Limerick Desmond League 2014/15

[old man]

I totally understand. Im not a Pallaskenry man.i live in kilcornan. I just like going to local matchs.but im not talking about all the refs.im only talking about one

[fanaticfan]

liam o connor was always a drama queen and will always be one. He is always the centre of attention. Theres some good referees in the league but theres some terrible refs also. Some should just retire. They are just there for the money. But then again theres no young refs coming in.

[sportsfanatic]

NCW Rvrs bubble has been burst, be interesting to see if they can bounce back!!

[fanaticfan]

Sunday 12th October
FAI Junior Cup 3rd Round (extra time & penalties)
Askeaton V Abbeyfeale Utd 1130 (C. Dalton)
Bridge Celtic V Killeaney 230
Carrig Celtic V Newmarket Celtic 230 (D. O'Gorman)
Rathkeale V Newcastle West Rovers 1130 (P. Manning)

Riedy Cup 1st Round (extra time & penalties)
Ferry Rangers V Glin Rovers B 2pm (P. O'Brien)
Riedy Cup 2nd Round (extra time & penalties)
Granagh Utd V Rockhill Rovers 1130 (T. Fitzmaurice)
Broadford Utd B V Rathkeale B 230 (P. King)
Weekly Observer Premier Division
Athea Utd V Ballingarry 1130 (P. O'Brien)
Newcastle West V Broadford Utd 1130 (P. King)
Weekly Observer Division 1
Feenagh V Pallaskenry 1130 (J. Molyneaux)
Glin Rovers V Old Mill 1130 (J. Roche)
St. Itas V Kildimo Utd in Ashford 1130 (S. Hartnett)
Weekly Observer Division 2
Knockaderry V Bally Rovers 230 (P. Manning)
Creeves Celtic V Adare Utd 230 (T. Fitzmaurice)
Breska Rovers V Kilcornan 2pm (P. O'Connor)
Weekly Observer Division 3
Ballingarry B V Askeaton B 230 (S. Hartnett
Ballysteen V Athea Utd B 230 (L. O'Connor)
Kildimo Utd B V St. Itas B 230 (E. Barrett)
Shannonside FC B V Feenagh B 1130 in
Shanagolden (D. Wallace)

[nathanbrown]

Old Man, Surely you cant expect people to believe that you are not a Pallaskenry man. All you've done since you joined this thread is talk up Pallaskenry before they ever played a game and slate Kildimo. What I really like about this thread is that there is noone coming on being completely biased and praising their own club and slating others and you have ruined that with some of your comments. I have no doubt you are a Pallaskenry man and most likely part of the team. You live in Kilcornan and like going to local games? You never mention Kilcornan or Askeaton games you attend. Just Kildimo and Pallas.

Regarding Liam O Connor, yes he is a complete drama queen but is also one of the best refs in the league, he just likes to make the game revolve around him. A wise man once told me that a ref who is a control freak on the field most likely has no control with the wife, he likes to get a bit of freedom. Problem is, players hurl abuse at him and he doesnt let them away with it, you will notice the same lads get booked everytime he refs a particular team. For mouthing.

Regarding Kildimos facilities from a previous post from yourself. Yes they are shocking and possibly the worst in the league. But Pallaskenry isnt exactly old trafford. Its an awful pitch, filthy dressing rooms and showers that I wouldnt look into, not to mind actually try and wash myself in them. So you cant really slag other teams.

Rant over!! I just hate posters like this looking for praise for their own club by pretending they are not a part of it. And Old Man is at this since August

[seaniefitz]

Lads can we get over Kildimo's facilities for once and for all and concentrate on the soccer on this. We know the facilities aren't up to scratch but we are doing our best to improve them. We are not in the lucky position to have a community field or to be donated land like other clubs have been. As part the housing estate that was developed in Kildimo, a playing pitch was supposed to be developed for the club. This didn't happen for several reasons, mainly due to the recession. Since then we have been trying to move on and explore other options but as every club knows, it has been very difficult to raise money, get loans etc. over the last number of years.

We have got a B team back this year, good young players coming through, our underage setup is very good, so the club is moving forwards and hopefully we can add the facilities soon. But it doesn't happen overnight. Take NCW Rovers for example, Newcastle West is a huge town with plenty of scope for fundraising etc., yet Rovers played on that terrible pitch for years, before getting new facilities this year.

