Limerick Division 1A 2011/12

[Fairkop]

Shockwaves through the league???
where are they getting these 2/3 players from,Barcelona??

the midlands possibly?

[Hibs7772]

anyone know the result of the cup match tonight??

[deadly man]

anyone know the result of the cup match tonight??
It was called off

[Hibs7772]

It was called off

why was it called off??

[Second]

why was it called off??

I'd guess the weather

[Bayern Munchies]

Still going to be plenty twists and turns in this division yet and nobody is gaurnteed to win the league or go up. Only a few short weeks ago Grearldines seemed invincible and now look at how many points they've dropped recenley...Shannon Town are the opposite they've got off to a poor start and now are picking up some great results and are quitley sneaking up the table...I expect Granville to really start picking up after the Christmas too.

Personally I think Hibs will go on to win the league myself but like i said anything could happen, one thing is for sure...that it will be an exiting season.

[Lev Yashin]

O’Neills Soccer Div 1A

Caherconlish v Shannon Town , 10.30,

Caherdavin Celtic v Ballynanty Rvs, 10.30,

Granville Rgs v Fairview Rgs, 10.30,

Croom Utd v Charleville, 10.30,

Mungret Reg v Pike Rvs, 10.30,

[abbeyvale]

Geraldines 12 8 3 1 34 13 27
Shannon Hibs 13 8 2 3 35 13 26
Pike Rvs B 12 7 2 3 35 20 23
Ballynanty Rvs 12 6 2 4 24 25 20
Caherdavin 11 5 2 4 25 26 17
Shannon Town 11 4 4 3 19 12 16
Mungret Reg 11 4 3 4 21 16 15
Caherconlish 11 4 2 5 17 22 14
Granville Rgs 11 3 2 6 17 24 11
Charleville 11 3 2 6 18 29 11
Fairview Rgs B 13 3 2 8 21 37 11
Croom Utd 12 1 2 9 16 44 5


Fixtures 27/11/11
Caherconlish v Shannon Town , 10.30,
Caherdavin Celtic v Ballynanty Rvs, 10.30,
Granville Rgs v Fairview Rgs, 10.30,
Croom Utd v Charleville, 10.30,
Mungret Reg v Pike Rvs, 10.30

[Zizou]

PREDiCTIONS
Caherconlish 2 v 2 Shannon Town
Caherdavin Celtic 3 v 2 Ballynanty Rvs
Croom Utd 2 v 1 Charleville
Mungret Reg 3 v 3 Pike Rvs

[Hibs7772]

PREDiCTIONS
Caherconlish 2 v 2 Shannon Town
Caherdavin Celtic 3 v 2 Ballynanty Rvs
Croom Utd 2 v 1 Charleville
Mungret Reg 3 v 3 Pike Rvs

predicting some high scoring matches there zizou, not much faith in the defences in the division but then again i suppose you wouldnt being a striker and all :p

[Zizou]

predicting some high scoring matches there zizou, not much faith in the defences in the division but then again i suppose you wouldnt being a striker and all :p
Thinking of current conditions more than anything. Bad pitches make for mistakes and goals.

[booster 03]

Thinking of current conditions more than anything. Bad pitches make for mistakes and goals.

heard geraldines signed half the athlone team

[CupWinner99]

heard geraldines signed half the athlone team

With all due respect, what interest would they have in playing in Division 1A?

[Hollywood Hogan]

[QUOTE=CupWinner99;1555116]With all due respect, what interest would they have in playing in Division 1A?

Who are the athlone lads signing for the dines?

[mulla]

heard geraldines signed half the athlone team

don't know who they signed but i know a few of them trained wit dines during the season so maybe they liked what they saw

[Jofspring]

Jason Hughes, Dave Ryan, Paul Danaghar, Brian Collopy, Tommy Barrett and Gary Higgins are the players I can think of that where with Athlone at the end of the season so it could be one of them. They could also just be training with the Dines.

[Hibs7772]

Jason Hughes, Dave Ryan, Paul Danaghar, Brian Collopy, Tommy Barrett and Gary Higgins are the players I can think of that where with Athlone at the end of the season so it could be one of them. They could also just be training with the Dines.

rumour has it that one of those players will be signing for hibs anyways lads dunno about dines......

[Bayern Munchies]

rumour has it that one of those players will be signing for hibs anyways lads dunno about dines......

There must be some incentives for him to be going from League of ireland to one A...Have Hibs been taken over by some Dubai Businessmen?

[dines08]

Geraldine's are signing all of the above Athlone players as Pat Fenlon has signed Christy O'Neill, Shane Madden, Thomas O'Grady, Ian Dore and Liam Lenihan for Hibs

[Jofspring]

rumour has it that one of those players will be signing for hibs anyways lads dunno about dines......

