match as manager, read a full match report by clicking the link to the right or following our match reports links to the left.
Portumna Town Football Club teams compete in the Midland Schoolboy/ Girls Football League and are sponsored by Portumna Retirement Village. The club continues to go from strength to strength with the addition of an U11's boys team this season. We wish all of our teams and managers great success in this coming season ahead.
Over the coming weeks the website will take on a whole new look, being made more user friendly & accessible to our supporters and players alike and from next season and beyond will be used by the club as a major news resource not only for club info, match reports and team contacts but will also be available to advertise club events and sponsors. 
Well it doesn't get more heartbreaking than losing a final on a penalty unless of course the penalty never was !!!! Read the full match profile here click on the dodgy ref pic to access.
Portumna were drawn away against the league runners up Tullamore Town for this Semi Final encounter. Tullamore have had all the spoils against Portumna beating us 5-1 and 2-1 in the two league encounters. Portumna were determined that they would be third time lucky. Click here to see full match report.
Portumna were drawn away to meet St Angus in the Shield Semi Finals after their exciting and well deserved 3-2 win in the Quarterfinals against Abbeyleix. Click here to see a full match report.
Portumna Town U13 squad had a marvellous win against Birr Town but they had to do it via the dreaded penalty shoot out, read all about the drama here by clicking on the link...... 
Portumna's U13's got a good run out at Athenry's Moanbaun, no quarter was asked nor given and the match was an excellent exhibition of fast attacking football. To find out how Cormac Barry's charges got on in their away trip out West then click the squad picture.
Click on the picture link for our U9's match report as the season winds down 
Click here for our very latest on how the u13's have been performing in the top flight as their league campaign comes to an end. 
Soccer began in England in the mid-1800's, and was originally played by the higher, more aristocratic English classes in their boarding schools and private clubs. The ease and inexpense of the sport quickly moved it ahead as a sport for the masses however. 
For all lovers of Jimmy Choo Portumna Town Football Club are holding a fundraising night on February 14th in the Shannon Oaks Hotel. We are hosting a “Sex and the City” theme Valentine’s Ball starting at 8pm. Features & Highlights of the evening include-
This game gave the famous phrase a game of two halves real meaning when Portumna brought it to the extreme at the weekend with a magnificent rally in the second half after a real roasting by their manager Cormac Barry. Read here to see how the game unfolded. Click the picture link to read more 
To see the latest match report from Cormac Barrys U13's and their progress in their division then click the picture link to access.
As the festive season gets underway let us assess the first half of the season for all of our Portumna teams. Our U10's lie 5th (of 7) in the U10 WEST DIVISION and although a tough league another win will put them mid table. The U11's are in a similiar situation also lying 5th (of 7) in the U11 PREMIER DIVISION and again another result in their next game up would push them up the table. The U12's in the MAJOR DIVISION are currently bottom of their league but have shown enough fight & decent performances recently to gain respectability and with teams above them having played up to two games more it is only a matter of time before they advance up the positions. The u13's having been promoted last season sit respectably mid table and are well capable of staying in the division a major success in itself.
Cormac Barry's U13 squad are currently holding their own in the U13 premier league see how they got on in their latest match by clicking here.
Find all upcoming fixtures for PORTUMNA TOWN FC here GOOD LUCK to all teams, all game kick offs, referees in charge and all current league tables can be seen on 
Portumna made the long trip to Wicklow at the weekend to play in the last 64 of the FAI schoolboys cup, see how they fared by clicking the link.
A 3-1 win for Portumna Town's Under 13's against Emo got their season back on track today. CLICK HERE FOR MATCH REPORT
To all those managers & players who participated last season in the EVOWEARsports player of the month awards, this seasons awards will be issued by your coaches for November 08 in early December. So well done to past recipients and good luck to all those players striving for success this season.
This coming weekend sees a feast of football coming to Portumna Town's home ground of Marian Park. The Under 11's take on Portlaoise Rovers at 10.30am in the Premier League. The Under 12's are against Mullingar Athletic in the u12 Major Division with an 11.45am kick off & Cormac Barry's Under 13's are versus Broadfors Rovers in what promises to be a tantalising fixture in the FAI Schoolboys competition at 1pm. GOOD LUCK TO ALL TEAMS. 
