Cork AUL 2010/11

[casilles]

hi lads , ya see its a bit quiet but tis the usual at this time of the year. Tipping away ourselves 3 times a week for the last 4 weeks so fitness coming along. played 3 games and happy how they have went in terms of fitness, touch, gelling together. The usuals are still their with a few old faces back and 4 new players so looking foward to the new season. Have Leeds sunday morning in our final preseason game.

Delighted to see we are starting with the Mossie but from what i hear it will only be 2 group games then a 2 weeks of league then MJC and Fai Cup, would have loved to have played out the group phase of the Mossie.

Byes in the cups??? conspiricy theories!!!! Horse24 Murphys law!!!!

No doubt Littleman will be back, my belief is that he is too busy at the moment with training the gratts and chasing players but he will be back. I hope anyway

[sharpshooter]

hope your right horse..

[casilles]

well lads first set of mossie fixtures out!


Horse i hope ballyvolane are playin in pfizers too but their fixture is dowb for ballyvolane park?

Mossie Linnane League Cup.
Group A
Kinsale v Coachford, Madden Park, Pat Murphy
Blarney St Ath v Knockavilla, Monard, D O’ Mahony
Group B
Glenthorn Celtic v Park Utd, St Aidens Community School, J Thompson
Group C
Kanturk v Greenwood, Gurteen Ard, Paul O’ Sullivan
Group D
Ballyvolane v Macroom, Ballyvolane Park, M O’Farrell
Group B
Leeside A v Castleview, Little Island, P.Murphy
Group C
Bohemians v Grattan Utd, Fairfield, J.Thompson
Group D
Wilton Utd v Leeds , The Farm, Paul O’Sullivan

[shetland]

yeh ballyvolane will play their home games at pfizers,weather permitting of course.macroom at home and leeds away mossie linane cup,garry nolan might find it strange going to away dressing room at leeds park. should prove a right handful for a lot of premier teams this year.

[bieber]

thats a major signing for them to make lads ,saw him a few times last year with leeds what a player. any other major signings doing the rounds ,.

[olachico]

Who are you really Shetland?? You seem to be very knowledgable on all things Ballyvolane ;-)

[Horse24]

I tought Mr Nolan had signed with Glenthorn?

Blackpool have moved ground?

Grangevale have moved ground?

[padjoe]

As i posted my experiences refereeing for a bit last year might as well post about today.

On a tourist visa in Australia at the moment, travelling. I went to watch my old team that i played for out here, while i was on a working holiday visa. Ended up doing the line with for the game. Quite the experience. Had done it before but not in a capacity where i considered myself a referee.
Not as easy as I thought it would be.
The set up was quite good. The game would've been played at the AUL division 1/2 I guess. But over here they have division one and division one reserves and the reserves play first and the first team play straight away after with the players for the former available to play for the latter.
It ensures players who'd be at the level but not suitable for position to get game time and force their way into the starting line ups.
The KDSA (The North Shore Sydney AUL) ensure there is a referee and at least one linesman at all games and one does the first game and they swap over for the first team game.
The games at the very lower leagues and it goes to division eight might have to referee themselves but they have players trained in the rules.
The two teams playing on this occasion were Mount Colah, leading the league by four points against mid-table Greenwich. I approached the referee before the game that i was available to fall in as the second linesman if required.
The referee is definitely grateful to have the extra pair of eyes to call the offsides and fouls that he can't see. I was able to make three/four calls for the fouls he didnt see.
I had a disaster of a start i flagged the wrong way for an obvious throw going in the opposite direction. the referee was quick to correct me and i apologised to the team behind me. I just simply forgot which team was playing which way and i also forgot to flag for one throw.
I wasn't quite up to speed for the first few minutes but as the game wore on i got more into it. Made three offside calls which were on the mark in my mind and i was more sharper when i was flagging the team i used to play with in attack. Must admit it is quite hard keeping up with the second last player while also trying to watch for throws and the rest of the plays. I can understand why linesmen miss offsides when they struggle to keep up with the play.
This was my first game since the end of last season.
They also have unlimited interchange subs here which works quite well at this level.
Saw the best reason why subs jerseys should be covered. The other linesman called an offside against a mount colah player who looked to be in an offside position and interfering with play but thing was he was a substitute who wasn't even playing and not on the pitch but because he hadn't his jersey covered up the linesman didnt know the difference.
the referee made a wise decision to drop the ball.
And the referee booked a player but he said he'd a policy of not lifting the yellow card above his head cause he said it was like looking down on the player and he felt he'd never go any further than these leagues so he was better than the player so when he showed the yellow card, he issued it around his chest.
I got no abuse whatsoever except for the obvious about my accent and being a paddy. One child asked me why was i barking like a dog when i was calling the ref (sounded like woof).
For the record the team i was playing with threw away a 2-0 advantage and were lucky to hang on for the draw.
Just to add the pitch was a disgrace. Don't know how anyone can play on a pitch as hard and as dusty as that. I'd prefer a farmer's field any day. Oh and as it was played on a cricket oval, there was a big wicket in the middle of the pitch and it wasn't even lined properly.

