Clare Junior Soccer

[BallBreaker]

to be honest i have played is some class fields and some fields that soccer shouldnt be allowed to be played on..this year id have to say newmarket field is very bad but i no there get a new pitch so thats good..and de other 1 id have to say is tulla there was not a bit of grass on it when they beat us in the cup thats why i think they beat us but fair play to them!!

Welcome Bunrattyrat,i wonder what club you are from,anything happening with the rats,Management,New signings,retirements etc..... :ball: :ball:

[bunrattyrat]

Thats one that always gets me.Why do Shannon players play for their local club in Bunratty.Is it snobbery??Is it the American tourist attraction ??or is the fact that there are better pubs to go on the **** before and after the matches??Are they ashamed of Shannon??
Someone please explain this phenomena(please note there are no words missing in this comment)


To be honest u havnt a clue what ur on about really do u..when bunratty formed first bunratty player's were players that no 1 else wanted at the start they used to get beaten ten or eleven nill every game but people like gerry hayes, noel twomey, jim twomey, pj woulfe god rest his soul, clem mc and de jones belived in them and slowly they they got better and better and the they won there first trophey under 16 up in corrofin under jim twomey-noel twomey from then on bunratty where a close club and they stuck together as a team all the way true..its nothn to do with bein ashamed of shannon or snobbery or anything like that so get ur facts right before u make comments

[bunrattyrat]

cheers...not really sure whats going on at the moment but there is defo signings on tha way..bunratty will be back next year fightn for the league title where they belong!!!

[old boy]

First of all it's been mentioned that Jimmy Rocks is Ballbreaker,this is the only time i will mention ballbreaker again,IT IS NOT Jimmy ROCKS,Jimmy wouldn't even know how to use a keypad.

A couple of other things,any trophy that is played for is not mickey mouse,Newtown won 3 of the 5 trophies,while i would say we missed the 2 biggest ones we are delighted to have won 3.

On the Davy Wall story,all i can say is Newtown under Jimmy are looking at a few new signings and a few of these at the moment ply their trade in Limerick.
JIMMY WOULD BE FAIRLY QUICK TYPING ON THE CASH REGISTER THOUGH... HOPE DAVY WALL RETURNS WOULD BE A BIG BONUS FOR NEWTOWN & CLARE LEAGUE :ball: :ball:

[shelbourne1904]

To be honest u havnt a clue what ur on about really do u..when bunratty formed first bunratty player's were players that no 1 else wanted at the start they used to get beaten ten or eleven nill every game but people like gerry hayes, noel twomey, jim twomey, pj woulfe god rest his soul, clem mc and de jones belived in them and slowly they they got better and better and the they won there first trophey under 16 up in corrofin under jim twomey-noel twomey from then on bunratty where a close club and they stuck together as a team all the way true..its nothn to do with bein ashamed of shannon or snobbery or anything like that so get ur facts right before u make comments
Read my questions again.You answered none of them.There is nothing wrong with Bunrattys club,PJ was a jem and a terrible loss to football in the county ,not just Bunratty.

[Clifford]

[QUOTE=Pauliwallnuts]Kilkees has to be the worst I ever saw.
You wouldn't allow a goat to graze it, its so bad & theres always the off chance that you'll get a belt of a golf ball on the forehead.

The Tulla pitch is also brutal but at least they are in the process of setting up a new ground.

I agree with whoever said St Pats pitch on the side of the mountain is some hole of a place. You have to tog out in a farmyard covered in sh1te. Really pleasant experience on a cold winters Sunday morning.

The pitch Newmarket used this year was terrible as well.

The other pitch I hate playing on is the Fairgreen.





the fairgreen is san siro compaired to that ****. (kilkee, tullycrine, st pats/cooraclare, burren utd, tulla ) come on in fairness, would the reason you hate playing on fairgreen is you probably hardly ever won on it??????????????????????????????????????

[Clifford]

there will be 2 class players re signing for avenue next year! told by themselves and also chance will be gettin few others back too! should be good season!

i also heard one or two mentioned but will wait as it might not happen. if all clubs got there lost sheep back it would be some season and a great improvement for clare league.

[OpenGoal]

Anyone know when the Wesley Webb Cup is starting ??? Always good for a laugh!!!

