FAI Junior Cup 2009/10

[AB84]

Fai Senior cup draw on tomorrow(MARCH 9th) 7pm Abottstown

Below are clubs entered for 1st and 2nd round



Avondale United
Belgrove
Bluebell United
Bonagee United
Castlebar Celtic
Cherry Orchard
Cobh Ramblers
Crumlin United
Douglas Hall
Drogheda Town
Dublin Bus
Fairview Rangers/Kilmallock
Fanad United
FC Carlow
Glenville
Malahide United
Regional United/Shangan Athletic
Rockmount
St. Michael’s/Pike Rovers
Tolka Rovers
Tralee Dynamos
Tullamore Town
U.C.C.
Wayside Celtic
Willow Park/Clonmel Town

[blinkx]

Hello Serpico.I cant speak for anybody but myself but the difference between me an you in releation to the clubs or leagues we are attached too is quite simple.I have a bit of class an dignity.Pike won,how dosent matter.Enjoy the next round.Hard luck to a galant Springfield side.:ball:

I safely say your supposed class and dignitary has been lost(along with your spelling) somewhere over the last 4 pages with the bile you've been posting.

And to answer another posters comments, No I didn't expect Springfield to come out all guns blazing but to be playing for Penalties 25mins in is a disappointing sight for any team. And to claim Springfield played a 5-3-2 is a bit mental, they may have started with 5-3-2 but that disappeared quickly.

[kev08]

why is he out injured?

no football last thing on hes mind now

[the only 1]

serpico is not pike supporter will u wake up ye played well yesterday plus ref poor for both sides plus linesmen how were they biased they were neutral you dont really think it was a pen when keeper+forward ran in to each other do u:D

[littleman]

Well blinkx,I must have really got your knickers in a twist.Pardon me for my sub standard spelling.I'll try to keep it in check.Bella,Id leave things go because you are never going to win on or off the pitch with some of these blokes.

[MainManRam]

I safely say your supposed class and dignitary has been lost(along with your spelling) somewhere over the last 4 pages with the bile you've been posting.

And to answer another posters comments, No I didn't expect Springfield to come out all guns blazing but to be playing for Penalties 25mins in is a disappointing sight for any team. And to claim Springfield played a 5-3-2 is a bit mental, they may have started with 5-3-2 but that disappeared quickly.

To claim? I was playing in that supposed 5-3-2 and it only disappeared after we went 2-1 down. And really- are you so devoid of brain cells that you think a team would be playing (against the competition favorites) for penos after 25 mins- it is, in your own words "a bit mental".

Were you the guy on the sideline who never shut up for the whole game?

It upsets me to think that Limerick football is incapable of thinking about football in a tactical sense. We set ourselves up to be hard to beat, as I said we would everyday last week, and thats the way it turned out. Pike thought they were in for an easy ride and found out quickly that it wasn't the case so much so that when they scored the 2nd goal they celebrated in a manner befitting a team who had been under a bit of pressure (from a 6th division Cork AUL side).

To get back to the real world- Pike are a good footballing team and have some very good players. They play the game the way it should be played. They will be a tough team to beat in the FAI and Munster and I would like to wish them the best of luck in the next round.

But if only some people could learn a bit of humility.

[littleman]

Ram,it think its very sporting of you to do what you have done .Pike won an the winners deserve our best wished.The loosers deserve to be told ye did very well.I personally think ye did more than very well, Id say ye gave Pike a good fright an I for one was well proud of the Springers.Ignore the mindless comments that blinxs is posting because even the other Limerick posters dont seen to rate him,an humility/class or dignity arent words he quite appriciates.An as for anything tactical,I dont think Eddie O'Rourke after all his years of distinguished service in LOI/MSL an junior and youths football needs to explain his tactics to anyone,do you.

Best of luck to Pike an congrats to Springers on giving it a right good go.

Lets move on shall we.

[Mega Tots]

was it just pike rovers who played in the fai on sunday......thats all this site seems to be dedicated to anyway...you would swear they were real madrid...its embarrassing

[littleman]

Heard Willow Park may have squeezed through,thanks to a dodgy ref(im only say what iv been told by 4 different sources who were at the game)

Any reports lads.

Realisticly,an lets talk football lads,who the fav's to win.

[nononsense]

Well said Mega Tots. As I said on this thread before, what a pity it is not balanced, after all, we are talking about a national competition which is now at a critical stage. Eight teams are remaining and all must be commended for getting this far. Four excellent games in prospect next Sunday so lets hear good and constructive comments/predictions about all four ties.

