Football in Shannon

**Goals4fun** · 06/12/2006, 7:25 AM

as it seems there are loads of people from shannon posting, bitching about each other, giving out about possible amalgamations, stealing players ,

rather than hijacking other rlevant threads, i thought to open a thread for these boys to play in....have fun

**parkfan** · 06/12/2006, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by hacker

anyone want to predict their best 11 at present in shannon... not best individuals but best balanced team..

1: Skinny
2: Tom oHare
3: Gareth Quirke
4: Darren Griffin
5: Derek Bryne
6: Donnacha Kelly
7: Ryan Kelly
8: Davy Wall
9: Cheeky
10:Gerry Kelly
11:Jimmy Hollahan

**Goals4fun** · 06/12/2006, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by hacker

anyone want to predict their best 11 at present in shannon... not best individuals but best balanced team..

hacker are you talking about junior players, playing in shannon , living only in shannon or have played with shannon clubs for a number of years ?

**Goals4fun** · 06/12/2006, 1:00 PM

it might be best putting a list of 3 players together for each position and then picking your best,

I wonder would anybody consider getting a team/squad together and trying to go over to France to play Guingamp as they are twinned with shannon. Would be a cool thing to do and might be some early steps in getting a cracking team together to represent shannon !!

**parkfan** · 06/12/2006, 2:44 PM

Originally Posted by Goals4fun

it might be best putting a list of 3 players together for each position and then picking your best,

I wonder would anybody consider getting a team/squad together and trying to go over to France to play Guingamp as they are twinned with shannon. Would be a cool thing to do and might be some early steps in getting a cracking team together to represent shannon !!

thats a cracking idea but guincamp were in la chapionat bout 5 years ago werent they. it might be a bit of a mismatch.. is there even three players worth choosing from in shannon...

**Goals4fun** · 06/12/2006, 3:07 PM

Originally Posted by parkfan

thats a cracking idea but guincamp were in la chapionat bout 5 years ago werent they. it might be a bit of a mismatch.. is there even three players worth choosing from in shannon...

they have a reserve side. It would be good but probably the biggest question , who would be manager ? Now i can see the arguments, pick the newtown lads to manage the team thay have the best team..... pick the shannon town manager as his team plays 1a in limerick..... pick olympic manager as he would not be biased..... pikc the park manager as he has had a few good players over the last few years.... it would all end like the amalgamations, down the drain. maybe one of the seasoned players could do it? or somebody will local knowledge but no link to any team (where could you find somebody like that)

**thecritic** · 06/12/2006, 3:17 PM

Lads dont be talking a load of crap when the real soccer people of shannon tried to amalgamate all the clubs into one . some so called members of diferent clubs did,nt want to change there name had better facilitys than others then there was the specials who promised lots then renaged and newtown lads who didn.t like the name rangers . what a load of rubbish thats why there there will never be an FAI or a national schoolboy trophy comeing to shannon

**parkfan** · 06/12/2006, 9:19 PM

Originally Posted by thecritic

Lads dont be talking a load of crap when the real soccer people of shannon tried to amalgamate all the clubs into one . some so called members of diferent clubs did,nt want to change there name had better facilitys than others then there was the specials who promised lots then renaged and newtown lads who didn.t like the name rangers . what a load of rubbish thats why there there will never be an FAI or a national schoolboy trophy comeing to shannon

I know the real soccer people of shannon being park and newtown had rubber stamped the idea jersey colors and all rhubarb and blue, barca colors if you prefer. i believe from talking to the man who started the talks that it came down to players.... some of whom were afraid to lose their A team status... Do you think the players should have had as much input?!!.

**Goals4fun** · 07/12/2006, 7:07 AM

Originally Posted by thecritic

Lads dont be talking a load of crap when the real soccer people of shannon tried to amalgamate all the clubs into one . some so called members of diferent clubs did,nt want to change there name had better facilitys than others then there was the specials who promised lots then renaged and newtown lads who didn.t like the name rangers . what a load of rubbish thats why there there will never be an FAI or a national schoolboy trophy comeing to shannon

i totally agree there, and i think it is a biog shame and a massive mistake. Just look at wolfe tones and st senans and how they are doing.

**Goals4fun** · 07/12/2006, 7:08 AM

Originally Posted by parkfan

I know the real soccer people of shannon being park and newtown had rubber stamped the idea jersey colors and all rhubarb and blue, barca colors if you prefer. i believe from talking to the man who started the talks that it came down to players.... some of whom were afraid to lose their A team status... Do you think the players should have had as much input?!!.

i also believe that it came down to who was manager of the 'A' team and also what was the best pitch.

