2012 EA Sports Cup

[Battery Rover]

Some funny comments on that Waterford v UCD update page on ET.

The best updates I have seen.

75' - Own Goal - In remarkable sporting fashion, Waterford have decided to help their opponents' march towards the record books. Peter White glancing a delicate header beyond Holden, who must be in a murderous sort of mood. I hope he doesn't have a cat.

:D

[nigel-harps1954]

Comeback is on in Cork, Wexford pull one back. 5-1 now.

Full time in Waterford.

[nigel-harps1954]

Athlone grab a second. Athlone 2-5 Drogs.

[nigel-harps1954]

Monaghan equalise in injury time against Fanad!

[nigel-harps1954]

Disaster altogether, 2-1 Monaghan. 90+2 was the equaliser, and one minute later they score what really has to be the winner.

EDIT: FT now. Horrible for Fanad.

[bullit]

But good for the punter's(sorry Fanad)

[eL Bettor]

Roddy Collins Jnr with the winner!!!!! :)

[nigel-harps1954]

Loads of goals tonight. 26 goals in 6 games!

Athlone 2-5 Drogs
Cork 5-1 Wexford
Harps 2-0 Mayo League
Waterford 1-6 UCD
Monaghan 2-1 Fanad
Shels 1-0 Mervue

[L.T.F.C.]

Waterford LOL!

[brendy_éire]

Disaster altogether, 2-1 Monaghan. 90+2 was the equaliser, and one minute later they score what really has to be the winner.

EDIT: FT now. Horrible for Fanad.

Gutted for Fanad. And meself. Barring the FAI Cup, y dream of an away trip to Portsalon will have to wait another year.

[Sam_Heggy]

Gutted for Fanad. And meself. Barring the FAI Cup, y dream of an away trip to Portsalon will have to wait another year.

Fanad are not in the FAI cup this year.

Harps, Monaghan, Sligo and Derry in the pot for our section of the League cup draw.

[eL Bettor]

Based on Roddy's starting X1 tonight I will be backing against them in the next round!

[Magicme]

Talk about a relief!! Jaysus was sure we were out. Thank you Conor Murphy and Roddy Collins.

[El-Pietro]

some cracking goals at the Cross last night. Lovely finish from about the edge of the box from Daryl Horgan to open the scoring (no bookie between my house and the ground would give me odds on first goalscorer and I wanted to back Daryl!). Kalen Spillane haas been watching Gav Kav and let loose from 30-40 yards out, while the Wexford keeper must have been taking goalkeeping tips from Oscar Jansson. The pick of the night though was either Davin O'neills left fooot curler from outside the box (hes right footed) or the spectacular attempt from Wexfords goal scorer to beat Burns from a miles out, not quite the half way line but not far off I'd say.

Oh and tadgh got on the scoresheet! Delighted for him

[Shannonsider]

Just seen on the Derry website that they drew Finn Harps in the 2nd round.

Can't find the rest of the draw anywhere? Does anyone have it?

[El-Pietro]

haven't heard the draw but the second round is still "regionalised" as far as I know
These are the remaining teams by pool

Pool 1:
Cork City
Limerick
St. Patricks Athletic
U.C.D.

Pool 2:
Derry City
Finn Harps
Monaghan United
Sligo Rovers

Pool 3:
Bray Wanderers
SD Galway
Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne

Pool 4:
Bohemians
Drogheda United
Dundalk
Longford Town

[PartySaint]

Draw:
Lim v Cork, Pats v UCD, Derry v Harps, Sligo v Mon, SD Galway v Rovers, Shels v Bray, Drog v Bohs, L'ford v Dun

[Shannonsider]

The draw for the Second Round of the 2012 EA SPORTS Cup was made today and resulted as follows:

POOL 1
Limerick v Cork City
St. Patrick’s Athletic v U.C.D.