[the runner]

Littleman i was at the game and i can tell you that Willow were the better side.
The ref was not great but he sent off players from both sides. The ref did
not deside this game you should get new sources or maybe go to the
game???????????

[blinkx]

Could the Corkonians look up the definition of a public forum? I voiced an opinion, which as a registered member on here I'm more than entitled to do. I watched the game as a neutral and stated what I saw. And I certainly don't post up here to be "rated", I've not got an ego problem. And littleman if you've a problem my PM box is always open. There's a difference between humility and the stating of opinion.

To say it was tactically sound to have all 11 players inside your own box for Pike's corners is a bit far fetched you'd have to agree no? From what I saw in my very own opinion, "Springers" were looking for penalties at 1-1(regardless if you dis/agree it's an OPINION) or at the very least slowing the game to crawl speed, keeper slow with kickouts, players hitting the ball away, the usual stuff.

Yes, for a 2A Cork team they did very well, frustrated an average Pike team. And they've to be commended for that at least, I just couldn't see how a team in the last 16 weren't trying to push on and try and take the game. Regardless of division.

And that penalty decision, could have gone either way really, from my viewing it looked as if they collided with each other, both having an eye on the ball. The Pike keeper should never have gone for it in my opinion. On another day that would easily have been given. That's cup football.

And the Springfield sending off was justified, as I've said before the Pike No.5 was booked for a hand ball in the first half, so the Ref had to be consistent, it was a second bookable offense for the player, the player certainly didn't take it well. And to rubbish the bias linesmen claims, Pike were caught offside, according to the stats I recorded, 23 times in the second half.(7 in the first) An amazing stat, that a Linesman could be spot on 23 times in 45mins.

[supersol]

Heard Willow Park may have squeezed through,thanks to a dodgy ref(im only say what iv been told by 4 different sources who were at the game)

Any reports lads.

Realisticly,an lets talk football lads,who the fav's to win.


Littleman,

I was at the Leeside Vrs Willow Park match!!

There were not too many chances in the 1st half. Willow scored a well worked move and Leeside threatened through Set Pieces only.

Leeside hit the Crossbar in the 2nd half @ 1 0.
The Referee gave a penalty to Willow Park that not one of the Willow Players looked for!! Weird Decision.
Apparently an elbow that only the Ref saw!!
After scoring the penalty Leeside had a player sent off for a professional foul. Then 1 player from each side were sent after a tussle.
Willow player received a Headbutt and he was sent off???
Game went very open then for the last 15mins!! Both sides could have scored.

I think the Better team won but just about!!
Leeside are a good side and i wish them luck for the rest of their League / Cups & Munster Cup.

[littleman]

blinks,I dont care anymore theres no talkin to ya.I apoligise to the Pike posters for my remarks last week about Pike,I was totally wrong an out of order.Got drawn into something I should have stayed well out of.But blinks is it me,Springfield,Cork,Pike or just football in general that you have a problem with.If your not happy with something start a thread about it an post to your hearts content.

This is the Fai thread for all things to do with the Fai junior cup.Tactics and how a side performs or dose not perform falls into that spectrum.Can we all please get back to the Fai junior cup an whos left in it before this thread looses all credibility.

Thanks for the match report supersol.I was told the ref did no Leeside no favours alright.Leeside are a good side too an they should give Pike a good ol game alright down in Leesides place.Its a very big pitch an they are very fit so Id say when it is played its going to be end to end stuff.Looking forward to it.

[Innishvilla]

Littleman,

I was at the Leeside Vrs Willow Park match!!

There were not too many chances in the 1st half. Willow scored a well worked move and Leeside threatened through Set Pieces only.

Leeside hit the Crossbar in the 2nd half @ 1 0.
The Referee gave a penalty to Willow Park that not one of the Willow Players looked for!! Weird Decision.
Apparently an elbow that only the Ref saw!!
After scoring the penalty Leeside had a player sent off for a professional foul. Then 1 player from each side were sent after a tussle.
Willow player received a Headbutt and he was sent off???
Game went very open then for the last 15mins!! Both sides could have scored.

I think the Better team won but just about!!
Leeside are a good side and i wish them luck for the rest of their League / Cups & Munster Cup.

Great - football talk - makes a welcome change.

Best of luck to all 8 teams this weekend but especially to the 6 Munster teams - that is a great representation in a National Cup.
As was stated earlier should be some cracking games.

