View Full Version : Fixtures 18th-22nd
Pats Derry sounds a cracker, shame it's not on telly. 3-2 halftime.
Limerick beating waterford 3-1 in the RSC, Aborah sent off for a reportedly awful tackle.
2 nil City at Turners Cross.
1 nil Dundalk at Dalymount.
Nesta99
18/05/2018, 7:50 PM
If results stay as they are for FT there is a gap really starting between the top two and the chasing pack. Wouldnt totally rule out Waterford etting back in to the game with the late 1st half goal giving them a lifeline even with 10 men, is the stretched or small squad starting to catch up on them/ Be some result for Limerick. The Pats Derry game could still go either way. Hopefully Dundalk will push on and close out the game which hasnt always been the best trait this season. Cork will probably add to that scoreline second half.
I'm sure people know by now but all the games are on skorlive.com
CorribsideSteve
18/05/2018, 7:58 PM
The comeback is on! It's a night of comebacks - Pats 4-2 ahead against Derry having been 2-1 down
3 nil in Turners Cross. Cummins
4-2 Limerick
4 nil now. Garry Buckley. City haven't really gotten out of 1st gear, but haven't had to. 100% home record safe for another few weeks
Nesta99
18/05/2018, 8:23 PM
Bohs dangerous on the break. Dundalk need a 2nd or it will be a nervy ending. Dundalk have missed a couple of good chances. Apart from that its reasonably well controlled by Dundalk so far. The tempo is being varied from slowing the game at some points over a free kick or corner and then taking them short and upping the pace.
4-3 in Waterford. 17 goals in 3 of the games tonight.
2 nil Dundalk. 5-3 to Limerick.5-2 Pat's.
6-3 Limerick. 22 goals in 4 games. #greatestleagueintheworld
CorribsideSteve
18/05/2018, 8:51 PM
What a bonanza of goals this evening! Big wins for Limerick, who had scored 2 goals in 4 games before tonight, and Pats, who are really motoring now.
NeverFeltBetter
18/05/2018, 9:11 PM
Unreal result, and very badly needed.
MattB11
18/05/2018, 9:13 PM
Deserved win for cobh, harps creativity is ziltch without McCourt
pineapple stu
18/05/2018, 9:26 PM
Athlone have improved it seems. Needed two injury time goals against ten men (because of injury) to seal the win. Didn't think I'd say this, but they'll points off people if they keep playing like that
Pats Derry sounds a cracker, shame it's not on telly. 3-2 halftime..
It certainly was. Derrys first goal was the result of a howler from the Pats defence. Then we go straight down and equalise from the re-start (lovely finish from Jake Keegan) Derry go ahead again with the help of a deflection, then Pats get two on the stroke of half time, the first a penalty which looked a bit soft to me, though I'd have to see it again, thought Keegan may have been backing into the keeper. Two lovely finishes from Pats in the second half, Thomas Byrne and especially Darragh Markey (watch out for that one on Soccer Republic.) All in all great result, and some lovely stuff played. Happy days in Inchicore.
nigel-harps1954
18/05/2018, 9:45 PM
One team played football in Finn Park tonight. Finn Harps might as well have stayed at home and given the points to Cobh.
We've stolen points in a number of games this year, but we could be there to next week against Cobh and not look like scoring.
Some mad scorelines there tonight. That Limerick result puts even more pressure on Lyttle now.
Ezeikial
18/05/2018, 11:02 PM
Some mad scorelines there tonight. That Limerick result puts even more pressure on Lyttle now.
For sure, but it also puts pressure on Stephen Bradley as the gap between the 6th & 9th has tightened. A Sligo win tomorrow would take them to only 4 points off Shamrock Rovers
Charlie Darwin
19/05/2018, 1:08 AM
Waterford and Derry both losing gives Rovers a great chance to get back in touch with the team chasing the top four. So naturally Sligo will win 2-0.
Was at the Pats-Derry game tonight and two very decent sides. Loads of young players trying to play football on both sides. It's going to be a real scrap for those positions outside Cork and Dundalk at the top.
ToberonaTornado
19/05/2018, 1:23 AM
A Solid performance and a deserved win for us tonight against Bohs i thought.
Hobans early goal settled us but Bohs niggled away for a while end of the 1st half and some of the 2nd without much end product.Shields cleared off the line late 1st half from Dinny? and Watts had a decent 1on1 that Rogers batted away early 2nd half,but apart from those chances, Bohs were held off at arms length by a determined Dundalk side.
