Limerick Desmond League 2010/11

[Nunugget]

I still think it's surprising to be honest, it must be there worst start in quite a while. They have signed a few also and still have a lot of there main players a long road ahead yet I suppose!

[BlueAndWhite]

Gaa county board have stopped 3 Bally Rovers players from playing against Killarney Celtic today. Its a joke telling players they will be dropped if they play.

[soccer8]

Gaa county board have stopped 3 Bally Rovers players from playing against Killarney Celtic today. Its a joke telling players they will be dropped if they play.


Thats why the Desmond League will never improve GAA takes over every year.....

[Have It]

Thats some joke if its true. Soccer clubs never interfere with the GAA so what gives them the right to do it. The young lads should tell them to stick it if thats their attitude. They should be able to make up their own minds

[BlueAndWhite]

Well 2 of the players did play but the 3rd didnt regardless

Youths FAI cup 4th round
Bally Rovers 1 7 Killarney Celtic

Youths Division 2 cup
Killeaney 1 3 Glin Rovers
Ferry Rangers 3 0 Carrig Celtic

[limkdesmond]

Went to see shannonside v Newcastle west this morning.poor field I must admit but both sides tried their best to get on with things.Newcastle scored from a corner but shannonside levelled around 5 mins later..shannonside hit the bar but the ncw goalie got a great hand to push it onto the crossbar.ncw had a great chance and were unlucky with one shot but the shannonside keeper made a fantastic save

[western gale]

Desmond Cup 2nd Round
Newcastle West Rovers 5 Glin Rovers 3 aet

Premier Division
Shannonside 1 Newcastle West 1
Rathkeale 0 Broadford Utd 3
Askeaton 0 Adare Utd 3

Division 1
Ballingarry 3 Kildimo Utd 1

[western gale]

Division 4
Pallaskenry B 1 Athea Utd B 0

[limkdesmond]

Springfield 1-5 abbeyfeale in munster junior cup...
Abbey home to st michaels or Douglas hall

[Nunugget]

I was at the match also the pitch and referee was very bad but it was an enjoyable game. Great win for abbey and adare

[limkdesmond]

Ya I agree with you nunugget.poor decisions by the ref today.never left advantage after a player was fouled and had a good opportunity if it was left play on but blew the whistle after few seconds ad booked the player...he should have left it play on and then book the player..the field was very very bad..how teams play on those types of fields I'll never know but there are worse fields in the league

[limkdesmond]

Great victory for abbeyfeale away from home who now play at home in the next round..great back to back victories for adare. Good win last week against rathkeale and askeaton today..it's gonna be tough relegation battle

[Harry Lime]

Springfield 1-5 abbeyfeale in munster junior cup...
Pics from this game in Cobh
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5172/5461763441_d167272fc4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seanryan/sets/72157625970357057/)

[BoyBlue]

Shannonside V Ncw was a good game given the conditions, I'd agree with previous posts that the referee & pitch were poor.Good result for Shannonside though NCW really needed to win. Great win in Cork for Abbey, great to have a Desmond league team in the latter stages of the Munster Junior.

[Have It]

Good win for Abbey. Ballingarry are all but promoted from div 1 too. Interesting relegation battle starting to develop in the premier. It would be a fair shock to see Rathkeale go down. But their league form is terrible and others like Adare have really picked up. Has the makings of a geat battle down there

[western gale]

Saturday 26th February
Desmond Cup 1st Round (extra time & penalties)
Pallaskenry V Ballingarry in Salesians College pitch 2pm (L. O’Connor)

Youths Division 1
Rathkeale V Newcastle West Rovers 230 (S. Hartnett)

Youths Division 2, all 230
Bally Rovers V Ferry Rangers (P. O’Brien)
Creeves Celtic V Glin Rovers (P. King)
Carrig Celtic V Kilcornan (G. O’Connor)
Killeaney V Askeaton (C. Dalton)

