FAI Cup 2014

**brendy_éire** · 11/05/2014, 3:08 PM

Originally Posted by Darklordsbane

When do the 1st div and prem teams join the draw

This round.

**White Horse** · 11/05/2014, 3:14 PM

Sligo at home. Nice one.

Fancy our chances on a decent surface, unlike yesterday.

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 11/05/2014, 3:57 PM

FAI Ford Cup - Second Round Draw
Dundalk v Sligo Rovers
Belgrove/Home Farm v Finn Harps
Drogheda United v Cockhill Celtic
Limerick FC v Bohemians
Cobh Ramblers v Derry City
Athlone Town v Longford Town
Wexford Youths v Bray Wanderers
Shelbourne v Waterford United
St Patrick’s CY v St Patrick’s Athletic
Mayfield United v Malahide United
Ballynanty Rovers v Phoenix FC
UCC v St Michael’s
UCD v Galway FC
Collinstown v Avondale United
Cork City v St Mochtas
Sheriff YC v Shamrock Rovers

**KeepersBall** · 11/05/2014, 4:00 PM

Nigel Harps, me auld segotia.
Cockhill Celtic, isn't that the team that had a lad sent off less than a minutes after coming on as sub v Harps last year.
He bucked the ball at the ref didn't he.

**Sam_Heggy** · 11/05/2014, 4:15 PM

Originally Posted by KeepersBall

Nigel Harps, me auld segotia.
Cockhill Celtic, isn't that the team that had a lad sent off less than a minutes after coming on as sub v Harps last year.
He bucked the ball at the ref didn't he.

That's them. A very decent side, not to be taken lightly.

**outspoken** · 11/05/2014, 7:29 PM

Not very often I get the exact draw I wanted 👍

**nigel-harps1954** · 11/05/2014, 7:33 PM

Originally Posted by KeepersBall

Nigel Harps, me auld segotia.
Cockhill Celtic, isn't that the team that had a lad sent off less than a minutes after coming on as sub v Harps last year.
He bucked the ball at the ref didn't he.

One of the more mental things I've seen in Finn Park in recent years alright yeah. League Cup game at the start of the year.

On another note, a trip to Whitehall will be nice, albeit a pretty poor draw for us.

**Darklordsbane** · 11/05/2014, 7:34 PM

Originally Posted by outspoken

Not very often I get the exact draw I wanted 

You know the old Chinese saying
Be careful what you wish for

**Martinho II** · 11/05/2014, 7:45 PM

Belgrove/Home Farm when did they amalgamate ??

**disgruntled** · 12/05/2014, 9:04 AM

Originally Posted by White Horse

Sligo at home. Nice one.

Fancy our chances on a decent surface, unlike yesterday.

Why ? Are ye moving the game to a neutral venue

**oriel** · 12/05/2014, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

Belgrove/Home Farm when did they amalgamate ??

2012, Belgrove were playing out of Whitehall for some years. 2004 I think.

**Nesta99** · 13/05/2014, 6:47 AM

I'd presume that Sligo fans will travel for this moreso than the Setanta final? If so then it would be disappointing not to get around 3000 in attendance. Its obviously a tough draw but once its at home and I hate drawing non-league sides....still haunted by Ashtownvilla.

**poster** · 13/05/2014, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

I'd presume that Sligo fans will travel for this moreso than the Setanta final? If so then it would be disappointing not to get around 3000 in attendance. Its obviously a tough draw but once its at home and I hate drawing non-league sides....still haunted by Ashtownvilla.

We'll bring the usual 100/150. Two trips to Dundalk in the space of three weeks.

**White Horse** · 13/05/2014, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by poster

We'll bring the usual 100/150. Two trips to Dundalk in the space of three weeks.

Sligo have consistently one of the best home attendances in the league. Yet the % of those fans who travel to away games is low. Why is that?

Most of the other well supported teams appear to bring more fans to Sligo than Sligo bring in the return fixtures.

**PartySaint** · 13/05/2014, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by White Horse

Sligo have consistently one of the best home attendances in the league. Yet the % of those fans who travel to away games is low. Why is that?

Most of the other well supported teams appear to bring more fans to Sligo than Sligo bring in the return fixtures.

I'd imagine is the distance they have to travel every second week, same with Derry and Cork (albeit it's easier for Sligo to travel to Dublin). Fans would have to pick and choose which away games they're going to go to as it would be difficult to get to most of them.

**El-Pietro** · 13/05/2014, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by PartySaint

I'd imagine is the distance they have to travel every second, same with Derry and Cork (albeit it's easier for Sligo to travel to Dublin). Fans would have to pick and choose which away games they're going to go to as it would be difficult to get to most of them.

you can only take so many Friday afternoons off

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 13/05/2014, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by White Horse

Sligo have consistently one of the best home attendances in the league. Yet the % of those fans who travel to away games is low. Why is that?

Most of the other well supported teams appear to bring more fans to Sligo than Sligo bring in the return fixtures.

Based on that logic Cork should be bringing the most away support to every away game.

Distance and timing of the games makes a huge difference. Dundalk have 6 away games that are closer then our nearest one for example.

For all the Dublin/Louth clubs from what I can see they make a day and night out of the trips to The Showgrounds as it's the best fixture around to do such a thing as people don't need to take time off work.

**White Horse** · 13/05/2014, 1:33 PM

Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

Based on that logic Cork should be bringing the most away support to every away game.

Distance and timing of the games makes a huge difference. Dundalk have 6 away games that are closer then our nearest one for example.

For all the Dublin/Louth clubs from what I can see they make a day and night out of the trips to The Showgrounds as it's the best fixture around to do such a thing as people don't need to take time off work.

That makes sense.

Most of our away games are 1-1.5 hours away so people get in the habit of going.

**nigel-harps1954** · 13/05/2014, 1:40 PM

It's very difficult in this part of the country to get any sort of away support. Likewise, it's strange to see a large away support travelling up here.

For us, this season, we're lucky to get anything over than 50 or 60 people travelling to an away game, and everyone has to pick and choose which games they're able to attend. It was fantastic in the first series of games for us to be able to go to Dublin twice in the space of three weeks. Shelbourne fans will complain about the length of journey to Finn Park, but for us, that was a short journey to Tolka.

Our shortest journey this season is Longford, 2.5 hours away, and we couldn't bring any sort of a crowd to the following away game in Waterford the week after due to the expense of travelling so much in two weeks.

**Nesta99** · 13/05/2014, 1:49 PM

All valid points regarding travel I suppose and maybe something we take for granted east coast. I do think though that Irish people in general see distance to travel as a much greater challange, or more prohibitive than it actually is, certainly in comparison to say England. People commute 2+ hours to work in other countries without it being considered a major problem. Roads have improved and roadblocks like Drogheda are by-passed but attitudes are the same as when hours were spent stuck in Abbeyleix, Dunleer and the like. Certainly in Dundalks 1st division days you nearly always had at least a coach load travelling to Cobh, Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Donegal & not quite as far, Longford and Athlone(of course thats when we were in the hunt for promotion). Dundalk to cork is a little over 3 hours, Sligo 2.5hrs not crazy prohibitive. Anyway just my opinion that we overthink the perception of travel times.