Connaught Junior Cup 2009/10

[east utd]

Can anyone tell me what they know about Shiven...position in league?? standard of roscommon league???
hi we beat them at home last year ,big strong physical side,keep it on the ground to beat them good luck

[east utd]

any 1 know about gurteen who we play away in the next round

[east utd]

is the draw done up to the final ,if so could it be posted thanks

[Closed Account]

Fourth Round : Weekend end 16th/17th January 2009

A Coolera V Renmore
B Grange Utd V Merville Utd
C West Utd V Oranmore
D Athenry V Strokestown
E 93 V Innisfree Cel
F NUIGalway V Carbury FC
G Galway Hibs V Calry Bohs
H Colemanstown V Westport Utd
J 94 V Strand Celtic
K Mervue Utd V 90
L Gurteen Cel V East Utd
M Skyvalley Rov V Boyle Celtic
N GalwayBohs V Salthill Devon
O Straide & F V 73
P Ballina Town V Ballinasloe Town
Q Loughglynn V Ballyheane

Fifth Round : Weekend 13th/14th February 2009

R L V K
S G V Q
T C V A
U O V N
V B V E
W D V H
X P V M
Y J V F

Quarter Finals : Weekend 20th/21st March 2010

300 X V W
400 S V R
500 V V Y
600 U V T

Semi Finals Weekend 10th/11th April 2010

700 300 V 500
800 600 V 400

WEEKEND 1st/2nd 2010

1000 800 V 700

[historynut]

Gather holders Castlerea are out - anyone have details of game at Ballina.

[Spot Kick]

Gather holders Castlerea are out - anyone have details of game at Ballina.

There is a full report on the Mayo site. There was plenty of goals and plenty of sendings off.
http://inform.fai.ie/League/Clubs/portals/mafl/latestnews.aspx#news2

[swinfordfc]

Manulla beat Coolaney 6-0 to go into 4th Round

[swinfordfc]

Fourth Round : Weekend end 16th/17th January 2009

A Coolera V Renmore
B Grange Utd V Merville Utd
C West Utd V Oranmore
D Athenry V Strokestown
E 93 V Innisfree Cel
F NUIGalway V Carbury FC
G Galway Hibs V Calry Bohs
H Colemanstown V Westport Utd
J 94 V Strand Celtic
K Mervue Utd V 90
L Gurteen Cel V East Utd
M Skyvalley Rov V Boyle Celtic
N GalwayBohs V Salthill Devon
O Straide & F V 73
P Ballina Town V Ballinasloe Town
Q Loughglynn 0 V Ballyheane 3

Fifth Round : Weekend 13th/14th February 2009

R L V K
S G V Ballyheane
T C V A
U O V N
V B V E
W D V H
X P V M
Y J V F

Quarter Finals : Weekend 20th/21st March 2010

300 X V W
400 S V R
500 V V Y
600 U V T

Semi Finals Weekend 10th/11th April 2010

700 300 V 500
800 600 V 400

WEEKEND 1st/2nd 2010

1000 800 V 700

[portside]

Can anyone comfirm westports result in colemanstown yesterday as it said 0-0 on the rte teletext service but i thought that they had to go to penalties for these rounds?

[Superman]

Can anyone comfirm westports result in colemanstown yesterday as it said 0-0 on the rte teletext service but i thought that they had to go to penalties for these rounds?


Ya the score ended nil all alright. Ref said there was to be no extra time as it was not marked on his card. A complete farce really seeing as always the Conn Cup and Junior Cup matches go to extra time and penalties. Think it was down to an internal clerical error in the Galway District League Administration.

[east utd]

just proves how inept galway fa are,never mind westport will get a home match and win 4 0

[Closed Account]

just proves how inept galway fa are,never mind westport will get a home match and win 4 0

Home Team Away Team Venue Date Time
Galway Bohs Salthill Devon Millers Lane 14/02/2010 11:00
Mervue Utd Tuam Celtic Mervue 14/02/2010 11:00
West Utd Oranmore South Park 14/02/2010 14:00
East Utd Gurteen Celtic Castle Park 14/02/2010 14:00
Galway Hibs Ballyheane Bohermore 14/02/2010 14:00
Colemanstown Utd Westport United Colemanstown 14/02/2010 14:00

[redz rovers]

hello guys just looking for your opinions on the connacht cup as we get
to the final stages. who are the main contenders????

