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David Donnelly

Cabinteely to begin life as Bray Wanderers with the visit of Cork City

Cabinteely will begin life as Bray Wanderers with the visit of Cork City on February 18th as the features for next year's division were released.

The newly rebranded Cabo will entertain Colin Healy's Rebel Army as they begin a new era at the Carlisle Grounds under director of football Pat Devlin.

Waterford begin life back in the second tier with a trip to Athlone Town while Longford Town host Cobh Ramblers on the same day.

Wexford host Treaty United to complete the opening weekend's action, while Galway United have a bye on matchday one.

The following week will see Bray travel to Waterford, while Cobh host Wexford, Cork host Galway and Treaty welcome Athlone to the Market's Field.

Each team will play the other eight four times, twice at home and twice away, as the calendar has been extended by at least a month.

Pat Devlin at the announcement of Cabinteely's acquisition of Bray Wanderers (©INPHO/Bryan Keane)

There will be 24 Munster derbies over the season as all of Cork, Waterford, Treaty and Cobh will compete in the second tier and, impressively, those games will take place over 24 matchdays.

The regular season will end on Friday, October 21st before a month of play-offs lead into the final week of the season in mid-February.

Second will play fifth and third will face fourth in two-legged play-offs before the winners meet in a one-off game in a neutral venue on the week ending November 6th.

The winner of that game will then face the team that finishes ninth in the Premier Division on the same week as the FAI Cup final, provided neither side has reached that game.

A full list of fixtures can be found here via Extratime.com.

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