Sunday 27th February
Weekly Observer Desmond Cup 2nd Round (extra time & penalties)
Abbeyfeale Utd V Kilcolman Rovers 1130 (J. Roche)
Ballingarry V Killeaney 1130 (L. O’Connor)
Carrig Celtic V Kildimo Utd 1130 (G. O’Connor)
Feenagh V Rathkeale 1130 (P. O’Connor)
Ferry Rangers V Askeaton 1130 (P. King)
Old Mill V Breska Rovers 1130 (P. O’Brien)
Pallaskenry V Granagh Utd in Salesians College pitch 1130 (D. O’Gorman)
Rockhill Rovers V Shountrade 1130 (P. Manning)
St. Itas B V Newcastle West 1130 (P. O’Donnell)
Adare Utd V Mountcollins 230pm (S. Hartnett)
Broadford Utd B V Shannonside FC 230pm (J. Roche)
Glin Rovers B V Adare Utd B in Lanterns Hotel pitch 230pm (D. O’Gorman)
Newcastle West B V St. Itas 230pm (P. O’Connor)
Rathkeale B V Shannonside FC B 230pm (B. Barry)

Weekly Observer Division 1
Glantine V Abbeyfeale Utd B 230 (P. O’Brien)

Weekly Observer Division 2
Knockaderry V Creeves Celtic 230 (T. Fitzmaurice)

Weekly Observer Division 3
Askeaton B V Bally Rovers 1130 (T. Fitzmaurice)

Weekly Observer Division 4
Athea Utd B V Carrig Celtic B 230 (P. O’Donnell)
Newcastle West Rovers B V Pallaskenry B 230 (C. Dalton)

[mickbrick]

Was also at NCW-Shannonside game, good game under the conditions. Agree that pitch was in poor state along with some poor referring decisions. Shannonside should have been awarded goal in 1st half where NCW keeper half-fumbled the ball, & the ball appeared to be behind the line when he recovered it. Had the ref been in a better position I'm sure he would have awarded it as it clearly looked behind the line. Either team could have knicked it in last 10 mins - Shannonside had great effort which hit crossbar & few mins later their goalkeeper made great save to deny NCW. Overall think a draw was fair result. Looks like a very exciting run-in, which will be a 3 horse race between Shannonside,NCW, & Abbeyfeale. From looking at all teams I think Abbeyfeale will take the honours.

[last man back]

Underage structure for schoolboys leagues is changing next year. This will have a major effect on the youths . Basically a youth player that played his first season youths this year will be overage next year, I wonder will the league act on this otherwise 17 year olds will go straight on to junior soccer

[BlueAndWhite]

Underage structure for schoolboys leagues is changing next year. This will have a major effect on the youths . Basically a youth player that played his first season youths this year will be overage next year, I wonder will the league act on this otherwise 17 year olds will go straight on to junior soccer
How is this working? a 17s league is it? this will not work well at all. Only a small number will move on because how many 17 year olds will start for their senior team.

[last man back]

sorry blue and white I might have explained it wrong,if you read the county schoolboy notes in the observer you might get a grasp of it, its hard enuf to explain, but every underage player will skip a year for example if your u11 this year your u13 next season so u17 players this season will move to u19. I know its confusing ?

[BlueAndWhite]

But what about the players who would still be a youth player by the old format, are they left to play seniors only?

[last man back]

But what about the players who would still be a youth player by the old format, are they left to play seniors only?

Ya it looks like it as far as I can see, unless the desmond league start a u19 league. Mabey Draper knows something about it he
seems to be involved with the youths this year. Any opinion DRAPER

[Leon]

Could anyone confirm that the last 16 draw for the Desmond cup has been made and if so whats the draw

[buddygeary23]

Yes the Desmond cup has been made..heard last night at training we ncw got broadford at home in 3rd round if we beat st itas..didn't hear other fixtures tho

[walkover]

Was the full draw listed in the Observer today? anyone know the other fixtures?

[Have It]

Ya, the full list of the last 16 draw is in todays Observer

[Have It]

Desmond Cup 3rd Round Draw

Adare/Mountcollins v Rockhill/Shountrade
Ferry/Askeaton v Ncw B/St. Ita's
Abbey/Kilcolman v Pallaskenry/Granagh
Ncw Rovers v Broadford B/Shannonside
St Ita's B/Ncw v Ballingarry B/Broadford
Feenagh/Rathkeale v Old Mill/Breska Rvs
Carrig Celtic/Kildimo v Rathkeale B/Shannonside B
Ballingarry/Killeaney v Glin B/Adare B

[snafu]

I reckon the quarter finals will be between
Adare,Askeaton,Abbey,Shannonside,NCW,Rathkeale,Kil dimo,Ballingarry.

