John Delaney Cup

 

A mouth watering preseason competition will be unveiled on  Monday night 12 July 2010 at Two Mile Borris AFC grounds in Newhill Park – on the old Dublin-Cork road between the Turnpike and Littleton at 8.30pm.

This competition will see the top four teams from the Tipperary Southern & District League, namely Peake Villa, Clonmel Celtic, St. Michael's AFC and Clonmel Town compete against the top four teams from the North Tipperary & District League which are Nenagh Celtic, Nenagh AFC, Blackcastle Utd. and Cloughjordan AFC

The draw for the first round which will be home and away will be made on Monday. This will see the top four teams in the TSDL facing their counterparts in the NTDL after that the winners of these matches will go into an open draw semi-finals, with the final being played possibly on the 7 August at a venue TBC.

Like the Joe Delaney Cup that has been an outstanding success for the Under 18 game, this again is another step to bring the two leagues in the county, that have operated independently since 1977 closer together.

This competition will be named after his son John Delaney who is the current Chief Executive Officer of the FAI and of course a native of Tipperary town. John got a 5 year extension to his contract with th FAI and we wish him all the best.

Hopefully there will be a good turnout of the representatives from the eight Clubs that will be competing plus anyone else that might like to come. There will be photographs and media coverage on the night as part of the promotion of this competition.