[soccerfreak]

Just to make a quick note. I want to start by saying congrats to killmallock on yere win. But could someone awnser me how come when a kilmallock player went down in the box in the first half got no pelanty but dident get booked either and none of the castleisland players were at the ref to book him, but when a castleisland player went down in the box in the second half the ref dident give him a penalty and was not given him a card till most of the kilmallock players ran at him telling him to book the castleisland player as he was book already so he was sent off.
Bad form on the kilmallock players side and the ref should be ashamed.

[Tipp Top]

After scoring the penalty Leeside had a player sent off for a professional foul. Then 1 player from each side were sent after a tussle.
Willow player received a Headbutt and he was sent off???
Game went very open then for the last 15mins!! Both sides could have scored.

willow will have a player missing the quarter final against Clonmel Town so supersol? do you think they will be good enough to beat Town?

[abbeyvale]

an average pike team,is this the same pike team that have only lost 1 game all year,are in the last 8 of the national and provincial comps,a local cup final and still in with major shout for league n lawson,u should be called blinkers not blinkx,i take it your own club are not left in much seeing as you have so much time to be watching pike,cos you must have seeing a fair bit of us to be calling us average

I think what he meant to say was that Pike were average on the day (which they were) as apposed to average full stop.

[SeniorBlue]

I think what he meant to say was that Pike were average on the day (which they were) as apposed to average full stop.

So genuinely lads after all the crap talk is done and dusted we are left with 8 good sides. From a Limerick point of view Pike are the strongest but yet Regional are their bogey side. Pike are Fairviews bogey side and Kilmallock have the potential to upset any of them on their day. I believe Pike are rightly favourites but no way should they beat touted as superior to the other Limerick sides and for the other four i'm sure they all quietly fancy their chances. Maybe its the dark horses from outside Munster that could do it, not much has been said of Willow or Shangan so i think this weekend will tell a huge story, i fancy Fairview and Regional in their respective games purely because they are at home, Pikes game could well be decided by the officials coz both sides are big and physical and anything can happen. There will be at least one shock thats for sure

[AB84]

Paddy Power match prices:

http://www.paddypower.com/football/football-matches/ireland-non-league

Fairview 1/4 Draw 4/1 Kilmallock 6/1
Willow 6/4 Draw 23/10 Town 7/5
Saints 13/8 Draw 12/5 Pike 6/5
Regional 2/5 Draw 10/3 Shangan 4/1

Saints 13/8 bet of the round for me

[abbeyvale]

Paddy Power match prices:

http://www.paddypower.com/football/football-matches/ireland-non-league

Fairview 1/4 Draw 4/1 Kilmallock 6/1
Willow 6/4 Draw 23/10 Town 7/5
Saints 13/8 Draw 12/5 Pike 6/5
Regional 2/5 Draw 10/3 Shangan 4/1

Saints 13/8 bet of the round for me

Pike could be missing up to 3 starters on Sunday....

[serpico]

Pike could be missing up to 3 starters on Sunday....

Whose missing abbey

[kev08]

Whose missing abbey

alan barry+keith hartnett for def maybe pa mullins

[serpico]

alan barry+keith hartnett for def maybe pa mullins

Why what's wrong with mullins Limerick footballers playing sat nite

[blackjack]

Whose missing abbey
christy coll (hamstring)tommy shan (broking ribs) and woodie (getting married):o

[pearse4t3]

christy coll (hamstring)tommy shan (broking ribs) and woodie (getting married):o

Brilliant...

[serpico]

Dobber , niall byrnes, and Greg moloney will come in so

[blinkx]

Anyone take advantage of the 1st scorer odds over the weekend? Apparently Paddy Power did specials on it?

[the only 1]

pa mullins be playing unless injured barry+hartnett out ok i know pike got game on thursday so colbert be availible wonder will they put out b players against star maybe they above named players might be gettin game:)

[serpico]

Anyone take advantage of the 1st scorer odds over the weekend? Apparently Paddy Power did specials on it?

Paddy power paid out on Pa moloney.the only prices you could get were on Boris and Pa .

[blackjack]

Paddy power paid out on Pa moloney.the only prices you could get were on Boris and Pa .
you really need to get back to work.

[serpico]

pa mullins be playing unless injured barry+hartnett out ok i know pike got game on thursday so colbert be availible wonder will they put out b players against star maybe they above named players might be gettin game:)

Hartnett will be playing as well.......

[the only 1]

Hartnett will be playing as well.......

just missing barry so ya?

[serpico]

fairview vs kilmallock 11.00
officals t.duggan,j.mcnamara,r.mccann

Them three seem to be getting all the games

[abbeyvale]

Whose missing abbey

They might be missing, A Barry, K Hartnett, W Colbert & P Mullins.