[old boy]

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Anyone know when the Wesley Webb Cup is starting ??? Always good for a laugh!!!

should we not rename it park rangers annual cup ,,,, about the only cup they can win .............

usually starts june / july at latest ... were will they play it are shannon town not working on their pitch this summer
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[shelbourne1904]

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should we not rename it park rangers annual cup ,,,, about the only cup they can win .............

usually starts june / july at latest ... were will they play it are shannon town not working on their pitch this summer
:ball: :ball:
The only thing about it is the format is nonsense.It is played just before the start of the new season but you have to use the previous years players.....only Shannon Town would insist.
I always remeber the laughable secnariao where Newtown A were playing Park RangersA in the semi final and they played Dean Richter and Davy Wall as they had a lot of players on holidays.These 2 had been playing in Limerick for Pike Rovers and Geraldines respectively but were signing for Newtown for the season that was starting at youths level,they were both 16 at the time.
They tore Rangers assunder and the result was 2 nil.What did Rangers do :objected and Shannon Town dumped Newtown out .Hillarious.

[shelbourne1904]

Come on Old Boy,i thought everyone knew that a Gaa soccer club are allowed not to line their pitches,call off games when they have a GAA friendly and so on,come on,come out of the fog......
On this subject,did anyone see the new GAA Player Club Exemption Form from the League yet?To be fair its fairly detailed and anyone who gets this staus deserves it as it will take ages to fill out.

[riverside]

The only thing about it is the format is nonsense.It is played just before the start of the new season but you have to use the previous years players.....only Shannon Town would insist.
I always remeber the laughable secnariao where Newtown A were playing Park RangersA in the semi final and they played Dean Richter and Davy Wall as they had a lot of players on holidays.These 2 had been playing in Limerick for Pike Rovers and Geraldines respectively but were signing for Newtown for the season that was starting at youths level,they were both 16 at the time.
They tore Rangers assunder and the result was 2 nil.What did Rangers do :objected and Shannon Town dumped Newtown out .Hillarious.
INCORRECT ITS AN END OF SEASON COMPETITION AND ON OCCASION IS PLAYED WHEN THE SEASON IS FINISHING OFF SO MAYBE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE OBJECTION CLEARER

[old boy]

INCORRECT ITS AN END OF SEASON COMPETITION AND ON OCCASION IS PLAYED WHEN THE SEASON IS FINISHING OFF SO MAYBE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE OBJECTION CLEARER

a bit of a lottery after season is finished ,, some clubs may have players that are leaving or just retiring.... would it not be better
for a team to use what ever players they have from last season / new season :ball: :ball:

[shelbourne1904]

INCORRECT ITS AN END OF SEASON COMPETITION AND ON OCCASION IS PLAYED WHEN THE SEASON IS FINISHING OFF SO MAYBE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE OBJECTION CLEARER
Check the dates it took place over the last 3 years.My areguement is that ,as it is in memory of a man who was dedicated to football it should maintain its importance,but if its last years season it should be played as close to last season as possible not closer to next season.as has become the practice now!!!

[OpenGoal]

So what teams are we expecting to see parading their "skills" this year???

Shannon Towm A,B,C
Park Rangers A,B,C
Olympic A,B
Newtown A,B

Any others? Do bunratty, rinnenna, etc get involved in this, i cant remember?

[old boy]

So what teams are we expecting to see parading their "skills" this year???

Shannon Towm A,B,C
Park Rangers A,B,C
Olympic A,B
Newtown A,B

Any others? Do bunratty, rinnenna, etc get involved in this, i cant remember?

it was originally just for shannon teams only... not sure if rinneanna / bunraty are involved now ... have not even watched any of the last 2 years competion ... it seems to be dying a death a couple of years back this was the best cup to win nearly even better than winning your own league ... and always was very competive matchs with local pride at stake :D :D :D

[bunrattyrat]

we got kicked out of it 2 years ago because we beat shannon town b 13-1 and we had 2 players who just signd with us playing so they kicked us out sayn that we had 2 players who warnt playing in the bunratty team the year before so there kicking us out...that was the sad'st thing i ever herd like its a joke havn rules like that!!! :) :)

[OpenGoal]

It was always meant to be a tournament for shannon teams though, so i suppose ye probably we always going to suffer the wrath of some malcontent up in shannon town anyway. What kind of a season did shannon town have anyway? Still mid-tabling in 1A ???

[CousinSylDolan]

It was always meant to be a tournament for shannon teams though, so i suppose ye probably we always going to suffer the wrath of some malcontent up in shannon town anyway. What kind of a season did shannon town have anyway? Still mid-tabling in 1A ???