[Longshanks]

Anyone got the completed draw for the 5th round??

[east utd]

athenry v westport big match winners probably favourites.east v tuam all division two affair

[redz rovers]

i see manulla are playing carbury sunday. carbury are very strong this year a lot of ex league of ireland players in there ranks.will be very hard to beat. thats if they turn up of course..:D:D

[Longshanks]

I think this is the way the quarters will line up:

Ballinasloe v Athenry/Westport
Galway Hibs v East Utd/Tuam
Manor Rangers v Manulla/Carbury
S&F/Salthill v Oranmore/Coolera

6 of the 13 remaining teams are from Galway, 3 Sligo/Leitrim, 3 Mayo, 1 Roscommon. Dont think the winners of Athenry/Westport would necessarily be favourites, especially with an away tie to Ballinasloe the next hurdle. If Carbury can get by Manulla I'd fancy them to beat Manor. I cant see Coolera pulling off 2 away wins to make semis. Galway Hibs will fancy their chances at home. My predicted semi-finalists are - Ballinasloe, Galway Hibs, Carbury, Salthill.

Apologies to all those whom I've offended and jinxed with my predictions

[Fair Play]

I think this is the way the quarters will line up:

Ballinasloe v Athenry/Westport
Galway Hibs v East Utd/Tuam
Manor Rangers v Manulla/Carbury
S&F/Salthill v Oranmore/Coolera

6 of the 13 remaining teams are from Galway, 3 Sligo/Leitrim, 3 Mayo, 1 Roscommon. Dont think the winners of Athenry/Westport would necessarily be favourites, especially with an away tie to Ballinasloe the next hurdle. If Carbury can get by Manulla I'd fancy them to beat Manor. I cant see Coolera pulling off 2 away wins to make semis. Galway Hibs will fancy their chances at home. My predicted semi-finalists are - Ballinasloe, Galway Hibs, Carbury, Salthill.

Apologies to all those whom I've offended and jinxed with my predictions
I think it is a fair stab at what might happen. It is all down to what happens on the day. Athenry have been there before and still have some fine players. Westport will find it tough. I think that Ballinasloe can do well also. Carbury appear to be doing well in Sligo and could go all the way also. Galway Hibs are always a good bet, and I suppose Salthill will have most of their second string. Manulla do not look like they are putting in much effort in Mayo so I think they can be ruled out. Do not know anything about Tuam, East, Coolera or Manor to make a judgement.
Will stick my neck out and go for Westport to go all the way this year. They are used to winning away from home.

[redz rovers]

Athenry and Westport should be a cracking game and wouldnt be suprised if the
winner from that game went on to win it outright. if Carbury overcome Manulla they wont get it
easy against Manor up there. i still think it will be Carbury's year this year. having seen them play this year they
are playing some great football and will be very hard bet. they were beating in the final by athenry a couple of seasons a go
but they have a whole new team. this time around far stronger and superior to what they were back then

[Longshanks]

Redz, who is your club in Sligo/Leitrim??

[redz rovers]

dont have a club im well past it. try 2 get to as many games as possible can only
make the morning games as i work in the afternoon but i try and get too see all the teams play
a few times if possible

[Billynose]

Athenry 3 - 1 Westport
S&F 3 - 1 Salthill Devon
Oranmore 5 - 0 Collera

Ballinasloe v Athenry
Galway Hibs v East Utd/Tuam
Manor Rangers v Manulla/Carbury
S&F v Oranmore

[Longshanks]

think carbury beat manulla fairly handy 3-0, they have astrong shout now

[Leveller]

The Best of luck to Athenry, you came out deserved winners on sunday! It was a good game. You should go on to win it!

[Athenryboy]

Cheers Leveller, Thought it was a good game from both sides, Good luck in the league this year, Sorry to hear your Manager Padraig stepped down. Fair play to him on all the success he brought the side over the years.

[Longshanks]

Any result from the East Utd/Tuam game??

[Billynose]

Was called off due to a death in tuam.

[redz rovers]

no suprises in the connacht cup at the weekend think the ballinasloe and athenry should
be a good game both teams will fancy there chances. that side of the draw looks the toughest with carbury
and manor doing battle.

