Athlone Town WU17s & WU19s - Parents & Friends

🏆 Athlone Town AFC Female Underage Academy Awards 🏆

A huge congratulations to all our players on a fantastic season across our U17s and U19s squads. Awards were presented by Club President Liam Gaffey 👏💙

U17s
⭐ Players’ Player of the Year: Captain herself, Michaela Hand

🏅 Club’s Player of the Year: Abbie Duffy & Keela Donnelly Meehan

⚽ Top Goal Scorer: Abbie Duffy - 16 goals (20 in total across U17s & U19s)

U19s
⭐ Players’ Player of the Year: Dannie O’Neill

🏅 Club’s Player of the Year: Captain herself, Lucy FitzGerald

⚽ Top Goal Scorer: Hazel Donegan - 30 goals (33 in total across U19s & Seniors)

Well done to all the award winners and every player who represented the club this season. The future is bright for women’s football at Athlone Town AFC! 💙⚽

Less than a week away now. We can't wait. Best of luck to all the girls and coaches. We will see you over there. Keep up to date with all the action. https://surfcupinternational.com/surf-cup-international-salou-2025/

Three of our underage academy teams are taking part in the Salou Surf Cup next week in Spain. Best of luck to our Under 15 boys, Under 17 girls, and Under 19 girls teams as they represent the club on the international stage.

They’ll be rubbing shoulders with some of the top academies in Europe, facing opponents such as Arsenal, Espanyol, Athletic Bilbao, Reus FF, Elche CF, Girona FC, Levante FC, Olympique Lyonnais, and Real Madrid, to name just a few.

Best of luck to all players and staff, enjoy the experience and make memories that will last a lifetime! 💙⚽️

Well done to academy players Lucy FitzGerald and Emma Mooney, who were part of the Irish Under-19 squad that defeated Northern Ireland 4–1 today. Lucy capped off a brilliant weekeend by getting on the scoresheet with a beautiful, glancing header.

Well done, ladies! 🇮🇪⚽️

What an evening to close out the 2025 season at the League Of Ireland Awards!

Under 19s LOI Player of the Year: Lucy FitzGerald

2025 LOI Golden Boot Winner: Kelly Brady

Six Athlone Town players named in the 2025 LOI Team of the Year:

Megan Plaschko
Kayleigh Shine
Roisín Molloy
Hannah Waesch
Kelly Brady
Maddie Gibson

2025 LOI Senior Player of the Year: Kelly Brady

2nd year in a row that Athlone Town have picked up the U19s and Senior LOI Player Of The Year Awards

What a way to finish the season… incredible achievements by the club and players! 🔵⚫🔥

Congratulations to Athlone Town's Kelly Brady on winning the Golden Boot in 2025.

Congrats to who collected her Golden Boot award this evening. 19 League goals, what a season! 🏆🏆👏

📸 Sportsfile

The EA SPORTS LOI Academy WU19 Player of the Year…

Athlone Towns AFC Lucy Fitzgerald 👏

Lucy Captained her team Back-To-Back League Titles in 2024 and 2025

Three Spanish players… one Mairead "Maggie" Mullins.

They still couldn’t get the ball off her!

She was just introducing herself before the Salou Surf Cup later this month. 😎💚⚽️

"Nos vemos todos después."

Well done to our academy player, Mairead Mullins, on her selection for the first-ever Irish U15s panel! 🇮🇪

Mairead started today against Spain and gave an excellent account of herself throughout the game.

We are super proud of you, Mairead, a fantastic achievement and well deserved! 👏💙