Cork AUL 2009/10

[super_mario]

Hello everyone been watching this forum for a while now and finally signed up this place is interesting to hear everyones opinions on local football...

Anyway i play for Bohemians and hope to get to know ye all soon..

[littleman]

Mario your more than welcome an another Knocka head may well keep some of the dogs off my back from time ta time.Great win the weekend by the way.

In fairness this thread is growing in strenght an we seem to have clubs from nealry every league posting,long may it last too.

[olachico]

Welcome on board Mario and onefootednopace - the more the merrier!!

[timmypav]

How's it going Mario and onefootednopace. Good to see more and more lads getting involved. Alright Mario,we are in same section as ye. A very tough section, as we have played a few teams that would be of the same level as us. Never much in the games.:ball:

[mr versatile]

Hey gang watching this with a while finally decided to join in!! Playing for Macroom in Premier A. Not a bad start to season 3rd in the league and still involved in a few cup competitions!! Cheers for havin me!!

[super_mario]

Mario your more than welcome an another Knocka head may well keep some of the dogs off my back from time ta time.Great win the weekend by the way.

In fairness this thread is growing in strenght an we seem to have clubs from nealry every league posting,long may it last too.


Thanks littleman the win was more satisfying considering we were missing 3 of our first team players that would walk into any other team in our division so to come away with any kind of a result down there was gonna be tough but the lads dug in and showed a lot of character.. The fellas that were asked to come in and do a job were exceptional..

[super_mario]

How's it going Mario and onefootednopace. Good to see more and more lads getting involved. Alright Mario,we are in same section as ye. A very tough section, as we have played a few teams that would be of the same level as us. Never much in the games.:ball:



Hey timmy howz things ya our section is tough alright to be fair. We had a blistering start and then lost to mayfield but as some people were predicting that would be our downfall and our win against Park premier team on saturday just shows we are capable of beating anyone on our day..

We have buttevant now at the weekend another long journey for us.

I look forward to our rivalry continuing timmy very soon i hope lol

[Innishvilla]

Mario your more than welcome an another Knocka head may well keep some of the dogs off my back from time ta time.



As if we'd ever consider ganging up against you wee man!!!:D

But also I echo the sentiment that it's good to see a few new signings on this forum. I'll be honest it seems to be the only place where decent league info can be found.

Example:- Still no sign anywhere of the full AOH draw... trying to guess it from the fixtures each week. The last 3/4 years I've tried to follow the cups and create excel file with each round but it is incredibly difficult when they don't seem to publish them. Maybe I missed it in the echo but I don't think so... It is supposed to be the marquee cup in Cork soccer, and you can't find anywhere the 1st round or 2nd round draw...

[super_mario]

Its a cold cold night for training lads wrap up and remember there only laps hahahaha

[Horse24]

Who we got so? Sorry if I missed anyone. Please correct the list.

PREMIER

Kinsale
Leeside
Grattan
Park
Coachford
Blarney St???

PREMIER A

Ballyvolane
Macroom
Blackstone Rovers

DIV 1

Douglas Hall
Leeside
Grangevale

DIV 1A

Bohs
Passage
Glen Celtic
Dillons X
Mayfield Utd
Park

DIV 2

Blackpool
Inishvilla
Kinsale
City Wanderers
Casement

DIV 2A

Killowen
Springfield
Coachford

DIV 2B

Springfield
Leeview

DIV 3

De Courcey Albion
Leeside

DIV 3A

Grattan

[littleman]

Hello hello hello to all our new posters(i feel like santa).Na in fairness lads welcome on board.Its a fun place ta be most of the time,but it can kick off at the drop of a hat(or result);).Feel free to comment on all aspects of yer own respective divisions,or any others ye may come across on your travels in or out of the Aul an any an all questions will be answered to the best of our ability.Unless we are playin each other,then its hush hush:p.

Aoh Saturday against Village an I honestly cant wait.Pitch freshly cut today an the though of actually playin a home game,tis nearly 3 months since we last played a game on our pitch.Bait that.

Innish far to many country lads on here at the minute,an not enough Norries,I feel out numbered.:D

[littleman]

Wilton,the Rise.its been a while but hes about no doubt.

[olachico]

I've often wondered how many people read this forum but dont post - i know there is a few referees who read it and surely some of the AUL committee read it - heres hoping plenty more members sign up

[jumpersforposts]

Hello hello hello to all our new posters(i feel like santa).Na in fairness lads welcome on board.Its a fun place ta be most of the time,but it can kick off at the drop of a hat(or result);).Feel free to comment on all aspects of yer own respective divisions,or any others ye may come across on your travels in or out of the Aul an any an all questions will be answered to the best of our ability.Unless we are playin each other,then its hush hush:p.