Gary Higgins used to play out in Shannon so I'd hazard a guess its him.

[booster 03]

Gary Higgins used to play out in Shannon so I'd hazard a guess its him.

bobby tier, jason travis, paul finnucane and david crowe have signed i was told..... league over!!

[mulla]

bobby tier, jason travis, paul finnucane and david crowe have signed i was told..... league over!!

good that ateam in 1a can attarct these quality players, think finucane was there last year?
Hopefully league over anyways, depends how seriously these guys take it

[AC Melon]

Gary Higgins used to play out in Shannon so I'd hazard a guess its him.

Good guess outta you! higgins signing back to Hibs, dines signing some quality players. This will be interesting.

[Second]

Well if ye get Higgins and Derek Byrne and geraldines get the other lads from athlone... They will win league by 10 PTS easy

[Hibs7772]

There must be some incentives for him to be going from League of ireland to one A...Have Hibs been taken over by some Dubai Businessmen?

Heard they are offering him a bottle of lucozade sport and 3 jaffa cakes before every match buddy ;)

[AC Melon]

Well if ye get Higgins and Derek Byrne and geraldines get the other lads from athlone... They will win league by 10 PTS easy

Jesus second you seem to know your way around shannon anyway,clearly your not a hibs man..which means your with a less successful club in shannon:) come back to us when yer challenging to get into the premier:D

[Second]

No I'm not with Shannon town either haven't played for a few years but I watch matches on Sundays now.. My point was if dines get 4-5 ex LOI lads they will walk the league .. Ye probably will still get second but in my opinion the gap will be massive..

[Second]

Also on the point of ye being a successful club in Shannon .. Explain this please as I don't think ye have been in premier for a while have ye... And ye haven't gone up this year yet.. Alot of ball to be played ..

[Forever Red]

Mungret 2 - 2 Pike Rvs B

Interesting game played in Mungret this morning where we finished the game with only 9 men but instead of been pleased to get a point we are left disappointed not to have taken all 3.
Pike scored inside 60 seconds with a great finish from Mark Phelan (I think!) after some sloppy defending from us but can take nothing away from the finish. We equalised direct from the restart with an equally good finish from Brian Aherne. I wouldn't say there was 2 mins on the clock & we had 2 goals! The next 20 minutes were even enough until we had a man sent off (straight red) for a foul on the edge of our box. Pike went 2-1 5 mins later after again poor defending but a good finish from Phelan again. This seemed to waken us and for the remainder of the half (and prob the game) we dominated. Pa O Donoghue scored a great header just before HT. HT 2-2. We had a second man sent off inside the first 5 mins of the second half (I am biased but I thought it was v harsh). We showed unreal heart after that and missed a pen to win the game. Both teams tried to play football all day, best of luck to Pike B for the rest of the season.

[old git]

Also on the point of ye being a successful club in Shannon .. Explain this please as I don't think ye have been in premier for a while have ye... And ye haven't gone up this year yet.. Alot of ball to be played ..

a few results went in their favour today also without them even playing. but agree with you alot of ball still to be played but derek byrne & garry higgins would stiil be two very good additions to their squad.

[Lev Yashin]

Caherconlish 2 Shannon Town 1

[abbeyvale]

Div 1A P W D L F A Pts
Geraldines 12 8 3 1 33 12 27
Shannon Hibs 13 8 2 3 35 13 26
Pike Rvs B 13 7 3 3 36 21 24
Ballynanty Rs 12 6 2 4 24 25 20
Caherconlish 12 5 2 5 19 23 17
Caherdavin Cl 11 5 2 4 25 26 17
Shannon Tn 12 4 4 4 20 14 16
Mungret Reg 12 4 4 4 23 18 16
Charleville 12 4 2 6 21 31 14
Granville Rgs 11 3 2 6 17 24 11
Fairview B 13 3 2 8 21 38 11
Croom Utd 13 1 2 10 18 47 5


Fixtures
04/12/11
Granville v Caherconlish A, 10.30, M Kirby
Shannon Town v Caherdavin, 10.30, K Gorman
Croom Utd v Ballynanty Rvs, 10.30, M Kavanagh
Fairview B v Charleville, 10.30, S Rooney

[Hibs7772]

Div 1A P W D L F A Pts
Geraldines 12 8 3 1 33 12 27
Shannon Hibs 13 8 2 3 35 13 26
Pike Rvs B 13 7 3 3 36 21 24
Ballynanty Rs 12 6 2 4 24 25 20
Caherconlish 12 5 2 5 19 23 17
Caherdavin Cl 11 5 2 4 25 26 17
Shannon Tn 12 4 4 4 20 14 16
Mungret Reg 12 4 4 4 23 18 16
Charleville 12 4 2 6 21 31 14
Granville Rgs 11 3 2 6 17 24 11
Fairview B 13 3 2 8 21 38 11
Croom Utd 13 1 2 10 18 47 5


Fixtures
04/12/11
Granville v Caherconlish A, 10.30, M Kirby
Shannon Town v Caherdavin, 10.30, K Gorman
Croom Utd v Ballynanty Rvs, 10.30, M Kavanagh
Fairview B v Charleville, 10.30, S Rooney

What's the story with dines and hibs having barely any matches lately?

