Clare District League 2014/15

[The circuspony]

Why wouldnt Newmarket try and sign Gary. He's a class act. They have provincial and national title ambition! They have brought in top players from Crusheen, Shannon, Connolly and Ennis. They won the Under 19s last season. They got to the semi of the Munster Junior last year. They are doing things right. I heard they might be after Darrag Corry from Tulla also. St. Michaels will have to bring their A-game on Sunday. I'll go for a 2-0 win for the Village and friends :)

[First]

Lads let's put a stop to the nonsense. Gary is not signing for Newmarket, Rhys you were fed a line and ran with it. As for Darragh he isn't coming either. We have a lot of young fellas coming through that have a lot of promise and we will do things in our club our way which includes a succession plan by the committee and team managers. The players that have joined Newmarket have done so out of choice and for numerous reasons including personal. And they are welcome.

We also have a lot of good young fellas coming through and along with the interest being shown by other players disillusioned with the lack of planning by their own clubs it is now a serious consideration that a 3rd adult team in Newmarket will be playing next season. So lads keep an eye on yere own clubs before ye go posting hearsay here.

Circuspony I am ipmressed with your confidence but we all know the task on Sunday is massive. Even being in the 5th round is huge progress for us considering we suffered the ignominy of going out last year in the 3rd round to a 3rd division team. Everything that can go right will need to go right on Sunday.

Also good luck to Bridge Utd on Sunday as they have also a massive task on Sunday.

[Planners]

oh sweet ........ - self satisfying post there First!! - football usually goes in circles , NOF are on a good run at the moment , but with the additional mercenaries ye have aquired ye should last for a another year or two , cast you mind back to the Rats , top team but no loyalty - - could history repeat itself in NOF ?
- as you mentioned Rovers showed ye up only last year - hopefully Michaels will have the flood lights on but bring the torchs just in case :)

[First]

Planners, you keep posting that line it helps to keep us focussed on what not to do, Rats and Rovers are perfect examples of that.
As for your other comment, you have me there I can't defend the indefensible.

[Planners]

I suppose if you look at the NOF team now its really made up of former Rover / Avenue / ANO players - i may have mentioned it before but do NOF need outside players to achieve ? can they not source a decent squad in Newmarket alone ? - maybe the answer is in the question !
Best of luck Sunday

[Two Feet Up]

I suppose if you look at the NOF team now its really made up of former Rover / Avenue / ANO players - i may have mentioned it before but do NOF need outside players to achieve ? can they not source a decent squad in Newmarket alone ? - maybe the answer is in the question !
Best of luck Sunday

jealousy can be hard to take.

Of course it is better to have local home grown talent, but when does this and success come hand in hand...very rarely. From what I know they are looking to the future with the 19's which will help them long term to build on their recent success
What people should really be looking at is why do all these players or mercenaries want to go to a club like NOF, that is the model they other clubs should look at as it is one measure of success.


I am sure NOF could have a 'decent ' squad built locally, but why settle for decent when it can be much much more....set you targets high , unless of course you are happy with decent...are you happy with playing in a 'decent' team for a number of years.....:p

[Planners]

Not sure where your going there TFU - jealousy is not something this consortium do -
the mercenaries go to a club like NOF because they are up and coming and can see a handy cup or league but all it does it take the heart & loyalty out of the club - i,m not suggesting NOF have lost their heart / loyalty - - - yet !!!
i did play with NOF in the past and other teams but other members of this consortium managed to stick to one club - - nothing wrong with that IMO

[OnMeHead]

Daragh Corry leaving Tulla, Father being the manager and plans in motion for the next couple of years in Tulla, Brigdale going the other direction is more likely if Newmarket keep getting players in, few wanabe journalist making up headlines here

[Shuffleruns]

Any result from the fai bridge game?

[OnMeHead]

2-1 Neanagh

[Shuffleruns]

Cheers

[Shuffleruns]

Any clare side left in it? Seen Newmarket got beat in injury time. Sickener!

