Setanta Cup 2011

[baddebt]

anyone got any links for the game

[thischarmingman]

Still scoreless.

http://www.futbol24.com/Live/?__igp=1&LiveDate=&l=23616

[thischarmingman]

Dundalk one up.

[baddebt]

1--0 dundalk ....get in

[White Horse]

Dundalk 2 -1 up.

Mark Quigley.

[SkStu]

3-2 Dundalk now

[holidaysong]

Can't believe I'm missing this...

[jinxy lilywhite]

4-2 dún dealgan

[White Horse]

4 - 2 to Dundalk.

A decent pre-season run out.

[cornflakes]

any ill feeling towards Daniel Kearns up there?
apart from his goals

[White Horse]

any ill feeling towards Daniel Kearns up there?
apart from his goals

Getting a bit of stick.

Seemed happy with his first goal.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=491033497083&set=a.429000952083.221515.273061602083

[jinxy lilywhite]

1729

can you hear it

[jinxy lilywhite]

4-3 now

[holidaysong]

Still can't believe we were 3/1 for this match.

[jinxy lilywhite]

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Danny Kierns Hat-trick
5-3

[jinxy lilywhite]

full time

[pineapple stu]

UCD 0-0 Distillery. That's about it really.

Technically we were much better; physically they were much stronger. Fancy our chances up there, but we've no presence up front. That'll cost us this year.

[baddebt]

I cannot believe I agreed to work tonight FFS ........the match sounded like an epic
roll on 2nd leg and the season , its going to be entertainment all the wayin oriel this season

[cornflakes]

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Danny Kierns Hat-trick
5-3

how good is Kearns?

[Dillonman]

how good is Kearns?

Very good...actually scrap that, brilliant!

[sheao]

Good result for Dundalk , beating arguably the best side in the North .

[Flawless]

Good result for Dundalk , beating arguably the best side in the North .

Im just back from Belfast Sheao, and im not trying to blow our own trumpet but it was more of an annihilation than a good result.. should have scored 2 or 3 more and the 3 conceded were scrappy.. Obviously 2 came about from penalties, both of which were questionable at best.. We actually looked scarily good going forward. Kearns is unbelievable.. we'll do well to hold on to him after the summer..

[Town Legend]

Great result tonight for Dundalk....any disturbances after the game or did all go down well?

[Flawless]

All went smoothly Town Legend, bo trouble.. credit to the PSNI, did what they had to do well, escort included. Some of our fans had the stupidity about them to light up flares and sing some contemptuous songs but as was to be expected.. Great night all in all!

[Town Legend]

All went smoothly Town Legend, bo trouble.. credit to the PSNI, did what they had to do well, escort included. Some of our fans had the stupidity about them to light up flares and sing some contemptuous songs but as was to be expected.. Great night all in all!

There's always them few that misbehave!! At least nothing serious happened for the papers to write about in the morning! When you consider the LOI clubs are only in pre season 2 good results tonight to start things off.

[Flawless]

Thats the unfortunate but true part of it!.. ah well!
Linfield were very poor for a team in mid-season, defensively especially, we tore them apart going forward. On a side note, interesting how the BBC had a match report up asap, yet our own RTE havent found the time, even though they lead with a story on Chelski and Fulham!
Also Congrats UCD!

[Dunny]

how good is Kearns?

Too good.:cool:

[Ezeikial]

....any disturbances after the game or did all go down well?

Yeah - Redzer couldn't remember which bus he was on

[Ezeikial]

It was a cracking performance by Dundalk tonight, and confirmed what we had suspected....that this is a side loaded with attacking potential.

Danny Kearns is an international and premier league star in the making. It's hard to believe that he is still a teenager. He will set the LoI alight this season.

Colin Hawkins was a tower of strength despite his lack of fitness. Greg Bolger and Mark Quigley would not be anywhere near full fitness either, and Stephen Maher has yet to come back in after injury.

There is a lot more in this team but tonights performance and result was immense.

I thought Linfield were flattered by the scoreline and Dundalk will be even stronger, fitness wise, by the time the return leg comes around - it should be a special night with a sellout crowd in Oriel Park

[Fester]

Thats the unfortunate but true part of it!.. ah well!
Linfield were very poor for a team in mid-season, defensively especially, we tore them apart going forward. On a side note, interesting how the BBC had a match report up asap, yet our own RTE havent found the time, even though they lead with a story on Chelski and Fulham!
Also Congrats UCD!