PORTUMNA TOWN Under 9's got off to the best possible start in their season by winning at a canter against Killeigh.To see how they won so well click the picture link to see a full match report & the complete squad listing for the season ahead in the MIDLANDS SCHOOLBOYS / GIRLS LEAGUE.
Last week the U13 squad travelled to Ardmore for an FAI schoolboys cup game and came away with a fantastic win, but more importantly made some good friends in Wicklow with a generous welcome put on for the visitors. Click the picture link of the Ardmore away jersey see full match report.
Eric Lavine & Nigel Keady (ex Galway United and Current Athlone Town professional footballers) put the Under 12 & 13 squads through their paces last thursday in a 2 hour training session that is sure to give anyone attending much insight into how a professional trains. The session was well recieved by kids and adults alike and attracted positive comment from all around. ALSO NEW U13 MATCH REPORT NOW ONLINE SEE HOW CORMAC BARRY'S U13 SQUAD FARED AGAINST TULLAMORE
ERIC LAVINE will be running a FREE soccer clinic session for the U12 & U13 squads in Portumna's home ground of Marian Park this coming THURSDAY 9th October 2008 starting at 5.45pm (approx 2hrs duration). The AFTER SCHOOL SOCCER PROGRAMME is designed to deliver action packed evenings of fun, skills & games for boys and girls of all levels of ability Most importantly the programme is delivered by FAI Qualified Coaches Eric Lavine & Nigel Keady who both currently play for ATHLONE TOWN. For further details please contact either of the coaches at 087-2873332 (eric) & 087-6163586 (nigel) or email 
After what has seemed like an age the Midlands Schoolboys League finally gets underway at long last this weekend with the following fixtures, home team is listed first. Good Luck to all our teams in action this weekend. 
Cormac Barry's squad had a terrific game of football on thursday (28/08/08) when they took on an Athenry XI team from the Galway & District League, to find how they got on click the link here
The club is considering entering a Girls U17 team into the girls league this year. To determine how many girls are interested the club is asking any girls who wish to play football on Saturdays to please contact Abe Kennedy on 086 1060811 or David Flaherty on 087 9837366 within the next few days.
Due to the number of children interested in joining the club at the youngest level this season, the club is looking for a volunteer to come forward to fill the role of manager for a second under 8 team so that all children can be accomodated. Full training will be given to the person taking charge of the team. People interested please contact either Ger O Sulivan 0868167463 or David Flaherty 0879837366. 
Find below a list of our Coaches contact details for this season and their proposed training schedules, we welcome Sean Duggan (u9) & Dave Madden (u12) as new managers. 
19/08/08 
We at portumnatown.com positively welcome any news and views from players, parents and all people who have an interest in juvenile soccer and we consider all articles sent to us for publication. We particularly encourage any contributions from players who may have an opinion to voice. The new upcoming 2008/09 season promises to be another exciting one in the MSL if last years action was anything to go by! All contributions to 
All New book reviews are now available to read on our review section. The Damned Utd about Brian 'auld big'ead' Cloughs brief but fascinating tenure as Leeds United manager offers a great piece of fiction that has its basis in fact. This and other book reviews now available to read. Books include Who Ate All The Pies and Groove Armada Rafa benitez Anfield and the New Spanish Fury! 
Portumna Town F.C. will be holding a registration day for all new and existing members on August 9th at the Shannon Oaks Leisure Club from 11am to 1pm. The Club provide Soccer for both Girls and Boys. The club will be registering 6 teams with the Midlands schoolboys / girls league ranging from U8 to U13. All new members will be required to submit an original birth certificate or passport. Children must be six by 30/06/08 to register for the U8 team. Look out for further notices closer to registration in the local papers and parish newletters.Enquiries-Contact Club Secretary David Flaherty on 087 9837366 
With the soccer season now at an end why not check out our games pages to ease your way through the lonely cold months ahead til the new season begins!
A Great Night was had by all at the end of season awards ceremony for 2008, awards included Under 8 & Under 9 Midlands League medals for all their efforts for the season, Club Awards for our Midlands Schoolboys League representatives, Special Achievement Award for manager/coach Mike O'Sullivan, a poetry award! and our Under 10,11 & 12 awards for Player Of The Season and Manager's Special Merit Award, of which our very own SHANE ROONEY! was a worthy recipient. Well done to all our winners and a full listing can be found below, congratulations from all at the club and portumnatown.com. ROLL ON NEXT SEASON, WE CAN'T WAIT! 
