Pre-Season Fixtures

[ToberonaTornado]

Most suitable thread,i dunno?

pp Division 1 betting.

Galway 5/2
Longford 5/1
Shelbourne 6/1
UCD 7/1
Cobh8/1
Harps 8/1
Cabo 9/1
Drogs 12/1
Wexford 50/1
Athlone 80/1


http://www.paddypower.com/football/irish-football/league-of-ireland-division-1

[pineapple stu]

Some manner of new thread maybe? :)

Are Drogheda likely to be that much weaker than last year?

Otherwise, seems reasonable that it'll be a tight enough division.

[gufcfan]

seems reasonable that it'll be a tight enough division.

I don't know what lead them to have us as such favourites before we had even had any players signed. Imo we have to be aiming to win the division, but I think it's much closer than the odds suggest.

It's gonna be a tough league. With nearly half the division getting promotion or a playoff, most teams in the division will be in the running for those until at least halfway through the season, unless some mad gap develops.

From our point of view, we need to finish teams off when we're on top. If we don't develop that habit, I would worry about our title chances.

[HarpoJoyce]

Cancelled: Tomorrow Wed 24th UCD AFC v Derry City, AUL Complex MATCH OFF

http://ucdsupporters.ie/newsarticle.php?title=Friendly:-UCD-AFC-v-Derry-City-WEd-24th-Jan-ko-14:00&date=2018-01-23_21:52:00

".......It was going to be a second run out for Collie O'Neill's side after the great display against Premier Division Bray Wanderers last Friday (0-0).UCD Supporters Blog Match Report: http://ucdsupporters.ie/blog/2018/01/20/friendly-bray-wanderers-00-ucd-afc/More of the spacious passing was expected from the SSE Airtricity League side, for their part The Candystripes are playing a number of games in the Dublin area and continue to add to their squad. It could have been a competive game on the fast astro at AUL.Like the Bray game IF the match had gone ahead, @UCDFANS twitter (https://twitter.com/ucdafc) would have had Match Updates to keep UCD Fans informed. But none of that is going to happen now. #COYBIB

[seand]

Dundalk 4 Cabo 2 tonight. Cabo equalising twice in the first half against a very strong Dundalk side

[Nesta99]

Gary Shaw made two assists in a 3-1 pres-season match against Longford on Saturday.

While I have always considered him a very limited player, my admiration and respect for him has risen after reading about his hard work to make an early recovery from a horrific injury suffered towards the end of last season



https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/2077578/shamrock-rovers-ace-gary-shaw-makes-remarkable-comeback-from-horror-injury/

Ouch!!! That was a nasty one indeed!! But it was a damn disgrace the length of time it took before getting proper treatment even in the form of basic pain relief. Might be a blessing in disguise if it highlights an issue before the sort of serious injury where timely intervention is crucial. Shivering in shock probably too but to be left in wet gear???

[Charlie Darwin]

Ouch!!! That was a nasty one indeed!! But it was a damn disgrace the length of time it took before getting proper treatment even in the form of basic pain relief. Might be a blessing in disguise if it highlights an issue before the sort of serious injury where timely intervention is crucial. Shivering in shock probably too but to be left in wet gear???
I don't think it'll be a blessing in disguise. I don't think any LOI game has an ambulance on standby and many grounds aren't very accessible for ambulances. Tallaght is an exception but it's not due to anything Rovers have done, just that it's an accessible stadium 300 yards from a major hospital. I think United Park is right beside Lourdes too?

[pineapple stu]

An ambulance is a requirement at every LoI game?

[outspoken]

An ambulance is a requirement at every LoI game?

100%, we have the civil service on duty at every game. Takes them an hour to get off the bench sometimes but they are there none the less.

[nigel-harps1954]

Ambulance at every Harps game. There were three needed for the Sligo League Cup game last season in fact.

[markc1184]

Drogheda beat Bohs 2-1 last night. Sean Brennan and Lloyd Buckley with Drogs goals, Manley with a penalty for Bohs.

[vinnie]

So Drogheda @12/1 for FD might not be a bad price after all

[outspoken]

So Drogheda @12/1 for FD might not be a bad price after all

Talking to a few involved with the club they are approaching this as a building year with a long term plan in place. Wel have to see who they’d do indeed sign up but having the likes of Dillon amen Duffy on trial wouldn’t inspire much confidence

[Martinho II]

I don't think it'll be a blessing in disguise. I don't think any LOI game has an ambulance on standby and many grounds aren't very accessible for ambulances. Tallaght is an exception but it's not due to anything Rovers have done, just that it's an accessible stadium 300 yards from a major hospital. I think United Park is right beside Lourdes too?

yep correct our lady of Lourdes hospital is directly across rd from Utd Park.

[Charlie Darwin]

An ambulance is a requirement at every LoI game?
Not fully-equipped ambulances as far as I know. For a serious injury you'd need to get an ambulance and a paramedic crew in.

[osarusan]

From the 2016-2017 licencing manual.


AMBULANCE

The licence applicant must make arrangements in agreement with the Health Board (E.g. HSE) for the provision of at least one fully equipped Ambulance and crew to be in attendance at all games. The ambulance should be in attendance at least 1 hour prior to kick off and remain at the ground until the game is complete.

