LOI fixtures 10/11 & 13th March 2017

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Premier Division

Friday

Bohemian v Bray Wanderers

Dundalk FC v Limerick FC

Sligo Rovers v Saint Pats Ath.

Drogheda United v Cork City 8pm *Live on eIR sports

Finn Harps v Galway United 8pm

Shamrock Rovers v Derry City 8pm

Monday

Galway United v Shamrock Rovers 7pm

Bray Wanderers v Drogheda United

Cork City v Sligo Rovers

Derry City v Dundalk FC

Limerick FC v Bohemian

Saint Pats Ath. v Finn Harps

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First Division


Friday

Athlone Town v Longford Town

Cabinteeley FC v Wexford FC

UCDAFC v Waterford FC

Saturday

Cobh Ramblers v Shelbourne FC 4PM
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Refs - http://www.extratime.ie/articles/184...nted---week-3/

Betting Coupon - http://www.paddypower.com/football/f...atches/ireland

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Refs - http://www.extratime.ie/articles/184...nted---week-3/

Monday

Limerick v Bohemians
Markets Field, 7.45pm
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
Assistant 1: Dermot Broughton
Assistant 2: Trevor Conlon
Fourth Official: Marc Lynch

[blueblood]

Monday

Limerick v Bohemians
Markets Field, 7.45pm
Referee: Anthony Buttimer
Assistant 1: Dermot Broughton
Assistant 2: Trevor Conlon
Fourth Official: Marc Lynch

Fcuk sake Limerick off to a flyer in the league v sligo then problem after problem.....

[dong]

Can't overstate the importance of these two fixtures. If Robertson can't secure even a point I feel he has to go. The squad he has assembled is so poor though it's difficult to see how much anyone could improve them.
Last two main appointments have been poor for the club, bordering on disastrous if things continue as they are.
I've always been of the opinion that it only takes a couple of bad decisions to ruin a club in this league and I fear we have run out of road this time.

[DannyInvincible]

Derry team news for the game against Rovers this evening: http://www.derrycityfc.net/2017/03/d...ns-for-shiels/

Shamrock Rovers v Derry City, Tallaght Stadium, 8pm

After the abandoned fixtures against Limerick on Matchday 2, City are back on the road this week with a trip to Tallaght to face Stephen Bradley’s Shamrock Rovers.

The Hoops lost out to Dundalk on the opening night, before getting the 3 points and the bragging rights in the big Dublin derby against Bohemians last week. City and Rovers tussled in both League and Cup last season, with City pipping Rovers to third spot in the league.

Kenny Shiels was hit with the news that Conor McDermott picked up a knocked in the reserve fixture over the weekend and will now be ruled out for up to five weeks. Speaking to the media this week Shiels outlined that lack a natural right back, City may have to change their formation this week. The Candystripes did experiment with a three man defence in pre-season but with injury problems during the build up to the season, there was precious little game time for McBride, Barry and some of the other defenders to play together in this formation. Scott Whiteside may get the nod on the right hand side, but with most of his game time as a centre half, the manager wasn’t committing to any final decisions.

Elsewhere, Rory Patterson and Ben Doherty remain unavailable for City, but both players have returned to light jogging this week and may be available for the Drogheda game on Saturday week. Shiels played a two man attack at home to Limerick, with Curtis and Boyle interchanging up front. Boyle of course bagged a brace on the opening night whilst Curtis hit the equaliser last Friday before the floodlight failure. Another option for Shiels may be Mikhail Kennedy, who played and scored for the reserves this week and seems to have recovered from the knock that he picked up immediately after signing.

Rovers have a plethora of big names, not least their close season captures. Ronan Finn, David McAllister and Darren Meenan were amongst the headline grabbing additions in the close season for the Tallaght outfit. Stephen Bradley will be hoping to reverse the trend from last season when City were unbeaten against the Hoops, winning 2 of the league encounters and drawing the other.

[Lim till i die]

Big game for Dundalk tonight.

They will have picked up some experience in Europe but they won't have faced a side with a record as phenomenal as Limerick.

Personally I can see us maybe rolling over tonight. It's early days and it's important for the good of the game in this country to keep the league competitive. If the Dundalk players put in the performance of their lives I see them winning to be honest.

I think the meeting between the two sides later on in the season in oriel will have a far greater bearing on which one are champions at the end of the season.

[Lim till i die]

Also Dundalk are hosting Limerick.

shamrock are playing derry.

And eirsport screen drogheda v cork?!

Two teams of cloggers launching missiles at one another in the estadio del pi$$. What an advert for the league that will be

[PartySaint]

Relegation 6 pointer in the Showgrounds

[White Horse]

Two teams of cloggers launching missiles at one another in the estadio del pi$$. What an advert for the league that will be

This made me chuckle.

Some good matches on tonight. Apart from our game, the one that interests me in the visit to Tallaght of Derry. I expect fireworks at that one.

[Duggie]

ireland playing wales tonight aswell will affect crowds no doubt. sligo rovers hardly ever play on a friday night. Typical

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DundalkFM will be providing commentary on the Dundalk v Lims match @ http://www.dundalkfm.com/

John Murphy is 102 lads so take it easy on him.Ex player,ex manager captain and Ireland international.

"JOHN IS GOOD"

Repeat every 5 minutes before the game begins.

[nigel-harps1954]

I believe BBC Radio Foyle is covering Harps v Galway live.

Drive 105 usually covers Derry home games live, not sure about away fixtures though.

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I believe BBC Radio Foyle is covering Harps v Galway live.

Drive 105 usually covers Derry home games live, not sure about away fixtures though.

YUP - as a radio affionado i can confirm that Drive 105 cover every Derry game home and away.MariborKev from here even commentates the odd match.Great service from those lads.

[joey B]

Radio Foyles doing the Derry game according to their Twitter.

[nigel-harps1954]

Radio Foyles doing the Derry game according to their Twitter.

I see that alright. Seems it's just regular updates from Finn Park.

[TonyD]

Pats 1 down in Sligo. Uh oh. We really are having a bad time.

[Longfordian]

Davy O'Sullivan with an El Clasico hat trick tonight. What a man, LTFC legend.

[micls]

City 2-1 up in Drogheda. Very harsh red for Drogs early in the half when it was 1-1

[passinginterest]

Tight game in tallaght. Derry missed a sitter in the first minute. Rovers had a lot of the play for the next half hour without creating much and Derry went close again near the end of the half. Looks like Clarke might have done his collarbone after about 35mins and he was bizarrely left on despite being in clear difficulties.

[patrickccfc]

City 2-1 up in Drogheda. Very harsh red for Drogs early in the half when it was 1-1

Thought it was very harsh alright. We'll take it though, 3-1 up