Portumna Town's End Of Season Awards Night has been scheduled for Sunday 8th June at the Shannon Oaks Hotel in Portumna Town. Kick Off (so to speak!) is at 6pm and awards on the night will include Players of the Season and Managers Awards. Hope to see you all there! 
Niall Duane is David Flaherty's Under 9 player of the month for April 2008. Click on Niall's photograph to read his profile. Well Done to him and his squad on a terrific season from Evowear Sports & portumnatown.com . 
CLICK ON THE LINK TO ACCESS A FULL MATCH REPORT AND PICTURES OF PORTUMNA TOWN'S HISTORIC SHIELD WIN IN MOUNTMELLICK.
Well What Can We Say? An absolutely fantastic performance from Portumna Town's U12 squad today secured the Midlands Schoolboys League Shield Title for this season with a 4-0 win over Mullingar Town. From start to finish playing an accomplished passing game was the order of the day and it is a credit to their manager Cormac Barry that they played this way,each and every goal owed much to the expansive, open and slick passing game which Mullingar could not live with for the entire match. Match report to follow...... 
Special mention must go to Eoin Foley-Cormac Barry's U12 Player Of The Month for March who unfortunately did not play in the Shield Final as he was injured, but he played a massive part in getting the team to this game and we are sure he will come back for next season.
Cormac Barry's U12's squad are in Mountmellick this coming saturday for their U12 MSL Shield Final against Mullingar kick off is at 10 a.m. All support would be very much appreciated from the management team and players alike . Good luck and well done to all for a great season from 
With the season now almost over for all of our teams it is time to reflect on what has been a very exciting and exhausting year from U8's through to our U12's. Our Under 10's & U11's both finished their respective second seasons in respectable mid table positions and Cormac Barry's U12's finished as runners up, this being all the more remarkable as it was the managers debut season for Portumna Town. Congratulations to all our players, parents and coaches on a great second season and good luck to all squads in the last few remaining games. 
CHECK OUT OUR LATEST ADDITIONS TO OUR PORTUMNA PICTURE GALLERY, JOHN ALDRIDGE WAS A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR HIS HOME CITY WHEN HE WAS A GUEST AT OUR 'WHO WANTS TO BE A THOUSANDAIRE' FUNDRAISER LAST YEAR.
WOW! The Players Of The Month Awards are coming in thick & fast for March 08. Ryan Gohery is the latest recipient of the Under 9 award from his manager. Congrats to him and his manager David Flaherty, to read a profile of the player click on Ryans picture. 
OUR TEAM- A POEM BY DAVID LYNCH - Who says that poetry and football do not mix, some would actually say that football is pure poetry! Well Done to David Lynch who has been nominated for the Portumna Town Club Award for the poem OUR TEAM. 
Well Done to Eoin Foley on recieving the Under 12's award for player of the month for March 08. Eoin has been one of the driving forces behind the under 12's charge for the title in recent months and we at portumnatown.com think this award is well earned. Congratulation to you and your parents young Eoin.
Congratulations to Patrick O'Sullivan on recieving the PortumnaTown.com Under 10 Player Of The Month award for March 2008. Click on Patrick's picture for his managers profile. Also read the latest match report for our U12's as they attempt to win the league title. See our match reports section. 
Have you seen EVOWEARsports latest team kit offers then check out our new sports page on portumnatown.com. CLICK ON THE LINK TO HAVE A LOOK AT OUR PERMANENTLY DISCOUNTED PRICES AND OTHER ITEMS AVAILABLE. 
Click on the Steven Gerrard link for your chance to win a great prize in the EVOWEARsports monthly soccer quiz. Entry is open to anyone visiting this website. GOOD LUCK! 
Ruairi Cunningham is February's Portumna Town Player of the Month for Mike O'Sullivans Under 11's.Click on Ruari's picture to see his managers profile. Also two new U12 match reports now online see how Cormac Barry's squad is doing in their battle for the league title! 
