Clare League 2013/14

[footballfriend]

Tage game switched to fairgreen track field.

[fatronaldo]

Its a bad pitch but it is better than losing home advantage and playing out in corofins (field)

[fatronaldo]

Where ie bridge game on?

[Shuffleruns]

Where ie bridge game on?

Playing Kilkishen away in Cup game.

[fatronaldo]

Just thought when it was off earlier that bridge got home advantage cheers

[mouldedstuds]

Why would avenue game be moved to the astro ? Aren't they meant to be up in lisdoonvsrna

[Second]

Can anyone work this one out.. tulla A and B both at home 2moro A team match is off but B team match goes ahead..

[Shuffleruns]

lees road is not the solution. it is not the proper surface to play competitive games on unfortunately
the new 3g pitch would be the way forward but thats not going to happen this year or next.

Is Lees Road astro pitch being upgraded to 3g surface? Be great.

[Second]

Is Lees Road astro pitch being upgraded to 3g surface? Be great.

No its not.. there was talk about it but sure council cant even fix the roads let alone afford an upgrade of astro pitch

[old git]

Can anyone work this one out.. tulla A and B both at home 2moro A team match is off but B team match goes ahead..


can't figure this one out ?? cant be down to unplayable pitch anyway ;)

[Shuffleruns]

How did the Hermitage v Corofin game finish today?

[footballfriend]

4 1 to Tage.

[Shuffleruns]

Cheers. Doesn't look good for Corofin

[Second]

Never does look good for corofin in premier they always go down straight after coming up..

[footballfriend]

That was cup tho. But yea aint looking good for them. Bare 11 most weeks.

[fatronaldo]

When is draw for next round of the cup?

[Shuffleruns]

Bunratty/Cratloe beat Shannon Olympic A 3-3 (pens) aet.
Bunratty/Cratloe must be decent! Good result.

[fatronaldo]

Avenue v tage the weekend hopefully weather stays good for it heard pitch very soft out there..could anyone comment on what way the pitch is.

[mastermind1]

There isnt a pitch in the county that isnt a bit soft at the moment, anyone that tells you otherwise is having you on. Pitch will be fine and in good shape if weather stays dry over next few days. Hopefully there will be no more games called off due to weather. Looking at results in the cup, not too many upsets and alot of the fancied teams are still there.

[Kicks]

Bunratty/Cratloe beat Shannon Olympic A 3-3 (pens) aet.
Bunratty/Cratloe must be decent! Good result.

They're not, Olympic's keeper was just shocking bad

[fatronaldo]

Ya all the fancied teams still in it mondays draw should be interesting..any dark horses for the cup anyone?

[old git]

They're not, Olympic's keeper was just shocking bad


Was it russell in goals for them ?

[Rider Cups]

Doubt anyone outside of avenue , Newmarket , ennis town or bridge will win the cup , turnpike might go a long way if they avoid the the big guns.

[Second]

I fancy ennistymon or even tage A they are a good cup team

[footballfriend]

Tage A are not a good cup team. Beaten by B teams last three years running at first hurdle.

[Kicks]

It was casey

[old git]

It was casey


thanks i heard casey had packed it in when they signed russell this season , Not like casy in fairness he normally a decent keeper

[Hibs7772]

thanks i heard casey had packed it in when they signed russell this season , Not like casy in fairness he normally a decent keeper
Yeah I heard Casey was the better of the two keepers this season as well

[kingkoolkat]

Long time viewer, first time poster.

Just an observation from the cup games last weekend. I spent my Sunday in Lees Road watching the 3 cup games. With the exception of the Turnpike v Rhine game, the games were non events. Both Sporting Ennistymon B and Kiladysert Celtic were beat once the first goal went in (the sporting game was called with 20mins left). Is there anything to be said to let the lower league teams play a round or 2 of the cup before the premier or even first division teams come into it? They seem to be well ahead on total games than premier sides so it would free up an extra weekend or 2 for the premier division to catch up on games.

[footballfriend]

Great idea.

[mastermind1]

Not a bad idea but "B" teams have had great runs in the past few years and reached cup finals. Inch who are in bottom half of second division beat bridge celtic who are near top of first division so I think it should stay as it is. Its the whole history of the cup, some of the lower teams love to get a crack at "better opposition" to see if they can cause an upset.

