Limerick Division 1A 2011/12

[Jofspring]

They mightnt have one yet,all depends on junior council tonight and what action will be taken,they have received numurous warnings about their behaviour.

Weren't Croom warned last season that if they stepped out of line again they where out?? or something to that affect.

I'm pretty sure its the third time in the last few seasons that Croom have had games abandoned due to threats.

[theboywonder8]

Weren't Croom warned last season that if they stepped out of line again they where out?? or something to that affect.

I'm pretty sure its the third time in the last few seasons that Croom have had games abandoned due to threats.
They have been suspended for two years i believe,just their a team,thats what i heard anyway,looks like no game for park again,

[Jofspring]

Thought you couldn't have a B team though without an A team?

Surely Park have set up some friendlies though? Plenty of teams around town either down for no game some weekends or have had their matches called off early, i.e on a Friday would like a game to keep going.

[Hibs7772]

Thought you couldn't have a B team though without an A team?

Surely Park have set up some friendlies though? Plenty of teams around town either down for no game some weekends or have had their matches called off early, i.e on a Friday would like a game to keep going.

hibs had one friendly in them 2-3 months....thats it, tis a joke that every other team were down to play matches and hibs werent, dont understand it at all.

on other things, any word on if anything was done to croom for threatening the ref??

[lankyboy26]

hibs had one friendly in them 2-3 months....thats it, tis a joke that every other team were down to play matches and hibs werent, dont understand it at all.

on other things, any word on if anything was done to croom for threatening the ref??

I heard Croom have been thrown out of the league and banned for 2 and a half years (pending an appeal). It's only word of mouth at present but a few people have told me this. It makes a joke of the whole league when a team from the SECOND TIER of Limerick gets thrown out for violence towards referees. If you ask me Croom should be banned for longer because of the way they carry on, it's been going on for years with them

[Balbec77]

They have been suspended for two years i believe,just their a team,thats what i heard anyway,looks like no game for park again,ya 2 years is correct and the player got 10 years.

[abbeyvale]

I heard Croom have been thrown out of the league and banned for 2 and a half years (pending an appeal). It's only word of mouth at present but a few people have told me this. It makes a joke of the whole league when a team from the SECOND TIER of Limerick gets thrown out for violence towards referees. If you ask me Croom should be banned for longer because of the way they carry on, it's been going on for years with them

So does that mean that any team that has already dropped points v Croom will stand?

[Jofspring]

So does that mean that any team that has already dropped points v Croom will stand?

If the first round of fixtures has passed then yes. e.g everyone has played everyone.

[Second]

I would hope it's the whole club and not just the A team that are suspended as all these players can transfer down to B team before end of January.. Which would defeat the purpose really

[the lobster]

HIBS have not had a fixture since the 13th of Nov against balla b, next fixture they get is to a team who are banned for 2 years. when are fixtures made and when did croom get banned, surely after the croom / pike b game being abandond on sunday they would have known that croom were possibly not going to involved anymore.

[square it]

Anyone signed on an A form is banned for the rest of the season but if I remember correctly when shelbourne Wer banned for something similar a couple of years ago the players not involved in the incedent could apply for special disposition off the ldmc to move to a new club.it would be worth looking into for the fellas on the team that had interest in playing football and not trying to intimidate the ref

[diego10]

if croom are thrown out of the league does that mean only one other team will be relegated

[the lobster]

Think thats what happens, Did the time Shels were dismissed few years back.
Croom were bottom as it was with 5 points so looks like they would have been relegated anyway.

[Zizou]

Granville 2-1 Fairview B
A huge win this and very hard fought. Fairview were not going to roll over easy and gave us a great game. It was a hard slog on a pitch that has seen better days, but in the end we were full value for the win. Our goals came from Barry Lipper and Kieran Patton.
Best for us: John Togher.

[footymad]

Granville 2-1 Fairview B
A huge win this and very hard fought. Fairview were not going to roll over easy and gave us a great game. It was a hard slog on a pitch that has seen better days, but in the end we were full value for the win. Our goals came from Barry Lipper and Kieran Patton.
Best for us: John Togher.