Where voluntary organisation services such as the Order of Malta, St. John’s Ambulance etc. are utilised, these organisations should liaise with the Health Authorities in order to ensure that their activities are fully integrated with the Health Authorities plans.

See Section 23.6 of The Code

[pineapple stu]

Shaw mentions that he had to wait for a "proper" ambulance before he got gas. Having been in St John Ambulance for years, I have to bristle a little bit at that - albeit that they're not equipped to paramedic level - but St John do carry entonox. So the level of cover was grand. (Whether it was given is another matter)

Also, well done the FAI for misspelling "St John Ambulance" in the licencing manual...

[Nesta99]

Charlie, if a player had to wait an hour with a serious arm injury and a hospital 300m away and an ambulance on site absolutely it raises questions and could be a blessing in disguise as the system was tested in real terms and failed!! There are doctors at games too so the admin of N20 (laughing gas) minimum, should not be a problem at all with damn all reasons not go give it (why its is freely carrie on volunteer ambulances). Now if it were player or supporter in a state of collapse and it took an hour to transfer!!??? I doubt the same delay would happen i hope, but leaving a guy with a particularly nasty arm injury, cold and in shock in his wet kit, for an hour before any pain relief or move to hospital nearby, so much so that rigors/shivvering had the break moving enough to be felt..........

United Park and OLOL - it would be quicker to carry a stretcher to the ED than it would to use an ambulance if that were allowed.

[Nesta99]

Not fully-equipped ambulances as far as I know. For a serious injury you'd need to get an ambulance and a paramedic crew in.

'fully equiped' is a relative term even with HSE appliances. The skills and equipment found at LoI games on voluntary service ambulances are or should be sufficient for all bar the most extreme cases of what you would most encounter at such events- aed, fracsplints, O2/N20, suction, basic airway adjuncts (nalaxone imo too), basic monitoring - probably most important of all some common sense.

[onlooker]

what about a fire extinguisher? you know, just in case....

[pineapple stu]

Fire extinguishers required for DoE - so yes, ambulances be carrying one, if not two.

[Viking]

Both Shamrock Rovers pre-season matches vs Swedish opposition in Portugal will be aired/streamed on Swedish cable-TV. (C More)
PPV for 99 Kr = 8,88 GBP. (Although I'm not 100% sure if it will work abroad?)
But otherwise there will most likely be streams of both matches "at the usual places"

Dalkurd 30/1
Hammarby 3/2

Dalkurd newcomers in the top division and Hammarby a middle of the pack team. 9 of 16 last year.

Fixtures on C More (https://www.cmore.se/sport?filter=Fotboll) (in Swedish and times in CET - Chrome preferred)

[sbgawa]

Two hundred hoops going out to support the team for this........some irish bar is going to make a lot of money :)

[vinnie]

There's no hospital 300m away from the Carlisle


Charlie, if a player had to wait an hour with a serious arm injury and a hospital 300m away and an ambulance on site absolutely it raises questions and could be a blessing in disguise as the system was tested in real terms and failed!! There are doctors at games too so the admin of N20 (laughing gas) minimum, should not be a problem at all with damn all reasons not go give it (why its is freely carrie on volunteer ambulances). Now if it were player or supporter in a state of collapse and it took an hour to transfer!!??? I doubt the same delay would happen i hope, but leaving a guy with a particularly nasty arm injury, cold and in shock in his wet kit, for an hour before any pain relief or move to hospital nearby, so much so that rigors/shivvering had the break moving enough to be felt..........

United Park and OLOL - it would be quicker to carry a stretcher to the ED than it would to use an ambulance if that were allowed.

[Nesta99]

I don't think it'll be a blessing in disguise. I don't think any LOI game has an ambulance on standby and many grounds aren't very accessible for ambulances. Tallaght is an exception but it's not due to anything Rovers have done, just that it's an accessible stadium 300 yards from a major hospital. I think United Park is right beside Lourdes too?

I was basing things on this quote from CD. If the injury happened in the Carlisle Grounds than thats an explination, I wouldnt be surprised if they didnt have an ambulance on duty there.

[Charlie Darwin]

I was talking about Tallaght.

[White Horse]

Dundalk 3 Drogs 1

Entertaining game. Drogs took the lead with a stunning strike from Lee Duffy and Rossiter hit the crossbar following a terrific attempted lob over Sava. Drogheda were very well organised and could be worth a bet for promotion. Dundalk struggled to capitalise on their possession and needed a late penalty to go in front. Dylan Connolly made it look more emphatic that it was with a lovely late solo goal.

[ToberonaTornado]

Dundalk 3 Drogs 1

Entertaining game. Drogs took the lead with a stunning strike from Lee Duffy and Rossiter hit the crossbar following a terrific attempted lob over Sava. Drogheda were very well organised and could be worth a bet for promotion. Dundalk struggled to capitalise on their possession and needed a late penalty to go in front. Dylan Connolly made it look more emphatic that it was with a lovely late solo goal.

