Mayo Association Football League

[leftwing]

Claremorris v Glenhest Rovers - Draw
Erris Utd. v Castlebar Celtic - Castlebar Celtic
Manulla v Crossmolina - Manualla
Snugboro Utd. v Ballina Town - Ballina
Westport Utd v Ballyheane - Westport

[gazza2]

Claremorris v Glenhest Rovers - HOME WIN
Erris Utd. v Castlebar Celtic - GAME IS OFF AS FAR AS I KNOW!
Manulla v Crossmolina - HOME WIN
Snugboro Utd. v Ballina Town - AWAY WIN
Westport Utd v Ballyheane - HOME WIN

[Lassy]

Claremorris v Glenhest Rovers -Draw
Erris Utd. v Castlebar Celtic - Away When it is played
Manulla v Crossmolina - Home
Snugboro Utd. v Ballina Town - Away
Westport Utd v Ballyheane - Home

[the dude]

Claremorris v Glenhest Rovers -Home
Erris Utd. v Castlebar Celtic - Away
Manulla v Crossmolina - Home
Snugboro Utd. v Ballina Town - Away
Westport Utd v Ballyheane - Home

[gunner1]

Claremorris v Glenhest Rovers -Home
Erris Utd. v Castlebar Celtic - Away
Manulla v Crossmolina - Home
Snugboro Utd. v Ballina Town - Away
Westport Utd v Ballyheane - Home:rolleyes:

[Ranger]

Claremorris v Glenhest Rovers - Claremorris
Erris Utd. v Castlebar Celtic - Erris
Manulla v Crossmolina - Manualla
Snugboro Utd. v Ballina Town - Ballina
Westport Utd v Ballyheane - Draw wit 2 red and 4 yellow cards

[threefivetwo]

i wouldn't be over confident in your predictions lads on westport beatin ballyheane, ballyheane have a decent record against westport and i'd say some of the players will b mad ta get one over on peter burke!!! but then again westport could hammer them. just a thought!!!

[the grape vine]

i wouldn't be over confident in your predictions lads on westport beatin ballyheane, ballyheane have a decent record against westport and i'd say some of the players will b mad ta get one over on peter burke!!! but then again westport could hammer them. just a thought!!!

ya, would agree . i bet they'll be dying to put 1 over there old teammate, they normally do ok against westport back there on the small pitch. draw prob the safe bet ?

[robben 11]

Claremorris v Glenhest Rovers -Home
Erris Utd. v Castlebar Celtic - Away
Manulla v Crossmolina - Home
Snugboro Utd. v Ballina Town - Away
Westport Utd v Ballyheane - draw

[FahyForever]

Claremorris v Glenhest Rovers Draw
Erris Utd. v Castlebar Celtic - Draw
Manulla v Crossmolina - Home
Snugboro Utd. v Ballina Town - Away
Westport Utd v Ballyheane - Home

[robben 11]

i see most have gone for a westport home win, i just hope we can put in same effort as every other season against westport and keep this run going, if we go into the gane with right attitude and mentaliaty we'l give them good run, make our Saturday nite in Mantra even better.. :D :D :D

[Ron Bergundy]

Claremorris v Glenhest Rovers - Claremorris
Erris Utd. v Castlebar Celtic - Game postponed
Manulla v Crossmolina - Manulla
Snugboro Utd. v Ballina Town - Ballina Town
Westport Utd v Ballyheane -

[juan pablo]

Claremorris v Glenhest Rovers - Glenhest
Erris Utd. v Castlebar Celtic - Celtic(when it is played)
Manulla v Crossmolina - Crossmolina
Snugboro Utd. v Ballina Town - Ballina Town
Westport Utd v Ballyheane - Westport

[Thunderblaster]

Claremorris v Glenhest Rovers - Home
Erris Utd. v Castlebar Celtic - Off
Manulla v Crossmolina - Draw
Snugboro Utd. v Ballina Town - Away
Westport Utd v Ballyheane - Home (Remember the "Thunder and Lightning Classic" of 2004 when Westport won 6-2??):D

[Thunderblaster]

I was at an U.14 game on Wednesday night and in my observation at this particular ground, there were no corner flags which was in contravention of Law 1 in the Laws of the Game.