Yes it was a very hard fought game on a very heavy pitch. Both teams tried very hard to play a bit of football but it was near impossible on that kind of surface. View struggled for a team today and not having a keeper due to the 18s match was a blow but fair play to young Josh for stepping in not easy when you have never played there before. There was nothing he could do with both goals as the first was a good free kick and the second took a wicked deflection. View had a lot of possession but never really tested the Granville keeper. Well done to Granville but i thought a draw would have been a fair result.
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[abbeyvale]

Div 1A
P W D L F A Pts
Geraldines 14 10 3 1 37 15 33
Shannon Hibs 14 9 2 3 35 13 29
Pike Rvs B 14 8 3 3 39 21 27
Ballynanty Rs 14 8 2 4 29 25 26
Caherdavin Cl 13 7 2 4 28 28 23
Caherconlish 15 7 2 6 26 28 23
Mungret Reg 14 6 4 4 24 18 22
Shannon Tn 14 5 4 5 22 17 19
Granville Rgs 14 5 2 7 20 29 17
Charleville 14 4 2 8 21 37 14
Fairview B 14 3 2 9 22 40 11
Croom Utd 22 1 2 11 18 50 5

Results
Sun 22/01/12
Granville Rgs 2-1 Fairview Rgs B,
Croom Utd P-P Shannon Hibs,
Ballynanty Rvs B 5-0 Charleville,


Fixtures
Sun 29/01/12
Pike Rvs B v Fairview Rgs B, 10.30, A Keogh
Charleville v Granville, 10.30, M Kiely
Mungret Reg v Ballynanty Rvs, 10.30, G Clancy
Geraldines v Shannon Hibs, 10.30, D Broughton

[Zizou]

Predictions:
Sun 29/01/12
Pike Rvs B 5 v 0 Fairview Rgs B
Mungret Reg 2 v 3 Ballynanty Rvs
Geraldines 3 v 1 Shannon Hibs

[Hibs7772]

predictions:
Pike Rvs B 4-0 Fairview Rgs B
Charleville 1-1 Granville, 10.30
Mungret Reg 1-2 Ballynanty Rvs

[Zizou]

Charleville 4-3 Granville
Bitterly dissappointed to leave without anything from this mornings game, in very difficult conditions we battled well but made too many costly errors and played catch up all game, trailing 1-0, 3-1 and 4-2. Credit to the home side for attempting to play football on what turned into a mud bath early on. Our goals were from Philip Coffey, Neill Mc Gourty and Olly Kenny.

[Hibs7772]

Dines 2-1 Shannon Hibs

Davey Wall with a great free kick for Hibs, Dines replied on the stroke of half time and then scored what turned out to be the winner with about 20 mins left to go. Scrappy match, not much ball played, mostly due to the pitch. was a mud bath. match should have never been played. that being said well done to the dines, a good team with some great players.

Anyone got the result of the pike b and fairview b match??

[champs09]

Dines 2-1 Shannon Hibs

Davey Wall with a great free kick for Hibs, Dines replied on the stroke of half time and then scored what turned out to be the winner with about 20 mins left to go. Scrappy match, not much ball played, mostly due to the pitch. was a mud bath. match should have never been played. that being said well done to the dines, a good team with some great players.

Anyone got the result of the pike b and fairview b match??

Pike match was called off

[theboywonder8]

How the referee played that game this morning is a mystery,a blind man could have seen the pitch was not playable,how in the name of god did he deem that pitch was playable when there was puddles of water all over the pitch,no regard whatsoever for the players that took to the field,just goes to show their only in it for the money,having said that the players on view tried their hardest on horrendous surface,fair play to them,taught a draw would have been a fair result,anyone think the dines winner was offside?

[Hibs7772]

How the referee played that game this morning is a mystery,a blind man could have seen the pitch was not playable,how in the name of god did he deem that pitch was playable when there was puddles of water all over the pitch,no regard whatsoever for the players that took to the field,just goes to show their only in it for the money,having said that the players on view tried their hardest on horrendous surface,fair play to them,taught a draw would have been a fair result,anyone think the dines winner was offside?
Having played in the game myself I can say the pitch was horrible to play on but like you say both sets of players did there best. Dines winner did look about 4 or 5 yards offside and i think there first goal had crossed the goal line before it was crossed in and finished as well..............Dines pitch wont right for a 3-4 weeks now i'd say, hardly a blade of grass left on it...