[younglawd]

No bridge and nof were last 2, it's down to last 32 now.. Heard corofin licked avenue 7.3.. 11 goals in 8 days conceded from ave, not looking too good

[0030]

Whatever about the Newmarket result, getting beaten by Corofin and conceding 7 is a disaster for Avenue. I know Corofin have improved a lot but what's going on? Hard luck to Newmarket. St Michael's are a class act. Unfortunately I didn't make the game so does anyone have a report of the game?

[Shuffleruns]

Shame for Avenue, it's a decent club, nice facilities, with a good underage setup. Junior team is struggling by the looks of it reckon they'll stay up this season still :) B team might get promoted so there could be one of the two junior teams playing premier football next season.

[Two Feet Up]

Not sure where your going there TFU - jealousy is not something this consortium do -
the mercenaries go to a club like NOF because they are up and coming and can see a handy cup or league but all it does it take the heart & loyalty out of the club - i,m not suggesting NOF have lost their heart / loyalty - - - yet !!!
i did play with NOF in the past and other teams but other members of this consortium managed to stick to one club - - nothing wrong with that IMO

why do you refer to the players as mercenaries? there is no financial gain for them, maybe you should ask santa for a dictionary this year

you have me confused with your reference to 'consortium', are you speaking on behalf of the other forumites or is it something else?

To suggest that NOF will lose heart and loyalty is a shallow thought, they are seeming to be doing things right, have a very good manager in place, very good players, good team ethos, good set up, decent pitch and have local people involved, the possibility of trophies on the way.

How come you played with NOF and other teams in the past? how many handy trophies did you win?

It gets annoying when people knock what other clubs are doing, why because they are successful (well NOF have been to date in the league) and some just can't wait for them to falter....

[avenueC]

interesting thread to read the last few weeks
local soccer, or any level of soccer goes thru, cycyle or phases where a team comes good for a few years and then drops away.
newmarket,bunratty and avenue in the last 10 years, with the likes of rineanna and bridge united challenging as well
its newmarkets time at the moment but unlike rineanna and bunratty where they went to the wall because of nothing coming up from underage leve or b teams
the longevity that ave/nof at the top level have had are a credit.

[Hibs7772]

jealousy can be hard to take.

Of course it is better to have local home grown talent, but when does this and success come hand in hand...very rarely. From what I know they are looking to the future with the 19's which will help them long term to build on their recent success
What people should really be looking at is why do all these players or mercenaries want to go to a club like NOF, that is the model they other clubs should look at as it is one measure of success.


I am sure NOF could have a 'decent ' squad built locally, but why settle for decent when it can be much much more....set you targets high , unless of course you are happy with decent...are you happy with playing in a 'decent' team for a number of years.....:p
Why shouldn't Newmarket sign players from other places/clubs if they want to improve themselves and push on for honours outside of Clare? Big teams in Limerick do it, so why shouldn't they?? If the players want to go to them they are obviously doing something right, as Two Feet Up said it is the measure of success as players want to win things. I just hope they can keep all there 'Galacticos' happy, as I'm sure none of them are going to want to sit on the bench. Talk of Daragh Corry and Garry Higgins signing too, where can you fit them all haha. Very unlucky in the FAI at the weekend losing to an injury-time goal against the best Junior side in the country, best of luck to them for the rest of the season!

[Planners]

i'm not going to defend my comments as they are an opinion , free expressions and all that jazz -

Best of luck to NOF - unlucky in the FAI but as mentioned before at least they progressed further than last year - :o


Happy Xmas to all and to all a Happy New Year

[OnMeHead]

Any word on the cup draw??

[Black or White]

I think its on clare fm.not sure though.

[CousinSylDolan]

Prego Menswear Clare Cup Draws

Round 1
Shannon Olympic B v Ennis Town B
Newmarket Celtic B v Hermitage A
Avenue Utd A v Rhine Rovers
Hermitage B v Treaty Celtic
Newmarket Celtic A v Corofin Harps B
Tulla Utd A v Kilrush Rangers
West Clare FC v Bridge Utd A
Coole FC v Ruan Utd