A comfortable 7 nil win against Banagher kept Cormac Barry's Under 12's team in with a major chance of the league title as Birr could only draw at the weekend. Read our match report by clicking the link to see how the action panned out! Want to know how our other teams got on then see our Tables, Results & Fixtures page for all the latest information & stats. New Liverpool Soccer quiz now online, check it out in the quiz section. 06/04/08
DID YOU GUESS? The Gortanummera merger was a load of rubbish! did you check the date-1st APRIL FOOLs DAY- Apologies for anyone having to retract any info passed on today.And anyway with our U12's flying it is only a matter of time before GUFC come a calling! FORTHCOMING FIXTURES for this coming weekend are as follows for our teams - U10 WEST Portumna V Birr Tn 9.45 k.o then U11 PREMIER Portumna V Emo 10.30 k.o and finally U12 WEST Banagher V Portumna 10.45 k.o 
01/04/08 PORTUMNA TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB has announced its intention to merge with GORTANUMMERA juvenile soccer club. Commenting on this development Chairman of GORTANUMMERA FC JOHNNY IGOE said "this represents exciting times for our little football club to merge with such a progressive club as Portumna Town Football Club,we dont intend to be swallowed up by Portumna as our new proposed post amalgamated club crest for the new set up shows.We would intend in time to be the major partner in this new relationship." Chairman of Portumna Town FC Ger O'Sullivan was unavailable for comment! 
PORTUMNATOWN.COM has had a few recent additions to its webpages, our New Midlands Club Locator has added Killeigh FC to its ranks and any clubs that want to be included should send their details to our email address 
MICHAEL DOLAN IS DAVID FLAHERTY'S UNDER 9 PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 08. CLICK ON MICHAEL'S PICTURE TO ACCESS HIS MANAGERS PROFILE IN OUR SQUAD PAGES. WELL DONE TO MICHAEL. ALSO CHECK OUT ANOTHER GREAT WIN FOR CORMAC BARRY'S U12's AGAINST FRANKFORD IN OUR UNDER TWELVES (12) MATCH REPORTS SECTION. 
PORTUMNATOWN.COM has recieved its 1000th visit to its dedicated soccer website, this represents a great achievement considering its relatively short life so far. Everyone at the website would like to thank all of our visitors and hope you like its content so far. If you want to see other items covered then please contact us at 
Portumna Towns U12's hit Clara for 11 (eleven!) goals at home and keeps them in with a real chance of the league title. Click on Ronan O'Meara's picture to the left to read a full match report.Well Done also to Ronan on achieving his U12 Player Of The Month Award from his manager Cormac Barry.
Cormac Tully is the first February player of the month for all the Portumna Town squads. He plays for the Under 10's. Cormacs courage in games and willingness to learn have been highlighted as major factors by his managers decision to award him this accolade and all at portumnatown.com say well done and congratulations for a well deserved medal. CLICK ON CORMACS PICTURE FOR HIS MANAGER GER O'SULLIVAN'S PROFILE
COLIN BURKE gave a Man Of The Match performance in swamp like conditions against Gallen United at Ferbane on Saturday (8/3/08). It was about time Cormac Barry's Under 12's had the oppurtunity to get back playing football and they battled well to earn a well deserved win to push them up the table and give them a shout at the league title.READ THE FULL MATCH REPORT BY CLICKING THE LINK HERE.
The Midlands U12 representative XI lost to Kilkenny last week, the final score of 3-1 didn't really reflect how good a performance this was from the Midlands team, the games outstanding memory being Ronan O'Meara's (Portumna) outstanding thread needle precision pass for Aaron Rafter (Abbyleix) to run onto and to finish exquisitely past a despairing Kilkenny goalkeeper. Football is a funny old game they say!
The answers to the monthly EVOWEARsports quiz are now available,click here for our prize winner and the solutions to our most infuriating quiz yet, judging by your comments more will follow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEW QUIZ NOW AVAILABLE. 
Priscilla Mullen has been selected as U11 player of the month for January 2008. Well Done Priscilla. PortumnaTown.com & all at EVOWEARsports.com would also like to send our congratulations to Priscilla and her parents on her achievement. This profile has been added to the U11 player profile page. 
John O'Neill wins the U10 award for January 08 player of the month. WELL DONE TO JOHN & congratulations to his parents on John winning his very much deserved award. Click on Johns picture to access his full player profile in the U10 section. PortumnaTown.com and the Player of the Month Awards sponsor EVOWEARsports would like to congratulate all the recipients of January's awards.(Jack Curley U12's & Eoin Barry U9's) 
Now that the weather seems to be on the up we can look forward to more soccer action this coming weekend.All the following fixtures are at home - First up are the U10's in the WESTERN Division v GALLEN at 10am, then next up in PREMIER Division action are the U11's v WALSH ISLAND at 10.45 am, followed by the U9's in the WESTERN BOYS Division v GALLEN at 12.00. The Under 12's MSL Representative squad is in KILKENNY where they will play Kilkenny at 12.00. 