[junglegym]

A big thumbs up to Barry Peelo and the Corkaul site for posting fixtures and dates for all cup games. Managers and Players alike can plan ahead so well done and keep up the good work.

[the owl]

Good signing for my old club Ballyv in Gary Nolan. Why did he leave Leeds ??. I reckon the pitch in pfizers will suit them too. I think Shetland must be a Ballyv man in disguise !!!!!!

[padjoe]

Can't find this posted anywhere else on the site and spotted this on the cork schoolboys league. make sure to support this. cheap magazine.



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[Horse24]

Padjoe, we all received correspondence in the post about the magazine. I hope it works.

You will have to stop posting, though, you are embarrasing the rest of us with the quality of your posts!! That yellow card thing is simple and brilliant - like most good ideas.

We played Richmond in a friendly on Saturday in their new place in Wilton. Lovely set-up & lovely pitch. Well done to them.

Horse & Olachico played for a bit...............it was like Pele & Maradona on the same pitch - the huge crowd of 6 couldnt believe what they were witnessing!!!

Lets just say - my jersey wasnt too tight!!!

Did you know that playing guys in friendlies who are not signed for you (by signed I mean form handed in) may not be covered by insurance?

And on Sunday the supposedly second best ref in the Premiership blocking Liverpool clearances....and only game them frees when they had an advantage!!!!..............Betcha Wenger didnt see it!

[olachico]

Padjoe, we all received correspondence in the post about the magazine. I hope it works.

You will have to stop posting, though, you are embarrasing the rest of us with the quality of your posts!! That yellow card thing is simple and brilliant - like most good ideas.

We played Richmond in a friendly on Saturday in their new place in Wilton. Lovely set-up & lovely pitch. Well done to them.

Horse & Olachico played for a bit...............it was like Pele & Maradona on the same pitch - the huge crowd of 6 couldnt believe what they were witnessing!!!

Lets just say - my jersey wasnt too tight!!!

Did you know that playing guys in friendlies who are not signed for you (by signed I mean form handed in) may not be covered by insurance?

And on Sunday the supposedly second best ref in the Premiership blocking Liverpool clearances....and only game them frees when they had an advantage!!!!..............Betcha Wenger didnt see it!

So if i'm right Horse you are Pele and I'm Maradona - didnt know Maradona played in goal?? Pele - wasnt he the guy doing the viagra ads on tv?

Oh and one of us played the whole game ;-)

[sharpshooter]

the start of the new season saturday really cant wait to get going again....best of luck to everyone...

[Onefootednopace]

the start of the new season saturday really cant wait to get going again....best of luck to everyone...

Best of luck to yourself and all at Macroom Holden ..but not on Saturday afternoon as we take on your "B" team in A.U.L. 2A.
Looking forward to the start of the season, hopefully the hard work during pre-season will pay dividends.