If ever a player and a performance deserved a goal - Sean Hoare -nods home with 10 to go,a cross from Massey to make sure the points were heading north to OP.:cool:
Decent game and decent crowd in for it.
sullanefc
19/05/2018, 2:33 AM
Limerick beating waterford 3-1 in the RSC, Aborah sent off for a reportedly awful tackle.
Caulfield's fault. He shouldn't have been on the pitch!!!
dundalkfc10
19/05/2018, 3:40 AM
Caulfield's fault. He shouldn't have been on the pitch!!!
Would you not comment on Corks game instead of throwing a silly comment?
2 big games Monday, We were very lucky against Waterford last time at home and lost the away game. Cork are Cork away from home and Limerick should be well up for it now
I’d expect both us to win but you never know
Ezeikial
19/05/2018, 6:38 AM
There was some strange match day arrangements at Dalymount Park last night.
Supporters attempting to access the St Peters Rd entrance to the Des Kelly Stand from St Peters Road were instructed to walk up Connaught St to the entrance at Tescos (which most had already walked past) and walk all the way back down the alley alongside the ground to access the entrance at......St Peters Road.
This nonsense was compounded by an aggressive and intolerant attitude from one of the two Gardai issuing this edict
Away fans wearing colours also turned away from the Jodi "for your own safety" allegedly on instructions from the Garda in charge - never before have I experienced this in Dalymount
kksaints
19/05/2018, 10:28 AM
There was some strange match day arrangements at Dalymount Park last night.
Supporters attempting to access the St Peters Rd entrance to the Des Kelly Stand from St Peters Road were instructed to walk up Connaught St to the entrance at Tescos (which most had already walked past) and walk all the way back down the alley alongside the ground to access the entrance at......St Peters Road.
This nonsense was compounded by an aggressive and intolerant attitude from one of the two Gardai issuing this edict
Away fans wearing colours also turned away from the Jodi "for your own safety" allegedly on instructions from the Garda in charge - never before have I experienced this in Dalymount
Has happened to us a few time up there aswell. Strange decision, its not exactly the widest alley and if they force you to go down it after the match it can get a bit crowded.
Great win for us last night in a fantastic match. We gifted Derry a goal and their second came from a deflection but we fought back magnificently. Our 5th goal in particular is worth a watch for Markey spectacular turn in the lead up.
White Horse
19/05/2018, 11:12 AM
There was some strange match day arrangements at Dalymount Park last night.
Supporters attempting to access the St Peters Rd entrance to the Des Kelly Stand from St Peters Road were instructed to walk up Connaught St to the entrance at Tescos (which most had already walked past) and walk all the way back down the alley alongside the ground to access the entrance at......St Peters Road.
This nonsense was compounded by an aggressive and intolerant attitude from one of the two Gardai issuing this edict
Away fans wearing colours also turned away from the Jodi "for your own safety" allegedly on instructions from the Garda in charge - never before have I experienced this in Dalymount
I was in the Jodi, and it was great to see what is happening on the pitch.
There were quite a few Dundalk fans in their club colours, in the Tesco end of the stand.
I can understand police stopping groups of young lads from the Jodi, but people in ones and twos who obviously just want to watch the football?
I experienced the same issue last season regarding the entrance to St Peters End and that made up my mind to forgo club colours and go into the Jodi.
Who wants to take his kids to a football match and have guards treat them as if they are scum?
sulywaterfordfc
19/05/2018, 11:38 AM
Caulfield's fault. He shouldn't have been on the pitch!!!
And the obsession continues.....
Waterford, Kenny, Bradley, Dundalk, Rovers, Delaney....109, Cork. In order cork fans list of priorities🙄
sulywaterfordfc
19/05/2018, 11:51 AM
Would you not comment on Corks game instead of throwing a silly comment?
First comment in the trend not about their own teams big win but another team, odd that as Cork fans would tell ya there’s no rivalry or derby.
On another note, another red card 6 in 18 games now I think, which is a disgrace. On the flip side there’s highs and lows to football. I know the squad is full time but a small squad and high level of games was bound to catch up on us eventually. But to concede 6 at home to limerick is shocking. Need a few bodies in, in the window to bulk up the squad and to give Rennie more options. On a personal level, to be sitting third 11 ahead of rovers and nowhere near a relegation battle at the mid way point you couldn’t of asked for more. The next four games will be tough.
The fickle life of a football fan ayyy 🙄
micls
19/05/2018, 11:56 AM
And the obsession continues.....
Waterford, Kenny, Bradley, Dundalk, Rovers, Delaney....109, Cork. In order cork fans list of priorities��
Way over hyping yourselves there. Dundalk, kenny, rovers and Bradley all out gun you in that regard.
osarusan
19/05/2018, 12:22 PM
On another note, another red card 6 in 18 games now I think, which is a disgrace.
