Limerick Desmond League 2010/11

[buddygeary23]

the new thread for the upcoming season

[buddygeary23]

anyone got any news on transfer rumours or friendlies or anything?

[snafu]

is it true T.Quaid is moving on?

[buddygeary23]

nope tony quaid was at training last night and said he wasnt going anywhere

[abbeyvale]

nope tony quaid was at training last night and said he wasnt going anywhere

Hey All,
Just wondering if any team here would be interested in playing us (Star Rovers) who are newly promoted to Limerick's Premier league in a pre-season friendly on your own patch, if you are please PM me and we'll take it from there.

Cheers

[limkdesmond]

Has any clubs signed any new players this season??
Heard today that daniel power is gone back to newcastle west?? any word on that??
Heard also joe mcauliffe is supposed to be signing with rathkeale?
Anyone know when the first game of the league is to be played?

[western gale]

There will be a Junior Delegate Meeting on Thursday, August 5th and start up date for new season should be announced at this meeting.

[soccer8]

Has any clubs signed any new players this season??
Heard today that daniel power is gone back to newcastle west?? any word on that??
Heard also joe mcauliffe is supposed to be signing with rathkeale?
Anyone know when the first game of the league is to be played?


What about Doherty, Butler and O'Connor are they returning this year

[buddygeary23]

What about Doherty, Butler and O'Connor are they returning this year

mark doherty and tossie butler are staying with regional utd and o connor is in australia

[buddygeary23]

Newcastle west 6-2 st itas in preseason friendly played friday evening

[buddygeary23]

charleville 3-3 newcastle west played sunday 25th july...

[BoyBlue]

Daniel power is signing for NCW when fit again! McAuliffe I heard is staying with St.Itas

[soccer8]

Terrible news last night when young Michael Kiely of Carrig celtic dropped dead in a friendly match. a real nice guy and a tradic loss, our thaughts are with his family may he rest in peace......

[buddygeary23]

RIP michael kiely from everyone at NEWCASTLE WEST AFC

[buddygeary23]

Aisling Annacotty A 1-2 Newcastle West A friendly on thursday 29th july

[clearly]

May I inquire to all clubs, will you be charging admission to games this coming season?
I would say definatly do it, for only €3 admission people will appreciate the game more, stay till the end, gate numbers will actualy increase I garantee it.
Free admission is selling yourself short and we have a good product in Desmond league football, lets not sell ourselves short, lets sell our product, we all have better facilities now, lets drive on and make more people come to games.
Especialy Premier and 1st division teams, B teams maybe pass the hat around.
So come on guys, appoint a "gateman" for the season, it will be worth around €2k a season.

[old git]

May I inquire to all clubs, will you be charging admission to games this coming season?
I would say definatly do it, for only €3 admission people will appreciate the game more, stay till the end, gate numbers will actualy increase I garantee it.
Free admission is selling yourself short and we have a good product in Desmond league football, lets not sell ourselves short, lets sell our product, we all have better facilities now, lets drive on and make more people come to games.
Especialy Premier and 1st division teams, B teams maybe pass the hat around.
So come on guys, appoint a "gateman" for the season, it will be worth around €2k a season.

are u serious !!!! clubs should be trying to attract more people down to games allright but charging them entrance to watch dont think to many would be willing to pay :ball:

[clearly]

Charging entrance WILL attract more people to games. Its the reason nobody drinks Fosters or Beamish, too cheap, people think it cant be as good as the dear stuff.
The GAA is premium lager, people pay for it!! I'm sick of being the poor relation to GAA, particularly now that soccer facilities are catching up with and in many cases passing out GAA facilities in West Limerick. Sell your product dont give it away! I'm calling on all Desmond league clubs to appoint a "gateman" for the new season and charge €3 entrance, under 16's free. You'll be amazed at the results....

[Gearysfan]

i agree with you clearly teams in the top flight should definetly start charging.

has any one got any good transfers. we all know ncw west situation but has anyone heard anything else. i have been told that barry culhane has signed back from balla to rathkeale. would be a great signing for them. any other news?

[soccer8]

are u serious !!!! clubs should be trying to attract more people down to games allright but charging them entrance to watch dont think to many would be willing to pay :ball:


I think its a good idea i know some clubs for sure have been doing it the past few seasons I think ncw and glin normally charge at the gate........

[Johnnie C]

St. Ben's are re-joining the league after being absent for a number of seasons.
http://www.stbensfc.com/index.html

[clearly]

Welcome back St Bens, great to see you back, big addition, looking forward to a few tussles in Browns/Dalys cross....

[soccer8]

Welcome back St Bens, great to see you back, big addition, looking forward to a few tussles in Browns/Dalys cross....


