We've got a few quid left over in the kitty after all the entry fees for the season have been collected. As a result, and in addition to our league competitions, I'll be running League Cup and FAI Cup competitions with €50 going to the winner of each.

They'll be knock-out competitions based on how many points you pick up on the designated cup weekends from your normal league predictions and goalscorer points. Greg Donaghy will be looking to defend the trophy he won in 2025. In order to take part, you just need to submit your predictions as normal - no further action is required. You'll be drawn against another player from our league and whoever picks up the most points over the relevant weekend will progress to the next round.

Points picked up from your normal weekly predictions and your goalscorer bonus points will make up your total. Joker scoreline points and the sack race bonus points won't count.

The draw for the first round has been completed with round one matches listed below. As we have a nice even number taking part this season - 64 - there's no need for any preliminary round:

League Cup Round One - February 27th
Shane McCormack 32 17 Ross Williams
Terry Haide 16 52 Ste Clarke
Tony McNamee 27 38 Joshua Coulahan
Daniel Dorrian 49 27 Darragh Kenny
Alan Leahy 21 21 Conor Foley
Luke Hogan 27 46 Keith Ryan
David Doyle 26 33 Richard Johnston
Jason Maloney 40 46 Craig Whelan
Carl Toner 26 32 Kevin McQuaide
Francis Gilligan 37 31 Niall O'Donoghue
Paul Moore 42 32 Connor Edwards
Kevin Murphy 59 37 Mark Dowling
Eamonn Gallagher 36 41 Sean Judd
Andy Dunne 32 44 Michael Treacy
Stephen Jones 41 47 Johnny Waldron
Realtin Dunne 21 31 Chris Keohan
Kev Hardiman 48 21 Gerry Moore
Niall Carroll 23 32 Joseph Leppla
Brian Mason 31 26 Caroline Carroll
Jimmy Maguire 32 21 Shane Coughlan
John Brophy 37 21 Joe Turner
Niall Hayden 42 39 Kevin Nolan
Cormac Dennigan 41 44 Sean McDonald
Git Uzell 34 52 Noel O'Brien
Gary Donnelly 20 21 Alan O'Brien
Donncha MacMaolain 28 47 Derek McDonald
Cillian O'Reilly 36 36 Gerry Draper
Robert Gaffney 16 22 Tommy Hamill
Stephen Kelly 42 37 Brian Donnelly
Tommy Tormey 22 42 Gary Parsons
Greg Donaghy 27 31 Neil Walsh
Joseph Kavanagh 43 37 Eoghan Brophy
       
League Cup Round One Replays - March 6th and 7th
Conor Foley 26 31 Alan Leahy
Gerry Draper 16 38 Cillian O'Reilly
       
League Cup Round Two - April 3rd
Joseph Leppla 16 2 Johnny Waldron
Noel O'Brien 24 16 Kev Hardiman
Craig Whelan 22 8 Paul Moore
Daniel Dorrian 10 12 Alan O'Brien
Michael Treacy 27 17 Kevin Murphy
Derek McDonald 22 19 Kevin McQuaide
John Brophy 22 14 Jimmy Maguire
Joseph Kavanagh 32 14 Cillian O'Reilly
Keith Ryan 12 17 Neil Walsh
Tommy Hamill 29 17 Sean McDonald
Richard Johnston 0 12 Francis Gilligan
Shane McCormack 7 14 Brian Mason
Gary Parsons 22 24 Ste Clarke
Stephen Kelly 12 12 Alan Leahy
Sean Judd 19 24 Niall Hayden
Chris Keohan 2 12 Joshua Coulahan
       
League Cup Round Two Replay - April 6th
Alan Leahy 36 27 Stephen Kelly
       
League Cup Round Three - April 24th and 25th
Derek McDonald 21 10 Francis Gilligan
Joseph Kavanagh 16 26 Ste Clarke
Brian Mason 21 26 Tommy Hamill
Joshua Coulahan 26 16 Michael Treacy
Alan Leahy 11 11 Noel O'Brien
Niall Hayden 31 31 Craig Whelan
Joseph Leppla 20 11 Neil Walsh
Alan O'Brien 41 36 John Brophy
       
League Cup Round Three Replays - May 1st
Noel O'Brien 37 0 Alan Leahy
Craig Whelan 20 37 Niall Hayden
       
League Cup Quarter Finals - October 16th and 17th
Derek McDonald 13 13 Tommy Hamill *
Niall Hayden 28 3 Joshua Coulahan
Alan O'Brien 13 3 Noel O'Brien
Ste Clarke 18 2 Joseph Leppla
* - wins on penalties (most ten-pointers in the season to date)