2017 Pre-season friendlies

[ybig]

List of matches

http://www.extratime.ie/articles/18049/confirmed-pre-season-fixture-list-2017/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter


20-1



St Mochtas

Bohemians

19:45





27-1

Bray Wanderers

Longford Town

19:30

Carlisle Grounds



27-1

Shelbourne

Bohemians

19:45

TBC



31-1

Longford Town

Sligo Rovers

19:45

City Calling Stadium



3-2

Bray Wanderers

Wexford Youths

19:30

Carlilse Grounds



4-2

Waterford United
Bray Wanderers
16:00
RSC


4-2

Longford Town

Finn Harps

16:00

City Calling Stadium



5-2

Bohemians

Cobh Ramblers

14:00

Dalymount Park



9-2

Longford Town

Bohemians

19:45

City Calling Stadium



10-2

Bray Wanderers
Athlone Town
19:30
Carlilse Grounds


17-2

St Patrick’s Athletic

Longford Town

19:45

St Francis



17-2

Athlone Town

Bohemians

19:30

Athlone Town Stadium

[nigel-harps1954]

Finn Harps:

Sat 28th Jan - Athlone Town (Away)
Tue 31st Jan - Inishowen Oscar Traynor (Away)
Sat 4th Feb - Longford Town (Away)
TBC - Shelbourne (Away)

[gufc2000]

Saturday Feb 18th- Cobh Ramblers vs Galway Utd

[sulywaterfordfc]

Tramore 0-4 Waterford FC
Waterford FC 0-0 Cork City

[blueblood]

Cobh 0 2 Limerick Ogbene and Kenny goals

[Martinho II]

Bray Wanderers 1-0 Longford Town AUL Clonshaugh Ger Pender 5 mins

[sullanefc]

Waterford 0-0 Cork City.

Sean Maguire stretchered off after an horrendous challenge by Patrick McClean. Thankfully only bruising for Seanie.

Patrick apparently apologised for the tackle in the car park yet took to Facebook afterwards to gloat about the challenge and was joined by his Irish international brother James who made some fairly disparaging remarks about a fellow Irish international (albeit u21). Shane Duffy also gets involved bizarrely enough.

Fairly scummy behaviour IMO. Should be interesting should they meet in MSC or any other cup comp this year.

https://www.balls.ie/football/james-mcclean-seanie-maguire-357846

[Jofspring]

Complete stupidity out of Patrick McClean. He doesn't even deserve the attention to be honest.

[sullanefc]

Shane Duffy getting stuck into Cork City fc News about it on twitter as well.

[ToberonaTornado]

https://m.popkey.co/98d4e9/1GJN7.gif

[patrickccfc]

Poor form from Patrick but absolutely no need for James and Duffy to get involved, they should know better.

[outspoken]

Friendly or not it's a disgrace McClean isn't banned for a tackle like that, he clearly went in to do the player and his behaviour online since is absoutly disgusting.

[Pablo Escobar]

The tackle was disgraceful. I was at the game and he did appear to intend to hurt him. But we'd all get over it if he just kept his head down and not go public to advertise his and his brothers stupidity.

[White Horse]

Players should know better. Getting onto social media about tackles in games is childish.

[total hoofball]

They don't seem to be the sharpest tools that McClean family

[Lim till i die]

Cork city fans and Derry people in a MOPERY battle. :D

Are we sure the internet can take it.

[**FrOsTy**]

Tackle was strong, and mistimed, but you'd expect that in preseason.

I'd expect my centre halves to go in hard, irregardless of friendly or not. He's playing for a spot in the starting XI come Athlone.

Anyone who thinks he intentionally went to hurt Maguire is deluded or never kicked a ball in their life. looking at the photo he tackles with 1 foot, and doesn't have his studs showing in a malicious way. If he wanted to do him, he easily could of went in two footed, studs showing.

Game is gone soft if you can't leave a bit of meat on the end of a tackle anymore. Seanie thankfully is ok, and will be back to his best in a few days. Comments online aren't clever, but if he had of seriously hurt the player I'd like to imagine they wouldn't if appeared.

What's worse IMO, is the Cork thugs targeting Shane Duffy, (who had actually commented that it was nasty) posting pictures to him of when he had his liver reptured in a game (again, an honest attempted to take a ball) and almost died.

[Pablo Escobar]

Tackle was strong, and mistimed, but you'd expect that in preseason.

I'd expect my centre halves to go in hard, irregardless of friendly or not. He's playing for a spot in the starting XI come Athlone.

Anyone who thinks he intentionally went to hurt Maguire is deluded or never kicked a ball in their life. looking at the photo he tackles with 1 foot, and doesn't have his studs showing in a malicious way. If he wanted to do him, he easily could of went in two footed, studs showing.

Game is gone soft if you can't leave a bit of meat on the end of a tackle anymore. Seanie thankfully is ok, and will be back to his best in a few days. Comments online aren't clever, but if he had of seriously hurt the player I'd like to imagine they wouldn't if appeared.