[yellowmonkey]

I was at an U.14 game on Wednesday night and in my observation at this particular ground, there were no corner flags which was in contravention of Law 1 in the Laws of the Game.

I have no problem in saying that that was in snugboro. I was there and mentioned it to the youths manager who said he had forgotten all about them. Seriously it poured rain down for the whole match and the referee never even noticed . It didnt have any effect on the game especially with a bunch of young lads playing in the conditions. Nobody died thunder!!! :)

[gunner1]

I was at an U.14 game on Wednesday night and in my observation at this particular ground, there were no corner flags which was in contravention of Law 1 in the Laws of the Game.

get a life!!!! your on the youth com. write yourself a letter of complaint if it makes you feel better (bitter).
another f.a.i. cup in mayo go on the celts!!!!!!!!:D

[Cloggs]

congrats to celtic on their excellent win at the weekend.a great result for all football in mayo and its great to see mayo sides more than match their counterparts from around the country.well done lads!:ball:

[Thunderblaster]

Nobody died thunder!!! :)

I nearly died myself....from that horrible weather on Wednesday evening and I was laid out last night, I was soooooo weak!!:eek: Didn't need to be anointed or the last rites performed on me though!!:D

[swift]

Congrats to the young lads at the weekend. They really did the county proud. But the unfortunate thing is that we will be lucky if one of them gets picked for an Irish team. Its an absolute disgrace that the powers that be cant see futher than the Dublin leagues when they pick their panels. Only a couple of years ago when Westport Utd were FAI Cup winners they only had one junior international( Joe Lawless). It makes my blood boil when I see for instance the "Irish U-16" team printed in the paper and you have at least 12 out of a possible 16 players from Dublin on it, and more often than not you could have up to six players from the same club on it.:mad:

[short_frank]

Congrats to the young lads at the weekend. They really did the county proud. But the unfortunate thing is that we will be lucky if one of them gets picked for an Irish team. Its an absolute disgrace that the powers that be cant see futher than the Dublin leagues when they pick their panels. Only a couple of years ago when Westport Utd were FAI Cup winners they only had one junior international( Joe Lawless). It makes my blood boil when I see for instance the "Irish U-16" team printed in the paper and you have at least 12 out of a possible 16 players from Dublin on it, and more often than not you could have up to six players from the same club on it.:mad:

This situation is not just confined to International football in Ireland it also happens in our own county at county level if you don't represent the right team.
I had an issue where the Mayo U18 "trial" squad was picked this season with most spots going to Celtic players and a few others thrown in to fill the spaces. I phoned to get two of my players in who were playing Mayo league junior football and are outstanding players and the conversation on the phone was blunt to say the least. I got the feeling that I was being a nuisance and the squad was picked already. Both players went along and were played out of position (both right footed central midfielders put on the left wing, one for each team) and that was the last they heard from the U18 management. Not good enough for Mayo U18's yet when we played Westport A recently they were the two who were able to slice their way through the Westport midfield and caused Westport the most problems.
This has been happening since I first came into Mayo football 14 or 15 years ago with unfashionable yet successful clubs so don't be suprised when we see it at a national scale.
The only way to combat it is to recruit managers on ability not the clubs they represent or who they know. Then to have proper representative trails eg:- north, south, east and west and bring the best together centrally.:mad:

[sinabhuil]

I agree Short Frank. As you know I managed Ballinrobe U16s and U18s a few years ago. While our squad was not too deep we did have a number of excellent players who did not even get a look in. What is happening is that a few clubs have the good coaches and the county set up tends to favour these clubs. This results in the good players from other clubs never being exposed to good coaching. The county needs to have localised schools of excellence with divisional matches. Even on a trial basis thsi coudl be done over a weekend.
South - Ballinrobe
East - Swinford
West - Westport or Erris
North - Ballina
C'Bar/Ballyheane/Snug - Milebush

[Lassy]

any fixtures out yet for this weekend??:confused: :confused:

[swinfordfc]

any fixtures out yet for this weekend??:confused: :confused:

They is games on thursday in division 2a and b

[the dude]

fixtures for the weekend

sun 27th may. k.o 2.30

ballina town v westport utd
claremorris v snugboro utd
crossmolina v ballyheane
glenhest rovers v castlebar celtic
manulla v erris utd

[Ranger]

Congrats to the young lads at the weekend. They really did the county proud. But the unfortunate thing is that we will be lucky if one of them gets picked for an Irish team. Its an absolute disgrace that the powers that be cant see futher than the Dublin leagues when they pick their panels. Only a couple of years ago when Westport Utd were FAI Cup winners they only had one junior international( Joe Lawless). It makes my blood boil when I see for instance the "Irish U-16" team printed in the paper and you have at least 12 out of a possible 16 players from Dublin on it, and more often than not you could have up to six players from the same club on it.:mad:

It would be interesting if to know any of the Dublin Leagues' players are actually "culchies" playing with the big city clubs???
These "big" schoolboy clubs poach players from rural clubs in the same way as certain Mayo clubs poach talented players from other Mayo clubs.

[threefivetwo]

the celtic players picked for the mayo team this year are there because they are better than anything else i've seen in mayo. it showed last sunday, maybe one or two players that are near as good as any of the celtic players. everyone of them players is good enough to play for mayo!!!! they are given proper coaching and are commited which is a lot more than can be said for most other clubs in mayo

[robben 11]

i think mayo u18 team is made up of Celtic players is without doubt justified.. Ill ask anyone representing any other club who feel they have players capable of making the panel to go up to milebush astroturf on a Friday nite and look at the training Declan Kilkelly and Harry Jennings have the Celtic lads doing and i know for a fact it would put a lot of Junior soccer clubs to shame from division 2b up to the Super League, the drills,attitude,speed,commitment of the managment and team really showed on Sunday and it came straight from the training ground without doubt, so no wonder Mayo team is made up of these lads because they are light years ahead of the rest in that age category in Mayo...

[Lassy]

fixtures for the weekend

sun 27th may. k.o 2.30

ballina town v westport utd
claremorris v snugboro utd
crossmolina v ballyheane
glenhest rovers v castlebar celtic
manulla v erris utd

Thanks for that:ball:

[mandarin frogs]

Congrats to the young lads at the weekend. They really did the county proud. But the unfortunate thing is that we will be lucky if one of them gets picked for an Irish team. Its an absolute disgrace that the powers that be cant see futher than the Dublin leagues when they pick their panels. Only a couple of years ago when Westport Utd were FAI Cup winners they only had one junior international( Joe Lawless). It makes my blood boil when I see for instance the "Irish U-16" team printed in the paper and you have at least 12 out of a possible 16 players from Dublin on it, and more often than not you could have up to six players from the same club on it.:mad:

Your not wrong Swift, But David Joyce was a member of that team and is now doing well at Birmingham City, as well as captaining Ireland at U-16/17 level. You'll also note that a lot more young players from Mayo League are getting trials from bigger clubs in eircom league and across the water. Mayo league is now a platform for such talent spotting, that it may not have been in the past. I think that the "dublin" bias is not as bad as it was a few years ago. If you list out the players from mayo who have represented ireland, we have been a lot better off than other leagues. (Tom Kelly will normally fill a few colums with this list every time it has a new member).Bottom line is that a player will be "discovered" in the Mayo League If he/she is good enough.:ball:

[sinabhuil]

No doubt the training at C'bar is excellent. The point is that good players exist outside of C'bar but there is no facility to spot them and no facility for managers to recommend. Also league needs to promote better coaching outside of C'Bar otherwise you will have a system of C'bar winning everything - not good for the long term development of the game in the county.

Fair play to C'bar. Well done.

[mandarin frogs]

i think mayo u18 team is made up of Celtic players is without doubt justified.. Ill ask anyone representing any other club who feel they have players capable of making the panel to go up to milebush astroturf on a Friday nite and look at the training Declan Kilkelly and Harry Jennings have the Celtic lads doing and i know for a fact it would put a lot of Junior soccer clubs to shame from division 2b up to the Super League, the drills,attitude,speed,commitment of the managment and team really showed on Sunday and it came straight from the training ground without doubt, so no wonder Mayo team is made up of these lads because they are light years ahead of the rest in that age category in Mayo...