I hope im wrong and we get plenty of upsets both in this round and the next!

the title race in the prem is hotting up with Abbey,shannonside and now NCW, id fancy shannonside.

Adare's recent good run would make you worry about Rathkeale,Glin and Killeaney in terms of relegation.
I have always considered both Glin and Rathkeale to be "Regular" Premier teams and it would be strange to have them in div1 next year.

2nd place in div1 is also up for grabs with 5 teams competing to join ballingarry in the prem next year.

[Soreloser]

Just looking at the comments above in relation to Shannonside V NCW.
Not too sure I was watching the same game, Could not believe that Shannonside are unbeaten and that NCW are also in the running to win this PREMIER league, Standard is Brutal. if thats is the best the Premier Div has I would hate to look at a game down the divisions. As Far as the Referee was concerned I thought he did well considering the whinging that was going on from the Baldy fella at the back for NCW.He eventually got fed up listening to him and gave him a Yellow. For the one that people seem to think was over the line the keeper for Shannonside had a go at him about that one and he was only 100 yards away,sure he was bound to see it. Why do the clubs not pay for Linesmen like in some other leagues around the Country, and then they might have an argument about the positioning thing.

[Leon]

Glin look to be in big trouble alright, but I think Rathkeale are still are very strong and should stay up no hassle, they were unlucky enough last Sunday against Broadford even though they were missing a good few. Killeaney and Broadford could be in real trouble though. I agree that Adare's recent good run should be enough. Shannonside are in a good position after last weeks result

[last man back]

I fancy Abbeyfeale for the league. Desmond Cup is wide open any of the premier teams left and Ballingarry could give it a shot
if they got a run going. would be nice to see a team win it for the first time

[limkdesmond]

My teams to come out of the Desmond cup 3rd round are...adare,askeaton,abbeyfeale,shannonside,Newcas tle west,rathkeale,carrig Celtic and killeaney...

I think abbeyfeale will win the league this year going from league and mjc form..I think the Desmond cup will go to Newcastle,going by the last few years they have won it alot so I'll go for them..league cup could go to either abbeyfeale,ncw or shannonside..

Anyone know when the league cup draw is being made?

[BlueAndWhite]

Youths Division 2
Bally Rovers vs Ferry Rangers, W/O to Bally Rovers
Creeves Celtic 3 1 Glin Rovers
Killeaney vs Asketon OFF

[mad4it]

Desmond Cup

Abbeyfeale 5-0 Kilcolman

Easy win for abbey against a poor Kilcolman side

[buddygeary23]

St itas b v ncw a called off.ncw offered itas on Tuesday to bring the match to ncw if the itas field was unplayable and they said no this morning

[Have It]

Desmond Cup 2nd Round

Carrig Celtic 3-0 Kildimo

[western gale]

Desmond Cup 2nd Round
Abbeyfeale Utd 5 Kilcolman Rvs 0
Ballingarry 2 Killeaney 1 aet
Carrig Cel 3 Kildimo Utd 0
Feenagh V Rathkeale off
Ferry Rngs 1 Askeaton 3
Old Mill 1 Breska Rvs 1 aet, Old Mill won on pens
Pallaskenry 0 Granagh Utd 1
Rockhill Rovers 4 Shountrade 1
St Itas B V Newcastle West off
Adare Utd V Mountcollins, w/o to Adare Utd
Broadford Utd B 0 Shannonside 3
Glin Rvs B 1 Adare Utd B 0
Newcastle West B 3 St Itas 8
Rathkeale B 3 Shannonside B 1

[western gale]

Division 1
Glantine 4 Abbeyfeale Utd B 1

Division 3
Askeaton B 4 Bally Rvs 0

Division 4
Athea Utd B V Carrig Celtic B off
Newcastle West Rvs B 0 Pallaskenry B 5

[western gale]

Desmond Youths Cup 1st Round
Pallaskenry 1 Ballingarry 5

Youths Division 1
Rathkeale 2 Newcastle West Rvs 0

Youths Division 2
Bally Rovers V Ferry Rangers, w/o to Bally Rvs
Creeves Celtic 3 Glin Rovers 1
Carrig Celtic V Kilcornan off
Killeaney V Askeaton off