Yea great to see an extra team this year...are ye starting off in Division 3? do ye have a reasonable chance of getting promoted?what kind of a set will ye have:ball:

[buddygeary23]

i think premier and 1st divison teams shud charge entry to matches..ncw and glin do it and i think abbeyfeale do it also...good to see st bens back in the desmond league after yrs out..

[new boy]

im not 100% but i think askeaton a are geting ray massey back this season....was talking to him and he said if they come looking for him he would go back there.any1 from askeaton have anything on this

[western gale]

Junior season commences on sunday, july 29th with the youths league back the day before

[Notaclue]

I assume you meant August 29th. Good to see St. Ben's back. I checked out their Website and it's top class. One thing missing though is the whereabouts of their pitch as I gather they are not back at the old running track. Maybe somebody out there can assist? Any news on the format for Div 3 for this season. It certainly made for a much better division with last years set up.

[western gale]

Yeah I meant August 29th. Lads anyone know the make up of divisions 3 & 4, I know St Bens are back in the Desmond League which is great, Killeaney are entering a B team while Athea Utd are entering a B team for the first time

[Shannon Boy]

Glin Rovers had a friendly against Carrig Celtic Friday 6th August!
Glin won 6-1

[abbeyvale]

Any team here looking for a friendly this Sunday 15th August away to a Limerick Prem team, PM me if your interested.

[Notaclue]

Looking at the youths set-up there's 6 teams in div 1 and 9 teams in div 2. How can this make sense? Perhaps the league think that like last year that both Glin Rovers and Askeaton will not fulfill all their fixtures? Somebody should recognise that the youths are the future of this league and it should be organised accordingly. Anyone prepared to stick their neck out and make predictions regarding winners and losers in the divisions for the coming season?

[soccer8]

Looking at the youths set-up there's 6 teams in div 1 and 9 teams in div 2. How can this make sense? Perhaps the league think that like last year that both Glin Rovers and Askeaton will not fulfill all their fixtures? Somebody should recognise that the youths are the future of this league and it should be organised accordingly. Anyone prepared to stick their neck out and make predictions regarding winners and losers in the divisions for the coming season?

I think they are keeping more teams in division 2 because teams have more of a chance of winning games.... some teams just end up getting hammered week in week out and loose interest in seeing out there season....it gives teams a fair chance of winning rather than gettting hammered in Div1

[Have It]

:ball: :ball: :ball:
What are people's predictions for trophies and relegation issues in the Prem and Division 1 this season ?
Rathkeale will do well to repeat last seasons haul and the promoted teams seem to be doing better than 1 season in the top flight the last few years. I dont think teams will be paying big money for outside coaches as last few seasons this has proved very unsuccessful in my opinion.

[western gale]

Premier Division - Abbeyfeale Utd, Adare Utd, Askeaton, Broadford Utd, Glin Rvs, Killeaney, Newcastle West, Newcastle West Rvs, Rathkeale, Shannonside.

Division 1 -Abbeyfeale Utd B, Athea Utd, Ballingarry, Carrig Cel, Glantine, Kilcolman Rvs, Kildimo Utd, Old Mill, Pallaskenry, St Itas

Division 2 - Ballysteen, Breska Rvs, Creeves Cel, Feenagh, Granagh Utd, Kilcornan, Knockaderry, Newcastle West B, Rathkeale B, Rockhill Rvs

Division 3 - Adare Utd B, Askeaton B, Ballingarry B, Bally Rvs, Broadford B, Ferry Rngs, Glin Rvs B, Mountcollins, Shountrade

Division 4 - Athea Utd B, Carrig Cel B, Glantine B, Killeaney B, Newcastle West Rvs B, Pallaskenry B, Shannonside B, St Bens, St Itas B

[western gale]

Youths Div 1 - Abbeyfeale Utd, Ballingarry, Broadford Utd, Newcastle West, Newcastle West Rvs, Rathkeale

Youths Div 2 - Askeaton, Bally Rvs, Carrig Cel, Creeves Cel, Ferry Rngs, Glin Rvs, Kilcornan, Killeaney, Pallaskenry

[Notaclue]

I went to see Shannonside v NCW Rovers this evening and it finished 4-4. It wasn't the best game and both sides were missing players but it held interest throughout. Three penalties awarded (correctly in my humble opinion) but I was disappointed with some of the Rovers attitude towards the referee late on in the match. Both sides would need to improve a great deal to retain Premier status this year. As usual some offsides were wrong, but otherwise the ref got most things right, so I cannot understand why players really need to have a rant at the ref. It's not like anything was at stake. Rovers played some good stuff mixed with some indifferent phases and the same could be said for Shannonside. I don't think either will be challenging for honours this season on this performance but would still be good enough to retain Premier status.

