2016 FAI Cup

[brendy_éire]

Kenny Shiels is going to sit in the away dugout in United Park.

Ah, he will not be happy with this at all.

To be fair to Drogheda, they played well enough and held their lead for ages. We were poor now, especially after Drogs scored. Patterson missed another penalty, and didn't take the second. I'd question whether it was a penalty or not either. We were lucky.

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps 1-0 down and down to ten men against Crumlin. Only around 150 at the match. Barry Molloy sent off. We've completely gone to f*ck and are playing 4-5-1 at home against non-league opposition.

[nigel-harps1954]

FT in Finn Park. 1-0 to Crumlin.

[PartySaint]

Crumlin beat Harps, I'm sure Crumlin were crap tho...

[Comic Book Guy]

2-1 to Ramblers, made a bit more hard work than it needed but decent win with about 5 or so players out. No more than about 170 at it. Apparently a lot of communion/confirmation/barmitzvah parties on today.
Don't understand how the Fai Cup is the poor relation nowadays, once it represented one of your bigger gates of the season, not any more sadly.

[redarmyfaction]

Finished 3 0 in the Showgies , 800 and something there.

[IsMiseSean]

Attendances have been terrible this weekend. 57 at Athlone....

[the 12 th man]

Harps 1-0 down and down to ten men against Crumlin. Only around 150 at the match. Barry Molloy sent off. We've completely gone to f*ck and are playing 4-5-1 at home against non-league opposition.

Terrible attendance considering Crumlin would have brought a few I would imagine,Crumlin were very sharp in the Aviva in the Intermediate final and the result not totally unexpected as Crumlin went from 9/1 to 4/1 during match day.

[nigel-harps1954]

Yeah, but Harps are beyond sh!te at the minute.

[Oldred]

Yeah, but Harps are beyond sh!te at the minute.
What's gone wrong, the wheels seem to have suddenly fallen off the wagon?
I thought after the win against Derry at the start that Harps may be the surprise packet this year.

[redarmyfaction]

Dramatic fall for Harps from beating Derry in front of 4500 people to losing to Crumlin in front of 150, a story that says much about the caprices of the LOI and the fickleness of the Irish sporting public.

[joey B]

What's gone wrong, the wheels seem to have suddenly fallen off the wagon?
I thought after the win against Derry at the start that Harps may be the surprise packet this year.

Seems to be a combination of factors really,confidence has been visibly shattered by that Dundalk game and the usual fight and heart that you'd associate with a Horgan team has disappeared, coupled with his refusal to rotate the squad enough has left us at a low ebb at the minute,but we'd want to shake out of it sharpish.

[Sam_Heggy]

I'd say people just can't afford the 12 euro entry into the match on top of the 30 quid a pop into the physio to get their necks looked at.

Hoofball from keeper to opposition centre half. It does get varied every so often when the keeper rolls it out to the centre half who then hoofs it up the pitch to the opposition centre half.

3 attempts on target last night, a scuffed 30 yard effort from Molloy, a decent free kick from Flately and a header from Packie Mailey from a corner.

Greg Moorehouse is a handy player. Any reason he's not been snapped up by a LOI side???

[shep]

When is the draw for the next round??

[nigel-harps1954]

When is the draw for the next round??

Nobody cares..

[ToberonaTornado]

When is the draw for the next round??

Mid-July.

[Kingdom]

I was in Lansdowne last week, and Crumlin absolutely battered Letterkenny 5-0 (the same Letterkenny that drew with Athlone I think?). Honestly it could have been double-figures. Ollie Horgan was at the Inter Cup final too scouting Crumlin.

Crumlin are as good a non-league side as you're likely to see, and would not be out of place in the first division. Any time I've seen them they play good football.

Also they have Shane Supple in goal for them.

[PartySaint]

When is the draw for the next round??

It was in July last year

[nr637]

FAI Cup Results & Attendances

Friday, May 20, 2016

Derry City 1 - 1 Drogheda United - The Brandywell 1200
Firhouse Clover 0 - 3 Wexford Youths - Ferrycarrig Park 250
Shamrock Rovers 4 - 0 Midleton - Tallaght Stadium 1,000
Cork City 4 - 0 St Peter's- Turners Cross 650
Bohemians 2 - 0 Galway United FC- Dalymount Park 850
Dundalk 2 - 0 Shelbourne - Oriel Park 1750
UCD 4 - 3 Bray Wanderers - The UCD Bowl 150
Waterford United 0 - 2 Longford Town - Regional Sports Centre 250

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Ringmahon Rangers 2 - 1 Glebe North - Ringmahon Park 100
Sligo Rovers 3 - 0 Cabinteely FC - The Showgrounds 850
Bluebell United 2 - 5 Limerick FC - Market's Field 550
Athlone Town 0 - 0 Letterkenny Rovers - Athlone Town Stadium 100
St. Patrick's Ath 8 - 0 Pike Rovers - Richmond Park 350
Cobh Ramblers 2 - 1 Cherry Orchard - St. Colman's Park 250
Finn Harps 0 - 1 Crumlin United - Finn Park 150

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Janesboro 2 - 1 Sheriff YC - Pearse Stadium 300

[Candystripe]

Drogheda 0 Derry city 1.

Letterkenny rovers 0 Athlone 0 into ET

[nigel-harps1954]

Athlone Town score in the last minute of extra time in Letterkenny. Crowd of around 400 in Leckview Park for a 6pm kick-off. A lot of Harps fans in to support Letterkenny before heading off to a big fundraiser in McGettigans.