[east utd]

no suprises in the connacht cup at the weekend think the ballinasloe and athenry should
be a good game both teams will fancy there chances. that side of the draw looks the toughest with carbury
and manor doing battle.
east were semi finalists last year,division 2 title our aim,we beat hibs already this year 4 v 3 in bohermore so anything is possible

[Longshanks]

What division are Tuam in? They knocked us(Ballygawley) out in the first round down there

[stan]

Tuam Celtic in Div 2 with East, so could possibly be meeting East 4 times over next few weeks, Tuam caused the shock of the round last time out, knocking out Mervue utd

[swinfordfc]

Ballinasloe v Athenry
Galway Hibs v East Utd/Tuam
Manor Rangers v Carbury
S & F v Oranmore

When's East Utd v Tuam on?

[Billynose]

east were semi finalists last year,division 2 title our aim,we beat hibs already this year 4 v 3 in bohermore so anything is possible

In a pre season friendly :p ? You played crap teams last year as far as I remember. The only decent side you played beat you.

[Longshanks]

But what if East Utd are the only decent team Tuam will have played in this years cup(although Tuam bet us)

Isnt that half the fun of a regional cup, the lower division clubs getting a nice draw preferably at home against teams of a similar/lesser ability? Otherwise there would be no point in 90% of the clubs entering the cups. I remember about 8 years ago a Division 4 Sligo team made it to the semi's and got beat by Mervue in a really tight game. God I'm beginning to sound like ITV trying to 'big-up' the FA Cup.

Same with getting into the open rounds of the FAI Junior, get a home draw and you have a chance

[stan]

Ballinasloe v Athenry
Galway Hibs v East Utd/Tuam
Manor Rangers v Carbury
S & F v Oranmore

When's East Utd v Tuam on?

East Tuam game on Sunday week 14th in Castlepark Galway..

[east utd]

In a pre season friendly :p ? You played crap teams last year as far as I remember. The only decent side you played beat you. u can only beat who are drawn against ,any team on a given day with the right attitude etc have a good chance no matter who they play.thats it

[fatboyslim]

Attitude is everything. Any team can beat any other team if heads are right on the day. No one is unbeatable in Junior Soccer. Ability is nothing without correct attitude and frame of mind and a team all pulling together

[redz rovers]

good win for carbury on sunday 4-0 away to manor rangers looked very impressive
in the 2nd half didnt make a great start however manor were the better side early on
have a tough one against athenry in the semis away.

[swinfordfc]

good win for carbury on sunday 4-0 away to manor rangers looked very impressive
in the 2nd half didnt make a great start however manor were the better side early on
have a tough one against athenry in the semis away.

Athenry v Carbury
S+F Utd v who in other semi

[Athenryboy]

Connacht Junior Cup 2010 Semis:

Athenry v Carbury
S+F Utd v Galway Hibs


Connacht Junior Cup Results:
Ballinasloe 2 Athenry 4
Straide and Foxford 5 Oranmore 4
Galway Hibs 1 East Utd 0
Manor Rangers 0 Carbury 4

[east utd]

Attitude is everything. Any team can beat any other team if heads are right on the day. No one is unbeatable in Junior Soccer. Ability is nothing without correct attitude and frame of mind and a team all pulling together
exactly.hibs were the better team against us but we missed 2 chances at the end.good luck to them

[west awake]

connacht junior cup 2010 semis:

Athenry v carbury
s+f utd v galway hibs


connacht junior cup results:
Ballinasloe 2 athenry 4
straide and foxford 5 oranmore 4
galway hibs 1 east utd 0
manor rangers 0 carbury 4

the winers of athenry and carbury i think will be too strong for galway hibs our straide foxford

[Longshanks]

Carbury are fairly strong this year, they've had no home cup tie this season yet. Athenry have come through two tough ties against Westport and Ballinasloe and will fancy their chances. S&F are a surprise addition in the Semis and could be a dangerous side for Hibs to travel to. Which semi-final winner has the 'home' draw in the final?

[Athenryboy]

Carbury are fairly strong this year, they've had no home cup tie this season yet. Athenry have come through two tough ties against Westport and Ballinasloe and will fancy their chances. S&F are a surprise addition in the Semis and could be a dangerous side for Hibs to travel to. Which semi-final winner has the 'home' draw in the final?

From what i heard the final could be on in Ballinasloe but I wouldnt be certain. I could see it being held in Milebush to be honest for whoever makes it through.