I know we are not in a position to throw stones, but I agree with NathanBrown, filthy portacabins with old pub furniture doesn't count as dressing rooms in my book.



Regarding Kildimos facilities from a previous post from yourself. Yes they are shocking and possibly the worst in the league. But Pallaskenry isnt exactly old trafford. Its an awful pitch, filthy dressing rooms and showers that I wouldnt look into, not to mind actually try and wash myself in them. So you cant really slag other teams.

[old man]

To start off with. I have never slatted the kildimo team only there facilities. I am not a Pallaskenry man.the team I follow for years is Newcastlewest. I dont talk about them because they are going threw a tough time at the moment and I dont want to add fuel to the fire.as for kilcornan and askeaton ill go to a premier or division 1 match before id go to a division 2,3 game. As for liam being one of the best refs.he must be a friend of yours or your lookin for him to do your team a favour. Cos from what I saw yesterday he owes Pallaskenry an apology.

[twotouch]

good win for abbey the weekend that 3 top results for them after beating rathkeale and a draw with broadford but then lost to shannonside...... very unpredicatable it seems. ratheale and rovers should be a good game at the weekend two good attacking teams itll come down to who wants it more on the day i think ....

[fanaticfan]

Im gonna go for a rathkeale win. 3-1

[runinglate]

Shaping up for a cracker of a game Sunday in Rathkeale. Hopefully a good crowd turnout to see two of the in form premier teams playing against each other.

Haven't seen rovers yet this year. But going by the observer Joyce is scoring for fun.

But I think if Rathkeale defence can stay firm, there pace up front and on the wings seems lightning and will cause problems for Rovers.

It is actually a pity we have these two Desmond teams drawn against each other, could have progressed further.

Is it coincidence that two local teams drew each other? As in is it open draw?

[fanaticfan]

its not open draw till the 5th round. Always has been 5th round

[sexyfootball]

I think the point runinglate & I tried to make previously is that, of the 8 Desmond League teams left in the draw in the Desmond/Clare/ Kerry section, 6 are playing each other.
As he said it extremly lessens our leagues chances of having teams progress further as Newcastle West did last year.

[fanaticfan]

Anyone know of any teams going very far in the fai junior in the past 10-15 years?

[sweeper]

To start off with. I have never slatted the kildimo team only there facilities. I am not a Pallaskenry man.the team I follow for years is Newcastlewest. I dont talk about them because they are going threw a tough time at the moment and I dont want to add fuel to the fire.as for kilcornan and askeaton ill go to a premier or division 1 match before id go to a division 2,3 game. As for liam being one of the best refs.he must be a friend of yours or your lookin for him to do your team a favour. Cos from what I saw yesterday he owes Pallaskenry an apology.

You say your from Kilcornan and now you say you follow Newcastlewest for years,and as spotted by nathonbrown all your post are about Kildimo or Pallaskenry,id say you would tell a fair one after a few pints,if Pallas were bad over the wend take it on the chin,there is always next weekend,as for Liam,drama would def.come to mind,whatever he does at home is none of our business,but he is far from the worst.

[old man]

You say your from Kilcornan and now you say you follow Newcastlewest for years,and as spotted by nathonbrown all your post are about Kildimo or Pallaskenry,id say you would tell a fair one after a few pints,if Pallas were bad over the wend take it on the chin,there is always next weekend,as for Liam,drama would def.come to mind,whatever he does at home is none of our business,but he is far from the worst.
How can u say liam is not one of the worst.who is worse ?.I am from kilcornan. Not born and breed here.but here 27 years.but what has that got to do with anything. I love going to the Pallaskenry and kildimo matchs.there is great banter between them.

[Langerdan007]

***DISCLAIMER***

The views expressed here are not those of Kilcornan AFC :laugh::laugh::laugh:

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On a serious note though I think the lack of new referee's is a bigger problem and probably leads to some staying on longer than they should out of neccessity

[runinglate]

I like that.

In fairness I think that the referee's are actively seeking new lads to come on board.

I think the major problem is (correct me if I'm wrong) that you have to cut any official involvement with a soccer club.
Meaning that if you play soccer on a Sunday (junior) you are not allowed to start refereeing underage games on a Saturday.

In my opinion this is the only way we will be able to breed new referees by giving young lads still playing soccer the opportunity to earn a few pound on a Saturday.
If I had the opportunity to earn 65-70 euro on a Saturday while I was in college I would have jumped at the opportunity. I think this is out of the referees control.