I think Shannon Town tumbled down to 1B after their stint in the premier. They were however in a playoff for promotion back to 1A a few weeks back. Did anyone hear how they got on?

On the rules of the Wesely Webb I do think its a bit harsh that its played at the beginning of 1 season and players from the previous season have to play. Does not always prove possible.

When HK was our manager he played 2 of the "new crop" and we got a 2 year suspension. We knew the situation though and at the end of the day I suppose rules are rules...

[oldspice]

I think Shannon Town tumbled down to 1B after their stint in the premier. They were however in a playoff for promotion back to 1A a few weeks back. Did anyone hear how they got on?

On the rules of the Wesely Webb I do think its a bit harsh that its played at the beginning of 1 season and players from the previous season have to play. Does not always prove possible.

When HK was our manager he played 2 of the "new crop" and we got a 2 year suspension. We knew the situation though and at the end of the day I suppose rules are rules...
Did Newtown get a 2 year suspensionthey played Dean Richter and Davy Wall "illegally" a few years back?

[shelbourne1904]

Did Newtown get a 2 year suspensionthey played Dean Richter and Davy Wall "illegally" a few years back?
They musnt have because they were considering withdrawing from the next year but played anyway.Does that suspension only seem to apply to clubs outside Shannon!!!!!

[clownboy]

I think Shannon Town tumbled down to 1B after their stint in the premier. They were however in a playoff for promotion back to 1A a few weeks back. Did anyone hear how they got on?

On the rules of the Wesely Webb I do think its a bit harsh that its played at the beginning of 1 season and players from the previous season have to play. Does not always prove possible.

When HK was our manager he played 2 of the "new crop" and we got a 2 year suspension. We knew the situation though and at the end of the day I suppose rules are rules...


Shannon town actually won division 1B they went on an eigt game unbeaten run to overtake the long term leaders coonagh ..Fair play to them ...back in 1A next year

[riverside]

The Wesley Webb tournament was always meant to be an end of season competition and with the Shannon teams only involved.Initially it was a fiercely competitive tournament. Unfortunately it is not always played in that period and drifts,causing problems for all.Indiscretions by some clubs have meant that Bunratty and S.D.C. were expelled. ShannonTown need to review the reasons why they run the tournament as it is in memory of a man that gave them great service and should not be forgotten for the principles he proudly promoted with them. Oldspice and cousinsyl and opengoal and a few more, might just be too young to remember him but are well informed locally and seem popular enough with the rest of the contributers so get on to them and spread the word, GET THE WESLEY WEBB BACK TO THE STATUS IT WAS, INCLUDING ALL OFTHE TEAMS FROM THE LOCALITY.
By the way S. Town won Div. 1b last week

[shelbourne1904]

The Wesley Webb tournament was always meant to be an end of season competition and with the Shannon teams only involved.Initially it was a fiercely competitive tournament. Unfortunately it is not always played in that period and drifts,causing problems for all.Indiscretions by some clubs have meant that Bunratty and S.D.C. were expelled. ShannonTown need to review the reasons why they run the tournament as it is in memory of a man that gave them great service and should not be forgotten for the principles he proudly promoted with them. Oldspice and cousinsyl and opengoal and a few more, might just be too young to remember him but are well informed locally and seem popular enough with the rest of the contributers so get on to them and spread the word, GET THE WESLEY WEBB BACK TO THE STATUS IT WAS, INCLUDING ALL OFTHE TEAMS FROM THE LOCALITY.
By the way S. Town won Div. 1b last week
Agreed on the fact that Wesley Webbs name needs to be honored properly.The problem is Shannon Town leaving it too late too run it and then coming across with this "official" rubbish.If they were official theyd run it at the corrrect time and the problems would not arise in the first place.

[riverside]

Agreed on the fact that Wesley Webbs name needs to be honored properly.The problem is Shannon Town leaving it too late too run it and then coming across with this "official" rubbish.If they were official theyd run it at the corrrect time and the problems would not arise in the first place.
If you are a S. Town Member let them know your feelings at the A.G.M or through a committe member and get more of the members to support the idea of promoting the tournament for what its supposed to be

[old boy]

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If you are a S. Town Member let them know your feelings at the A.G.M or through a committe member and get more of the members to support the idea of promoting the tournament for what its supposed to be
you need to be a big drinker in the crossroads to meet shannon town committe members

totally agree tournament should be promoted better but suppose this is really up to shannon town :cool: :cool:

[riverside]

:cool:
you need to be a big drinker in the crossroads to meet shannon town committe members

totally agree tournament should be promoted better but suppose this is really up to shannon town :cool: :cool:
Of course you are right, all we need is for all or any of the S. Town contributing to this forum to have the b...ls to raise the issue and get the ball rolling

[shelbourne1904]

Do any of you know the outcome of the list of recomendations sent to the Premier clubs which came from the League for this years premier??