[western gale]

Desmond Cup 3rd Round Draw

Adare Utd V Rockhill Rovers
Askeaton V St. Itas
Abbeyfeale Utd V Granagh Utd
Newcastle West Rovers V Shannonside
St Itas B/Newcastle West V Ballingarry B/Broadford Utd
Feenagh/Rathkeale V Old Mill
Carrig Celtic V Rathkeale B
Ballingarry V Glin Rovers B

[western gale]

Saturday 5th March
Desmond Cup 1st Round (extra time & penalties)
Ferry Rangers V Glin Rovers (P. O’Donnell) 230

Limerick Desmond U-17s Cup 2nd Round (extra time & penalties)
Bally Rovers V Newcastle West (P. Manning) 230

Youths Division 1 League Cup 1st Round (extra time & penalties)
Newcastle West Rovers V Broadford Utd 230 T. Fitzmaurice)

Youths Division 2
Carrig Celtic V Kilcornan 230 (G. O’Connor)

Sunday 6th March
Weekly Observer Desmond Cup 2nd Round (extra time & penalties)
Ballingarry B V Broadford Utd 1130 (L. O’Connor)
Feenagh V Rathkeale 1130 (T. Fitzmaurice)
St. Itas B V Newcastle West 1130 (P. O’Donnell)

Weekly Observer Desmond Cup 3rd Round (extra time & penalties)
Abbeyfeale Utd V Granagh Utd 1130 (P. Manning)

Weekly Observer Premier Division
Glin Rovers V Shannonside FC at Lanterns Hotel pitch 1130 (D. O’Gorman)
Killeaney V Newcastle West Rovers 1130 (P. O’Brien)

Weekly Observer Division 1
Old Mill V Pallaskenry 1130 (P. O’Connor)
Glantine V Athea Utd 1130 (C. Dalton)
Kilcolman Rovers V Carrig Celtic 1130 (J. Roche)
Abbeyfeale Utd B V Kildimo Utd 230 (P. O’Brien)

Weekly Observer Division 2
Newcastle West B V Ballysteen 1130 (S. Hartnett)
Rathkeale B V Rockhill Rovers 230 (L. O’Connor)
Knockaderry V Creeves Celtic 230 (T. Fitzmaurice)

Weekly Observer Division 3
Askeaton B V Mountcollins 230 (B. Barry)
Broadford Utd B V Ferry Rangers 230 (G. O’Connor)
Adare Utd B V Glin Rovers B 230 (C. Dalton)

Weekly Observer Division 4
Shannonside FC B V Glantine B 230 (P. King)
Carrig Celtic B V Pallaskenry B 230 (D. Wallace)
Newcastle West Rovers B V Athea Utd B 2pm (S. Hartnett)

[buddygeary23]

Abbeyfeale utd at home to st michaels in the quarter finals of munster junior cup ,after
St michaels won yesterday 2-0

[snafu]

Sunday 6th March
Weekly Observer Desmond Cup 2nd Round (extra time & penalties)
Ballingarry B V Broadford Utd 1130 (away)
Feenagh V Rathkeale 1130 (away)
St. Itas B V Newcastle West 1130 (away) is that changed to NCW?

Weekly Observer Desmond Cup 3rd Round (extra time & penalties)
Abbeyfeale Utd V Granagh Utd 1130 (home)

Weekly Observer Premier Division
Glin Rovers V Shannonside FC at Lanterns Hotel pitch 1130 (away)
Killeaney V Newcastle West Rovers 1130 (away)

Weekly Observer Division 1
Old Mill V Pallaskenry 1130 (away)
Glantine V Athea Utd 1130 (draw)
Kilcolman Rovers V Carrig Celtic 1130 (away)
Abbeyfeale Utd B V Kildimo Utd 230 (away)

Weekly Observer Division 2
Newcastle West B V Ballysteen 1130 (Home)
Rathkeale B V Rockhill Rovers 230 (Home)
Knockaderry V Creeves Celtic 230 (away)

Weekly Observer Division 3
Askeaton B V Mountcollins 230 (draw)
Broadford Utd B V Ferry Rangers 230 (home)
Adare Utd B V Glin Rovers B 230 (away)

Weekly Observer Division 4
Shannonside FC B V Glantine B 230 (home)
Carrig Celtic B V Pallaskenry B 230 (draw)
Newcastle West Rovers B V Athea Utd B 2pm (away)

Congrats to abbeyfeale on their progress in the munster junior cup!
Does anyone know how good St.Michaels are?
Would abbeyfeale be a match for them?