[old git]

How the referee played that game this morning is a mystery,a blind man could have seen the pitch was not playable,how in the name of god did he deem that pitch was playable when there was puddles of water all over the pitch,no regard whatsoever for the players that took to the field,just goes to show their only in it for the money,having said that the players on view tried their hardest on horrendous surface,fair play to them,taught a draw would have been a fair result,anyone think the dines winner was offside?

lads, does anybody agree clubs should have more say on games being played that will damage their pitch for a couple of weeks or more a lot of time & work is put in by clubs to get a decent playing surface and you then get a referee who will play a game with no regard to pitches or both teams, what would happen if both teams took a stand and refused to play !!!

[old git]

The away team will always want to play,dines should just have told the ref we are not playing the match give him his half fee and end of.dont forget the clubs own the pitches they put in the €€€€€.the clubs will be the ones who will have to work hard to get them back to match standered only for the next ref to do the same.this is not a dig at the dines but they are the only ones to blame.ps dont forget it is not all about the junior teams schoolboys/girls have to use them pitches also.

dont agree that the away team will always want to play.. who wants to play on a pitch with puddles of water on it.. if dines refused to play and gave referee half match fee i would assume lmdc would award game to the away team as referee had declared pitch playable , so do not think it is as simple as home team refusing to play . would have more issues with lmdc who seem to let other clubs have games called off on fridays / saturdays after they make a phone call and then other clubs have to play games in terrible conditions :ball:

[prawnsandwich2]

The away team will always want to play,dines should just have told the ref we are not playing the match give him his half fee and end of.dont forget the clubs own the pitches they put in the €€€€€.the clubs will be the ones who will have to work hard to get them back to match standered only for the next ref to do the same.this is not a dig at the dines but they are the only ones to blame.ps dont forget it is not all about the junior teams schoolboys/girls have to use them pitches also.
once the match has not been called off before sunday,it is up too the ref if the game proceeds or not.
you can accompany the ref during the pitch inspection,and point out the hazards to him,if you feel the match should not take place.
but it is the ref who has the ultimate decision

[Jofspring]

The summer football thing should happen but probably won't. A lot of country teams would be against it and also the top few teams in limerick would probably be against it too. Even if the GAA matches don't clash with the football during the season then most likely teams would lose their players for GAA training, then the top teams would also be playing the FAI in the off season and their pitches can hold up the bad weather so it wouldn't make a huge difference to them.

Unless the FAI forced the change to coincide with the LOI (which they should) then I can't see it happening.

[Lev Yashin]

O’Neill’s Soccer League Div 1A

Charleville v Caherconlish, 10.30, J McNamara

Shannon Town v Caherdavin Celtic, 10.30, M Kiely

Mungret Reg v Geraldines, 10.30, M Bourke

Ballynanty Rs v Granville Rgs, 10.30, G Clancy


These are the fixtures according to the LDMC website but we played Caherdavin a couple of weeks ago at home...

So i dunno what the story is...

[Hibs7772]

O’Neill’s Soccer League Div 1A

Charleville v Caherconlish, 10.30, J McNamara

Shannon Town v Caherdavin Celtic, 10.30, M Kiely

Mungret Reg v Geraldines, 10.30, M Bourke

Ballynanty Rs v Granville Rgs, 10.30, G Clancy


These are the fixtures according to the LDMC website but we played Caherdavin a couple of weeks ago at home...

So i dunno what the story is...

they havent a clue how to manage the fixtures, Hibs not down for a game again? shocking stuff...!

[barryk]

See Website - OBVIOUSLY A TYPO


O’Neill’s Soccer League Div 1A

Charleville v Caherconlish, 10.30, J McNamara

Shannon Hibs v Caherdavin Celtic, 10.30, M Kiely

Mungret Reg v Geraldines, 10.30, M Bourke


Ballynanty Rs v Granville Rgs, 10.30, G Clancy

[barryk]

The summer football thing should happen but probably won't. A lot of country teams would be against it and also the top few teams in limerick would probably be against it too. Even if the GAA matches don't clash with the football during the season then most likely teams would lose their players for GAA training, then the top teams would also be playing the FAI in the off season and their pitches can hold up the bad weather so it wouldn't make a huge difference to them.