[Fair Play]

Carbury are fairly strong this year, they've had no home cup tie this season yet. Athenry have come through two tough ties against Westport and Ballinasloe and will fancy their chances. S&F are a surprise addition in the Semis and could be a dangerous side for Hibs to travel to. Which semi-final winner has the 'home' draw in the final?
I would say that Athenry would have to be favourites for the Connaught Cup. They did beat Westport and Balinasloe Town on the way and they appear to be doing well in the Galway league also. S & F did well to get to the semi final and have been winning a lot of Cups in Mayo over the past couple of season with A Flatley in charge. The winners of the S & F versus Galway Hibs game will have home advantage in the final so it will be in either Milebush or Terryland.

[fatboyslim]

Athenry might be favourites but they are not as strong as their Team that won this competition back to back a few years ago. Athenry could not score against Ballinasloe who had 10 men for about 30 mins of 2nd half, and all of extra time. They rely heavily on centre midfields creativity but Bsloe stopped this and as a result Athenry had very few chances. Carbury will beat Athenry if they have pace upfront as Athenrys defence is very slow and shaky, and if they have 1 creative midfielder who can get the Athenry defence turned with through balls. Athenrys keeper is top class. He saved a couple of Penalties in shootout. I would predict Carbury to beat Athenry and win the Connacht Cup.

[west awake]

Athenry might be favourites but they are not as strong as their Team that won this competition back to back a few years ago. Athenry could not score against Ballinasloe who had 10 men for about 30 mins of 2nd half, and all of extra time. They rely heavily on centre midfields creativity but Bsloe stopped this and as a result Athenry had very few chances. Carbury will beat Athenry if they have pace upfront as Athenrys defence is very slow and shaky, and if they have 1 creative midfielder who can get the Athenry defence turned with through balls. Athenrys keeper is top class. He saved a couple of Penalties in shootout. I would predict Carbury to beat Athenry and win the Connacht Cup.athenry i heard were lucky enough to get through but believe me and i see alot of galway soccer,athenry are still very strong,they had a poor start to the season thats why they are lagging behind corrib rangers in the league,rangers aren't a patch on athenry,athenry's defence is slow but they are around a long time and and rarely get exposed,going forward they are quality all over the pitch believe it or not FATBOYSLIM the athenry keeper is their weak link he's shocking,their manager even played in goals this season such was his poor form,he's always been there achilles heel!carbury will be tough to beat but i expect athenry to beat them,in the other semi galway hibs are very average this season and not very competitive in the galway league this year very young side who will improve but i think foxford will be too strong at home for hibs.

[redz rovers]

west i agree i have seen athenry play a few times in sligo and i must agree that while they are vey strong
there goalkeeper isnt the best around. i seen them beat abbey utd a couple of seasons ago in the final and they were lucky that day 2
abbey played then off the pitch they just couldnt score. i tink carbury are more than capable of goin to athenry and getting a resultthey have signed some good players
most noteable one been glen shannon he mite not be the most mobile of players but he can play. he was joint top scorer in the loi premier division a few years back
one thing is for sure who ever wns dat game will go on and win the competition outright

[fatboyslim]

True, Athenry were very lucky to go through this tie, but good teams still win even when playing poor. However i cant get away from the fact that there defence is so slow. They are terrible. Iv seen them play 3 or 4 times. Small sweeper is best of them. You wont get away with a lack of pace forever. As i said previously if Carbury have pace up front, and someone who can slip a few through balls i think they will win. Also the fact that as you pointed out there keeper is so bad. Iv not seen many teams play there manager in goal before. is this ex LOI keeper though? he was a fine keeper in his day!!!! Home advantage is a major plus in this competition though so maybe Athenry could sneak this one also.

The Galway league cant be as strong this year though having lost Mervues and Salthills 1st teams to LOI. Mervue would always be there or thereabouts for the league?! its obviously there 2nd team playing premier football now?! So i dont buy into the League table as being a true reflection

[Athenryboy]

Athenry 2 0 Carbury FC

Athenry won 2 nil comfortably, very solid all over the pitch & should have had a few more but the Carbury Keeper had a fine day between the posts. Carbury never in it at all.

Straide and Foxford 3 4 Galway Hibs

Hibs had a good win in Mayo. All Galway Final, should be good one.