[kingkoolkat]

I understand that mastermind but a round amongst themselves would filter out the complete no hopers. No disrespect to Sporting or Kildysert but looking at their body language and squad sizes before kick off one would not imagine an upset from either of them was on the cards.
If either side had a notion of trying to pull off an upset then they would have refused to play on the astro turf and looked for a postponement. Both teams were the home side as far as I remember so it seemed like a sense of just wanting to get the game out of the way. A first round amongst themselves would filter out alot of teams with this attitude.

[OneNightOnly]

They can still have a crack at A teams, just seed the draw so premier teams come in after prelim and 1st rounds

[Second]

Was it not like this about 7 or 8 years ago

[kingkoolkat]

I agree teams like a crack at the premier teams but it would be no harm weeding out a few teams that are not too bothered about causing an upset. No disrespect to Sporting B or Kildysert but even before the kick offs I felt neither team was going to win.

Neither team came with a big squad and body language and pre match warm up before the game was poor compared to their opponents. If either wanted to win they would never have fulfilled the fixture on the astroturf (both were home team) so it just seemed like a case of playing the game to get it out of the way.

Leave the premier teams out for a round or 2 and this will be eliminated.

[Shuffleruns]

I agree teams like a crack at the premier teams but it would be no harm weeding out a few teams that are not too bothered about causing an upset. No disrespect to Sporting B or Kildysert but even before the kick offs I felt neither team was going to win.

Neither team came with a big squad and body language and pre match warm up before the game was poor compared to their opponents. If either wanted to win they would never have fulfilled the fixture on the astroturf (both were home team) so it just seemed like a case of playing the game to get it out of the way.

Leave the premier teams out for a round or 2 and this will be eliminated.

Yeh, prem teams should come into the draw from round three onwards imo

[kingkoolkat]

Apologies for my double post. Seems like all my posts have to get approved by moderator before they are published.

Could someone tell me for how long this will be the case?

[Second]

After about 10 post it will stop

[fatronaldo]

Tage were unlucky against avenue this morning thought a draw would have been a fair result

[kingkoolkat]

Tage were unlucky alright but Avenue could have had one or 2 more themselves only for some last ditch tackling and abit of over doing it in attack. Subs injected a bit of pace upfront for Tage and Richie Fitz got a bit more joy in down the left in the second half but I feel the Avenue win would have been more comprehensive but for having to play the last 20/25mins with a make shift defence (O Malley, Phillips, Russell all went off).

Avenue squad looks depleted if injuries pile up. They will be happy to have gotten the win this morning considering the circumstances.

[Shuffleruns]

Tage were unlucky against avenue this morning thought a draw would have been a fair result

Howd it go?

[Hibs7772]

Shannon Olympic A 6-1 Kildysart Celtic Ryan Kelly (2), Cheeky(2), Brian Mc Gorrian and Ray Quigley with the goals for Olympic

[mastermind1]

I agree with ya fatronaldo, i felt tage were the better team and very unlucky not to get a result from it. 3-2 to Avenue. Tage much improved from last time we played them. Will be a tough league this year, alot of teams have upped their game

[mastermind1]

Killarney 0-1 Newmarket in Munster junior quarter final. Great result down there, i wish newmarket all the best in the competition. I hope they go on and win it

[Shuffleruns]

Killarney 0-1 Newmarket in Munster junior quarter final. Great result down there, i wish newmarket all the best in the competition. I hope they go on and win it

Yeah be great for Clare football. Would fancy them somewhat against Gearldines. Limerick side be favourites tho, play good attacking football!

[AC Melon]

Great win for Newmarket and Clare football in general, they were 20/1 before this match to win it, well able to beat the dines and go on to win it!

[old git]

Shannon Olympic A 6-1 Kildysart Celtic Ryan Kelly (2), Cheeky(2), Brian Mc Gorrian and Ray Quigley with the goals for Olympic

great win for Olympic after defeat in the cup last week only downside was their keeper getting stupidly sent off :ball:

[Second]

great win for Olympic after defeat in the cup last week only downside was their keeper getting stupidly sent off :ball:

Infairness old git olympic should be winning that game handy kildysart are shocking..

[Shuffleruns]

great win for Olympic after defeat in the cup last week only downside was their keeper getting stupidly sent off :ball:

How did that happen?

[old git]

Infairness old git olympic should be winning that game handy kildysart are shocking..

they still had to win it no matter how bad the opposition are and a big scoreline also a help. but agree Olympic will face way better teams of the rest of the season