The Blues are back on the road to Dublin this Friday night for our penultimate away game of the season, as we take on reigning champions Shelbourne FC at Tolka Park (7:45pm), and we have everything you need to know ahead of kick-off!
Shelbourne FC vs Waterford FC
SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division
Friday 26th September 2025
Tolka Park, Dublin
7:45pm
WATERFORD FC
The Blues head back up the M9 to the capital looking to make it a doube to remember against the current Champions of Ireland, having defeated the Reds in Tolka Park on the May Bank Holiday Weekend.
A 3rd minute header from Pádraig Amond, getting on the end of Conan Noonan’s set piece delivery, gave the Blues all three points away from home, as the Blues now look to repeat that fate this Friday night.
Two narrow defeats depsite positive performances last week sees the Blues sit in eighth position in the league table going into this weekend’s round of fixtures, with 34 points to our name ahead of our final five games of the 2025 season.
SHELBOURNE FC
Joey O’Brien’s Reds welcome the Blues to Tolka Park on Friday evening, as Shelbourne look to pick up form going into the final run-in to earn their place in Europe for 2026.
Fresh from their qualification into this season’s UEFA Europa Conference League Group Phase for the first tine in their history, Shelbourne will hope to make it a positive result against the Blues tomorrow night before going into battle against Swedish outfit BK Hacken FF next Thursday evening in Tallaght Stadium.
Shelbourne sit in sixth position in the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division table going into this weekend’s game, with 43 points earned to-date in 2025 from 30 games.
TEAM NEWS
John Coleman has confirmed there are no fresh injury concerns for the Blues going into Friday’s game against Shelbourne FC in Tolka Park. Conan Noonan is back available for selection, having missed Monday’s clash against Shamrock Rovers FC due to his loan agreement with his parent club.
JOHN COLEMAN’S THOUGHTS
“The harsh reality of it is it no matter how we win, we’ve got to win. We can take heart from when we played them at Tolka Park earlier in the year, but we want to give the fans a result they deserve. All of us appreciate the fans’ support, and I know we’ll have another great following support [tomorrow night] at Tolka Park, and we have to reward them”.
RYAN BURKE’S THOUGHTS
“We had a good result up there [in Tolka Park] earlier in the season, as well as drawing with them at home, so we’re going into this game looking to attack it and win the game tomorrow night. We know how well we can play, we need to be confident going into the game & ready to go”.
MATCH TICKETS
Tickets for Friday’s clash in Tolka Park against Shelbourne FC remain on sale. Back the Blues on the road by picking up your ticket today. Click HERE to purchase yours now.