Aoh Saturday against Village an I honestly cant wait.Pitch freshly cut today an the though of actually playin a home game,tis nearly 3 months since we last played a game on our pitch.Bait that.

Innish far to many country lads on here at the minute,an not enough Norries,I feel out numbered.:D

Well Littleman I will help keep the balance for the Norries, not attached to any club but enjoy junior football, I have been a bit of a snob as far as watching this season in that I have only seen premier games, and unfortunately I think Leeside are looking likely winners at the moment. Don't mean that in a bad way, I would just like to see a norrie winner again. Good luck to all at the weekend.

[bogwarrior]

Who we got so? Sorry if I missed anyone. Please correct the list.

PREMIER

Kinsale
Leeside
Grattan
Park
Coachford
Blarney St???



League table at the end of the season?! That would be alright!

[beezerblackpool]

Get the gloves out this weekend lads!!!

[marty]

Mayfield V Passage is going ahead on the all weather tomorrow me thinks,should be a close game Passage at full strength anyway so no excuses!

[junglegym]

Hows a goin' lads? Welcome to all the new posters.
We have a huge game this weekend, Really and trully it could be Make or Break for us. As ye all know by now we got turned over last week by a second division side. Although its hard to accept :o , It happens and its how we respond tommorow will be vital. Last week we had at least 70% of the posession but failed to put them away. That wont be good enough tommorow. We must take our chances when they come.
The only good thing is we have an extra game under our belt than Glenthorn so hopefully they'll be a bit off the pace tommorow.
Should be a cracker

[Onefootednopace]

Weather forecast for the weekend indicates freezing temperatures and snow in some areas. Sunday 10:45 a.m. games could be at risk.


Anyone for summer soccer?

[fruice]

Hi lads new poster here aswell have been watching from the sidelines for a while decided to jump on the bandwagon . im with los zarcos in 3A hard loss for us last weekend loseing on penos away to knocknahenney in the aoh big one for us this weeked local derby vs rathcolle. anyway looking forward to the craic for the rest of the season.

[DCross06]

I've often wondered how many people read this forum but dont post - i know there is a few referees who read it and surely some of the AUL committee read it - heres hoping plenty more members sign up
We won 5-0 today against Bosco's in the A.O.H, It was a strange game, they probably had the better of the first have but we went in at half-time 2-0 up, after only 3 chances. Second half we played alot better up the hill and punished them, could have been even more in the end, Ref did a good job, have to say that now. 15 goals scored in our last 3 games so if your looking for entertainment ye know where to go. Any other results?

[timmypav]

Good result away against one of the stronger teams in the section. Should have won it to be honest. Another great finish by Shane (Shambo) Hurley.

[junglegym]

Aoh Cup. (2nd round) Result :

Glenthorn Celtic 0-1 Coachford


Reading Billy's blog I see Leeside hammered UCC 9-0, This result may shift the balance in favour of putting Prem. teams in the latter stages of the cup..

Heard in the pub after our game Village beat Grattan, Any Reports ???

[olachico]

Blackstone 3- 0 Ucc B - maybe they swapped the teams???

[super_mario]

Bohemians 1 vs 0 Buttevant, very good result for us today especially down in there place. Overall we deserved to win by 1 or 2 more but as they say a win is a win.

[pacman]

Aoh Cup. (2nd round) Result :

Glenthorn Celtic 0-1 Coachford


Reading Billy's blog I see Leeside hammered UCC 9-0, This result may shift the balance in favour of putting Prem. teams in the latter stages of the cup..

Heard in the pub after our game Village beat Grattan, Any Reports ???

Ya heard Village beat Grattan alright.

I'm not shocked by this result, i think Village are much stronger than maybe results to date suggest. I also heard they have made one or two signings.
Grattan also havent played in over a month i'd say so were obviously a bit ring rusty.

Leeside obviously flying. Thats 15 goals in their last two games with none conceded

[pacman]

We won 5-0 today against Bosco's in the A.O.H, It was a strange game, they probably had the better of the first have but we went in at half-time 2-0 up, after only 3 chances. Second half we played alot better up the hill and punished them, could have been even more in the end, Ref did a good job, have to say that now. 15 goals scored in our last 3 games so if your looking for entertainment ye know where to go. Any other results?