Unless the FAI forced the change to coincide with the LOI (which they should) then I can't see it happening.

Junior Soccer should change to coincide with LOI? Why?
Should it not be the other way around as Junior Soccer is by far the more popular and interactive.
For the last 90 years Junior soccer has been played in it's current format and is as popular as ever (judging by the number of participants)
Changing to a summer format would not only halve the number of teams it would also affect teams ability to put out their best XI. Remember summer holidays and before you say we could take a break for a month - In todays jobs market you take holidays when it suits the company! Also players with Children are under pressure for family time at weekends during the summer.
We played junior soccer for years in Cals Park, Shelbourne Park etc and it rained back then too.
The fields recover in no time - we've become too precious!

[Second]

Great post Barryk .. I totally agree when I played it was hard enough to get out of the house any Sunday but you'd have had no hope during the summer.. In all fairness we get crap weather in summer months too..

[Jofspring]

Junior Soccer should change to coincide with LOI? Why?
Should it not be the other way around as Junior Soccer is by far the more popular and interactive.
For the last 90 years Junior soccer has been played in it's current format and is as popular as ever (judging by the number of participants)
Changing to a summer format would not only halve the number of teams it would also affect teams ability to put out their best XI. Remember summer holidays and before you say we could take a break for a month - In todays jobs market you take holidays when it suits the company! Also players with Children are under pressure for family time at weekends during the summer.
We played junior soccer for years in Cals Park, Shelbourne Park etc and it rained back then too.
The fields recover in no time - we've become too precious!

The FAI would need to force it because it would be better for all leagues to do it together than the one or two that are at the moment. To coincide with the LOI was because it is working for the LOI and for no other reason. So why would they go back? The quality of players in the LOI has improved by playing on better pitches week in week out, proof of this being the amount of players that are starting to make there way to England and be successful in the higher divisions (Doyle, Long, McClean, Fahy to name a few) there is far less risk of going a month to two months without a game also (in Shannon Hibs case 3 months).

Obviously Junior soccer is more interactive because the number of teams greatly out numbers the amount of LOI teams and the standard is lower so more people can participate. I don't see what relevance that has though to playing in the summer. I don't know if it is more popular either, maybe in Limerick but not many other places, certainly not in Cork or Dublin anyway. I have been at a few Pike matches and there was about 60 at it and that was being generous. Junior is king in Limerick but in a lot of counties GAA, Rugby or Senior Soccer is a head of it.

People go on holidays all year round now, we have had players going on holiday in August, September, October, November, December (not to mention missing due to Christmas parties) and January. We have also had players missing for stags, work and emigrating so no matter what time of year games are on you will have players missing for other reasons like holidays etc....

Summer soccer would also allow for more midweek games and Saturday evening games, with later kick off times because the days are longer, which cancels out the commitments some people may have at weekends during the summer. No more kick offs at 6:15 on a Tuesday where lads have to rush from work or sitting in on a Saturday night knowing full well the ref will call off the game in the morning. It is still a possibility of happening but less likely.

Our pitch is decent enough but with Schoolboys, A's and B games all on it some weeks then the pitch can be out of action for anything from 2 weeks to a month. Not everyone has a groundsman to keep it in great nick or underground drainage.

There is also the cost of Astroturf that would be saved. A lot of teams have to pay for their Schoolboys and Junior teams to train on Astroturf most the year round where as in the Summer they can train on grass on their own pitches at virtually no cost.

There are plenty of reasons for and against summer soccer but I think if you asked everyone, most would prefer playing on a decent pitch on a nice day rather than in the freezing cold in the lashing rain on a mudding pitch that you are even struggling to run on. Staying in Saturday night and getting up at 9:00 in the morning on a Sunday fully in the knowlegde the ref is going to call it off.

[Lev Yashin]

The FAI would need to force it because it would be better for all leagues to do it together than the one or two that are at the moment. To coincide with the LOI was because it is working for the LOI and for no other reason. So why would they go back? The quality of players in the LOI has improved by playing on better pitches week in week out, proof of this being the amount of players that are starting to make there way to England and be successful in the higher divisions (Doyle, Long, McClean, Fahy to name a few) there is far less risk of going a month to two months without a game also (in Shannon Hibs case 3 months).