What's worse IMO, is the Cork thugs targeting Shane Duffy, (who had actually commented that it was nasty) posting pictures to him of when he had his liver reptured in a game (again, an honest attempted to take a ball) and almost died.

IMO anyone who thinks he wasn't trying to hurt him has never kicked a ball. Maguire was gone past him when he went through him.

But tbh, what you or I think of the challenge is besides the point. The McCleans and Duffy shouldn't be online making such comments, whether provoked or not. They are in a position where they are meant to be role models, and their comments are childish and provocative (although that seems to be a trend with the McCleans).

[White Horse]

What's worse IMO, is the Cork thugs targeting Shane Duffy, (who had actually commented that it was nasty) posting pictures to him of when he had his liver reptured in a game (again, an honest attempted to take a ball) and almost died.

That is sick.

[patrickccfc]

Shane Duffy was foolish to get involved, but abuse of that nature is just so uncalled for and shouldn't be brought up no matter the circumstances. I'm ashamed that a "fan" of my club would resort to saying something like that.

[**FrOsTy**]

http://foot.ie/attachment.php?attachmentid=2512&stc=1

[El-Pietro]

https://youtu.be/PsSz5rh3HIE?t=2m34s
Make your own minds up about the tackle.

[bluewhitearmy]

Bit much to get stretchered off cos of a bruised shin isn't it.

[MattB11]

Wants to be just like his big bro it, shocking tackle matter of time before one of them dunderheads seriu

[MattB11]

Seriously injures an opposing player

[De Town]

https://youtu.be/PsSz5rh3HIE?t=2m34s
Make your own minds up about the tackle.

Won the ball imo.

[patrickccfc]

Won the ball imo.

You can win the ball but still be wreckless.

[Pablo Escobar]

You can win the ball but still be wreckless.
Tbf, I think that was sarcasm :D

[patrickccfc]

Tbf, I think that was sarcasm :D
Ya that's what I thought anyway

[Martinho II]

btw how come Patrick McLean left Derry anyway?

[nigel-harps1954]

btw how come Patrick McLean left Derry anyway?

Long and short of it, he wasn't wanted.

[White Horse]

http://youtu.be/PsSz5rh3HIE

"Tackle" at 2.35

Straight red in my opinion.

[oldyouth]

Sean Grant. Nothing more needs to be said

[Dodge]

It's nowhere near as bad as some of the wailing I've read

Bad tackle, definite red. He's a ***** for gloatinb about it

Maguire will be fine

[Nesta99]

I was expecting a lot worse tbh! It was poorly timed and rash and as Dodge has said his behaviour after was idiotic. But some of the wailing and gnashing of teeth is as over the top as the tackle!

[Jofspring]

Ya I was expecting a lot worse. Hard challenge for a friendly but certainly not the crazy leg breaker I was expecting based on reactions online. Should have been sent off alright.

[El-Pietro]

I don't think there were much reaction before the comments from McClean online to be fair.

[patrickccfc]

Although it was the basis of all this, the tackle isn't the main issue. If it weren't for the childish comments on social media, I'm sure not many would've batted an eyelid about the tackle itself.

[Ezeikial]

Cork fans are just trying to get warmed up for the season ahead.

Victimisation and outrage need to be stretched just like hamstrings

[White Horse]

I don't think there were much reaction before the comments from McClean online to be fair.

Did Caulfield not call for a "severe ban" for McClean after the game?

To be fair to Maguire, he only got involved when the McCleans started posting about it on social media.

However, it was Caulfield who started mouthing first.

[ArFella]

However, it was Caulfield who started mouthing first.

Long Ballfield mouthing? you must have the wrong man, sure butter wouldn't melt in his hair ;)

[GCdfc]

2nd February

Espanyol B v Dundalk

[The Donie Forde]

2nd February

Espanyol B v Dundalk

Is that gonna be in Barcelona?

[nigel-harps1954]

Is that gonna be in Barcelona?

Expected to be moved to the Nou Camp to deal with the demand for tickets.

[ToberonaTornado]

Is that gonna be in Barcelona?

Yep.Espanyol traing ground.


Dundalk face Espanyol B at Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque in a pre-season friiendly on Thursday (9.30am Irish time / 10.30am local time).

https://www.facebook.com/events/1769671016692771/

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps start pre-season off with a 2-1 win over Inishowen Oscar Traynor side. Ciaran O'Connor and Danny Morrissey got the goals.

[Longfordian]

It's all over! Stunning giant killing win for LTFC over glamour side Sligo Rovers. 3-2 in an apparently cauldron like atmosphere at the CCS.

Good to have the football back though, the usual pre season optimism is taking hold.

[markc1184]

Ballinamallard 0-3 Drogheda United

Drogs play again tomorrow night at home to Cabo.

[outspoken]

I'd be worried if I was a Sligo fan.

[White Horse]

Forget about the results, where is the social media commentary on the tackles?