I would also like to state that I think personal remarks should not be levied at anyone on this site, question someones performace be it player, manager , referee. But lets not make it personal. Oldman thinks liam had a bad game Sunday fair enough, Pallaskenry probally had a bad game too. Move on bring on next Sunday.

[old man]

I like that.

In fairness I think that the referee's are actively seeking new lads to come on board.

I think the major problem is (correct me if I'm wrong) that you have to cut any official involvement with a soccer club.
Meaning that if you play soccer on a Sunday (junior) you are not allowed to start refereeing underage games on a Saturday.

In my opinion this is the only way we will be able to breed new referees by giving young lads still playing soccer the opportunity to earn a few pound on a Saturday.
If I had the opportunity to earn 65-70 euro on a Saturday while I was in college I would have jumped at the opportunity. I think this is out of the referees control.

I would also like to state that I think personal remarks should not be levied at anyone on this site, question someones performace be it player, manager , referee. But lets not make it personal. Oldman thinks liam had a bad game Sunday fair enough, Pallaskenry probally had a bad game too. Move on bring on next Sunday.
Totally agree.

[Johnnie C]

Anyone know of any teams going very far in the fai junior in the past 10-15 years?
I think Abbey got to last 16 or last 8 maybe around 2002 or so, which was the best ever run in the FAI by a Desmond side, but I'm open to correction on that.

[Ballistinianlad]

There was a few young refs a couple of seasons ago and they were fairly good. They seem to have disappeared now though.
In relation to oldmans take on Liam O'Connor. I was at that match vs itas. He was ok the only decision he got wrong was to send off the pallas player for a collision with moxey. Other than that it was standard Liam with the shouting. I get over that because at least he knows the rules unlike some

[The Enforcer]

Creeves got to last 16 in the mid 2000's and Broadford also got there 2 or 3 years ago, I think St Itas also got that for

[last man back]

St itas reached the last 8 of the munster junior cup lost to clonmel town. Askeatin got to munster junior cup final back un the 80's Donie Gorman was on that team. As mentioned Abbey reached last 16 in fai early 00's beaten by a dublin team

[fanaticfan]

creeves got to the last 16 of the fai in the mid 00s. Kinda hard to believe

[Ballistinianlad]

I always find it strange when teams don't enter the FAI. Gives you the chance of s day out and for teams like us in the lower leagues. It gives us a chance to play better teams with no pressure on

[fanaticfan]

Rathkeale 3-4 Newcastle Rovers after extra time. Joyce getting the winner

Askeaton 3-2 Abbeyfeale big shock here

Newcastle 0-5 Broadford

[Johnnie C]

Div 1: Feenagh 0 Pallaskenry 1
Div 3: Shannonside B 3 Feenagh B 1

[Ballistinianlad]

Div 3.
Ballysteen 2-1 Athea B
Ed Gallagher and Brian Neville with the goals

[Shoot]

Askeaton beating Abbey was a giant killing shock alright and apparently it was well deserved anyone at it. They could be on the way back lads.

[Crazy Lady]

Ferry Rangers 0 Glin B 2
Glin A w/o Old Mill
Bridge Celtic 0 Killeaney 4, not sure if that's true but that's what I heard.

[Crazy Lady]

Glin Rvs A w/o Old Mill
Ferry Rangers 0-2 Glin Rvs B
Bridge 0-5 Killeaney, not sure how accurate this result is but that's what I was told.

[sportsfanatic]

Loving the league this year. So open, Rathkeale still favourites for me but I think Newcastle Rovers, Broadford and maybe Abbey will contest but still really early! Newcastle West to go down and between Athea and Killeaney to fill the other spot !!

[last man back]

Totally agree its shaping up to be a fantastic season. I'd fancy rathkeale too but as you say a long way to go still. If ncw lose to carrig on sunday it will leave them adrift at the bottom

[sportsfanatic]

Going back to Carrig is always tough especially for a team who are going through a bad very bad run, If they lose they will be 7 points from safety! Interesting to see how Abbey get on against Ballingarry this weekend, a win for either side will really give them a good position in challenging for the title

[Ballistinianlad]

If NCW can't win this weekend it may be too much of a gap to close

[fanaticfan]

Ncw have to beat carrig the weekend otherwise they are gone id say

[walkover]

Early days yet, 2 years ago Rovers only had 4 points in February but managed to get 4 wins in last few weeks of the season to force 3 way play-off.
I wouldn't write off Ncw just yet!!

