Setanta Cup 2011

[magicbyrnsy]

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. we were escourted to and from the buses and stewarded (very well) at all times - impossible for that to happen without everybody noticing. a few poor chants but that was the hight of it (or low of it!).

[Ezeikial]

Reactions to Mondays game against Linfield from Daniel Kearns and Mark Quigley are on-line from Dundalk Democrat

http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/sport/soccer/danny_s_proudest_moment_1_2415664

http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/sport/soccer/quigley_delighted_to_be_back_up_front_1_2415665

Also a piece on Democrat blog
http://blackandwhitetown.squarespace.com/

Perhaps even more interesting on this blog is the 2nd item - an interview with Gerry Matthews, Dundalk CEO

As is his style he says things as he sees them, in a really frank no BS way

[bullit]

Now you's know where we got all the money for this years squad;)
As seen at Windsor Park on Monday.
http://i56.tinypic.com/2qcl094.jpg

[pauliek]

Oh jesus thats class

[Dunny]

Glad you agree.

[Dillonman]

Anyone else remember there was a game tonight seen as though its been well advertised this year. Pats play Cliftonville in Belfast.

[Fester]

Cannot see Cliftonville V Pats on the TV listings. Looks like it is not on Setanta.

[Fester]

Cliftonville 1 Up after 31' George McMullan

[SkStu]

2-0 now

[SkStu]

3-0...

[Dan6189]

3-0...

Jesus Christ what's happening up there ?

[cornflakes]

Pats will lose their licence if they don't cop on

[Dunny]

FT Cliftonville 3-0 Pats

[horton]

Now you's know where we got all the money for this years squad;)
As seen at Windsor Park on Monday.
http://i56.tinypic.com/2qcl094.jpg
What did ye's do with the extra 500,000 then?

[Dunny]

Had a party. yeoooo

[Dillonman]

FT Cliftonville 3-0 Pats

Where Pats that poor tonight?

[Dunny]

Where Pats that poor tonight?

Pats put out a strong side.

Why was Conor Kenna left on the bench though?

[Dodge]

He wasn't well apparently.

mad game. we had the ball for the whole game and created a good few chances. They had the ball 3 times in our half and scored 3 times (good finish when no one closed down midfielder, corner not cleared, wicked deflection). We could've easilty won that game. Bizarre stuff

[noddy102]

He wasn't well apparently.

mad game. we had the ball for the whole game and created a good few chances. They had the ball 3 times in our half and scored 3 times (good finish when no one closed down midfielder, corner not cleared, wicked deflection). We could've easilty won that game. Bizarre stuff


Cliftonville's Twitter sums it up well -

And that's half-time. As flattering a 2-0 lead as we've ever had, says honest Arnie.

[The Lep]

Now you's know where we got all the money for this years squad;)
As seen at Windsor Park on Monday.
http://i56.tinypic.com/2qcl094.jpg

Northern Bank gave you 26 footballs ?

[Hibs4Ever]

Pats put out a strong side.

Why was Conor Kenna left on the bench though?


No McFaul, Mulcahy or Murphy either, definitely not our strongest side

[Dunny]

Northern Bank gave you 26 footballs ?

I count 8


No McFaul, Mulcahy or Murphy either, definitely not our strongest side

Are they injured Hibs?

[pineapple stu]

mad game. we had the ball for the whole game and created a good few chances. They had the ball 3 times in our half and scored 3 times (good finish when no one closed down midfielder, corner not cleared, wicked deflection). We could've easilty won that game. Bizarre stuff
Sounds like it's set up to be a classic in the return in that case.

[Dodge]

Are they injured Hibs?

Not sure if Murphy/McFaul were registered in time. Mulcahy has been given 'personal' time off for a family matter. Kenna was unwell it seems.

[marinobohs]

Not sure if Murphy/McFaul were registered in time. Mulcahy has been given 'personal' time off for a family matter. Kenna was unwell it seems.

Murphy deffo not signed in time to be registered for Cliftonville game. I think same applies to McFaul but not 100% certain.Cliftonville are doing well and are much sharper on the match practice front. Any pats fans at it think it can be turned around in the second leg ? Big ask to chase such a lead.

[Dodge]

At 3 down with 20 miutes to go, I thought we'd get level last night. We were on top that much!