[bunrattyrat]

is there any newmarket lads here..what's tha story with holly's tour what date is it on?...and will it be played in bunratty again this year??

[shelbourne1904]

Lads,
Do you know that the Limerick League still isnt over yet??
And we think we have it bad??

[Kicks]

The Wesley Web hasnt always been just for Shannon Teams, I remember when Star Rovers used to play in it when it was held in the two pitches that Sennan's rugby team play in now. Im almost sure that there was also another 1 or 2 teams from Limerick in it also. By bringing back a couple of Limerick teams it might make the tournament more desirable to win. Teams like newtown would be able to use it as a gauge to see how far behind the Limerick league they are.

[old boy]

:D
The Wesley Web hasnt always been just for Shannon Teams, I remember when Star Rovers used to play in it when it was held in the two pitches that Sennan's rugby team play in now. Im almost sure that there was also another 1 or 2 teams from Limerick in it also. By bringing back a couple of Limerick teams it might make the tournament more desirable to win. Teams like newtown would be able to use it as a gauge to see how far behind the Limerick league they are.

getting your tournaments mixed up ... park rangers tournament
was played on old park pitch beside traffic lights in shannon & second pitch now both being used by st sennans ... wesley webb has always been for shannon clubs ... :D :cool: :mad:

[riverside]

The Wesley Web hasnt always been just for Shannon Teams, I remember when Star Rovers used to play in it when it was held in the two pitches that Sennan's rugby team play in now. Im almost sure that there was also another 1 or 2 teams from Limerick in it also. By bringing back a couple of Limerick teams it might make the tournament more desirable to win. Teams like newtown would be able to use it as a gauge to see how far behind the Limerick league they are.
You ure mixing the Wesley Webb up with the Park tournament. The park tournament had a mixture of Clare league and Limerick teams involved.

[riverside]

It was the Park tournament that had Limerick teams involved. The Wesley Webb has always been the local teams only

[oldspice]

Question for you "The Boss". Is there any truth that Lifford will be entering a "B" team for the coming season? :confused:

[shelbourne1904]

The Wesley Web hasnt always been just for Shannon Teams, I remember when Star Rovers used to play in it when it was held in the two pitches that Sennan's rugby team play in now. Im almost sure that there was also another 1 or 2 teams from Limerick in it also. By bringing back a couple of Limerick teams it might make the tournament more desirable to win. Teams like newtown would be able to use it as a gauge to see how far behind the Limerick league they are.
The only thing I remember it for was how biased the Limerick referees were!!!
How are they allowed out here anyway????

[old boy]

:D
The only thing I remember it for was how biased the Limerick referees were!!!
How are they allowed out here anyway????

is it not still the same for the wesley webb !!! biased limerick refs :D

[shelbourne1904]

:D

is it not still the same for the wesley webb !!! biased limerick refs :D
You are right anthey give the nod and wink to Park and ST all the time!!!But I repeat how are they allowed ref out here seeing as we have such strong "LOCAL SHOP" attitude to everything else??

[old boy]

You are right anthey give the nod and wink to Park and ST all the time!!!But I repeat how are they allowed ref out here seeing as we have such strong "LOCAL SHOP" attitude to everything else??
fair point we do have a couple of local clare league referee in the area.... but i suppose because shannon town in limerick league the have to use limerick referee's ..
any word yet on when it is starting... shannon pitch is closed at the moment and grass is nearly knee high :confused: :confused:

[shelbourne1904]

fair point we do have a couple of local clare league referee in the area.... but i suppose because shannon town in limerick league the have to use limerick referee's ..
any word yet on when it is starting... shannon pitch is closed at the moment and grass is nearly knee high :confused: :confused:
I believe all Shannon pitches are closed at present,but for different reasons.Newtwown and Rangers are working on theirs in the close season ,I think the others are let grow wild to facilitate the local birds and wild animals.If you do this you get a grant from the Department of the Environement as proposed by the Green Party.