Obviously Junior soccer is more interactive because the number of teams greatly out numbers the amount of LOI teams and the standard is lower so more people can participate. I don't see what relevance that has though to playing in the summer. I don't know if it is more popular either, maybe in Limerick but not many other places, certainly not in Cork or Dublin anyway. I have been at a few Pike matches and there was about 60 at it and that was being generous. Junior is king in Limerick but in a lot of counties GAA, Rugby or Senior Soccer is a head of it.

People go on holidays all year round now, we have had players going on holiday in August, September, October, November, December (not to mention missing due to Christmas parties) and January. We have also had players missing for stags, work and emigrating so no matter what time of year games are on you will have players missing for other reasons like holidays etc....

Summer soccer would also allow for more midweek games and Saturday evening games, with later kick off times because the days are longer, which cancels out the commitments some people may have at weekends during the summer. No more kick offs at 6:15 on a Tuesday where lads have to rush from work or sitting in on a Saturday night knowing full well the ref will call off the game in the morning. It is still a possibility of happening but less likely.

Our pitch is decent enough but with Schoolboys, A's and B games all on it some weeks then the pitch can be out of action for anything from 2 weeks to a month. Not everyone has a groundsman to keep it in great nick or underground drainage.

There is also the cost of Astroturf that would be saved. A lot of teams have to pay for their Schoolboys and Junior teams to train on Astroturf most the year round where as in the Summer they can train on grass on their own pitches at virtually no cost.

There are plenty of reasons for and against summer soccer but I think if you asked everyone, most would prefer playing on a decent pitch on a nice day rather than in the freezing cold in the lashing rain on a mudding pitch that you are even struggling to run on. Staying in Saturday night and getting up at 9:00 in the morning on a Sunday fully in the knowlegde the ref is going to call it off.

See we talk about frozen pitches but have you ever played on a rock hard pitch in the summer(especially goalmouths) you may as well be diving on a frozen pitch. I broke a wrist from landing on it on hard pitch last year and i can imagine slide tackling isn't an option on a pitch that would rip into your knee.

Ok some teams could water thier pitches but this isn't an option for all or most teams.

Give me a mudbath to dive in over a sundrenched patch of dusty dirt...

[Jofspring]

See we talk about frozen pitches but have you ever played on a rock hard pitch in the summer(especially goalmouths) you may as well be diving on a frozen pitch. I broke a wrist from landing on it on hard pitch last year and i can imagine slide tackling isn't an option on a pitch that would rip into your knee.

Ok some teams could water thier pitches but this isn't an option for all or most teams.

Give me a mudbath to dive in over a sundrenched patch of dusty dirt...

Easier to water a pitch (for the vast majority of teams) though than de-ice or clear puddles in them :D

Also it wouldn't be too far off playing on AstroTurf or the 3G and 4G pitches (a little more give in them) which Aisling are currently doing and most people are delighted to play on them.

I still think the pros of summer outweight the cons especially with the way theweather seems to be going recently. From about the end of October till the middle of January most matches are being called off or at least half the fixtures every weekend. Something needs to be done.

[barryk]

Easier to water a pitch (for the vast majority of teams) though than de-ice or clear puddles in them :D

Also it wouldn't be too far off playing on AstroTurf or the 3G and 4G pitches (a little more give in them) which Aisling are currently doing and most people are delighted to play on them.

I still think the pros of summer outweight the cons especially with the way theweather seems to be going recently. From about the end of October till the middle of January most matches are being called off or at least half the fixtures every weekend. Something needs to be done.

