Derry City's FAI Cup tie with Sligo Rovers rescheduled

DERRY City's FAI Cup quarter-final tie against Sligo Rovers at the Showgrounds has been postponed.
By Simon Collins
Published 18th Nov 2020, 10:42 BST
Updated 18th Nov 2020, 11:22 BST
Derry City's FAI Cup tie against Sligo has been postponed.Derry City's FAI Cup tie against Sligo has been postponed.
Derry City's FAI Cup tie against Sligo has been postponed.

Declan Devine's team were pencilled in to play the Bit O'Red this Friday night, however, the fixture has been put back until next Wednesday, November 25, with kick-off at 7.30pm.

Neither the FAI or Derry City Football Club have stated the reasons for the postponement, however, Sligo Rovers claim the decision was made following another Covid-19 outbreak in the Derry camp.

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Sligo confirmed the postponement on its Twitter account this morning.

"The Extra.ie FAI Cup quarter-final between Sligo Rovers and Derry has been postponed following an outbreak of Covid-19 within the Candystripes camp," read the tweet.

The two other quarter-finals, Finn Harps v Shamrock Rovers and Bohemians v Dundalk, both take place this Friday with kick-off at 5.45pm & 7.45pm respectively.

All three matches will be live on WATCHLOI.

Extra.ie FAI Senior Cup - Quarter Finals: 20/11 - Finn Harps v Shamrock Rovers, 5.45pm; 20/11 - Bohemians v Dundalk, 7.45pm: 25/11 - Sligo Rovers v Derry City, 7.45pm.

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