Yep decent game(1st half anyway) played in front of a decent crowd.
Drogs were shooting on sight 1st half and the Lee Duffy goal was top class.We also rattled a bar and a post in that half.(Mountney picked up a fairly serious injury i believe)
The second half was a dull affair though.
Folan looks a serious recruit for us,Murray also.Cant see any evidence for signing Mcgowan(prob worth another look or two though)
Dylan Connolly showed some pace for his goal but had hardly featured until then.

[bluemovie]

Friendly Friday night: Waterford 1 Cabinteely 2

Munster Senior Cup Saturday afternoon: Cork 3 Waterford 0

[El-Pietro]

Surely the MSC deserves its own thread. We had about 70% possession against Waterfords U19s. Worrying that we only scored from set pieces, though as the game went on we created a bit more. Waterford kids were very well organised to be fair to them. Cummins movement and his interplay with our other forwards was really impressive.

[sbgawa]

Why were Waterford playing a youngg team? Surely it was an opportunity for them to test their first team out

[micls]

They decided to play the first team in their friendly Friday night instead.

[osarusan]

Shannonsiders 2-0 Cobh, wasn't at it but sounded fairly routine against a weak team, nothing to really act as a barometer for premier division.

[bluemovie]

We've used our under 19s in the Munster Senior Cup the last few years no matter who the opposition is. Lost 3-0 to Wilton at the same stage last year. First team played Cabinteely on Friday - started well but then had a sending off and went to pot. Great experience for the under 19s. 17 year old up against Cummins did well, midfielders taking on McNamee, Morrissey, Keohane, Shepard, Sadler - very good for them. Buckley got what seemed a nasty injury getting his foot stuck on the astro. Paul Martin in goal for the Blues had a stormer - he's the twin brother of John, midfielder in our first team. Very happy not to concede from play and to battle well against the champions. First team are away to Cobh on Wednesday so there was no chance of them being involved.

[sbgawa]

Still seems odd , a full run out against cork would have been a good test.

[oldyouth]

Friday: Bray 0-3 Wexford FC. Good performance by Wexford with the 3 goals coming in the 1st half. Nasty challenge by the Bray left back on Conor Sutton, which hopefully hasn't ended his season. Bray were absolutely terrible and I would suspect they will be in trouble from the start

[GC13]

Waterford's friendly on Friday night they played a first choice 11 the sending off was avoidable, the new lad Stanley Opoku Aborah booked for the foul and then gets his marching orders for mouthing at referee not a debut to remember, in all fairness he looked good in thee short time on pitch and played significant part in goal. Cabinteely missing four first team starters and coming out on top 2-1. Not bad for Cabo lost 1-0 to St Pats and then 4-2 to Dundalk in previous two preseason friendlies. First division could a tight call this season!

[oldyouth]

Waterford new lad Stanley Opoku Aborah booked for the foul and then gets his marching orders for mouthing at referee not a debut to remember,

Mouthing back Sean Grant! The lad hasn't researched our league

[sulywaterfordfc]

Mouthing back Sean Grant! The lad hasn't researched our league

Wasn’t at the game but a number of people reported have said Stanley was fouled no free was giving, then Grant gave Wexford the free booked Stanley. Of course frustration took over he’d words with the ref. Grant done what he does best made a b****x of the game and sent him off.

I’d say something if it was a red from a bad challenge, But in a friendly he should of told Rennie to take him off or he’ll be sent off. Even a former Waterford manager whom isn’t fondly remembered, moaned on twitter at the lack of common sense by the ref and current manager in the LOI

[oldyouth]

Wasn’t at the game but a number of people reported have said Stanley was fouled no free was giving, then Grant gave Wexford the free booked Stanley. Of course frustration took over he’d words with the ref.



I don't think your friends were at the game either ;)

[pineapple stu]

UCD 12-0 Coláiste Stiofán Naofa.

Take that, First Division! :)

[patrickccfc]

UCD 12-0 Coláiste Stiofán Naofa.

Take that, First Division! :)

They're a college team FFS

[RathfarnhamHoop]

They're a college team FFS

They both are. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Dublin, clue's sort of in the name.

[patrickccfc]

They both are. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Dublin, clue's sort of in the name.

Oh dear.. I was joking, obviously

[pineapple stu]

It's kind of hard to see where the joke in your post is in fairness?

[patrickccfc]

Really? Both being college teams.. Never mind

[gufcfan]

UCD 12-0 Coláiste Stiofán Naofa.

Take that, First Division! :)

A League of Ireland team against a secondary school. Shocking altogether.

[disgruntled]

Rovers won on pens last night in the Atlantic Cup after a 0.0 draw.
Webster sent off.

[L.T.F.C.]

Anyway,

We played Bohs last night and lost 2-1.
Sam Verdon seems to be our main man this year, some very very good play by him and a lovely finish for our goal with some beautiful build up play. I thought we came into the game as time went on and made a few good chances. Bohs were worth the win though, they hit the crossbar a couple of times, and some decent saves by our two keepers kept them out for most of it.
Happy enough with the performance, but we really really need a striker.

[Ezeikial]

Rovers won on pens last night in the Atlantic Cup after a 0.0 draw.
Webster sent off.

David McAllister sent off?