Checked the results on soccer website
Nov 2 - 1 game off
Nov 10 - 2 games off
Nov 17 - Zero games off
Nov 23 - 3 games off
Dec 3rd - Zero Games off
Dec 10th - Zero Games Off
Dec 17th - Blanket call off
Jan 4th - 7 games off
Jan 9th - 4 games off
Jan 16th - 3 games off
Jan 22nd - 5 games off
Jan 30th - 30 Games Off
With the exception of last weekend it hardly backs up your argument.
As far as I know any club who rang the fixtures sec on Saturday to say their pitch was in trouble had their game cancelled.
Jofspring, I can see from the number of posts that you have a big interest in soccer and long may it last.
However I think your blinkered somwhat when it comes to LOI.
I've seen Limerick play about five/six times this season and you have yet to convince me it is any better than a good junior game.
Granted facilities and fitness are better but with a few obvious exceptions the standard is no better than junior fare.
So to think the LDMC should change what has been working well (with a few glitches along the way) to get in line with Limerick is ridiculous.
The LDMC has outlasted numerous guises of Limerick FC/37/Utd/City and while I wish the Senior side nothing but the best the bodies must be independent.
As regards Senior Soccer being more popular in Cork and Galway, well this is Limerick and when you say Pike have about 60 watching their games, remember there are other games in competition for most Pike matches with over 4000 people playing most weekends.
When Pike played Boro in Pearse Stadium I'm told by a Boro man they took in over €2,500 on the gate. That game was fixed for afternoon when other matches were in the morning.
If there is such a demand for Summer soccer among the Junior ranks then it would be so. The clubs put forward the rule changes and as far as I know no one has even mentioned it.
ps. You must have no kids - otherwise you'd know how summer nights work!

[Lev Yashin]

Checked the results on soccer website
Nov 2 - 1 game off
Nov 10 - 2 games off
Nov 17 - Zero games off
Nov 23 - 3 games off
Dec 3rd - Zero Games off
Dec 10th - Zero Games Off
Dec 17th - Blanket call off
Jan 4th - 7 games off
Jan 9th - 4 games off
Jan 16th - 3 games off
Jan 22nd - 5 games off
Jan 30th - 30 Games Off
With the exception of last weekend it hardly backs up your argument.
As far as I know any club who rang the fixtures sec on Saturday to say their pitch was in trouble had their game cancelled.
Jofspring, I can see from the number of posts that you have a big interest in soccer and long may it last.
However I think your blinkered somwhat when it comes to LOI.
I've seen Limerick play about five/six times this season and you have yet to convince me it is any better than a good junior game.
Granted facilities and fitness are better but with a few obvious exceptions the standard is no better than junior fare.
So to think the LDMC should change what has been working well (with a few glitches along the way) to get in line with Limerick is ridiculous.
The LDMC has outlasted numerous guises of Limerick FC/37/Utd/City and while I wish the Senior side nothing but the best the bodies must be independent.
As regards Senior Soccer being more popular in Cork and Galway, well this is Limerick and when you say Pike have about 60 watching their games, remember there are other games in competition for most Pike matches with over 4000 people playing most weekends.
When Pike played Boro in Pearse Stadium I'm told by a Boro man they took in over €2,500 on the gate. That game was fixed for afternoon when other matches were in the morning.
If there is such a demand for Summer soccer among the Junior ranks then it would be so. The clubs put forward the rule changes and as far as I know no one has even mentioned it.
ps. You must have no kids - otherwise you'd know how summer nights work!

We rang on staurday to call it off and were told we couldn't...our b-team had match called off at home sunday morning and we rang again to get ours called off and we were told no...so Killmallock had to travel.

I understand some teams pull fast ones when there are missing players but the weather last week was enough to tell you matches were not going to go ahead.

[Jofspring]

Checked the results on soccer website
Nov 2 - 1 game off
Nov 10 - 2 games off
Nov 17 - Zero games off
Nov 23 - 3 games off
Dec 3rd - Zero Games off
Dec 10th - Zero Games Off
Dec 17th - Blanket call off
Jan 4th - 7 games off
Jan 9th - 4 games off
Jan 16th - 3 games off
Jan 22nd - 5 games off
Jan 30th - 30 Games Off
With the exception of last weekend it hardly backs up your argument.
As far as I know any club who rang the fixtures sec on Saturday to say their pitch was in trouble had their game cancelled.
Jofspring, I can see from the number of posts that you have a big interest in soccer and long may it last.
However I think your blinkered somwhat when it comes to LOI.
I've seen Limerick play about five/six times this season and you have yet to convince me it is any better than a good junior game.
Granted facilities and fitness are better but with a few obvious exceptions the standard is no better than junior fare.
So to think the LDMC should change what has been working well (with a few glitches along the way) to get in line with Limerick is ridiculous.
The LDMC has outlasted numerous guises of Limerick FC/37/Utd/City and while I wish the Senior side nothing but the best the bodies must be independent.
As regards Senior Soccer being more popular in Cork and Galway, well this is Limerick and when you say Pike have about 60 watching their games, remember there are other games in competition for most Pike matches with over 4000 people playing most weekends.
When Pike played Boro in Pearse Stadium I'm told by a Boro man they took in over €2,500 on the gate. That game was fixed for afternoon when other matches were in the morning.
If there is such a demand for Summer soccer among the Junior ranks then it would be so. The clubs put forward the rule changes and as far as I know no one has even mentioned it.
ps. You must have no kids - otherwise you'd know how summer nights work!

