Xtra-vision Dundalk will be one of many stores open at midnight tonight for the launch of the FIFA 15 game from EA Sports.
The local store will also have the unique sleeve available featuring Dundalk FC midfielder Richie Towell, who won this year’s vote to appear on the cover alongside Lionel Messi and Shamrock Rovers goalkeeper Barry Murphy.
Barry Murphy and Richie Towell will appear on the cover of this year’s FIFA 15 game
For the second year running a Dundalk FC player will appear on the cover of the popular FIFA 15 game.
This year’s cover stars were revealed earlier today as Lilywhites favourite Richie Towell and Shamrock Rovers goalkeeper Barry Murphy.
Towell’s appearance on the cover alongside Barca superstar Lionel Messi comes just 12 months after team-mate Pat Hoban was selected to appear on last year’s cover.
The pair were selected following a vote on extratime.ie
The exclusive cover will be available to download from easportsfootball.com from this Friday and is available for both the XBox One and Playstation 4.
FIFA 15 goes on sale this Friday.
Substitute Karl Sheppard hit a late double as Shamrock Rovers came from behind to see off league leaders Dundalk 2-1 in last night’s FAI Ford Cup quarter-final replay at Oriel Park.
The home side’s treble dream looked very much on when leading scorer Patrick Hoban fired them in front five minutes before half-time.
However, Sheppard’s goals in the 81st and 87th minutes rocked Oriel Park.
Just as in the first game, which finished 0-0 in Tallaght last Friday, Dundalk were left to rue a series of misses when they were on top with Barry Murphy excelling for Pat Fenlon’s side in goal.
Hoban deservedly headed them in front in the 40th minute when he headed home from Darren Meenan’s delivery.
Murphy was superb though to twice deny Hoban on the restart before doing likewise from Andy Boyle.
Having weathered the storm, Rovers began to pile on the pressure and it finally told as they grabbed an equaliser nine minutes from time when Sheppard raced onto Sean O’Connor’s pass to slot past Peter Cherrie.
The real drama was yet to come, however, as three minutes from time Sheppard broke clear on the right to fire his side into the last four.
Dundalk: Cherrie; Gannon, Rossiter (Higgins 88), Boyle, Massey; Meenan (McMillan 88), Shields, Towell, Horgan; Byrne (Mountney 68), Hoban. Subs not used: Ward, Griffin, Kaguako, Sava.
Shamrock Rovers: Murphy; Madden, Kenna, McGuinness, Byrne; Brennan (Waters 53), Robinson (McPhail 62), Cregg, Finn, O’Connor; Kelly (Sheppard 77). Subs not used: Cornwall, Bayly, McCabe, Hyland.
Referee: D McKeon (Dublin).
Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers must meet again on Monday night to determine which of the two sides will advance to the semi-finals of the FAI Ford Cup after playing out a goalless stalemate in Tallaght Stadium last night.
In a game of few chances, Pat Fenlon’s side thought they had opened the scoring midway through the first half when Karl Sheppard headed home only to see his effort chalked off for offside.
Richie Towell had Dundalk’s best opening of the half soon after when he latched onto a Sean Gannon pass only to be denied by Barry Murphy.
The best opening of the second half also fell the Lilywhites’ way when substitute Kurtis Byrne was slipped through by David McMillan only to curl his effort just wide.
A deep free kick from Daryl Horgan then had to be finger-tipped over by Murphy right at the end as a replay was required.
Shamrock Rovers: Barry Murphy; Simon Madden, Conor Kenna, Jason McGuinness, Luke Byrne; Shane Robinson, Patrick Cregg, Ronan Finn; Kieran Marty Waters (Ciaran Kilduff, 88), Karl Sheppard (Dean Kelly, 66), Gary McCabe (Ryan Brennan, 74).
Dundalk: Peter Cherrie; Sean Gannon, Andy Boyle, Brian Gartland, Dane Massey; Richie Towell, Donal McDermott (Kurtis Byrne, 54), Chris Shields; Darren Meenan(John Mountney, 83), David McMillian (Patrick Hoban, 74), Daryl Horgan.
Referee: Padraigh Sutton
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