[sharpshooter]

Best of luck to yourself and all at Macroom Holden ..but not on Saturday afternoon as we take on your "B" team in A.U.L. 2A.
Looking forward to the start of the season, hopefully the hard work during pre-season will pay dividends.

gonna stick my neck on the line here and say our b team will win the 2a this year haha..

[Horse24]

We were bottom of page 1.

Advance rant..........what if Park have a free weekend on the second weekend in our five team group when we are down in Mitchlestown next Tuesday???

[pacman]

We were bottom of page 1.

Advance rant..........what if Park have a free weekend on the second weekend in our five team group when we are down in Mitchlestown next Tuesday???
I guess from Parks point of view they probably get caught to travel from Mitchelstown midweek a lot of times, so if they have to do it, its probably fair that they get home games also midweek.

Now obviosuly, if they are getting the free game on a weekend that just makes no sense.

[olachico]

Played Grattan last night out in Monard - lost 3-2 - good game - and our last pre-season game! Not one bit surprised to see that all the stuff being said about Grattan being lies

[pacman]

Played Grattan last night out in Monard - lost 3-2 - good game - and our last pre-season game! Not one bit surprised to see that all the stuff being said about Grattan being lies
HAve Grattan anybody new that you knew?

[Horse24]

Hey, "Torres" Holden - just reading the Echo.....................love the "is committed to the club" bit - were Chelseas and Man City over in Macroom too!!!!

What did the town council do for ye?

See the pics on the net from the Awards last night....................hooligans the lot of them!!!! Looked like a great night.

Pacman, played Grattan last night in a good kickabout for both sides. They won 3-2. Our friendly fear beag sends his love to all and continues to watch over us!!! He laughed at the "demise of Grattan" stories I had for him. As always they will be there or thereabouts.

[olachico]

HAve Grattan anybody new that you knew?

I'm not sure to be honest if there was anyone new

[sharpshooter]

haha horse i dunno about that.but i am committed to the club.town council just held a civic reception for us give us with a presentaion..few drinks and food after a laugh..like the torres part tho..

[the ghost]

olachico or horse, what kinda team lined out for Grattan?? just want to know as a neutral and a betting man after all the talk i hear about them been in trouble then hearing there strong

[thebooboys]

Said id get first result in...... Lunchtime Kick off: Castleview 0 Leeside 4

[olachico]

Said id get first result in...... Lunchtime Kick off: Castleview 0 Leeside 4

Thought this game was tomorrow morning down in Little Island???? Was the fixture changed?? Or is that just a prediction??

[shetland]

holden 10 very quiet tonight ,i wander why .

[olachico]

holden 10 very quiet tonight ,i wander why .

I suppose you happened to be in Pfizers did you :rolleyes:

[pacman]

Thought this game was tomorrow morning down in Little Island???? Was the fixture changed?? Or is that just a prediction??

No it was played up in Castleview this morning. Not sure why as Leeside were down as the home team.

Good win today for Blarney Street. I wonder if they have improved.

Good win for Park, but I fear Glenthorn might be in trouble.

[sharpshooter]

BALLYVOLANE 4,MACROOM 2

what can i say up two nil going into half time delighted played the better football well deserved i think...2nd half lost it altogether beaten by a better team in the 2nd half last two goals could be debated.....man in the middle out of ten 3 im sure the ballyvolane players would agree...
OH AND IM NEVER QUIET U SHOULD KNOW THAT!!!!!

[shetland]

holden 2 up ,played the better football i dont think so.,first goal a goal keeping ,mistake ,second goal a defo no penalty ,. yere mentors agreed with that, second half only one team in it,ref was poor for both teams,and only for yere goalkeeper it would have been a cricket score he was superb ,pfizers suits ballyvolane who played brilliant football at times.a few missing as well garry nolan ,dermot o brien ,paul okeefe and mark o mahony due to holidays,

[Horse24]

olachico or horse, what kinda team lined out for Grattan?? just want to know as a neutral and a betting man after all the talk i hear about them been in trouble then hearing there strong
Same squad as last year practically and if other two have suffered losses.......