If we can get an early goal, who knows

[Ezeikial]

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/mcmullan-crushes-pats-2550099.html
McMullan crushes Pat's

Cliftonville 3
St Pat's Ath 0
Setanta Cup



http://www.independent.ie/multimedia/archive/00830/2202_bholland_sport_830937t.jpg
Tuesday February 22 2011

St Patrick's Athletic suffered a heavy loss against Cliftonville in last night's first-round, first-leg encounter at Solitude.
Despite enjoying the bulk of possession and creating some decent opportunities, Pat's were handed a lesson in finishing by a Cliftonville side which will take a healthy advantage into next week's return meeting.
Saints' preparations for this match were hardly ideal, with last week's proposed friendly with Waterford United falling victim to a watterlogged Richmond Park (http://searchtopics.independent.ie/topic/Richmond_Park) pitch ahead of Friday night's run-out against Longford, which ended in defeat.
Evan McMillan sent a second- minute header over the top and Daryl Kavanagh failed to get sufficient power into a decent close-range chance soon later.
Daniel North was then unfortunate when his effort from a narrow angle was kept out by home 'keeper John Connolly before Cliftonville took the lead.
There seemed little danger as Barry Johnston attempted to fashion an opening outside the area until he teed up George McMullan, who curled home a beauty from 25 yards.
Connolly then denied North before the hosts doubled their advantage when Mark Holland (http://searchtopics.independent.ie/topic/Mark_Holland) bundled home from a corner.
McMullan then claimed his second of the night when his 48th-minute effort found the net via a deflection off McMillan, while Sean Stewart's point-blank strike was stopped by Connolly late on.
CLIFTONVILLE -- Connolly, Fleming, B Holland (O'Connor 46), M Holland (Donnelly 71), McMullan, C Scannell, Garrett, Seydak, Johnston, Kane, McVeigh.
ST PAT'S -- Rogers, Pender, Bermingham, E McMillan (Stewart 82), Kavanagh, Bradley, North, D McMillan, Doyle (Keegan 65), Shortall, Crowley ( O'Brien 74).
REF -- D Malcolm (Bangor).
Irish Independent

[SolitudeRed]

The first 30 mins Cliftonville definately rode their luck but when McMullan got the goal they came into it more. St Pats had the greater pocession and had a load of corners but just couldn't do anything with it as Cliftonville stood firm at the back. We have been struggling for goals this season so to get 3 was a pleasant surprise. There was a decent crowd up from Dublin and they looked well with the flares and all at the start.

[JC_GUFC]

Does anyone have confirmation of what the rules are for the 2nd legs.

Away goals? ET? Pens? Toss of a coin? Make it up on the night a la LSC?

[BohsFans]

Does anyone have confirmation of what the rules are for the 2nd legs.

Away goals? ET? Pens? Toss of a coin? Make it up on the night a la LSC?

They've never had the away goals rule in the SSC anyway.

[Ezeikial]

Does anyone have confirmation of what the rules are for the 2nd legs.

Away goals? ET? Pens? Toss of a coin? Make it up on the night a la LSC?

1) Extra Time
2) Away goals only if level after extra time
3) Penos

[Dodge]

They've never had the away goals rule in the SSC anyway.

There's only been 2 2 legged ties ever. The Semi finals in 2010 and it wasn't an issue.

[Mr_Parker]

.....


The winning team shall be the team scoring the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches.
In the event of the scores being level at the end of the second match the team scoring more away goals shall be declared the winning team.
If at the end of the second match the scores are level and both teams have scored the same number of away goals two 15 minute periods of extra time shall be played.
If during extra time the same number of goals are scored by both teams the away team shall be declared the winning team by virtue of having scored more away goals.
If no goals are scored during extra time the tie will be decided by a penalty shoot out in accordance with the conditions approved by the International FA Board.
In the event of a penalty shoot out the referee shall determine at which end of the pitch the penalty kicks are taken.

[Ezeikial]

Bang on Mr Parker...Apologies, I was incorrect in earlier post.

So in the event of an aggregate tie, it is

1) Away Goals
2) Extra Time
3) Away Goals in Extra Time
4) Penos

[Ezeikial]

Dundalk v Linfield preview now up on the new look Dundalk website:

http://www.dundalkfc.com/dundalk-v-linfield-preview

For any neutrals looking for a good footie match in a cracking atmosphere Oriel Park is the place to be for a 7.45pm ko on Monday

There is also a 'Legends in the Lilywhite' gig from 6pm with free admission and €3 a pint prices

http://www.dundalkfc.com/linfield-match-important-information

[Dillonman]

For anyone bothered, Dundalk Linfield should be live direct from:

http://delicast.com/radio/Ireland/Dundalk_FM

[littlebray]

Bad enough that RTE TV (6-1) didn't even list tonight's fixture, but neither did the Star, which you'd expect to. Did anyone see the Indo, had they got it?