Last Saturday saw Portumna Town's U8's back in outdoor action with a soccer blitz at their home ground. Gallen and Eyrecourt provided the opposition on the day and what a good day the two Portumna Town Under 8 teams had as they never lost a game.Click here to read more.
Yet again Portumna Town's Under 12 manager Cormac Barry finds his squad with a free weekend due to the lack of an official to referee the scheduled home match versus Banagher this coming saturday (16/02/08).This must be getting especially frustrating for the squad of players that Mr Barry has at his disposal as it is almost 3 months! since their last competitive match which was as a result of the bad weather and unplayable pitches across the Midlands League grounds.Let us hope that the other Portumna teams involved today namely the U9's at Birr Town & the U11's at Emo have better luck in getting their respective games played.Good Luck from portumnatown.com 
Last week was a fairly busy week for Portumna Town FC, on the back of weeks of inactivity due to the recent spell of poor weather. On wednesday last week 35 children & 10 adults made the long journey to Croke Park to watch Ireland take on the Worlds Greatest footballing nation Brazil. All the children were thrilled to be at such a special match and their behaviour on the day ensured the adults too had an enjoyable experience. Upcoming saturday fixtures- U9 Away to Birr 11a.m k.o, U11 Away to Emo 10.30 a.m k.o,U12 Home to Banagher 10.00 a.m k.o.
A real mixed bag of results for our players involved in competitive action this weekend.Ger O'Sullivan's Under 10's got a battling 1-1 draw with Gallen Utd in the U10 MSL WEST DIVISION and Mike O'Sullivans Under 11's unluckily lost 5-2 to Gallen Utd a scoreline that just didn't reflect the possession and many chances created by Portumna Town.Finally our players representing Portumna in the Under 12's Midlands Schoolboys Inter League competition versus Carlow had outstanding games in the much deserved 3-1 win in Tullamore 
This week we hope to get our season back underway as Portumna Town's under 10 & under 11 teams face Gallen United of Ferbane in rescheduled fixtures from last week, the kick offs are arranged for 10.00 am and 10.45 am respectively.There will be no under 12 fixture as an MSL U12 Inter League representative team will be playing against Carlow in Tullamore this weekend. Good luck to both Ger O'sullivan (u10) & Mike O'Sullivan (u11) and their squads this weekend and also to the MSL squad in Tullamore.
Congratulations to Ronan Coleman on winning January 08's Evowear Soccer Quiz. A new quiz with a difference now available by clicking the EVOWEARsports logo, can you figure out the anagram above? the clue is "eircom league team" this and other anagrams now on the Prize Soccer Quiz page.
Unfortunately due to heavy snowfall yesterday and freezing weather last night the Midlands Schoolboys League programme for this saturday (2nd february) was disrupted with many games called off.Portumna Town's U10, U11 & U12's fixtures v Gallen United were sadly called off due to the bad condition of the pitch,some of the Portumna teams have not played a match for 2 months which prompted one manager to describe the fixture postponement as a 'DISASTER'! If it wasn't for our U8 & U9 teams being involved in the exciting indoor FUTSAL BLITZ'S then no games will have been played in January at all.Let us hope the weather has a significant improvement and that the lads will be hungry when the season resumes in earnest when the pitches improve.Keep up to date with further news @ www.portumnatown.com your clubs soccer website. 
It has been some weeks since any of PORTUMNA TOWN'S teams have played any 11 a side competitive matches due to unplayable pitches and the christmas break,this weekend they aim to put all that behind them with an away day trip to FERBANE where the under 10's, U11's & U12's take on GALLEN UNITED in what we hope will be a successful visit by the Portumna squads & their managers.First up are Ger O'Sullivans U10's with a 10.00 am kick off followed by Mike O'Sullivans U11's at 10.45 am and this is then followed by a mouth watering clash at 12.00 when 2nd placed Cormac Barry's in form U12's take on 3rd placed Gallen Utd in what promises to be an exciting affair.PortumnaTown.com wishes all teams success this saturday. 