Yeah, your discipline has been poor all season. Especially, in the aftermath of the Cork match and Aborah and Hery's suspensions, you had more sendings off and especially, midfielders included in that, just when you needed to protect what midfield you had left.
Aborah is good but seems to be prone to losing it a bit.
patsdad
19/05/2018, 12:25 PM
How far can you carry self-delusion?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p067lmwf
Real ale Madrid
19/05/2018, 12:30 PM
How far can you carry self-delusion?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p067lmwf
Derry are a great footballing side and Kenny Shiels is a cracking manager!
patsdad
19/05/2018, 12:44 PM
Derry are a great footballing side and Kenny Shiels is a cracking manager!
On what I saw last night, they actually are a decent footballing side, they were just up against a better one. But their manager is cracked rather than cracking if he really thinks they were heading for a 4-1 win but for the referee's intervention.
Dalymountrower
19/05/2018, 3:05 PM
That Dundalk side last night was as a physically strong a LOI side I have ever seen. Clearly some amount of physical conditioning, a bit too much in some instances, for example Shields kept falling over any time a Bohs player came near him, he was so top heavy with muscularity. Conveniently for him, the Ref ( Mc Loughlin- terrible) awarded him a free kick each time in apparent sympathy.
Hoban certainly looks to be an improved player, Sean Hoare was excellent and Duffy imo is the most effective player in the league. I will be very surprised if they don`t win the league.
Bohs were game as usual and played some nice football at times, but there was such a physical contrast between the teams that they were winning a fraction of the 50/50 tackles that counted.
We had a kid from the under 19 `s playing at left back , KIrk, very assured performance for his age.
sulywaterfordfc
19/05/2018, 3:50 PM
Way over hyping yourselves there. Dundalk, kenny, rovers and Bradley all out gun you in that regard.
Forgot about Fletch he tops the list 🙄
I was in the Jodi, and it was great to see what is happening on the pitch.
There were quite a few Dundalk fans in their club colours, in the Tesco end of the stand.
I can understand police stopping groups of young lads from the Jodi, but people in ones and twos who obviously just want to watch the football?
I experienced the same issue last season regarding the entrance to St Peters End and that made up my mind to forgo club colours and go into the Jodi.
Who wants to take his kids to a football match and have guards treat them as if they are scum?
I always to to the Jodi when going to Dalymount. Usually don't wear colours though, just in case. The Des Kelly is such an awful place to watch a match from, and that means far more to me than being in with the hard core support. There is always a good group of Pats there too, many with colours. I've never enough any trouble. Really the only match in this league which I'd say warrants such over the top security is Rovers/Bohs.
Forgot about Fletch he tops the list ��
Who's Fletch?
White Horse
19/05/2018, 5:15 PM
That Dundalk side last night was as a physically strong a LOI side I have ever seen. Clearly some amount of physical conditioning, a bit too much in some instances, for example Shields kept falling over any time a Bohs player came near him, he was so top heavy with muscularity. Conveniently for him, the Ref ( Mc Loughlin- terrible) awarded him a free kick each time in apparent sympathy.
Hoban certainly looks to be an improved player, Sean Hoare was excellent and Duffy imo is the most effective player in the league. I will be very surprised if they don`t win the league.
Bohs were game as usual and played some nice football at times, but there was such a physical contrast between the teams that they were winning a fraction of the 50/50 tackles that counted.
We had a kid from the under 19 `s playing at left back , KIrk, very assured performance for his age.
I was sitting with a lot of Bohs fans and they were irate every time Dundalk were awarded a free. However, I don't recall thinking any of them weren't frees, just young lads trying to compete with stronger players by going in too hard or stretching too much to make a tackle.
Bohs had their chances though and if they showed a bit more composure could have got something from the game. Dundalk did not press home their advantage enough and it was a tight affair right up until Hoare scored.
ToberonaTornado
19/05/2018, 6:24 PM
How far can you carry self-delusion?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p067lmwf
http://www.swimnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/broken-record.jpg
Ezeikial
19/05/2018, 7:49 PM
How far can you carry self-delusion?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p067lmwf
Kenny Shiels is consistent in creating a storm about something after any game Derry don't win.
He has his knife in last nights referee Ben Connolly, who was also the referee in the drawn Dundalk V Derry game at Oriel Park about 8 games back where Gavin Peers was red carded in the 87th minute.
