Galway United Weekend Preview – 11/12 July
FRIDAY – Bohemians (A) 🎶
Away tickets can be purchased HERE.
28 March 2025; Galway United manager John Caulfield after his side’s victory in the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division match between Bohemians and Galway United at Dalymount Park in Dublin. Photo by Thomas Flinkow/Sportsfile
Team News 🗞️
John Caulfield spoke to Keith Kelly at the Galway Tribune earlier this week and gave the below overview of the squad going into Friday’s game. You can read their full piece here.
“We got the two lads (Bolger and Piesold) in and we’re trying to get maybe another player in because we need to get stronger and certainly, you know, with Conor McCormack out for another week and Patrick Hickey being out, and we’ve missed them,”
“Every game is a dog of a game and Bohs are flying. They have a chance of winning the league and they signed the goalscorer from Drogheda last week.
The Stats with Julian Canny 📊
It will be the 94th meeting of the clubs. We’ve won 21 with 23 draws and 49 wins for Bohs
At Premier Division level we’ve faced them 71 times previously with 17 wins, 17 draws and 37 defeats.
Away from home we only have 8 wins from 45 matches with 12 draws and 25 defeats, though we are currently six matches unbeaten away from home dating back to 2016, since our promotion last season we have taken 7 points from the three matches there, earlier this season winning 2-0.
Our biggest away win came in December 1999 when Kieran Foley, acting as a makeshift striker, scored a hat-trick.
12 December 1999; Kieran Foley of Galway United during the Eircom League Premier Division match between Bohemians and Galway United at Dalymount Park in Dublin. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile
Player milestones for the match:
Stephen Walsh continues to close in on Kevin Cassidy’s all-time appearance record. Drogheda was his 356th game for the club so he’s only 12 behind.
20 June 2025; Stephen Walsh of Galway United after his side’s victory in the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division match between Galway United and St Patrick’s Athletic at Eamonn Deacy Park in Galway. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
Killian Brouder is in line for his 175th club appearance
Rob Slevin could be making his 90th appearance.
SATURDAY – SLIGO ROVERS (H) 🔴
You can purchase your tickets HERE.
“Yeah it’s a Connacht Derby. The games have been quite tense and tight, we’re looking forward to having them down at Eamonn Deacy Park, it’s going to be a battle.”
The Stats with Julian Canny 📊
We have a 100% record with 6 wins from 6 against Sligo Rovers.
Just two of those meetings have been at home, both in the league and both resulted in 2-1 wins.
In 2023 Kate Thompson and Jenna Slattery were our scorers, while last season it was Amanda Smith and Emma Doherty, scoring against her former club with the goals.
19 April 2025; Emma Doherty of Galway United celebrates after scoring her side’s first goal during the SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division match between Sligo Rovers and Galway United at The Showgrounds in Sligo. Photo by Tyler Miller/Sportsfile
Player milestones
It will be Kate Thompson’s 40th league appearance for the club and Ava Mullins’ 10th.
5 March 2025; Emma Duffy during a Galway United squad portraits session at Diligent in Galway. Photo by Ben McShane/Sportsfile
Worth noting also it will be Emma Duffy’s 18th birthday on Saturday. Izzy Beletic turned 27 on Thursday.
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