Soccer Transplant Team Ireland

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Soccer Transplant Team Ireland aims to provide all recipients who have received an organ transplant, Stem-Cell or Bone Marrow transplant, the opportunity to play transplant football for Ireland Internationally and show the power of organ donation and the positive impact it can have on the receipitants life.

So if you have received a life-saving donation, your journey starts here to meet like-minded people and get mentally and physically fitter. We welcome everyone to come try out for the team, all levels of skill, ability and fitness are welcome……. The most important thing is you have fun and show what an amazing impact organ donation has on peoples lives.

Next tournament

British Transplant Games 2023, Coventry

27th July – 30th July 2023

On Saturday 25th of March, Soccer Transplant Team Ireland made up of eleven transplant recipients, took part in their inaugural transplant tournament in Solihull Birmingham, organised expertly by Transplant Sport UK.

We travelled to the tournament with great hope and excitement, wanting to honour our organ donors and their families, but with very little expectations.

The tournament consisted of five teams, Ireland, Wales, Birmingham, Nottingham, and Oxford giving a combined number of over fifty transplant recipients.

The football throughout the tournament was of a very high standard for transplant sport, very competitive from the start, with very little between the teams, and every game played in the right spirit.

Team Ireland topped the group after four games by beating Oxford and Nottingham, and drawing against Birmingham and Wales.

After four intense twenty minute games, one after the other, we went straight into the final against Nottingham for the gold medal, but with injuries mounting and guys running on fumes, we lost 2-0 to receive the silver medal, which for our first tournament was way beyond what we expected, and has given the whole team great confidence and belief to know that we can compete with any team on a European or world stage.

The team are taking a well deserved break to recharge, and recover from some injuries, and will start training again in Portlaoise on Saturday 29th of April to start their preparations for the British Transplant games in Coventry on 29th of July.

Soccer Transplant Team Ireland will travel to the games in July better prepared, with some invaluable lessons learnt from Solihull that will hopefully lead the team to a very successful inaugural British transplant games.

Soccer Transplant Team Ireland would not be in existence if not for organ donation and people believing in giving the gift of life, so please have the conversation with your loved ones and think of becoming an organ donor.

Thanks to all our sponsors for helping the team get to where we are today, especially to our main sponsor, Sonas Bathrooms who have been very supportive since coming on board, and are fully behind our overall message which is, raising awareness of organ donation and continued health after transplantation.

John Brennan

Team Captain