POOL 2
Derry City v Finn Harps
Sligo Rovers v Monaghan United

POOL 3
SD Galway v Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne v Bray Wanderers

POOL 4
Drogheda United v Bohemians
Longford Town v Dundalk


Ties to be played on Monday/Tuesday, 9th/10th April.See More

[nigel-harps1954]

Interesting draw. Limerick v Cork should be a cracker. Couple of decent derby matches there.

[El-Pietro]

Interesting draw. Limerick v Cork should be a cracker. Couple of decent derby matches there.
a couple - exactly! despite the fact that its a "regional" draw - theres only two games that are close to being called derbies!

[nigel-harps1954]

I would have said 4, if not 5 of them would be classed as derbies.

Limerick v Cork City
St. Patrick’s Athletic v U.C.D.
Derry City v Finn Harps
Sligo Rovers v Monaghan United

All derbies in my view.

Shelbourne v Bray could technically be classed as a derby because lets face it, Bray is a suburb of Dublin at this stage.

[PartySaint]

I would have said 4, if not 5 of them would be classed as derbies.

Limerick v Cork City
St. Patrick’s Athletic v U.C.D.
Derry City v Finn Harps
Sligo Rovers v Monaghan United

All derbies in my view.

Shelbourne v Bray could technically be classed as a derby because lets face it, Bray is a suburb of Dublin at this stage.

If you are going to class Sligo v Mons as a derby you may as well do the same with Bray v Shels, neither is a Derby IMO

[nigel-harps1954]

It's as close to a derby as Sligo have really.

[bluewhitearmy]

I know they are Dublin and all but i wouldnt really count UCD as a derby for anyone.

[nigel-harps1954]

I know they are Dublin and all but i wouldnt really count UCD as a derby for anyone.

Why not? They're in Dublin, so, it's a Dublin derby.

[bluewhitearmy]

Why not? They're in Dublin, so, it's a Dublin derby.

I know it is a Dublin Derby but its like London Derbies some have real rivalry some just don't matter....
Cant see any Pats,Bohs,Rovers or Shels fan getting excited about a game against UCD like they would playing each other.

[nigel-harps1954]

I know it is a Dublin Derby but its like London Derbies some have real rivalry some just don't matter....
Cant see any Pats,Bohs,Rovers or Shels fan getting excited about a game against UCD like they would playing each other.


That's a different matter altogether, whether they have a big rivalry or not, they're still a derby match.

[bluewhitearmy]

That's a different matter altogether, whether they have a big rivalry or not, they're still a derby match.

True i just wouldn't be getting excited about a derby match involving UCD most derbies give a bit of extra bite or excitement to games.

[nigel-harps1954]

True i just wouldn't be getting excited about a derby match involving UCD most derbies give a bit of extra bite or excitement to games.

Of course, nothing beats the rivalrys that come with big derby matches. Being a Harps fan wouldn't be the same for me if it weren't for the big derby with Derry.

[bluewhitearmy]

Of course, nothing beats the rivalrys that come with big derby matches. Being a Harps fan wouldn't be the same for me if it weren't for the big derby with Derry.

Ye must be pleased with the draw so...Cant wait to play Cork wish it was on in Turners Cross though.

[nigel-harps1954]

Ye must be pleased with the draw so...Cant wait to play Cork wish it was on in Turners Cross though.

Funny it's the same here, can't wait for Derry, but wish it was in Finn Park.

[horton]

Ye must be pleased with the draw so...Cant wait to play Cork wish it was on in Turners Cross though.
At least you won't have any problems if you need to go for a ****!

Even though Institute play only 5-6 miles from the Brandywell, to me our real derby is always playing Finn Harps, much more enjoyable game!

[L.T.F.C.]

Another cup for us! :D

[Aaron]

Funny it's the same here, can't wait for Derry, but wish it was in Finn Park.

Same, enjoy a run to Finn Park. Hope we get you in the cup down there

[monsexile]

Fifth time playing Sligo in cups in just over two years and haven't won once - can't see it changing with Roddy's youth selection policy for the competition either.

[nigel-harps1954]

Same, enjoy a run to Finn Park. Hope we get you in the cup down there

Big replay hopefully so ;P

[BonnieShels]

How Bray are regionalised with us and Pats and UCD are regionalised with the Langers and Lims I don't know.