[Charlie Darwin]

Harps 1-0 down and down to ten men against Crumlin. Only around 150 at the match. Barry Molloy sent off. We've completely gone to f*ck and are playing 4-5-1 at home against non-league opposition.
Fairly impressive you managed to keep it at 1-0 with no goalkeeper :)

[nigel-harps1954]

Fairly impressive you managed to keep it at 1-0 with no goalkeeper :)

Even worse that Barry Molloy was the goalkeeper.

[brendy_éire]

Rather mediocre game of football had in United Park on Tuesday.

Patterson finally scored one of his free kicks, Drogs back into it with a silly penalty, and Josh Daniels with a lovely goal to win it.
Plenty of fouling and mistakes all round though. Not that I cared too much, into the next round is the main thing.

On Drogheda, thought they played their game well, especially at the Brandywell. They really made it difficult for us, even if we weren't on top form.
Drogheda would have to be fairly confident of finishing in the promotion spots, judging by what I've seen from them.

As an aside, whilst United Park is pretty horrible for away fans in general, the Windmill has been done up and is looking well. Bit of a craft beer selection now too, with knowledgeable bar staff. Lovely!

[Nesta99]

Drog fans would be hiding away in Mother Hughes. Been done up about 5 years now which surprised me when the barman said it. They have also put as stop to serving patients attached to drips that sneaked out of the hospital for a quickie...or so they said with the hospital porters number beside the phone!

[placid casual]

Sorry for butting in, but the Windmill is one of my personal favourite away boozers. Hope drogs get back this season for that reason alone.
There, Tory top in cork,and any number of pubs in Galway are my favourite desired location's on away days.

[brendy_éire]

Any idea on when the draw will be? Was 17th July last year.
Can't understand why they didn't do the draw directly after the last round.

[atfconline]

The draw for the Third Round of the Irish Daily Mail FAI Senior Cup will take place at 11:00 in the Conference Gallery within the Horse & Jockey Hotel, Tipperary on Friday, July 29.

As per FAI Press Release.

[Dodge]

They also do this draw during the FAI AGM. It is silly, but on the scale of FAI silliness...

[Martinho II]

They also do this draw during the FAI AGM. It is silly, but on the scale of FAI silliness...

and at an ungodly hour with no PR!

[TonyD]

and at an ungodly hour with no PR!

Well. someone might find out otherwise !! (it is a secret, right ?)

[ToberonaTornado]

This on in the morning? (the draw)

[gufcfan]

This on in the morning? (the draw)

Yes, but don't tell anyone.

[Nailor]

http://www.fai.ie/domestic/news/live-fai-cup-3rd-round-draw that link appeared in the last 5 minutes

[pineapple stu]

A quarter of an hour in, and this is a typically high-quality production from the FAI.

Nothing but some baldy fella writing on bits of paper.

Riveting stuff.

[pineapple stu]

Is yer man actually keeping a record of the draw by writing it down on an A4 pad?

Athlone v Rovers
UCD v Janesboro
Ringmahon v Cobh

So far

[pineapple stu]

Hard to be sure of the draw because the sound quality is so poor (and because my internet is skipping), but I think it's -

Athlone v Rovers
UCD v Janesboro
Ringmahon v Cobh
Bohs v Derry
Crumlin v Dundalk
Wexford v

And my stream just died...

[ToberonaTornado]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CohnXtYVMAUBcFV.jpg

[White Horse]

Pats and Limerick is a tasty tie.

[pineapple stu]

And even trying to replay the file, it skips after Wexford are drawn to go straight to the people doing the draw leaving.

Anyone else having this problem?

What a shambles the FAI are.

[harpin]

Exact same thing happened to me

[atfconline]

Same here. The splash screen on the video called it the 4th round draw, and we were down as 'Athlete Town' in the description below the video on YT.

[ger121]

Not fecking Derry!! I mean great, Derry!!

[NeverFeltBetter]

Good tie for Limerick, just the kind of proper test the squad needs.

[ToberonaTornado]

Fixtures Friday:

All 7:45pm k/o's

Athlone Town v Shamrock Rovers

Bohemians v Derry City

St.Patricks Athletic v Limerick FC

Wexford Youths v Sligo Rovers

Fixtures Saturday:

Longford Town v Cork City - 7.30pm

Ringmahon Rovers v Cobh Ramblers - 3pm

UCD v Janesboro - 7pm

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Point me in the direction of an upset for betting purposes ;)

Betting here btw - http://www.paddypower.com/football/football-matches/ireland

[Hitman]

Fixtures Saturday:

Ringmahon Rovers v Cobh Ramblers - 3pm


Just a word of warning to the hordes planning to travel to this, it's a 6pm kick-off and it's on in Turner's Cross.

[Ezeikial]

Kind folk might say that Stephen Bradley is living in the past, others that he is simply deluded:



"It’s everyone’s cup final when Rovers come to town, every player playing against Rovers wants to show that they can play for us, and want to impress us.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0818/810313-fai-cup/

[Philosophizer]

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0818/810313-fai-cup/

Oh man that's so sad. He really thinks they're still the top dogs...

Reminds me of what Richie Sadlier said on Soccer Republic a while back about Rovers folks having a quite unrealistic superiority complex.

[Dalymountrower]

Kind folk might say that Stephen Bradley is living in the past, others that he is simply deluded:



http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0818/810313-fai-cup/

I am sure that this type of nonsense plays well with the fan base. Maybe a manager has to peddle that type of nonsense to get RTE coverage, as they decided not to mention the FAI cup matches at all on the main RTE Radio 1 Sports bulletin at 8;35 this morning. Nice piece on Christian Benteke though and that Man U were playing Southampton tonight.

[Charlie Darwin]

Kind folk might say that Stephen Bradley is living in the past, others that he is simply deluded:



http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0818/810313-fai-cup/
You'd think that, but for some reason people still come out when Rovers come to town.