[shelbourne1904]

fair point we do have a couple of local clare league referee in the area.... but i suppose because shannon town in limerick league the have to use limerick referee's ..
any word yet on when it is starting... shannon pitch is closed at the moment and grass is nearly knee high :confused: :confused:
Fine but if the Clare League are so adamant that teams in Clare play in Clare,except those already out(FAI ruling),then why dont they and the Clare Referess insist on only Clare referees officiating in Clare???

[Kicks]

Because its a Limerick based team that runs the tournament. The Clare league cant stop newtown and shannon olympic playing in the tournament, and anyway who cares where the refs are from its just a friendly tournament I doubt if the refs have any interest in who wins it, so they're not biased.

[old boy]

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Because its a Limerick based team that runs the tournament. The Clare league cant stop newtown and shannon olympic playing in the tournament, and anyway who cares where the refs are from its just a friendly tournament I doubt if the refs have any interest in who wins it, so they're not biased.

how many wesley matches have you watched were limerick teams are playing clare teams .... all major decisions seem to go way of limerick based teams .. :ball: :ball:

[Kicks]

Seriously why would limerick refs care who wins the wesley web. The 2 limerick teams esp park usually win the tournament because they're better than rineanna, newtown and olympic. Its not a conspiracy against clare based teams, the refs get paid no matter who wins. What decisions are you talking about where the refs have blatantly ruled in favour of the limerick based teams?

[progress]

is davy wall returning to the clare league,he would be a huge loss to the limerick league if he went.

[magic_man]

this sums up the standard of clare soccer for me when ye keep harping on about this webb tournament,it prob has alot of sentimental value to ye as a tournament but as regards a trophy to win iv never heard of it,is it any wonder yer best players leave for a higher standard in the limerick league,[dave o grady daryl eades davey wall mike omalley scalesy seamie lawlor nabs just to name a few ]

[Kicks]

I dont remember anybody trying to pretend that the standard of the clare league is very high. Everyone acknowledges that the limerick league is at a higher standard, and if you look back over the previous posts you'll read about how poor the standard of refs and pitches are. So apart from stating the obvious I dont really see what point your trying to make.

[shelbourne1904]

I dont remember anybody trying to pretend that the standard of the clare league is very high. Everyone acknowledges that the limerick league is at a higher standard, and if you look back over the previous posts you'll read about how poor the standard of refs and pitches are. So apart from stating the obvious I dont really see what point your trying to make.
Would you not start a thread yourself as everything everyone else says seems to up set your sensitive nature...or do u get out of the wrong side of the bed everyday on purpose??What is the case at the moment doesnt have to continue that way forever so discussion allows for views to be expressed which may result in improvement.This website allows a foruem for discussion which may help with this much sought after improvement.

[BallBreaker]

this sums up the standard of clare soccer for me when ye keep harping on about this webb tournament,it prob has alot of sentimental value to ye as a tournament but as regards a trophy to win iv never heard of it,is it any wonder yer best players leave for a higher standard in the limerick league,[dave o grady daryl eades davey wall mike omalley scalesy seamie lawlor nabs just to name a few ]

Hey magic man,tell it as it happened,Limerick clubs namely PIKE ROVERS came out and poached these players by correctly offering them a better standard of football and also by PAYING them,you can call it travel allowances if you like BUT Pike pay the players,noboby in Clare gets paid,speaking of Pike they have no schoolboy set-up and only a handfull are out and out Pike players,For Pike's sake Pat Mul had better keep chasing cause when he stops chasing i'm afraid Pike are heading for lean yours,then Magic man the odds are you will disappear :) :) :) :)

[old boy]

Hey magic man,tell it as it happened,Limerick clubs namely PIKE ROVERS came out and poached these players by correctly offering them a better standard of football and also by PAYING them,you can call it travel allowances if you like BUT Pike pay the players,noboby in Clare gets paid,speaking of Pike they have no schoolboy set-up and only a handfull are out and out Pike players,For Pike's sake Pat Mul had better keep chasing cause when he stops chasing i'm afraid Pike are heading for lean yours,then Magic man the odds are you will disappear :) :) :) :)

did the mighty pike rovers win anything in limerick last year with all there highly paid superstars ... !!! .. i know they lost league after being about 10 points clear at one stage .... how is that for a better standard :D