[sligoman]

Results
Lisburn 2-0 UCD (2-0)
Dundalk 1-1 Linfield (6-4)

[Red4Eva]

Dundalk play Glentoran. Does anyone know who Lisburn have in next round?

[littlebray]

Neither club (UCD or Lisburn) had a result on their websites up to ten minutes ago. Wonder of wonders, RTE Radio 1 Sports just carried results of both tonight's games!

PS: rte.ie/sport/soccer also had both results. :rolleyes:

[Dillonman]

Dundalk play Glentoran. Does anyone know who Lisburn have in next round?

DRAW : First round: Linfield v Dundalk (M1), Bohemians v Portadown (M2), Cliftonville v St Patrick’s Athletic (M3), Sporting Fingal 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.

Obv Fingal are replaced by UCD

[WindmillWarrior]

Plenty of IRA songs being sung by Dundalk fans last night I hear. And also the burning of a Union Jack. Well done Dundalk, I knew you wouldn't let us down :rolleyes:

[pineapple stu]

Disappointing result for us last night. Very tight game again, but this ridiculous decision separated the sides for most of the game -

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There were more complaints about the second goal, which came from a back-pass award which our keeper and entire coaching staff reckoned clearly wasn't a backpass because it took a large nick off the attacker, spinning the ball enough to make it awkward to control (I missed the pass behind a pole, and amn't sure if that makes a difference, but I'm told it was clearly not a back-pass). Distillery only had one real chance all game other than that.

Galling to lose to certainly one, if not two, outrageous reffing decisions (and the ref was awful all game; the worst I've ever seen), but in the end of the day, we didn't score over 180 minutes, so we've ourselves to blame at least as much as the ref, and probably more.

[Dunny]

Plenty of IRA songs being sung by Dundalk fans last night I hear. And also the burning of a Union Jack. Well done Dundalk, I knew you wouldn't let us down :rolleyes:

Aye the Linfield fans never sang Billy Boys or the sash or anything.....As for flag burning? Prove it.

Crawl back into your joke of a club mate.

[Dodge]

Aye the Linfield fans never sang Billy Boys or the sash or anything...

Don't care what happened but thats a brutal reply... "yeah, well they started it..."

[eelmonster]

Plenty of IRA songs being sung by Dundalk fans last night I hear. And also the burning of a Union Jack. Well done Dundalk, I knew you wouldn't let us down :rolleyes:

Like the Linfield fans' sectarian chanting, it was embarrassing and pathetic, almost as embarrassing and pathetic as your attempt at wumming. Didn't see any flags burnt, saw plenty of bottles and coins hitting the side of the stand thrown from the Linfield crowd, though.

[Dunny]

Don't care what happened but thats a brutal reply... "yeah, well they started it..."

I didnt mean it in that sense. Fact is both sides were at it.

[pineapple stu]

Don't think that justifies the "Crawl back into your own little joke of a club" comment then; your post very much came across like you were defending Dundalk's actions (and obviously I've no idea if they're true or not)

[WindmillWarrior]

Aye the Linfield fans never sang Billy Boys or the sash or anything.....As for flag burning? Prove it.

Crawl back into your joke of a club mate.

Haha, poor Dunny, what a joke of a post! You're just not the same without an exclamation mark after your name like you have on boards.ie
The flag burning did happen I'm afraid. A Dundalk Shed regular I work with seen and heard everything

[marinobohs]

Aye the Linfield fans never sang Billy Boys or the sash or anything.....As for flag burning? Prove it.

Crawl back into your joke of a club mate.

The idea on this (and indeed most) forum is that if you disagree with a post you refute it. Personally have no problems with who sings what (or for that matter who burns what flag) but your response did not address any of Winmill Warriors points. did Dundalk fans sing "IRA songs" ? you appear to agree they did but mitigate it by saying Linfield sang "billy boys or the sash" - is this a fair assesment of your post ?
RE flag burning WW obviously believes it happened, simple enough to confirm or deny such a fact if you attended. Persoanally think all that carry on is bit outdated and not as surprising/interesting/controversal to others as participants might think.