1st round games down for 1st Feb

Round 2
Sporting Ennistymon B v Tulla Utd B
Sporting Ennistymon A v Avenue Utd A or Rhine Rovers
Coole FC or Ruan Utd v Kilkishen Celtic
Ennis Town A v Kilmaley Fern Celtic
Hermitage B or Treaty Celtic v St Pats
Hermitage C v Newmarket Celtic B or Hermitage A
Bridge Utd B v Kildysart Celtic
Bunratty Cratloe v Manus Celtic
Corofin Harps A v Connolly Celtic
Tulla Utd A or Kilrush Rangers v Avenue Utd B
Shannon Olympic A v Inch Crusaders
Lifford v Newmarket Celtic A or Corofin Harps B
Turnpike Rovers v Moher Celtic
Mountshannon Celtic v West Clare FC or Bridge Utd A
Bridge Celtic v Shannon Olympic B or Ennis Town B
Burren Utd v Rineanna Rovers

2nd round games down for 15th Feb

Clare U17 Cup
Quarter-Finals
Coole FC Bye
Ennis Town v Burren Utd
Avenue Utd v Newmarket Celtic
Moher Celtic v Tulla Utd

Semi-Finals
Moher Celtic or Tulla Utd v Coole FC
Ennis Town or Burren Utd v
Avenue Utd or Newmarket Celtic

Michael O'Gorman Youths Cup
Semi-Finals
Avenue Utd v Burren Utd
Ennis Town v Newmarket Celtic

Clare U19 Cup
Quarter-Finals
Bridge Utd Bye
Avenue Utd Bye
Kilmaley Manus v Newmarket Celtic
Ennis Town v Burren Utd

Semi-Finals
Kilmaley Manus or Newmarket Celtic v Avenue Utd
Bridge Utd v Ennis Town or Burren Utd

[Black or White]

Hermitage c versus the winner of tage a v newmarket b...... think newmarket will win at home.

[footballfriend]

UNSTER JUNIOR CUP
Season 2014-15

¼ Finals Draw
Clonakilty or Village Utd or St Michael’s or Geraldines
v
Villa FC or Hibernians or BT Harps or Carrick Utd

Nenagh “A” or Castleview or Abbeyfeale Utd or Moyross Utd
v
Janesboro or Regional Utd or Ringmahon Rgs

Ballingarry or Vee Rvs or Glenthorn Celtic or Ennis Town
v
Riverstown/Brooklodge or Park Utd or Drinagh Rgs or Tralee Dynamos

Dungarvan Utd or Carrigtwohill Utd or Midleton or Mungret Regional
v
Newport Town or Clonmel Celtic or Newmarket Celtic

[Black or White]

Predictions for Clonmel v Newmarket?? I Think Newmarket will win.

[CousinSylDolan]

Predictions for Clonmel v Newmarket?? I Think Newmarket will win.

Good prediction. Newmarket won 3-1 away to Clonmel. Well done to them, that's a big win. After the experience gained in the competition last year who is to say they cant go 1 (or 2) steps further this year.

[Celticsup]

Strong unit, Worked rate was exceptional from Newmarket Celtic yesterday. Hassled Clonmel Celtic throughout the game. Never giving them a chance to settle on the ball.

[Shuffleruns]

Can see them getting through the next round anyways that's for sure.. No real big gun there. Well done Newmarket.



Dungarvan Utd or Carrigtwohill Utd or Midleton or Mungret Regional
v
Newmarket Celtic

[Celticsup]

Can see them getting through the next round anyways that's for sure.. No real big gun there. Well done Newmarket.



Dungarvan Utd or Carrigtwohill Utd or Midleton or Mungret Regional
v
Newmarket Celtic


Dungarvan V Newmarket Celtic

Dungarvan United 3-1 Mungret regional ( Limerick )

Can see only Newmarket Celtic win here.

[funkyplunkers]

Looks like promotion from the 1st division will be a close run thing. Avenue b look like favourites for the title but there are only 6pts separating 2nd from last. Surely all these teams are still in the race for promotion especially if 4th spot can get a play off place

[funkyplunkers]

Is it true that Ennis town B have been deducted 6 points for playing an illegal player against sporting ennistymon. Those this also mean that sporting get the result reversed and get the points

[Rider Cups]

To be honest Avenue b would be the only team capable of competing in the premier and they can't even get promoted, just take a look at where Bridge Celtic are this season and they were the runners up in the 1st last year.It would be a joke to ask teams that finish 4th or even 5th to be in a playoff to get promoted to the premier. Personally i don't think that it's good for the league if a team wins it and doesn't get promoted.

