WOMEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE champions Peamount United will take on ZFK Spartak Subotica of Serbia in their opening Champions League qualifier next month.
Spartak, who are chasing their 11th straight domestic title, have qualified for the Champions League Round of 32 in each of the last three seasons.
The game, which takes place on 18 August, will form part of a mini-tournament with the winner going on to face either FC Twente or Tbilisi Nike on 21 August. The venue for the games has yet to be confirmed.
If Peamount progress through both of those initial ties, they would then face a two-legged Round 2 qualifier with a place in the group stages on the line.
“It’s a tough draw with a team that has dominated their league for the last 10 years,” Peas boss James O’Callaghan said.
“It’s going to be a big challenge for us. Last year, we felt that we held our own [against Glasgow City] and can take great confidence from that. We feel that we have unfinished business in this competition.
“We really want to do it for ourselves and for the league, to show how good Peamount are and how good the football is in Ireland. We want to put on a performance so that people give us more respect, but we know that it is going to be a big challenge.”
Peamount remain unbeaten and currently sit joint-top of the Women’s National League with a game in hand over rivals Shelbourne.
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C’mon the Pool!
@Gerry Peyton: it’s a little cold to be going to the pool.. Maybe around summer time come back to me
Hooray defence has changed a little.
Liverpool starting XI: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Can, Lovren, Robertson, Henderson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Coutinho, Salah, Firmino. Subs: Karius, Klavan, Grujic, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mane, Solanke, Sturridge.
Some good news finally.
@Hank_Scorpio: Emre Can at centre Half?
@Ronan Rafferty: at this stage I take a traffic cone over some of the centre halves.
@Ronan Rafferty: plus it’s good to see No 23 back in the defence.
Brighton to Win and Shane Duffy to score a header..
@Colin Floyd: you are a header
@Colin Floyd: threw himself to the ground for that peno, our Shane.
Come on Hendo Cano Dumo Robo Salo Gimpo Harpo Gypo and Kloppo . Majestic !
@powerfix: whatever your in to, we won’t judge.
A Brighton win here wouldnt surprise me….if they contain and mark Salah, then they should score and take the points…i’m a big fan of Chris Houghton who was very hard done by at Norwich..
And on to more important news…well done Chelsea another 3 points and the gap is closing….ish !!!!
@dannyboy: Hard done by at Newcastle too. The man gets no respect from up high but players have never had a bad word to say. Excellent football man, terrible footballing politician. Unfortunately that’s the same as every other walk of life. Big Sam, anyone?
@dannyboy: Houghton?? Wasn’t he yer man that put the ball in the back of the English net?
@dannyboy: Great prediction, you must be a real football man, Lol!
3-3 anyone ?
@powerfix: yeah maybe in 10 years