Well said robben. Do we want the best 11 out for mayo U-18, or a "representative" team, made of 1 per club? Dont think it matters how many players from 1 club are on the team, as long as they're the best available to Mayo.:ball:

[mandarin frogs]

It would be interesting if to know any of the Dublin Leagues' players are actually "culchies" playing with the big city clubs???
These "big" schoolboy clubs poach players from rural clubs in the same way as certain Mayo clubs poach talented players from other Mayo clubs.

Did'nt take long! only 2 days after they won a national title, and you cant resist a dig! What do you want? You'll complain if Mayo cant win a national title, and when they do, you put them down. Some people on these threads are'nt happy unless everything is doom and gloom.
As for "Poaching", anyone would think that men of 16/17/18 have no minds of their own. Its their decision to join a club, not anyone elses. Read Gary Prices interview in the CT last wed - clarifies this point.
You should take a leaf out of Thunderblasters book and get behind a mayo team.:rolleyes:

[robben 11]

No doubt the training at C'bar is excellent. The point is that good players exist outside of C'bar but there is no facility to spot them and no facility for managers to recommend. Also league needs to promote better coaching outside of C'Bar otherwise you will have a system of C'bar winning everything - not good for the long term development of the game in the county.

Fair play to C'bar. Well done.

well mabye better managment in clubs outside castlebar is required, declan kilkelly former player has all his coaching badges acquired over the years, mabye other clubs with former players should show the same commitment if they feel so pasionately about underage structure in their club and the direction they wish it would take, its not up to the league this is just down to commitment and dedication of the club and the individuals within which form the core to its success..

[robben 11]

Did'nt take long! only 2 days after they won a national title, and you cant resist a dig! What do you want? You'll complain if Mayo cant win a national title, and when they do, you put them down. Some people on these threads are'nt happy unless everything is doom and gloom.
As for "Poaching", anyone would think that men of 16/17/18 have no minds of their own. Its their decision to join a club, not anyone elses. Read Gary Prices interview in the CT last wed - clarifies this point.
You should take a leaf out of Thunderblasters book and get behind a mayo team.:rolleyes:

i found myself in the same boat when i was under 17, i wanted to win things and be part of a successful team, Celtic underage structure is the best and its record speaks for itself, wasnt poaching that made me move just wanted to win things simple as that...every player with ambition is the same

[mandarin frogs]

No doubt the training at C'bar is excellent. The point is that good players exist outside of C'bar but there is no facility to spot them and no facility for managers to recommend. Also league needs to promote better coaching outside of C'Bar otherwise you will have a system of C'bar winning everything - not good for the long term development of the game in the county.

Fair play to C'bar. Well done.

I agree with you sinabhuil, but the mayo league is restricted in its facilities outside of milebush, which just happens to be in castlebar. Dont think you can blame celtic for that! But its a valid point- every coaching programme etc.. is in milebush. Could there be a regionalised "school of excellence"?:ball:

[Ranger]

Did'nt take long! only 2 days after they won a national title, and you cant resist a dig! What do you want? You'll complain if Mayo cant win a national title, and when they do, you put them down. Some people on these threads are'nt happy unless everything is doom and gloom.
As for "Poaching", anyone would think that men of 16/17/18 have no minds of their own. Its their decision to join a club, not anyone elses. Read Gary Prices interview in the CT last wed - clarifies this point.
You should take a leaf out of Thunderblasters book and get behind a mayo team.:rolleyes:

mandarin frogs....Don't get me wrong, I was not having a dig I was happy with the result. I as much as anyone else was delighted "Mayo" ( to quote yourself!!) won a national title last Sunday.

[short_frank]

i think mayo u18 team is made up of Celtic players is without doubt justified.. Ill ask anyone representing any other club who feel they have players capable of making the panel to go up to milebush astroturf on a Friday nite and look at the training Declan Kilkelly and Harry Jennings have the Celtic lads doing and i know for a fact it would put a lot of Junior soccer clubs to shame from division 2b up to the Super League, the drills,attitude,speed,commitment of the managment and team really showed on Sunday and it came straight from the training ground without doubt, so no wonder Mayo team is made up of these lads because they are light years ahead of the rest in that age category in Mayo...