[buddygeary23]

Sunday 6th March
Weekly Observer Desmond Cup 2nd Round (extra time & penalties)
Ballingarry B V Broadford Utd 1130 AWAY
Feenagh V Rathkeale 1130 AWAY
St. Itas B V Newcastle West 1130 AWAY

Weekly Observer Desmond Cup 3rd Round (extra time & penalties)
Abbeyfeale Utd V Granagh Utd 1130 HOME

Weekly Observer Premier Division
Glin Rovers V Shannonside FC at Lanterns Hotel pitch 1130 AWAY
Killeaney V Newcastle West Rovers 1130 DRAW

Weekly Observer Division 1
Old Mill V Pallaskenry 1130 AWAY
Glantine V Athea Utd 1130 HOME
Kilcolman Rovers V Carrig Celtic 1130 AWAY
Abbeyfeale Utd B V Kildimo Utd 230 AWAY

Weekly Observer Division 2
Newcastle West B V Ballysteen 1130 HOME
Rathkeale B V Rockhill Rovers 230 DRAW
Knockaderry V Creeves Celtic 230 AWAY

Weekly Observer Division 3
Askeaton B V Mountcollins 230 HOME
Broadford Utd B V Ferry Rangers 230 HOME
Adare Utd B V Glin Rovers B 230 DRAW

Weekly Observer Division 4
Shannonside FC B V Glantine B 230 HOME
Carrig Celtic B V Pallaskenry B 230 HOME
Newcastle West Rovers B V Athea Utd B 2pm AWAY

[buddygeary23]

We (ncw) played st micheals on 2nd January and they are a great team who like to pass and move the ball.. Have 2 great centre backs who play for the Ireland amateur team and have good strikers also..if abbey go a goal up it shud be a cracking game

[western gale]

Sunday 6th March

Desmond Cup 2nd Round
Ballingarry B V Broadford Utd 1130 (away)
Feenagh V Rathkeale 1130 (away)
St. Itas B V Newcastle West 1130 (away)

Desmond Cup 3rd Round
Abbeyfeale Utd V Granagh Utd 1130 (home)

Premier Division
Glin Rovers V Shannonside 1130 (away)
Killeaney V Newcastle West Rovers 1130 (home)

Division 1
Old Mill V Pallaskenry 1130 (draw)
Glantine V Athea Utd 1130 (away)
Kilcolman Rovers V Carrig Celtic 1130 (draw)
Abbeyfeale Utd B V Kildimo Utd 230 (away)

Division 2
Newcastle West B V Ballysteen 1130 (home)
Rathkeale B V Rockhill Rovers 230 (home)
Knockaderry V Creeves Celtic 230 (away)

Division 3
Askeaton B V Mountcollins 230 (away)
Broadford Utd B V Ferry Rangers 230 (draw)
Adare Utd B V Glin Rovers B 230 (away)

Division 4
Shannonside FC B V Glantine B 230 (home)
Carrig Celtic B V Pallaskenry B 230 (draw)
Newcastle West Rovers B V Athea Utd B 2pm (away)

[BlueAndWhite]

Limerick Desmond U-17s Cup 2nd Round
Bally Rovers 5 4 Newcastle West

Youths Division 2
Carrig Celtic 2 1 Kilcornan

Desmond Cup 1st Round
Ferry Rangers 2 0 Glin Rovers

[western gale]

Division 1 League Cup 1st Round
Newcastle West Rovers 1 Broadford Utd 1, Broadford won on pens

[last man back]

Any news about the draw for the league cups, i heard a few weeks ago that the league were thinking of cancelling the league cup this season because fixtures are so far behind

[buddygeary23]

Newcastle west A 6-0 st itas b....

Daniel power 3,mark doherty,Gary shanahan and Scott Hurley..blown up with 20mins to go