[funkyplunkers]

Good point but how would you sort out the problem of a-teams playing b-teams. Personally I wud have them play each other in the 1st two games that way it would avoid fixing allegations at end of seasons

[Black or White]

To be honest Avenue b would be the only team capable of competing in the premier and they can't even get promoted, just take a look at where Bridge Celtic are this season and they were the runners up in the 1st last year.It would be a joke to ask teams that finish 4th or even 5th to be in a playoff to get promoted to the premier. Personally i don't think that it's good for the league if a team wins it and doesn't get promoted.





Moher and ennistymon arent bad at all.they would give alot if teams a game bar maybe the bigger clubs.imo

[Black or White]

To be honest Avenue b would be the only team capable of competing in the premier and they can't even get promoted, just take a look at where Bridge Celtic are this season and they were the runners up in the 1st last year.It would be a joke to ask teams that finish 4th or even 5th to be in a playoff to get promoted to the premier. Personally i don't think that it's good for the league if a team wins it and doesn't get promoted.

ennistymon and moher would give a few a surprise also IMO. i think thats what would happen, ave b ennis town b and newmarket b cant go up unless they change the ruling.sad really because if they finish high enough they deserve to go up

[Black or White]

St Michael's or Carrick Utd v Dungarvan Utd or Newmarket Celtic
Tipperary or Waterford Venue
Nenagh AFC or Abbeyfeale Utd or Janesboro v Ballingarry or Tralee Dynamos
Tipperary or Limerick Venue
Dates and venues to be confirmed by the MFA


tough draw for Newmarket .be great to see them win it

[funkyplunkers]

ennistymon and moher would give a few a surprise also IMO. i think thats what would happen, ave b ennis town b and newmarket b cant go up unless they change the ruling.sad really because if they finish high enough they deserve to go up

Who do you think will finish in the top 3

[Black or White]

Who do you think will finish in the top 3

Ave b connoly either sporting ennistymon or moher.they are the 4 best teams in that league IMO

[funkyplunkers]

I would agree with you on ave b and connelly. But I think the rest of the teams are all evenly matched from what I've seen. They can all beat each other and it's probably why there has been so many draws in the league. All it would take is for a team to put a run of wins together and they would fly up the table. Especially as there are only 6pts separating 2nd and last

[funkyplunkers]

1st Division Predictions

Turnpike Rovers 1-3 Sporting Ennistymon
Ennis Town B 1-1 Newmarket Celtic
Kildysart Celtic 2-2 Avenue Utd B
Connelly Celtic 0-1 Kilkishen Celtic

[Shuffleruns]

1st Division Predictions


Turnpike Rovers 2-0 Sporting Ennistymon
Ennis Town B 1-6 Newmarket Celtic
Kildysart Celtic 8 - 2 Avenue Utd B
Connelly Celtic 7-7 Kilkishen Celtic

[funkyplunkers]

1st Division Predictions


Turnpike Rovers 2-0 Sporting Ennistymon
Ennis Town B 1-6 Newmarket Celtic
Kildysart Celtic 8 - 2 Avenue Utd B
Connelly Celtic 7-7 Kilkishen Celtic

:) :) :)
Well your predictions ended up closer than mine in the end

[Shuffleruns]

That's clare league football :-)

[Rider Cups]

Funky did both teams play without keepers down in Kilkishen yesterday ?

[Rider Cups]

Rumours circulating of a very high profile managerial departure in the 1st division ?

[Black or White]

Rumours circulating of a very high profile managerial departure in the 1st division ?


Please enlighten us

[Second]

Rumours circulating of a very high profile managerial departure in the 1st division ?

High profile manager in 1st division.. are you sure your on right forum..

[Rider Cups]

One the very few that can say he played in a FAI junior cup final !

[Black or White]

Heard that allright.some crazy stuff going on behind scenes at that club.hes the only one left in the club from where it was formed.

[mouldedstuds]

who are ye talking about,, its hardly libelous if the person is mentioned here
best of luck to newmarket at the weekend away to dungarven