How far did that Mayo U18 team go this year! I don't have a problem with Celtic players being picked but just because they have the best coaching doesn't mean they are the best players. Why can't the most talented players be brought in from around the county and be given this coaching. Remember that not every player wants to leave his home club. Some want to stay and try and help their club develop and they shouldn't be penalised for this loyalty.


Well said robben. Do we want the best 11 out for mayo U-18, or a "representative" team, made of 1 per club? Dont think it matters how many players from 1 club are on the team, as long as they're the best available to Mayo.

This is a very simplistic answer. No one has ever said that. If you read the posts correctly you would see that what we are saying is that we should develop the best players from throughout Mayo no matter what team they represent and in the long run Mayo football will benefit from this.:(

[swinfordfc]

well mabye better managment in clubs outside castlebar is required, declan kilkelly former player has all his coaching badges acquired over the years, mabye other clubs with former players should show the same commitment if they feel so pasionately about underage structure in their club and the direction they wish it would take, its not up to the league this is just down to commitment and dedication of the club and the individuals within which form the core to its success..

Congrats to Declan Kilkelly and Harry Jennings and the lads on the achievements last Sunday but just a small not on robben 11 comments - Declan is qualified up to Kickstart 2 and hasn't got the youth cert so he is actually qualified to train up to 14 years old! but in saying that - his record speak for itself as the under17/18 manager - last year mayo league and cup winners and connacht champs! this year connacht and all ireland champs and no doubt they win the mayo league and cup as well!

[threefivetwo]

fair play robben well said all them comments!!! ;) and who ever is on bout giving other players a chance if their club aren't putting in enough effort that's the clubs fault. celtic ARE putting in plenty of effort and it's a credit to all behind the scenes. celtic moving into the eircom league u-21 is another stepping stone and it's up to others to follow. players come to celtic because they want to succeed. there isn't any succesful team in the eircom league with all home based players or even any other team across the water, if you want todo well you need the best available no matter where they are from!!!!!

[the grape vine]

fair play robben well said all them comments!!! ;) and who ever is on bout giving other players a chance if their club aren't putting in enough effort that's the clubs fault. celtic ARE putting in plenty of effort and it's a credit to all behind the scenes. celtic moving into the eircom league u-21 is another stepping stone and it's up to others to follow. players come to celtic because they want to succeed. there isn't any succesful team in the eircom league with all home based players or even any other team across the water, if you want todo well you need the best available no matter where they are from!!!!!

i see you mention celtic joining the eircom league u-21 ,which i think is the correct way forward for any big mayo club. but will the clubs super leageue team suffer for 1-2 seasons because of the number of u-21 players they have in there squad currently???or will the u-21 players be able to also play in the super leageue? if not will celtic have to go scouting AGAIN for new players??

[theboy]

my thoughts on that would be that players that sign for the eircom u21 panel should not be aloud play for celtic's super league team. this u21 league should attract alot of talented young players and celtic should have the option of been able to pick them. it would be a major disadvantage to other clubs not only losing young players to the u21 league but then maybe seeing them play with celtic in the league.

[sinabhuil]

Two topics being discussed here. dont get them mixed up.

Fair play to Celtic, a club team from Mayo. Your players, coaches and club deserves great, great credit for what you have achieved.

As regards good players who wish to stay with their home clubs. These players need to be dealt with and needs exposuer to the good coaches, the same as the larger town teams. If a player wishes to play with Partry and he is good then the league (ergo this then also applies to all other clubs) have an obligation to ensure that he gets the good coaching. It may not be possible for a small club to develop the level of coaching that the Celtics of this world can.

Mark my word if one clubs is away ahead of the others everyone suffers - including Celtic. The league needs to ensure that talented players from smaller clubs are exposed to better coaching.