Looked for a match report this morning after such a good result and not even a word on RTE.

[Dodge]

Was there ever official confirmation of the dates for this competition?

I have 2nd round down for March 7th and 21st
SF down for 4th and 18th April
Final for 14th may

But I'm not really sure where I got them from. Anyone able to find me a link?

[SwanVsDalton]

Looked for a match report this morning after such a good result and not even a word on RTE.

No Setanta Cup reports, but it's probably because they're chasing more important, vital news (http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0215/iberian_gaa.html).

[Ezeikial]

Here's a few reports

Dundalk website
http://dundalkfc.com/news/110214_LinfieldReport.asp

Linfield website
http://www.linfieldfc.com/matchreport.asp?mid=658

Irish Indo
http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/kearns-does-the-trick-for-scintillating-lilywhites-2540378.html

[pineapple stu]

Winkie Murphy? Quality! :D

[MMVIII]

Many at it?

[pineapple stu]

Was there ever official confirmation of the dates for this competition?

I have 2nd round down for March 7th and 21st
SF down for 4th and 18th April
Final for 14th may

But I'm not really sure where I got them from. Anyone able to find me a link?
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Setanta_Sports_Cup) confirms the second round dates and stops there.

[Ezeikial]

DRAW :
First round: Linfield v Dundalk (M1), Bohemians v Portadown (M2), Cliftonville v St Patrick’s Athletic (M3), UCD v Lisburn Distillery (M4).
First legs to be played on February 14th and 21st, second on Feb 28th and March 1st.

Quarter-finals (Provisional): Glentoran v Winners M1, Sligo Rovers v Winners M2, Winners M3 v Crusaders, Winners M4 v v Shamrock Rovers. First legs to be played on March 7th and 14th, second on March 21st and 22nd

The "provisional" bit for the quarter finals is down to a desire to have as many North V South ties as possible. I think that the most clear aspect is that Dundalk will be away to Glentoran in the first leg of the Q-F's probably on March 7th, subject to finishing the job against Linfield.

There is a domino effect for the rest of the games, depending on the results of the first round:

If Portadown beat Bohs then they are up against Sligo. However if Bohs win the whole thing turns again. I don't understand the full permutations of this, although the concept is clear, and I don't think it has been published

[holidaysong]

Makes sense to try to have as many IFA vs. FAI ties as possible. Really that's the only appeal of the tournment (well, apart from the prize money), to play teams you wouldn't otherwise meet.

[Dodge]

Thanks Ezekial. Confirms what I'd noted. I've found reference on the IT site and a couple of others with dates. I presume the dates are further complicated by the postponement of Bohs v Portadown too

[pateen]

Is there highlights posted anywhere? Sounds like a great game

[legendz]

It'll be great to see highlights of the game alright. Hopefully Dundalk can hold their lead in the return leg.

[The Lilywhites]

Setanta had no camera at the game last night.

[Ezeikial]

DFC TV did

[Poor Student]

Are ties settled on away goals?

[SkStu]

anyone care to comment on Solitude Red's question in the Ireland section? I dont believe it myself but thought the Dundalk fans might want to refute.

http://foot.ie/threads/145243-Celtic-Cup-thread?p=1454010&viewfull=1#post1454010

[Dunny]

Bullsh!t.

[eelmonster]

anyone care to comment on Solitude Red's question in the Ireland section? I dont believe it myself but thought the Dundalk fans might want to refute.

http://foot.ie/threads/145243-Celtic-Cup-thread?p=1454010&viewfull=1#post1454010

Completely untrue.

[Dillonman]

Complete bull****, the younger lads did up special flags for the game which had DFC logos all over them and displayed them well too. Couple of flairs lit and that was that.

[legendz]

As in the League of Ireland, Shamrock Rovers and Sligo Rovers are going to be the teams to beat. I'm not sure if it's possible they can avoid each other until the final should they get that far. It'll be a great final to grace the Aviva Stadium!

[magicbyrnsy]

Many at it?

about 400 Dundalk fans (7 buses plus a few northern based fans) and about 200 Linfield fans.

Couldn't believe how few Linfield fans there were, took away from it a bit. They had about 150 in the stand across from us, very sparsely populated, and about 50 behind the goal.