April 1st/2nd Fixtures

[sulywaterfordfc]

Premier Division
FRI: Bohemians - Longford Town
FRI: Dundalk - Derry City
FRI: Finn Harps - St. Patrick's Athletic
FRI: Shamrock Rovers - Galway United
FRI: Wexford Youths - Bray Wanderers
SAT: Sligo Rovers - Cork City


First Division
FRI: Drogheda United - Cabinteely
FRI: UCD - Athlone Town
FRI: Waterford United - Cobh Ramblers
SAT: Limerick Shelbourne

[sulywaterfordfc]

Roddy Collins starts his six game ban this evening...

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps v Pats postponed.

[White Horse]

Is this an April Fools joke?

[nigel-harps1954]

Is this an April Fools joke?

Nein. Pitch waterlogged. Yellow weather warning in Donegal and a lot of rainfall overnight and this morning.

[poster]

Was only a matter of time before a game would be called off up there.

[ForzaHoop]

I am hearing the same that HARPS V Pats is off, it's very wet up here in fairness
April fools ends at Midday too

[White Horse]

NEWSFLASH: It rains in Ireland.

[ForzaHoop]

Finn Harps V St Patrick’s Athletic Postponed
News from Finn Park

Following a pitch inspection, the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match between Finn Harps FC and Saint Patrick’s Athletic has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Tickets already purchased for the fixture will be valid for the rescheduled date.

[MattB11]

Absolute shambles on our part it has to be said, we should of closed the roof last night.

[Nesta99]

Absolute shambles on our part it has to be said, we should of closed the roof last night.

Fancy feckers:p Plastic pitch would solve the problem at a fraction of the cost and you'd get a designated thread on foot.ie thrown in!

[PartySaint]

Fair play to Harps getting it sorted early, would have been a nightmare if people traveled up only to find out when they got there that it was off

[sulywaterfordfc]

Blues v Cobh off water logged pitch

[wonder88]

No surprise that games are off, heavy rain overnight right till early afternoon here in the west.

[Jofspring]

With most junior soccer leagues going months without games it just shows how easily LOI could be the same if we went back to winter football.

[nigel-harps1954]

Shocking pitch in the RSC, should never be used.

In other unsurprising news, Dundalk 1-0 up on Derry. Not a huge crowd in there, Derry fans only coming in the gate now, was thinking it was strange there'd only be around 20 Derry fans such a short trip down the road.

[Jofspring]

Holy ****, Shiels just complained about the positioning of the dugouts........again!

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

I'd hate to sit in his seat in the living room. He'd go ballistic if he couldn't see the TV properly.

[nigel-harps1954]

Just bust my hole laughing at that. What a gobsh!te.

[White Horse]

Good first half. Derry are working harder than any away team I've seen in Oriel Park in the last year. It'll be interesting to see whether they can keep it. They're not creating anything though.

[Terry]

Holy ****, Shiels just complained about the positioning of the dugouts........again!

Are you Sheldon in disguise !
http://previously.tv/m/kotm-bbt-spot-full.jpg

[nigel-harps1954]

Note to Kenny Shiels:

Derry have an unfair advantage with their own dugout on the halfway line. This is a disgrace and a severe hindrance to any away coaches and staff. Sort it out.

http://foot.ie/attachment.php?attachmentid=2416&stc=1

[rednwhitearmy]

Note to Kenny Shiels:

Derry have an unfair advantage with their own dugout on the halfway line. This is a disgrace and a severe hindrance to any away coaches and staff. Sort it out.

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We're would you like to put the dugout behind the nets????

[White Horse]

It's the Sutton show.

[nigel-harps1954]

We're would you like to put the dugout behind the nets????

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9qDfIPm30Vs/UJWmfh9HTqI/AAAAAAAAGXE/XeNzZ4QpmrQ/s640/facepalm-ernie.jpg

[Sam_Heggy]

It's the Sutton show.

Man's an abomination. Worst ref in LOI by a long way. His performance in Sligo for our game had to be seen to be believed.

[nigel-harps1954]

Quite happy for that game to end as it means Ger Canning can stop saying 'Dundork'.

[nigel-harps1954]

Wexford score with the last kick of the game as Bray make a balls of a last ditch attempt to score an equaliser. 2-0 there. Great win for them.

[osarusan]

Did Canning call it the Allianz league or something at the end? Was switching over just as he said whatever he said.

[venkman]

Shocking pitch in the RSC, should never be used.

In other unsurprising news, Dundalk 1-0 up on Derry.

You must be surprised now, Nigel. Another very good result for Derry.

[gufc2000]

Results:
Bohs 2-0 Longford
Dundalk 1-1 Derry
Rovers 2-0 Galway
Wexford 2-0 Bray

UCD 1-1 Athlone
Drogheda 4-0 Cabo

Our poor run in Tallaght goes on. Big result for Wexford tonight, they've been due a result like that for a few weeks now

[nigel-harps1954]

Did Canning call it the Allianz league or something at the end? Was switching over just as he said whatever he said.