**old git** · 07/12/2006, 8:48 AM

Originally Posted by Goals4fun

i also believe that it came down to who was manager of the 'A' team and also what was the best pitch.

this is dead & buried .. and talked about / rumours about ..etc

did ballbreaker not post ages ago outlining what happend on this amalagamation... check under clare league posts

**parkfan** · 07/12/2006, 8:54 AM

Originally Posted by old git

this is dead & buried .. and talked about / rumours about ..etc

did ballbreaker not post ages ago outlining what happend on this amalagamation... check under clare league posts

old git it was a legendary member of your club who told me what happened. is what i said above correct also it no fault of newtowns..

**Goals4fun** · 07/12/2006, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by parkfan

old git it was a legendary member of your club who told me what happened. is what i said above correct also it no fault of newtowns..

everybody involved was at fault as it did not succeed. The amount of blame can vary.
It is still shocking to have 4 clubs in shannon and not one with a fantastic team but all with the sprinkle of good players !

**old git** · 07/12/2006, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by Goals4fun

everybody involved was at fault as it did not succeed. The amount of blame can vary.
It is still shocking to have 4 clubs in shannon and not one with a fantastic team but all with the sprinkle of good players !

too much politics .. you could add bunratty / rinnanna / newmarket
and think of 1 team you could have ,,, also same problems around ennis ... how many new teams have appeared over the years ..

**parkfan** · 07/12/2006, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by old git

too much politics .. you could add bunratty / rinnanna / newmarket
and think of 1 team you could have ,,, also same problems around ennis ... how many new teams have appeared over the years ..

you couldnt add in newmarket and bunratty or the bridge what role do they play in shannon soccer... there should only be one team in shannon, and if people feel this strongly why dont the men at the top off all the clubs just get together and sort out there differences... shannon town began it, park broke off. then newtown wanted theyre own club, finally so did olympic.. thats how it began so we can only blame the older men for these problems and only thinking of themselves

**smellyfeet** · 07/12/2006, 12:48 PM

This story of all clubs getting together has been going on for far too long.
It didn't happen and won't happen so why is it still been talked about.

For people to go blaming the "older men" is not right at all, these "older men" wanted and tried to get a good soccer club in shannon insread of 4 very average teams not even competing at the later stage's of National competion.

**old git** · 07/12/2006, 1:06 PM

Originally Posted by parkfan

you couldnt add in newmarket and bunratty or the bridge what role do they play in shannon soccer... there should only be one team in shannon, and if people feel this strongly why dont the men at the top off all the clubs just get together and sort out there differences... shannon town began it, park broke off. then newtown wanted theyre own club, finally so did olympic.. thats how it began so we can only blame the older men for these problems and only thinking of themselves

how many shanon players ended up with clubs above at some stage

there was only 1 team in shannon ( shannon town ) with a greaT UNDERAGE SET UP... AND THEY HAD THE PICK OF PLAYERS IN SHANNON many years ago BUT YET PEOPLE STILL WANTED TO DO THIER OWN THING FOOTBALL WISE
you cannot blame older men for creating problems ... these things happen and i am sure these people are held in high esteem by anybody involved in park / newtown / olympic .. WHO KNOWS WITH THE CURRENT POPULATION IN SHANNON A NEW CLUB MAY APPEAR IN THE FUTURE ...

**Goals4fun** · 07/12/2006, 2:38 PM

Originally Posted by old git

WHO KNOWS WITH THE CURRENT POPULATION IN SHANNON A NEW CLUB MAY APPEAR IN THE FUTURE ...

probably more realistic than ever having one club !!!

**old git** · 07/12/2006, 4:28 PM

Originally Posted by Goals4fun

probably more realistic than ever having one club !!!

would agree with you on that

**Lev Yashin** · 08/12/2006, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by parkfan

1: Skinny
2: Tom oHare
3: Gareth Quirke
4: Darren Griffin
5: Derek Bryne
6: Donnacha Kelly
7: Ryan Kelly
8: Davy Wall
9: Cheeky
10:Gerry Kelly
11:Jimmy Hollahan

interesting choice!
how many of these have you played with or actually watched playing?
if its people who have played soccer in shannon what about damien"dux" o'rourke who could play in any position there?