LIMERICK FC will make their long-awaited return to Premier Division football on Friday March 8 with a home fixture against Munster rivals Cork City. With the official Airtricity League fixture list scheduling the game for Thomond Park, the Blues can expect to draw a large crowd for their first top flight fixture since 1994.
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Speculation about where Limerick’s home games would be played continued right up until the fixtures were released, with no formal announcement being made beforehand. A week later Limerick travel to Drogheda and then they host UCD before a trip to defending champions Sligo Rovers on either March 23 or 24. The Blues’ following four home games are all against high-profile Dublin opposition, with St Pat’s visiting Thomond Park on March 30 and Shamrock Rovers coming to town three days later.
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Bohemians then travel to Limerick on April 16 and Shelbourne make the trip south on April 26.
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The second ’round’ of games begins in early May with an away match against Cork City at Turners’ Cross, fixed for May 6 or 7.
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Holders Sligo will have one trip to Shannonside in the 2013 season when they travel to Limerick on May 24 and the Blues’ last game before the mid-season break sees them travel to Tallaght to take on Shamrock Rovers on June 14.
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Limerick’s first match after the break is a home game against Dundalk on June 28.
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The third and final Munster derby of the season is scheduled for the August bank holiday weekend, with Cork City coming to Thomond Park on Friday the 2nd.
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Limerick will finish the regular season with a home game against Shelbourne on October 18 and a long trip to Derry City a week later.
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LIMERICK FC PREMIER DIVISION FIXTURES 2013
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Fri-8-Mar Cork City (H)
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Fri-15-Mar Drogheda (A)
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Mon-18-Mar/Tue-19-Mar UCD (H)
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Sat-23-Mar/Sun-24-Mar Sligo Rovers (A)
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Sat-30-Mar St. Pat’s (H)
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Tue-2-Apr Shamrock Rovers (H)
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Fri-5-Apr Dundalk (A)
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Tue-16-Apr Bohemians (H)
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Fri-19-Apr Bray Wanderers (A)
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Fri-26-Apr Shelbourne (H)
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Fri-3-May Derry City (A)
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Mon-6-May/Tue-7-May Cork City (A)
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Fri-10-May Drogheda (H)
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Fri-17-May UCD (A)
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Fri-24-May Sligo Rovers (H)
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Sat-8-Jun St. Pat’s (A)
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Fri-14-Jun Shamrock Rovers (A)
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Fri-28-Jun Dundalk (H)
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Fri-5-Jul Bohemians (A)
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TBC Bray Wanderers (H)
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Fri-19-Jul Shelbourne (A)
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Fri-26-Jul Derry City (H)
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Fri-2-Aug Cork City (H)
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Fri-9-Aug Drogheda (A)
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Fri-16-Aug UCD (H)
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Sat-31-Aug Sligo Rovers (A)
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Sat-7-Sep/Sun-8-Sep St. Pat’s (H)
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Fri-20-Sep Shamrock Rovers (H)
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Fri-27-Sep Dundalk (A)
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Fri-4-Oct Bohemians (H)
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Sat-12-Oct/Sun-13-Oct Bray Wanderers (A)
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Fri-18-Oct Shelbourne (H)
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Fri-25-Oct Derry City (A)