In the second part of our European summer leagues review we look back at another six leagues
which fell upon the 2011 calendar year.
KAZAKHSTAN: FC Shakhter Karagandy (Played 32, Points 42) finished the season as
Kazakhstan Premier League champions but it didn't look so clear cut throughout the
season.
The 7th Annual Umbro Galway Cup takes place this weekend and former Ireland and Liverpool
player, Ronnie Whelan was on ‘foot' to kick off and officially launch this year's event.
The four day event takes place at Drom – the home of Salthill Devon in Galway City from
tomorrow Wednesday 3rd August and runs right through to Saturday 6th August, where 49 teams from
five countries will play 125 games and compete to be named winner of their category.
Manchester City opened up their Dublin Super Cup tournament with a 3-0 win over
an Airtricity XI at the Aviva Stadium today, with goals from Shaun Wright Phillips, Adam Johnson
and Luca Scapuzzi.
Watch the intro video for tomorrows 2011 Dublin Cup which starts tomorrow
featuring Manchester City v Airtricity League IX and Celtic v Inter Milan.
Shamrock Rovers re-wrote history as they won their first ever European Cup tie,
beating Estonian Champions FC Flora Tallinn 1-0 at the Tallaght Stadium to-night.
Rovers first European Cup adventure came with a 6-0 beating at Dalymount Park
in 1957 against Sir Matt Busby's 'Busby Babes' who a few months later were destroyed by the Munich
Air Crash.
St Pat's manager John Gill was delighted with what he call's Pat's Power after
his side claimed a 2-1 win over Sligo Rovers last night the winner scored by Danny North his second
of the game in the 90th minute.
The sixth edition of the all-Ireland Setanta Sports Cup, named after the Irish sports station,
kicks off on Monday with an expanded tournament and a different format. Twelve teams will compete,
six from Northern Ireland's Carling Premiership and six from the Airtricity League in the Republic
of Ireland, with four of those teams Crusaders, Glentoran, Shamrock Rovers and Sligo Rovers given a
bye into the quarter-finals.