[nononsense]

pa mullins be playing unless injured barry+hartnett out ok i know pike got game on thursday so colbert be availible wonder will they put out b players against star maybe they above named players might be gettin game:)

Perhaps someone should read rule 114 section 7 of the F.A.I. Junior Cup.

[skipper]

After scoring the penalty Leeside had a player sent off for a professional foul. Then 1 player from each side were sent after a tussle.
Willow player received a Headbutt and he was sent off???
Game went very open then for the last 15mins!! Both sides could have scored.

willow will have a player missing the quarter final against Clonmel Town so supersol? do you think they will be good enough to beat Town?
i was at the leeside v willow game myself tipp top and the willow player send off , didnt start the game he came on wiv 25min to go, iv seen clonmel play last season in the semi"s against st peters . clonmel where very good that day and should have won the game . the willow team this yr is the strongest they have ever had and they wont fear anyone imo, i expect the game to be a cracker wiv two good footballibng sides , id have to go wiv a narrow willow win due to home advantage,

[nononsense]

First and second round draws for F.A.I. Senior Cup made to-night. Only Junior team involved on first round is Willow Park/Clonmel Town away to Bonagee Utd (Letterkenny) on March 21st. In the second round Fairview Rangers/Kilmallock away to winners Cherry Orchard/Tullamore Town, St.Michaels/Pike Rovers away to Bluebell Utd (Dublin) and Regional/Shangan at home to Belgrove (Dublin). Second round games on May 15th.

[Archangel]

Anyone think that Regional might have there name on the cup? Certainly they are dark horses but Paddy Power has em 2/5 to win Sunday.

[Town Fan]

i was at the leeside v willow game myself tipp top and the willow player send off , didnt start the game he came on wiv 25min to go, iv seen clonmel play last season in the semi"s against st peters . clonmel where very good that day and should have won the game . the willow team this yr is the strongest they have ever had and they wont fear anyone imo, i expect the game to be a cracker wiv two good footballibng sides , id have to go wiv a narrow willow win due to home advantage,

Town aren't as good as they were last season. they have done very well to get this far but I think Willow will be a bridge to far. Killarney weren't the greatest side and it took us till extra time to win. I would love to be wrong but I think Sunday will be the end of the road for Town- we are a last 8 team at best

[bridgeceltic]

St Micheal's Would have to fancy there chances with Hartnett, Barry & Colbert missing and Mullins being a Doubt with Hamstring on Sunday wouldn't they with St Micheal's being the home Team.

Cant believe Hartnett has choosing GAA over who puts the Bread & Butter on the Table at home. But then again that's what it might boil down to with not having loyal Clubmen playing with your club to Win an FAI.. Fair play to him for sticking with hes Parish tho...

County Trophys are more important then winning National Trophy's with a city Soccerl Team

[serpico]

Fair play to regional and fairview for looking after st.michaels i'd say it was much appreciated out there.best of luck to killmallock and shangan

[blackjack]

Perhaps someone should read rule 114 section 7 of the F.A.I. Junior Cup.
why should they have to read it when fairview and regional rang st michaels and told them about wayne colbert (and that is a fact)that is the lowest of the low just shows their class of people at their clubs.

[Tipp Top]

whats all this about Colbert and clubs ringing Saints?? Nothing on TSDL thread about this??

[Tipp Top]

Told them what about Wayne Colbert??

[Proctector]

well said blackjack, it one thing lose pub talk and stuff on this but to conspire against a club and make the call to micheals to ring the fai is disgraceful and to a player they hold in high regard. pike will still beat st micheals even more so now.. its funny that was just told that balla have a few of there a team and some of there supporter that are friends with the pike lads going to tipp to support pike and rightly so and i taught balla and pike never got on.looks like the better team lost there as regional are easly lead by the looks of it. best of luck to pike..

[blackjack]

what did day do
the above named clubs rang st michaels and told them that pike are playing thurs so wayne can play next sunday as wayne has a one match suspension starting today for four yellows with limerick

[Tipp Top]

That is very bad form and whats the outcome?

[serpico]

It will all be denied now but pike know exactly what happened.he'll be playin tues nite and everyone hopes now he gets a hat-trick and yere battered

[hooper74]

the above named clubs rang st michaels and told them that pike are playing thurs so wayne can play next sunday as wayne has a one match suspension starting today for four yellows with limerick

In fairness how many clubs could arrange a game on a Thursday to get a lad off a suspension,Pike must have some pull in Limerick