[Notaclue]

Anyone know of pre-season matches over the weekend?

[Gearysfan]

I'm going to watch Ncw and Star in Ncw on Sunday. I want to see what kind of teams they have both pit together this year.

My prediction for the year is rathkeale to win the league again. They are too strong for everyone else plus I heard they have re signed culhane so that should boost their squad

[Notaclue]

What time is that game starting? Are NCW at home?

[Gearysfan]

What time is that game starting? Are NCW at home?

I was told that it is starting at 1. I'm not a 100% sure but it is definitely on in Ncw. I'm going to look at daniel power back in action. It was a real waste to see him not playing for most of last season.

[snafu]

predictions for the season

Prem Div
Winner NCW Runner Up Rkeale/B.ford/Askeaton

Div1
Winner B.garry Runner Up Kildimo

Div2
Winner Creeves Runner Up R.keale B

Div 3
Winner Broaford B Runner Up Shountrade

Div 4
Winner St. Bens Runner Up Pallas B


I wont try the cups as they are too unpredictable.
However i wouldnt be surprised if Killeaney have 5 or 6 games in hand towards the end of the season for the 3rd season in a row.

if rumours are true then its good to see daniel power back in the league.

I heard Gerry Cronin took over Abbeyfeale and that the Kelliher Bros were training with Regional so itl be interesting to see how that develops.

12 days to go!

[mad4it]

went to see carrig vs kileaney tonight in a "friendly" not much friendly about it!! it was good hard game which carrig ended up winning 3-1. kileaney finished the game with 9 plaers and were lucky to do so as they abused the ref all the way through. i dont see them getting far in the premier if this is gonna be their attitude for the season. carrig look a good side though and played the off the pitch for the majority of it with swift passing and great movement. if they continue to play like that i see them going straight back up again come the end of the season.

[western gale]

Premier Division
Winner Rathkeale. Runner Up Broadford Utd/NCW

Division 1
Winner Ballingarry. Runner Up Carrig Cel/Old Mill

Division 2
Winner Granagh Utd. Runner Up Rathkeale B

Division 3
Winner Broadford Utd B. Runner Up Adare Utd

Division 4
Winner St Bens. Runner Up Pallaskenry B

[western gale]

Youths Division 1 –
Winner Rathkeale. Runner Up Broadford Utd/NCW

Youths Division 2 –
Winner Pallaskenry. Runner Up Creeves Cel/Kilcornan

[western gale]

went to see carrig vs kileaney tonight in a "friendly" not much friendly about it!! it was good hard game which carrig ended up winning 3-1. kileaney finished the game with 9 plaers and were lucky to do so as they abused the ref all the way through. i dont see them getting far in the premier if this is gonna be their attitude for the season. carrig look a good side though and played the off the pitch for the majority of it with swift passing and great movement. if they continue to play like that i see them going straight back up again come the end of the season.

Wasnt it a Carrig Celtic referee that was doing the game. Having said this there is no excuses for any team to abuse any referee

[mad4it]

Wasnt it a Carrig Celtic referee that was doing the game. Having said this there is no excuses for any team to abuse any referee

Yes it was a carrig celtic referee but i thought he did a good job and was fair on both sides. He made a few mistakes for both sides too but what referee dosent? there was no excuse for the abuse he got and if it had been a competitive game i think kileaney would be in big trouble!

[BoyBlue]

premier div
winner ncw rovers runner up rathkeale

div 1
winner ballingarry runner up st. Ita's

div 2
winner ncw b runner up rathkeale b

div 3
winner ferry rgs runner up shauntrade

div 4
winner st. Bens runner up ????????????

youths div 1
winner rathkeale runner up ncw rvs

[soccer8]

premier div
winner ncw rovers runner up rathkeale

div 1
winner ballingarry runner up st. Ita's

div 2
winner ncw b runner up rathkeale b

div 3
winner ferry rgs runner up shauntrade

div 4
winner st. Bens runner up ????????????

youths div 1
winner rathkeale runner up ncw rvs

what makes you think NCW rovers could win it this year have they signed a few?

[western gale]

Yes it was a carrig celtic referee but i thought he did a good job and was fair on both sides. He made a few mistakes for both sides too but what referee dosent? there was no excuse for the abuse he got and if it had been a competitive game i think kileaney would be in big trouble!

Point taken mad4it, such abuse cant be tolerated at any level but im afraid some clubs in the league are known for moaning and getting on the wrong side of referees, simple solution is plenty red cards

[western gale]

Maybe rovers have got a decent pitch for this season