[the dude]

any predictions for the weekends fixtures

[renovater]

my thoughts on that would be that players that sign for the eircom u21 panel should not be aloud play for Celtic's super league team. this u21 league should attract a lot of talented young players and Celtic should have the option of been able to pick them. it would be a major disadvantage to other clubs not only losing young players to the u21 league but then maybe seeing them play with Celtic in the league.
First must remind you that u-21 PLAYERS are treated as the same as youth players
which are entitled to play for the junior club, which I agree with.
One must not denied them the right to gain more experience, and play at a higher level.
You had a Mayo U-21 TEAM and you and other Mayo Clubs failed to support the development of that team.
One must hand it to Celtic for taking up the opportunity when other clubs failed to live up to great expectations. Good luck to them in the new season!!!

[renovater]

i think mayo u18 team is made up of Celtic players is without doubt justified.. Ill ask anyone representing any other club who feel they have players capable of making the panel to go up to milebush AstroTurf on a Friday nite and look at the training Declan Kilkelly and Harry Jennings have the Celtic lads doing and i know for a fact it would put a lot of Junior soccer clubs to shame from division 2b up to the Super League, the drills,attitude,speed,commitment of the management and team really showed on Sunday and it came straight from the training ground without doubt, so no wonder Mayo team is made up of these lads because they are light years ahead of the rest in that age category in Mayo...
There is no doubt Celtic are and will always be the top club in Mayo.
But not all players can play for them
There are plenty of good clubs around the county, but none of them will command the same respect,this is due to tradition

[renovater]

Your not wrong Swift, But David Joyce was a member of that team and is now doing well at Birmingham City, as well as captaining Ireland at U-16/17 level. You'll also note that a lot more young players from Mayo League are getting trials from bigger clubs in eircom league and across the water. Mayo league is now a platform for such talent spotting, that it may not have been in the past. I think that the "Dublin" bias is not as bad as it was a few years ago. If you list out the players from mayo who have represented Ireland, we have been a lot better off than other leagues. (Tom Kelly will normally fill a few columns with this list every time it has a new member).Bottom line is that a player will be "discovered" in the Mayo League If he/she is good enough.:ball:
When you say Mayo League you mean Mayo Schoolboys this is were the talent comes from.We have this mith in Mayo,THAT they the Mayo League produce these players or at lease like to steel the lime light. saw plenty of that last Sunday.At Milebush, when credit should go to the people who are responsible for there sucess.

[gunner1]

;)
There is no doubt Celtic are and will always be the top club in Mayo.
But not all players can play for them
There are plenty of good clubs around the county, but none of them will command the same respect,this is due to tradition

no its not "tradition" its down to success........
they have 300-400 youths nevermind Junior & ladies.
ever been to their present ion night??? it takes 3 hours, it maybe a tradition but its success that has got them there.
well done to dec & harry,nice to see past players putting something back into the youths,keep up the good work.....................

[Closing Time]

my thoughts on that would be that players that sign for the eircom u21 panel should not be aloud play for celtic's super league team. this u21 league should attract alot of talented young players and celtic should have the option of been able to pick them. it would be a major disadvantage to other clubs not only losing young players to the u21 league but then maybe seeing them play with celtic in the league.

It is a fair point, but you cannot blame Celtic for their sucess and the young players who want to join them to improve their game and win medals. Why are other clubs not putting in structures like Celtic. Take a look at what Claremorris are doing right now and you will see this club grow & grow. One club which should be matching Celtic is Ballina Town. I know our great rivials Westport Utd are making great strides at youth level and this is great to see. Let all mayo clubs follow Celtic and not try to bring Celtic back to other clubs level.

[Closing Time]

;)

no its not "tradition" its down to success........
they have 300-400 youths nevermind Junior & ladies.
ever been to their present ion night??? it takes 3 hours, it maybe a tradition but its success that has got them there.
well done to dec & harry,nice to see past players putting something back into the youths,keep up the good work.....................

I totally agree with you. Tradition is great to have but it will not win you trophies. It about structure and hard work by players and coaches. Season 2006/07 Celtic won the U-12 League & Cup, U-14 League, U-16 League & still in the Cup, U-18 Connacht Cup, FAI Youth Cup & still aiming for the Mayo League & Cup double. All this is success is about hard work and ex palyers & parents getting involved. Well done to all involved with the FAI win.