23/01/08 David Flaherty announced the signings of two new players for Portumna Town Football Club's Under 9's squad today.The new additions to the team are Leon Houlihan (midfielder) & Cian Gallagher (defender).PORTUMNATOWN.COM wishes them every success. 
Portumna's U8's travelled to Mountmellick on saturday 19th January to take part in their first ever Futsal Blitz.Up against strong opposition in the form of Mucklagh,Abbeyleix and Mountmellick, Portumna emerged the top team winning all 3 of their matches.Keeping up the high standards they have set early on in the season the boys scored 12 goals and conceded none.A great accomplishment and one they can be proud of as are their manager and coach Orla Connelly & Seamus Lynch.The players who were involved on saturday were-Sean Lynch,Oisin O'Sullivan,Oisin Donoghue,Darragh Barry,Neil Connelly,Jason Dorflinger,Sean Brien,Ben Murphy,Declan Gorman,Joshua O'Halloran,Bill Tuohy,Alex Flaherty,Morgan Walsh.
Portumna Town U9's made history last weekend as the first team from the club to take part in a Midlands Schoolboys/ Girls league Futsal Blitz.Futsal is the official FIFA & UEFA version of indoor 5 a side soccer and the only international recognised small side game.The Blitz's take place in Mountmellick Co.Laois with the U8's & U9's playing on alternate saturdays.Teams travel from all over the league to play in a non competitive blitz.Click on the link to see how Portumna U9's got on in their matches. 
Congratulations to Max Parry our u12's Portumna Town FC Player of the Month for December.Portumnatown.com would like to say well done to Max on his commitment, dedication and hard work during December. 
Well Done to David Hanley who is the under 10's Portumna Town FC Player of the Month for December 2007.Click on the player picture to get a full player profile of David by his manager Ger O'Sullivan on our under 10's player & squad profiles section.This award represents a great achievement by the player and all at portumnatown.com send our congratulations.All player of the month awards are provided by Evowear Sports. 
Congratulations to Eric Flaherty who is our Under 9's DECEMBER 2007 portumnatown.com Player Of The Month Award winner, well done to him, his teamates & manager for some excellent results this season. Click on the player picture for a player profile in our Squad & Player Profile Section.Keep watching more portumna town player of the month winners to follow very soon..... 
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Portumna Town's new website continues to go from strength to strength, over 300 Hits in only 3 weeks, a mention in the Connacht Tribune & The Advertiser and also an article on the Galway & District Leagues website! Decembers soccer quiz will be almost over so remember to get your entries in for your chance to win a terrific prize. 
As we approach the Christmas break our under 8 and under 9 teams are continuing to play well in their respective matches so far this season, the under 10's are positioned well in 4th place in the U10 WEST DIVISION. The under 11's are 9th in the U11 PREMIER and Cormac Barry's under 12's are doing extremely well in 2nd place in the U12 WEST DIVISION. So have a well earned break lads until the Midlands Schoolboy/Girls Leagues resumption on 5th January 2008. Have a very safe Christmas from all at PORTUMNATOWN.COM and a Wonderful New Year.
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02/12/07 Latest Under 9's match report and photo's now available in our match reports section.WELL DONE TO DONAL SHIEL for winning the under 9's Player of the Month award for November. 
24/11/07 PORTUMNATOWN.COM Website Administrator Neil Evason pictured with U12's manager Cormac Barry after their very impressive 9 -1 home win against Tullamore donates a complete set of personalised jersies for use as their change strip.Click here for a full match report.
Another good win against Banagher for manager David Flaherty's Under 9's as they continued their good start to the season. Read a full match report and squad listing here.
After last weeks set back Portumna Under 12's got back to winning ways with a fine 4-1 away win against Killavilla. 
Another great win for the Under 12's against Clara keeps the pressure on the pace setters.Three wins from three games with 28 goals scored with only 1 conceded ! Click on the link to read full match report. 
A marvelous 10 - 0 !!!! win at the weekend for Cormac Barry's Under 12's over Gallen of Ferbane in his debut match as manager, read a full match report by clicking the link to the right or following our match reports links to the left.
Portumna Town Football Club teams compete in the Midland Schoolboy/ Girls Football League and are sponsored by Portumna Retirement Village. The club continues to go from strength to strength with the addition of an U11's boys team this season. We wish all of our teams and managers great success in this coming season ahead.