Sports Direct Men’s FAI Cup Third Round – Treaty United -v- Pike Rovers
This Friday marks just the second time ever two sides from Limerick clash in the FAI Cup.
Match Details:
Teams – Treaty United v Pike Rovers.
Competition – Sports Direct Men’s FAI Cup.
Date – Friday, August 16th.
Time – 19:45.
Venue – Markets Field, Garryowen.
Referee – Paul Norton.
Match Sponsor – Damian Quinlivan & Sons – Your Local Courier Expert – 0857283671
Live Coverage:
The game will be available to watch exclusively to LOITV.
A one-match game pass can be purchased for €5 or supporters can buy a Half-Season Pass to get access to games across the Women’s Premier Division and the Men’s & Women’s First Division.
Buy A Match Pass: https://www.loitv.ie/en-int/livestream/treaty-united-v-pike-rovers/1781265
Buy A Half-Season Pass: https://www.loitv.ie/en-int/page/season-pass-1
The Teams
Treaty United
Treaty United advanced to this stage of the competition thanks to a penalty shootout win over Leinster Senior League outfit Kilbarrack United. It wasn’t the greatest of performances from Treaty on the night, but they did enough to advance which would have been of the utmost importance to Tommy Barrett.
Since then Treaty have won two and drawn once in their last three games and have put in some impressive performances to boot.
Fionn Doherty is likely to miss this one due to suspension, but the debut of new signing Jack Kavanagh on Saturday (who got further minutes in the tank for the club’s MU20 side on Tuesday night) means that he could very well slot into that left-back role and make a full debut on Friday.
Pike Rovers
Limerick District League Premier Division side Pike Rovers reached this stage of the competition thanks to home victories in the first two rounds of the competition. Pike played out a 1-1 draw with Waterford-based Villa FC after 120 minutes before eventually prevailing on penalties to advance past the first round. The second round saw The Hoops host Munster Senior League champions Midleton FC on a 3-1 scoreline in Crossagalla.
Pike will have one eye on their season opener next Thursday but will undoubtedly do their utmost to turnover their Limerick rivals in the FAI Cup first. They have lost some strong players including Shane Clarke, Steven Bradley and Danny O’Neill but have added the talented Eoin Duff as well as Conor Keane from Ballynanty Rovers.
