More of the Same

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:51:00 +0100

UCFL Div. 3
20 May 2013

Limekiln 5 � 2 Terenure FC 3rds

Writing these reports is starting to become some sort of ritual torture at this stage. With an ever deepening injury crisis there was a danger we wouldn�t be able to field a team at all for this game, but a few of the lads from the seconds came out and did us a favour, despite their own huge relegation decider looming on Wednesday. Even with the number of changes to the team, including my own first start in a month, it was pretty much the same old story. We tried to play nice football but made too many basic errors and a very organised and experienced Limekiln side capitalised on them.

Down

Improvement not Enough

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:00 +0100

UCFL Div. 3
18 May 2013

Terenure FC 3rds 2 - 4 AGP 2nds

After the carnage of Wednesday it was hard to know what to expect on Saturday afternoon. It was agreed that there needed to be a wholesale change in attitude and performance for this game and from the early stages of play this was in evidence. In the first 45 minutes we were pressing high up the pitch, playing at a good tempo and keeping AGP on the back foot. There was a minor hiccup when we conceded a soft penalty for handball but justice was served when Dylan saved comfortably. From that point we looked much the more likely to open the scoring with David Fennelly going closest with a strike off the post.

Relegation Form

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:42:00 +0100

UCFL Div. 3
15 May 2013

Walkinstown Athletic 7 - 0 Terenure FC 3rds

So the nightmare continues...

I was back on the sideline for this one but still ruled out of action due to injury. The game had just kicked off when I arrived and there was little of note happening in the early stages. Walkinstown maybe shading it but we were well in the game. The opening goal summed up a lot of our problems this season, a ball into the box, a couple of chances to clear fluffed and it breaks for the striker to score.

Hard Times

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:31:00 +0100

UCFL Div. 3
27 April 2013, 01, 04, 11 May 2013
Terenure FC 3rds 2 - 5 Kill Celtic
Terenure FC 3rds 2 - 1 Fortunestown Celtic
Terenure FC 3rds 0 - 3 Three Trout Rovers
Terenure FC 3rds 2 - 3 St Mary's Boys

This season has taken a major turn for the worse in recent weeks, for me personally and the team as a whole. My cameo from the bench in the dead rubber shield game with Grant resulted in an ankle injury that's kept me out of the last four games and looks like it will keep me out of our last four also. In the meantime we've been dragged right into the relegation battle with defeats to close rivals Three Trout and St Mary's Boys in consecutive games following a narrow

Will be the revolution be televised?

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:07:00 +0100

I attended the Soccerex European Forum in Manchester in April and hope to bring you a series of pieces on some of the takeways for the Irish game from the week.

Gianni Infantino, UEFA General Secretary, revealed at the conference that UEFA had agreed a deal with the European Broadcasting Union (�EBU�) for the televised rights for the Euro 2016 and World Cup 2018 qualifiers. Interesting, but what is the relevance for Irish football fans?

RT� is one of over thirty national broadcasters which form part of the EBU and therefore this means that games will remain on free to air television in Ireland for the foreseeable future. The broadcaster was keen to publicise the fact, with an article appearing on their website that

Tough Week

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:03:00 +0100

UCFL Div. 3 Shield
13, 20, 22 April 2013

Walkinstown Athletic 7 � 2 Terenure FC 3rds
St Mary�s Boys 4 � 3 Terenure FC 3rds
Terenure FC 3rds 1 � 1 Grant City

We went into Monday evening�s game, away to Walkinstown, with high hopes of making it to the shield final but those hopes were left smashed as we dramatically fell apart in the second half of the game. In many ways this has been a strange season, in the early part there was no real regular squad, but as it�s progressed the team has developed and apart from a lack of a regular goalkeeper we have a solid and reliable squad. Results too have generally improved and we were looking at the shield competition as a way

Moving Along Nicely

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:10:00 +0100

UCFL Div 3. Shield

Three Trout Rovers 3 - 5 Terenure FC 3rds

I never like missing games and that especially goes for games we win, but I was delighted to hear the news from Greystones on Saturday. According to reports the referee was fairly reluctant to allow the game to go ahead due to the rapidly deteriorating conditions on the Wicklow coast but with the teams eager to go ahead the standing water was ignored.

Terenure started well but as has so often been the case no reward was forthcoming and Three Trout broke the deadlock when they caught our defence flat footed. The response was immediate, however, and David Fennelly finished from close range after a move

Blowing in the Wind

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:51:00 +0100

UCFL Div 3.
08 April 2013

St Mary�s Boys 1 � 1 Terenure FC 3rds

Both teams were playing for the third time in six days on Monday night and had come into the game on the back of weekend wins. Mary�s Boys look to have completely turned their early season form around as they trashed Grant City 5 � 1 last Wednesday before beating a good VEC 3rds team 3 � 1 on Saturday to leap frog us in the table. That means we are now well embroiled in a relegation fight so this game took on added significance.

It was nice to arrive to good dressing rooms in Sandyford and the pitch looked pretty good if not a bit bobbly. Unfortunately an ever increasing, bitter,

Highs and Lows

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:10:00 +0100

UCFL Div. 3
03 April 2013
Kill Celtic 6 � 1 Terenure FC 3rds

UCFL Div. 3 Shield
06 April 2013
Terenure FC 3rds 5 � 1 Fortunestown Celtic

This week we matched up against teams from the two extremities of the league and produced results to match. Kill are one of the three outstanding teams in the league while Fortunestown are tailed off at the bottom and that gap couldn�t have been more obvious. We travelled to Kill on Wednesday evening with our manager away but expecting a squad of 13 to travel Unfortunately there was some confusion with our keeper and he never arrived and with our left winger getting lost it was bare bones at kick off and yours truly

Messy Cup Exit

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:55:00 +0000

Sidney Bedlow Cup
16 March 2013

St Mary�s Crumlin 2nds 2 � 1 Terenure FC 3rds

It will come as no surprise that all games were off this weekend but I just realised I never wrote a report on last week�s game so here we go. This one probably should have been called off too, the game beforehand left the pitch an absolute mud bath and if it wasn�t for the amount of games called off recently I think both teams and the ref would have gladly abandoned it. Deciding to go ahead meant it was more a game of endurance and effort than a football match and unfortunately our opponents seemed to want it that bit more.

The first half was fairly tight, with few chances

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