On another note, Oscar Traynor's apparently playing friendly this evening. I wonder what kind of squad they'll have

[fanaticfan]

friendly when ireland vs germany are playin? will there many Be there

[sexyfootball]

Was that Oscar Traynor match on last night? Who were they playing? Any score? Team?

[desmondwest]

Think it was Pyke that beat them 3-2, heard they played well, created lots of chance, goals from Sean McSweeney and Ray Cahill

[PatRooney]

Anyone have the team from the Oscar Traynor game?

[top corner]

FAI Junior Cup Round 4 Draw
Newmarket Celtic v Tulla Utd
Bridge Utd v Askeaton FC
St Brendan's Park v Listowel Celtic
Newcastlewest Rovers v Killeaney FC
Killarney Celtic or Avenue Utd v Broadford Utd or Shannonside

Predictions???

[fanaticfan]

FAI Junior Cup Round 4 Draw

Newmarket Celtic v Tulla Utd
Bridge Utd v Askeaton FC
St Brendan's Park v Listowel Celtic
Newcastlewest Rovers v Killeaney FC
Killarney Celtic or Avenue Utd v Broadford Utd or Shannonside

[Crazy Lady]

Here are my predictions for teams to make the 5th round, Newmarket Celtic
Bridge United
St Brendan's Park
Newcastle Rovers
Killarney Celtic

[WhoShotJR]

Do people think games will go ahead this weekend with the weather we are having

[fanaticfan]

Athea 0-3 Newcastle Rovers
Seoirse Joyce with a brace and Ian Corbett the scorers

Carrig 0-2 Ncw
Jamie Lee and Sean Cronin the scorers

Broadford 3-2 Shannonside
Mcsweeney with both shannonside goals. Brosan 2 lynch for broadford.

Abbeyfeale 2-1 Ballingarry
Sheehy 2 for abbey

[Ballistinianlad]

Div 3
Ballysteen 4-2 Kildimo B
Mike Neville, Paudie Vaughan, Donagh O'Shaugnessy and Brian howard for the home side. Daniel O'Brien with a great goal and hugh geaney for the visitors. Entertaining game.

Hogan Cup
Kilcornan 1-2 Breska
Pa Byrnes put kilcornan ahead before two ian O'Leary penalties gave breska the win.

[old man]

great win today for NCW

[fanaticfan]

Any one at any games today?

[sportsfanatic]

Abbeyfeale had a great win yesterday, they might actually contest for the league this year, with the catchment area they have they should be every season! It's seems like going back to Abbey is very tough for teams, they have already beaten Rathkeale, NCW Rovers and Ballingarry and drew with Broadford, great results for them.

Am I right in saying there is no matches for the Premier this weekend?

[fanaticfan]

Saturday 25th October
FAI Umbro Oscar Traynor Trophy, Group 4
Cork AUL V Limerick Desmond, 7pm, Turners Cross, Cork

Sunday 26th October
Riedy Cup 2nd Round (extra time & penalties)
Glantine V Glin Rovers B 1130am (J. Molyneaux)

Riedy Cup Quarter Final (extra time & penalties)
Rockhill Rovers V Adare Utd 1130am (D. O'Gorman)
Pallaskenry V Newcastle West Rovers B 230pm (P. O'Brien)

Richard Hogan Cup Quarter Final (extra time & penalties)
Granagh Utd V Shountrade 1130am (P. King)
Broadford Utd B V Bally Rovers 230pm (G. O'Connor)

Weekly Observer Division 1
Kildimo Utd V Rathkeale B 230pm (T. Fitzmaurice)
Glin Rovers V Abbeyfeale Utd B 230pm (P. Manning)

Weekly Observer Division 2
Creeves Celtic V Knockaderry 1130am (P. Manning)
Ferry Rangers V Askeaton 1130am (D. Wallace)

Weekly Observer Division 3Askeaton B V Ballysteen 230pm (L. O'Connor)
Athea Utd B V Shannonside FC B 1130am (J. Roche)
Carrig Celtic B V Ballingarry B 230pm (S. Hartnett)
St. Itas B V Feenagh B 230pm in Ashford (E. Barrett)