[MainManRam]

Off to a winning start today- but we made hard work of it.

Went 2-0 up in the first but gave a sloppy goal away before half time. The cross equalized early in the second and the game was a bit disjointed after that. We were lucky to score from a corner with a couple of minutes left and managed to see it out.

Dillons are a good side and many teams will struggle to go there and get anything. They are strong in the middle and a good center back partnership.

Its going to be a good league this year and I see Knockraha had a good win against park. Important to get off to a good start before the cup games start coming in.

[bieber]

first official wkend interesting results i see.went to watch wilton today to see if the talk of their demise was true and after the first 40 minutes they looked disjointed when going 2 down. but got a penalty back on half time went 3 to 2 up and ran out 5 to 3 winners.packie o connor outstanding up front shane o neill and steve daly excellent .as was albertos replacement in goal,.wouldnt know a lot of leeds players but they were poor defenceively,they conceded 3 headed goals and keeper was found wanting on a few occasions,.a good crowd there includeing ,killumney blarney st and ballyvolane members,.wilton will surely qualify from this group if they play like this,watched glen celtic beat postal in the afternoon,.

[bieber]

WAS it dillions cross or springfield won .score says 3 to 2 dillions but report says spingfield.

[thebooboys]

it looks like im going to have to leave ye i have played my last first team game but im still signed with CCCCCCCCCCCCC played against the glen, or C team would beat the B team at the moment very strong. The people in charge of the B team are a joke and that is one guys fault i think he will be sacked by the morning.

[pacman]

it looks like im going to have to leave ye i have played my last first team game but im still signed with CCCCCCCCCCCCC played against the glen, or C team would beat the B team at the moment very strong. The people in charge of the B team are a joke and that is one guys fault i think he will be sacked by the morning.
Ah the controversy. Seems all is not right down in Little Island.

Didnt the B team win on Sat?

[Innishvilla]

So Innishvilla's new season kicked off well. First time the club has lined out 2 teams. A's won away against Dunbar (always a tough place to go) the B's traveled to greenwood and came away with a point after a hard fought 0:0 draw.

[Onefootednopace]

AUL 2A - Killowen 1 Macroom (B) 0.

We ground out a victory over a very fit and organised Macroom side on Saturday afternoon. We only played well in patches but failed to reproduce the form we had shown in pre-season. We only created a handful of chances over the 90 minutes but managed hit the target after 55 minutes after a good delivery into the box led to a close range finish. Minutes later we had genuine claims for a penalty rejected by the referee but it was all Macroom after that. We were pinned in our own half for the last 20-25 minutes and only for some backs to the wall defending and Macroom's inablity to finish then it could have been a different story. Still a win is a win but it was a wake up call for us and there is plenty room for improvement in all aspects of our game.

[Onefootednopace]

Anyone know the situation as regards promotion & relegation for the coming season? Is it the same as last season ie; one team promoted from AUL 2A. Looked at the A.U.L. site but can't see any information on this matter.

[fruice]

as far as i know they have not decided yet

[Onefootednopace]

Why does it take so long to decide this ? By the end of next week most clubs will have played 3/4 league fixtures.

[scaffa7]

Mossie Linahane cup
Village 2-3 Bohemians .......Great come back by us after being down 2-1 at half time.The 2 goals conceded by us wer penos 1 was very harsh and the 2nd was a 50/50 but we came back strongly and in the end only for Villages keeper and some poor finishing by us we could have scored 5 or 6 but great start to the campaign for us and look forward to Greenwood on sunday afternoon

[bieber]

CASTLEVIEW 2 GLENTHORN 0 . LEEDS 1 BALLYVOLANE 5.i went to the ballyvolane derby game ,and was part of a huge crowd that saw ballyvolane hammer leeds ,4 nill at half time,the football the ballyvolane lads played was superb.,with some cracking goals.second half was a bit of an anticlimax.got the last 15 minutes of village and bohs on way home,village keeper excellent.