[old git]

What's the story with dines and hibs having barely any matches lately?

only the fixture secetary can answer this i'm sure both teams would rather be playing games than having free weekends !!

[Hollywood Hogan]

Might suit the dines to have their possible new signings available, looking at those Limerick lads up in athlone, a lot of lads playing LOI who really are not up to the standard

[abbeyvale]

What's the story with dines and hibs having barely any matches lately?

Dines are playing MJC this Sunday

[Hibs7772]

Might suit the dines to have their possible new signings available, looking at those Limerick lads up in athlone, a lot of lads playing LOI who really are not up to the standard

In fairness I really doubt the dines will be signing a load of lads from Athlone, no matter if they are up to the standard of LOI or not why would they play in 1A surely they'd just go to a team in the premier

[van der wheil]

In fairness I really doubt the dines will be signing a load of lads from Athlone, no matter if they are up to the standard of LOI or not why would they play in 1A surely they'd just go to a team in the premier


1 of them has signed - Bobby Tier.Jason Travis who was with Fairview A last year also signed.The reason i imagine there signing is they have a young manager that has done a lot in the game and is well respected.This and the fact they will in most likelyhood be playing premier next year.

[1904 Shelbourne]

Have Hibs been suspended or thrown out as they havent palyed a match in a month now?????

[Zizou]

Have Hibs been suspended or thrown out as they havent palyed a match in a month now?????
At least they're keeping busy training:

http://funstuffcafe.com/img/strange-weird/football/football01.jpg

[Bayern Munchies]

At least they're keeping busy training:

http://funstuffcafe.com/img/strange-weird/football/football01.jpg

Link not working...Is anything going to plan this year for Granville ;) :p

[Fairkop]

two good signings for the dines,will probably go straight into their team one would think.

[Hibs7772]

1 of them has signed - Bobby Tier.Jason Travis who was with Fairview A last year also signed.The reason i imagine there signing is they have a young manager that has done a lot in the game and is well respected.This and the fact they will in most likelyhood be playing premier next year.

Still dont understand why they would want to play in 1A...dines have a few bob these days or something..??? :pshould make the league more interesting anyway:D

[Second]

Could say the same about Gary Higgins surely he could get on alot of premier teams.. So why go to hibs.. It's down to personal choice I suppose.. Lads see a good future at dines maybe

[Bayern Munchies]

Hibs are been bankrolled by a Qatari buisnessman who's just moved to the area or so the rumour goes anyway. In all seriousness Gary is probably joining Hibs because it's the handiest for him living in Shannon and having to travel to play the past 3 seasons .

[Hollywood Hogan]

Unless your joining pike or the Boro this year, there is not much chance of winning silverware. These players wouldn't make either side

[Hibs7772]

Second....Garry Higgins lives in Shannon so that's why he's probably joining Hibs, the other players have a host of clubs in town to choose from a few of which are in the premier so why go to dines?? Shannon doesn't have a team in the premier and I'm sure if they did Garry Higgins would choose them and to Hollywood hogan how would these players not make either pike or boro when they are coming down from LOI which is a higher standard than the premier...also Garry Higgins was in with the boro last year and was getting his game quite comfortably

[old git]

Second....Garry Higgins lives in Shannon so that's why he's probably joining Hibs, the other players have a host of clubs in town to choose from a few of which are in the premier so why go to dines?? Shannon doesn't have a team in the premier and I'm sure if they did Garry Higgins would choose them and to Hollywood hogan how would these players not make either pike or boro when they are coming down from LOI which is a higher standard than the premier...also Garry Higgins was in with the boro last year and was getting his game quite comfortably

what's the big deal !!! players are entitled to sign for what ever team they want ,, go through all the lower divisions and you will find lads playing ball that should be playing in a higher division, shane walters a perfect example not so long ago playing 3a with star b..

[theboywonder8]

what's the big deal !!! players are entitled to sign for what ever team they want ,, go through all the lower divisions and you will find lads playing ball that should be playing in a higher division, shane walters a perfect example not so long ago playing 3a with star b..
The players that have signed are good friends with the gaffer,isint that right van der wheil,good luck to them.

[Hollywood Hogan]

I just think outside of kavanagh, Colbert and Jason Hughes that there are better players around the town than those who were signed by athlone, these players probably saw no attraction in travelling up and down the country for €40 a week. As for Gary Higgins good player but Boro team is unrecognisable from this year to last year