Thats a great win for the Cross. Like Village on ye're day ye are a match for anyone

[pacman]

I wish him well, you hate to hear these things happening. I hope there was nothing malicious involved.

[littleman]

Pac not everything you hear in a pub or on the side of the pitch is gospel.I must apoligise to you for biting but in the heat of the moment an especially when a players badly injured you can say or do things that are out of charcacter.

[pacman]

Pac not everything you hear in a pub or on the side of the pitch is gospel.I must apoligise to you for biting but in the heat of the moment an especially when a players badly injured you can say or do things that are out of charcacter.

No problem, dont worry about it.
Definite that Terry Lotty is back with them. Centre field and a fine player.

Let us know how ye're keeper is doing...

[littleman]

Lotty played last week against Kinsale.He wasnt there yeaterday.

Our keeper broke his nose in 2 places an also broke a bone in between his eye socket,he was kept in overnight an hes due to get a CAT scan this morning.

[Onefootednopace]

A.U.L. 2A. Inter City Celtic v Killowen off due to frozen pitch.

[timmypav]

Would just like to wish the Grattan keeper a quick and full recovery littleman. Not a good day for ye overall.

[super_mario]

Jesus that must of been some challenge littleman.. For all involved i hope it was completely accidental. Would like to wish yer keeper the best of luck in his recovery and and hope he is ok

[olachico]

Whats monard like olachio? Were there stephen morning. Is it destroyed from rain or what bud? Hope it goes ahead. Surprised aaron kearney was with killumney today. Should be on the aul panel ahead of sullivan for sure

Our pitch is okay - could do with being cut and rolled but you cant put a tractor on it to be honest - not sure if there have been many games on the pitch alongside us though

[olachico]

Sorry to hear about ye're keeper littleman!! hopefully he'll be ok

[bogwarrior]

Ya littleman, hope your keeper is ok. Sounds like a very bad injury.

How did it happen?

What happened in the game itself? Kinsale match was called off. Pitch was frozen. Horses were on the pitch the night before and the hoof marks were frozen in! Too dangerous altogether.

[littleman]

Well Bog,I will say it like it happened an what anyone makes of it from theres on is up to himself.What I will like to point out it was a fair 50/50 tackle,with no malice.

We scored first an looked like adding a few more,except for there keeper had other ideas,he was top class on the day.We gave away a stuipd free an were punished big time for defending of the worst kind.1 apeice with a half hour gone.

Half time came an went an we wasted chance after chance,Village attacked on the break from time to time but otherwise ot was one way traffic.

On one of their breaks a terrible off side call resulted in a Village player being waved on by the ref,his 1st touch took him to the edge of our 18 yrd box,our keeper dived full lenght to block his shot.Which he did,the ball broke free but the Village player an about 5 or 6 of the nearest players around plus 10 to 20 spectators called the ref,our keeper was bleedin heavy an motionless,everybody literally stopped for a few seconds,the ref did not stop play,a Village player had the ball at this stage,an chose not to kick the ball out of play, he kicked it into the empty net.

That was 1/2 to Village with 3 mins left.

Our keeper is in the CUH,his nose was broken in 2 places an the bone above his eye is broken in 3 places.

I would honestly like to hear peoples opinions on what I have just posted.

[olachico]

The ref should have surely stopped it straight away if it was a head injury????

To be honest i would hope that the opposition player would kick the ball out of play too

[super_mario]

To be honest that ref sounds like a joke to me if a player is lying there motionless and bleeding heavily and from what ive been told it was clear as day the keeper was out cold so no excuses really..


Just a relief from all involved with grattan and the players family the only thing lost was a game of football.. Hope he makes a speedy recovery littleman..

[Onefootednopace]

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On one of their breaks a terrible off side call resulted in a Village player being waved on by the ref,his 1st touch took him to the edge of our 18 yrd box,our keeper dived full lenght to block his shot.Which he did,the ball broke free but the Village player an about 5 or 6 of the nearest players around plus 10 to 20 spectators called the ref,our keeper was bleedin heavy an motionless,everybody literally stopped for a few seconds,the ref did not stop play,a Village player had the ball at this stage,an chose not to kick the ball out of play, he kicked it into the empty net.

That was 1/2 to Village with 3 mins left.

Our keeper is in the CUH,his nose was broken in 2 places an the bone above his eye is broken in 3 places.

I would honestly like to hear peoples opinions on what I have just posted.

