2015 FAI Senior Cup

[Charlie Darwin]

Im pretty sure you would find similar comments on here from Dundalk fans circa 2004 or so when a pub and then a taxi company were shirt sponsors and they only came about as the owners or influential employees were already supporters; no company wanted to feature in the same sentence as 'Dundalk FC' and feck all wanted the burden of being a board member! Cue the fire sale of the training ground to pay off debts and the installation of a magic plastic pitch....the rest as they say is history

So what you're saying is... Athlone are going to win the league in 10 years?

[dundalkfc10]

Yes just after we win 10 in a row

[Nesta99]

and by then Champions League group stage regulars and focusing on winning the competition so the domestic league will be just a distraction from the main focus!

[Nesta99]

So what you're saying is... Athlone are going to win the league in 10 years?

The little 'confused' smiley at the end was for the very reason you mentioned - a new age thinking template for success - it's foolproof!! and an obvious progression from the old spend invisible model that worked wonders beforehand for so many clubs.

[Charlie Darwin]

The little 'confused' smiley at the end was for the very reason you mentioned - a new age thinking template for success - it's foolproof!! and an obvious progression from the old spend invisible model that worked wonders beforehand for so many clubs.

Rovers must have screwed up as usual, made it within five years and then hired Croly

[Nesta99]

Plastic pitch and crap away section are essential to the plan for sustainability - pitch prevents star players from togging out and support of closest rivals boycott away games and supporting their club at top of the table clashes, win win ingenious stuff to gain the edge! (sorry well worn and tiresome comment on Oriel at this stage)

[DannyInvincible]

Mark Quigley is set to miss Derry's game with Cork tomorrow due to illness: http://www.derrycityfc.net/2015/09/q...ers-cross-tie/

Derry City boss Peter Hutton has confirmed that striker Mark Quigley will miss tomorrow evening’s FAI Cup quarter-final replay at Cork City.

Quigley, who was given his first start for the Candystripes on Friday night, struggled in the game because of illness and since then he has been on antibiotics, on the plus side midfielder Philip Lowry returns from suspension.

“Mark has to miss out, he was coming down a with a virus on Friday and because of that his energy levels were very depleted, since then he has seen the doctor and has been put on antibiotics, so I think this is a game too soon for him,” stated Hutton.

Pizza's landed the doctor in it. Antibiotics do nothing for viruses.

[White Horse]

Home draw for the Town against Longford.

I'll take that.

[Darklordsbane]

So will we noone will give us a hope in hell just the way we like it

[jinxy lilywhite]

Nope always a chance in a semi final.

Just wanted a home draw. Even er pau better away from home

Fingers crossed derry beat cork tonight. 4th place won't be good enough for Europe

[White Horse]

Fingers crossed derry beat cork tonight. 4th place won't be good enough for Europe

That would put the cat among the pigeons. Buckley and Fenlon will be bricking it tonight.

[PartySaint]

That would put the cat among the pigeons. Buckley and Fenlon will be bricking it tonight.

Fenlon has nothing to worry about. Bucko and Long are the 2 chasing 4th now.

[seand]

Nope always a chance in a semi final.

Just wanted a home draw. Even er pau better away from home

Fingers crossed derry beat cork tonight. 4th place won't be good enough for Europe

Fourth will be good enough for Europe if Dundalk or Cork win the cup. UEFA says so. If Dundalk, say, do the double beating Bray in the final the cup winners' European place goes back to the league, not to Bray.

[White Horse]

Fourth will be good enough for Europe if Dundalk or Cork win the cup. UEFA says so. If Dundalk, say, do the double beating Bray in the final the cup winners' European place goes back to the league, not to Bray.

If Dundalk win the league and the cup, does the Europa place not go to the runners up (if they haven't already qualified)?

[Trainee]

If Dundalk win the league and the cup, does the Europa place not go to the runners up (if they haven't already qualified)?

Ufea changed rules so runners up in cup wont get european places, If dundalk do the double the european place goes to next in line from the league.

[Trainee]

If its a Dundalk v Cork final we should be looking at an attandance of 30,000 plus. Anything else attandance will be luck to be over 20,000.

Last year attandance for final was 17,038

[Nesta99]

If its a Dundalk v Cork final we should be looking at an attandance of 30,000 plus. Anything else attandance will be luck to be over 20,000.

Last year attandance for final was 17,038

I would have put Derry ahaead of Cork if in the Cup Final in relation to potential attendance. 17,000 last year were from Derry!

[jinxy lilywhite]

Is there a link because the only info I have is wiki and it says the opposite.

Granted wiki is only as reliable as the contributiors

[White Horse]

Is there a link because the only info I have is wiki and it says the opposite.

Granted wiki is only as reliable as the contributiors

Just looked this up:

In response to another request by the member associations, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the UEFA Club Competitions Committee should make the necessary regulatory changes to allow the best-placed non-qualified domestic championship club to enter the UEFA Europa League from the 2015/16 season, rather than the domestic cup runners-up, should the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Champions League via the final championship standings.
http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/execu...d=1999120.html

[PartySaint]

I would have put Derry ahaead of Cork if in the Cup Final in relation to potential attendance. 17,000 last year were from Derry!

Funny you should say that because 38 was Dundalk average attendance pre 2014