[sharpshooter]

ah stop will ya we ad the better chances in the 1st half their keeper was away busyier than ours..2nd half they were the better team by a mile..we were also missing a few 3 of our defence from last year and two more also due to holidays...

[Horse24]

Park United 3 v 0 Blackstone Rovers. We walked away with our heads down feeling we could have gotten something from this. First half, Park had more of the ball, but our keeper didnt have much to do. We lived on scraps really but were doing well. They scored on 40, one of those where the player coming out even though not interfering is in the eyeline of our defenders so the guy going through gets an advantage. Mr Blatter doesnt care at the moment about the crazy offside rule - he is being wined and dined around the world! I heard a quote last week - less rules, less confusion. Back to offside is offside I say!
We had a 1 on 1 to equalise before the break but somewhere between good save and a forward who will be disapointed.

Second half, game opened and we had more and more of the ball - hit the crossbar before defensive error made it 2-0. Three more Park saves before a goal where I personally thought the forward came from offside to receive it on the end of a breakaway. We kept pushing and had 2 more one on ones, one of which should have been a peno. We had our chances, only ourselves to blame. Park were good - centre forward a handful and right winger busy and effective. Lovely Set-up.

We arrived kinda late and had to start without a warm-up. Is that fair? Is that healthy? We work with UCC who dont begin until September. Can we not work to avoid trips to and from Mitchlestown in midweek and play catch-up at the end of the season or on bank Holidays or something?

[overthehill]

Took in Kilumney and Wilton last night, Kilumney will surprise a few when all their players are back, i was told they had 2 playing senior football with Ballincollig and another with Eire og. and also 3 more on hols. Looked strong wheras Wilton though still dangerous are not as strong as previous years. Perhaps they were missing a few aswell last night. Met with Micky Hourigan today of Leeds who said they made 6 changes for game v Ballyvolane last night and a few guys out of position too but were still surprised at Ballyvolane who played very sharp football. He reckons they should hold their own in the premier. Any more news out there?

[shetland]

holden ,as i said earlier ist goal a mistake second one def not a penalty,at end of day better team by far won.it continued tue night with brilliant performance against leeds.6 out of 6,another win from last two games will see the group winners.

[casilles]

Blarney st 4-0 Knockavilla . good result to get us started, Stevie Walsh Lar Betts and new signing Shane O Sullivan all scored with the other goal coming from an OG. played some ok football 1 nil at half time , Knockavilla pushed on first 10 mins of the second half. Niall dalton put a lovely ball over the top mix up between keeper and center half 2nil. after that we turned the screw some good ball and we scored from gettin it wide and acroos twice! last 15 made some changes and the game really just died after that.

Have to say was impressed with the ref Damien o Mahony kept up to play explained decisions and good to talk to, i know thats mostly when you win but the refs do get oit off us sometimes on this so credit where its due.

Blarney St 2-1 Pearse Celtic. Missed the game due to work commitments , talked to the gaffer and he was happy enough, been a win is a win. Liam Eager scored from what i hear a good finish at the back post from a cross flicked on by Lar Betts . 1 nil at the half, Pearse equalised from 5 yards , we had a few more chances posts, cross bars till a stevie walsh peno gave us the win.

thats 2 out if 2, tough game away to Kinsale on Sat. will travel with confidence knowing a result will get us qualified. Squad gettin bigger and bigger with 2 more said to be intrested so we will see how that develops, have said to the lads all pre-season that to really challenge we need at least 16/18. we all know work weddings {funerals god for bid} all play a part in the season as do that bit of quality and luck,.

[pacman]

[B] have said to the lads all pre-season that to really challenge we need at least 16/18

Thats interesting actually casilles. Do people on here think its possible for teams to keep up to 16,17 or 18 players interested?
I think its very tough for city teams that have only one team.
Its easier for teams with a B team as they can bring players up as needed and i reckon its easier for non city teams as quite often people are playing for their parish so they get more loyalty.

I reckon you cannot keep 18 players happy if those 18 players are relatively close in ability.