Whatever about the dodgy offside call and poor sportsmanship it's the referee's failure to act promptly to a serious head injury that bothers me. Maybe he was too far away from the incident to realise the severity of the injury, but surely the promptings of players and spectators would have made him realise that something was amiss. Referees will get offside, handball and other decisions wrong during a match, but to make a ball call concerning a players welfare is unacceptable. I know referees are under orders to officiate under certain guidelines but common sense should always prevail over rules and regulations. I'm not having a go at referees here as it's a job I would never do, but this is the first time I have heard of an incident like this in the A.U.L. and hopefully the last time. Most referees I have encountered are extremely quick to deal with injured players and especially head injuries.

Hopefully your 'keeper can make a full recovery and resume between the sticks in the near future.

[Southsider]

Whats monard like olachio? Were there stephen morning. Is it destroyed from rain or what bud? Hope it goes ahead. Surprised aaron kearney was with killumney today. Should be on the aul panel ahead of sullivan for sure
Kearney on the oscar panel not a hope. Im not Sullivans biggest fan but i wouldnt have Kearney next or near that squad actuallty John Sull shouldnt be either but at least Sull would put in a tackle that Kearney is to windy and he has gained a few pounds so any pace he had is long gone ;)

[Southsider]

Is it Lofty your talking about Littleman ? That sounds shocking Christmas week and all not that theres ever a good time. Lets hope for a speedy recovery. Its obvious the ref should have stopped it. I cant blame the Village lad for putting the ball in the net if he wasnt sure how serious the keeper was but i suppose if nearly 20 grown men were shouting to stop play then surely the Village player should have known to stop. All in all the Village lad shouldnt have been given the chance to score if the Ref did his job properly.

[Southsider]

Ah nah your well off, we all used play with him and the 1st thing we all said is the amount of weight he lost, looking the fittest i seen him in yrs. good player, quality left foot.
He was a good player when he was with Ramblers. Iv seen him maybe 3 months ago playin and he was overweight so unless he trimmed down since then. Anyway he still wouldnt put his foot in the bath.........

[thebooboys]

On the village game, you cant blame the player they needed the win as there was talk of them folding if they had lost. terry lotty didnt play because he didnt want to be cup-tied as they could fold.

[the owl]

Firstly i would wish the player a speedy recovey. Nobody likes to see that type of injury in the game. In my opinion you cant blame the player who by the rules did nothing wrong and played for the whistle. Although i do think the refs have a tough job, i think this situation could have been avoided by stopping the game immediately, especially when its an injury to the head. I wonder how many of us in here would have put the ball out and how many of us would have scored, in that moment ???
What was the reaction of the Village players ??

[littleman]

it wasnt lofty it was Mark Smith.

Personally I couldnt give 2 hoots wether we were 21 goals up or down,all im worried about is our keeper.

[the owl]

Sorry Boo but i cant agree with the reasoning your givin for Lotty scoring. What happens if Village lose next week, will they fold then ???...we are talkin about a serious head injury to a player who now prob faces losing financially workwise. Yes there was no whistle from the ref and the player was entitled to score but, according to you was to save the club disregarding the welfare of a fellow player.

[blackiegray]

That's a tricky situation. I remember almost identical thing happened when I was playing in Leinster Senior League albeit with less serious injury. I was in on goal last minute, all square. Someone clipped me from behind and I kind of fell forward into the advancing keeper and ball spilled towards the line. There was a roar out of the keeper and he looked a bit shook. I was in a heap on top of him but one of our boys ambled up and rolled the loose ball over the line.

They went ape**** of course and with reason. Goal stood, Keeper had to be helped off with some kind of leg injury after big delay and hardly time to kick off before final whistle. 1-0 win and a hasty retreat as it was one of Dublin's less hospitable spots.

Thing is the keeper wouldn't have been any less injured if our fella didn't roll the ball in and reckon there was no foul involved on my part.

If all the Grattan boys stopped when they saw the injury that's another matter but if the Village lad was there when the ball rolled free maybe he's entitled to roll it in and tend to the keeper after.

Hopefully the keeper is ok. Best of luck to him.

[littleman]

look as players,managers or refs we all make mistakes.We'v all been there.You never set out to do it,it is just a moment durin a game when for what ever reason common sense deserts you,we all make mistakes but ya have to remember always that afterwords what you do may have an effect on someone else,in a big or small way but never the less it effects someone. Hes a good decent ref an the Village lad is a good decent player,but 2 wrongs dont make a right.