He did indeed. In fairness though, he quickly realised his mistake and corrected himself.

[Nesta99]

Did Canning call it the Allianz league or something at the end? Was switching over just as he said whatever he said.

Well he also had Ger Doherty saving Dundalk by pulling off a save from Stephen O'Donnell!?

[Lim till i die]

shelbourne athletic might be worth a few euro tomorrow.

I can see First Division Champions 2016 Limerick FC drawing or losing in the interests of Irish football.

4 points clear with a game in hand after playing only four games makes a bit of a mockery of the rest of the small, amateur, outfits in the division.

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps v St Pats rearranged for Monday 11th April.

Harps were due to receive a civic reception on the same night from Donegal County Council.

[Dalymountrower]

Jaysus Longford are the poorest team I've seen for a few years, still should have scored twice t nite though.
Longford used to bring a decent away crowd, maybe 40/50 tonight?

[White Horse]

Harps were due to receive a civic reception on the same night from Donegal County Council.

Probably would have been rained off anyway.

[nigel-harps1954]

Jaysus Longford are the poorest team I've seen for a few years, still should have scored twice t nite though.
Longford used to bring a decent away crowd, maybe 40/50 tonight?

They were shocking in Finn Park last week too. Mystery how it was only 1-0.

There was four of them in Ballybofey last week too. FOUR.

[White Horse]

Just looking at the stats for bookings it the game in Oriel Park.

You'd think it was a bloodbath from those stats. Except it wasn't.

[wonder88]

Saw a clip of the Derry sending off, not sure if some opinions expressed in a newspaper(readership less than 100k) damages the league more than a performance like that.
Wexford doing ok so far, and have been unlucky in a few games, hope the locals down there supports them.

[outspoken]

They were shocking in Finn Park last week too. Mystery how it was only 1-0.

There was four of them in Ballybofey last week too. FOUR.

Hard to get people out to CCS to watch a team playing so poorly let alone Donegal. If Dundlak travel well next weekend we could be looking at a 50:50 split

[Charlie Darwin]

Alright game in Tallaght. Galway weren't great, we were great either but slightly less not great than them. Great to see Trevor Clarke on the scoresheet and Miele is a class act - if we still have him next season it'd be a huge achievement.

[trevy]

I'm not sure whether the comment about RSC pitch is April Fools joke or not but it won FAI pitch of the year in 2013 and has been regularly praised for it's quality by visiting managers. It just rained very heavily all day and was waterlogged so it's no big deal that a game is called off.
Ridiculous number of bookings in Dundalk Derry game and 2nd yellow for McCormack was not even a foul. If anything he was fouled! It's not helped by players surrounding referees calling for cards which happened for both sendings off.

[sullanefc]

Dundalk are very good at playing the referee to be fair.

[Ezeikial]

It's not helped by players surrounding referees calling for cards which happened for both sendings off.

Agreed - it is poor form, even if it is understandable in the heat of the battle.

Sutton is an odd ref - on once occasion Dundalk had a clear advantage, but he whistled for a free and booked the Derry offender and then later in the game he let play carry on and came back several minutes later to issue a yellow card.

That said I suspect that a review of the match footage will show that Sutton was correct about most (maybe even all) of the yellow cards!

[Dodge]

He wasn't right about the McCormack 2nd yellow as it wasn't even a foul

Harsh on Shields too obviously but the McCormack one was a joke

[nigel-harps1954]

Hard to get people out to CCS to watch a team playing so poorly let alone Donegal. If Dundlak travel well next weekend we could be looking at a 50:50 split

Longford to Ballybofey is only a 2 hour drive. 2 and a half on a bad day. Longford have the easiest travel of any support in the whole league and no excuse for 'long journeys'.

[joey B]

Sutton is a terrible referee,didn't see the game but after seeing him ref the Sligo v Harps game recently I am not suprised by the reports of his performance not a Scooby doo does he have!

[Town Legend]

Longford to Ballybofey is only a 2 hour drive. 2 and a half on a bad day. Longford have the easiest travel of any support in the whole league and no excuse for 'long journeys'.

Section O have fallen out with the board, the board have fallen out with Section O, Section O are fallen out with themselves. It's all a shambles at the CCS these days!

[White Horse]

Sutton is a terrible referee,didn't see the game but after seeing him ref the Sligo v Harps game recently I am not suprised by the reports of his performance not a Scooby doo does he have!

I really enjoyed the first half. Both team were playing well and it was great tactical battle between two contrasting set-ups.

The song half became the "Sutton Show" and revolved around his seemingly random bookings.

I went to Oriel to watch a football match between two teams. The ref is supposed to be an officiator not a participant.