[citybone]

How Bray are regionalised with us and Pats and UCD are regionalised with the Langers and Lims I don't know.

I can see your point it should be Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Wexford, Bray and 1 south Dublin team. There are no overnight trips like Waterford-Finn Harps or Cork-Derry (at least untill the draw is a open draw)


Im disappointing to get Limerick, i would have preferred to play pats or UCD. I just hope we don't get Limerick in the cup either.

[El-Pietro]

i say just dont bother with regions

[citybone]

i say just dont bother with regions

So you want Derry/Finn Harps or Fanad away on a Monday night? You could travel by public bus again lol.

[El-Pietro]

So you want Derry/Finn Harps or Fanad away on a Monday night? You could travel by public bus again lol.
what difference is it after the first round? We could draw Derry in the quarters or semis easily enough.

I suppose the regions make sense for the non league teams (which makes no sense by the way - its the League Cup), asking them to travel cross country is a bit harsh and if they get through a coupe of rounds the gates would pay for the travel expenses.

[sadloserkid]

I don't have a problem with the regionalised early rounds. The competition has become an inconvenience in the last few years and attendances are fairly paltry so anything that keeps the costs down at all is only beneficial overall IMO.

[MariborKev]

I don't have a problem with the regionalised early rounds. The competition has become an inconvenience in the last few years and attendances are fairly paltry so anything that keeps the costs down at all is only beneficial overall IMO.


Yeah, right enough so many clubs can turn up their noses at the extra gates and the prize money.

[Sam_Heggy]

The League cup is a horrible competition, I mean, being able to give reserve and under 19's players a competitive game when there is no reserve league anymore is a disgrace.

Seriously though, if they made it regionalised groups with every team playing each other once and top 1 or 2 go through to next round would be much more beneficial. Our under 19's are 3 points away from winning the league, we have some cracking players that would maybe need another year or 2 before coming into the first team, we face the prospect of losing around 8 players from that 19's squad who are overage next year as we have no games to offer them.
If we had a guaranteed 3 or 6 league cup games to offer them game time it would go some way to convincing them to stay at the club.

It's not as if the regionalised system means your travelling more than 2 hours to an away game.

[sadloserkid]

Yeah, right enough so many clubs can turn up their noses at the extra gates and the prize money.

Ah I suppose you were right. I forgot that there's no extra cost at all involved in travelling to these games if away, running them if you're at home, paying for officials and whatever else. The gates are pitiful and the prize money isn't much better. The League Cup is many things but a money spinner it is not.

Regionalised is the ONLY way to go.

[marinobohs]

Yeah, right enough so many clubs can turn up their noses at the extra gates and the prize money.

.......probobly the same clubs that bad mouth the Setanta Cup. Sure its no problem, we will just all win the League


....or get a rich sugardaddy :o

[sadloserkid]

....or get a rich sugardaddy :o

Tell the truth, you'd love one. ;)

[Lim till i die]

Yeah, right enough so many clubs can turn up their noses at the extra gates and the prize money.

:sigh:


we face the prospect of losing around 8 players from that 19's squad who are overage next year as we have no games to offer them

What are ye doing with eight about to be overage players that aren't going to be good enough for the senior team??


If we had a guaranteed 3 or 6 league cup games to offer them game time it would go some way to convincing them to stay at the club.

:D

[Sam_Heggy]

:sigh:



What are ye doing with eight about to be overage players that aren't going to be good enough for the senior team??



:D

8 players who will be overage next season for the 19's but not physically strong enough for a full season in the 1st Division.
If they are part of the squad all season though and can be offered a number of competitive games it would go some way to keeping them at the club.

[Lim till i die]

Should be able to offer them competitive games in the league tbf. The Division is probably going to be hoss again next year. (assuming Harps don't get promoted!)

We've four or five under 19s involved in the senior setup this year, as well as two or three fairly regulars who only came up last year and are probably going to have a look at at least two of the four over agers I'd say.