Not blinkered at all. I attend junior soccer, have managed junior soccer and play junior soccer currently as well as attend LOI games and in my opinion there is a big step up, as you mention with fitness, its a bit speedier, there seems to be less space and the players have to think that little bit quicker. Player for player you may say some are not that much better but as whole squads it is a big step up. Salthill are beaten week in week out and to be honest as a junior team they actually would be pretty decent. Many a top Junior player has stepped up to LOI and been lost at that level and pretty soon has gone back and I don't just mean in Limerick. I was expecting big things from Pike going up to watch them a few times when I saw their squad and I don't know is it because of the opposition they are playing or what but I was disappointed. Maybe at a higher level they would actually show a bit more of their quality, they certainly looked pretty good against Fairview last season in the Touhy Cup. I also agree a lot of Limericks games last season where muck and not much better than a junior game but the games in Cork and Shelbourne where certainly a step up from Junior and the games in the premier would be a good bit of a step up from the first division games last season. This season footballing wise is also probably going to be the worst in years with only 8 teams, 3 with any promotion hopes and the rest following behind.


It's not for Limerick FC or the LOI's benefit that I think Junior should be played in the summer as I don't think by junior teams playing at the same time it will really have any direct affect or benefit for the LOI teams. Its just the way I personally think it should go for the other reasons I've pointed out. As you say if the clubs want it it will happen and if not it won't. I actually can't see it happen to be honest.

[old git]

We rang on staurday to call it off and were told we couldn't...our b-team had match called off at home sunday morning and we rang again to get ours called off and we were told no...so Killmallock had to travel.

I understand some teams pull fast ones when there are missing players but the weather last week was enough to tell you matches were not going to go ahead.

shannonman getting games called off by calling secetary on a saturday only applys to certain clubs in limerick !!

[Mighty almighty]

wondering what this pike rovers B team is like,my local team playing them this week,what kinda of a side are they!!

[Jofspring]

wondering what this pike rovers B team is like,my local team playing them this week,what kinda of a side are they!!

They are a decent side and one of the better teams in division 1A, just one division below the premier.

[Mighty almighty]

They are a decent side and one of the better teams in division 1A, just one division below the premier.

very good,should be a decent game down in midleton so!cheers

[ProEvo]

Pike B are only average at best.3/4 in a poor league.Midleton will be way to strong for them 3 zip to the rebels.


Talking rubish once again. prob never seen midleton play and want to get a dig in on pike.... I don't have anything to do with pike but support limerick junior soccer. so best of luck to them and any other limerick team. going around saying teams in 1 a are average ?? sometimes people sit down on the couch and think they know it all, and your def one of them.

[KUFCMan]

Did Pike bt Midleton last night or was it called off?

[the lobster]

result
shannon hibs 4 -0 caherdavin celtic

any other results?

[passandmove]

Dines won again,3 or 4 1 i think,they as good as up.

[hotspur]

Dines won again,3 or 4 1 i think,they as good as up.
3 2 was on the radio,

[Hibs7772]

I heard Dines drew 2-2....anyone have the official result??

[old git]

Did Pike bt Midleton last night or was it called off?

midelton won 3-2 after extra time is what i heard !!

[champs09]

Dines won 3-2 I was talkin to one of their players today.
Pike lost 3-2 in extra time last nite game was nearly an hour later starting pike were down to ten men at half time and down to 9 by time the 90mins was up the sending off-s were a bit harsh the Middleton keeper should have been sent off but stayed on the pitch pike conceded a goal late into the second half of extra time pike deserved to win in my opinion but you can you do when the 3 officials are against u best of luck to Middleton in the next round