Nesta99
19/05/2018, 9:15 PM
How was there not a red card in Sligo tonight, 10 yellows in total and 7 to Rovers. Was it that dirty a match or was the ref having a laugh. How many cards in one game gets a club fined?
brendy_éire
19/05/2018, 9:51 PM
TBF to Shiels, it may not have been a penalty. We didn't have the best of views, but few Pat's fan we were talking to reckoned it wasn't. Will see on Monday sure.
On the match, the first half was certainly entertaining, both teams fairly evenly matched. Very disappointing to concede from a corner for the second game in a row, poor stuff.
After the third goal for Pat's, which was followed fairly soon after HT with their fourth, the game was over. Our players just gave up. I know it's a young squad, but it's not good enough. We really do need some some experience in our squad though. It's too young a team.
Blame also lies with the management. Yes, we attempt to 'play the game in the right way', but there's a time and a place for it. Sometimes we need to just grind out an ugly win/draw. We were ridiculously open last night, as we've been in other games this season. Hence, we will concede multiple goals, where playing a tighter game would at least see us lose by just the one.
I thought Pat's were good. Not brilliant, but solid. They'll certainly challenge for Europe, but the league is Dundalk's to lose.
I know it's an issue for all sides, but we're knackered. We're now heading into our fourth week in a row of Monday/Friday games. Our squad isn't big enough to keep up the performances required.
Another frustrating night all round. And just to top it all off, I was shat on by a seagull outside the ground. It was a miserable journey home.
Nesta99
19/05/2018, 10:14 PM
Another frustrating night all round. And just to top it all off, I was shat on by a seagull outside the ground. It was a miserable journey home.
Feckin Bray fans!!:rolleyes:
sbgawa
19/05/2018, 10:16 PM
Football is becoming a non contact sport a la basketball. Refs need to realise it's not a foul because someone falls over.
Nesta99
19/05/2018, 10:25 PM
How far can you carry self-delusion?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p067lmwf
So Kenny is saying 'we need to look at ourselves' but then spends the entire interview talking about referees, Dundalk, dodgy peno and Pats getting momentum, Cork even....as per usual Kenny. He is great fun to listen to!
sullanefc
20/05/2018, 5:29 AM
Would you not comment on Corks game instead of throwing a silly comment?
So I am not allowed comment on matches that don't involve City? Interesting that dalk fans had plenty to day on the Waterford v City scrap in the RSC and dalk fans are constantly obsessed by all things Stephen Bradley. Your hypocrisy is staggering.
First comment in the trend not about their own teams big win but another team, odd that as Cork fans would tell ya there’s no rivalry or derby.
On another note, another red card 6 in 18 games now I think, which is a disgrace.
Just pointing out the daft commentary coming from Waterford fans after the scrap in the RSC. "None of it would have happened if it wasn't for Caulfield blah blah blah....".
City fans were pointing towards your own teams discipline which is clearly an issue as you admit yourself.
White Horse
20/05/2018, 9:38 AM
Half way through the season, and Shamrock Rovers are already 17 points behind Dundalk.
However, they are only 7 points off the relegation play off places.
Given the quality players in their squad, that is crazy.
TonyD
20/05/2018, 11:04 AM
Half way through the season, and Shamrock Rovers are already 17 points behind Dundalk.
However, they are only 7 points off the relegation play off places.
Given the quality players in their squad, that is crazy.
Yeah but fun;)
I think Bradley is being saved at the moment by the fact that Rovers have gone though so many managers in the last few years. Other than that I think he'd be gone. Dunno what to think about Tuesdays game, we should be going there full of confidence with our recent run, but Rovers have shown than they can raise their game against the better teams:p. As against Cork.
Ezeikial
20/05/2018, 11:28 AM
Yeah but fun;)
I think Bradley is being saved at the moment by the fact that Rovers have gone though so many managers in the last few years. Other than that I think he'd be gone. Dunno what to think about Tuesdays game, we should be going there full of confidence with our recent run, but Rovers have shown than they can raise their game against the better teams:p. As against Cork.
The Tuesday night meeting of Rovers and St Pats should be interesting - I'll go along to have a look (it would probably be the better craic to mix with the Rovers fans)
It's comical to reflect back on the pre-season arrogance of some Rovers fans being totally dismissive of St Pats ability to challenge them for a European place.
If Rovers do not qualify for the Europa League, it would be hard to see how Bradley can survive, but if their most recent form is not reversed soon, it could be that a relegation battle is their reality. Since Shamrock Rovers won 1-0 at home to Sligo at the end of March and up to the 0-0 draw away to Sligo last night, they have played 9 times, winning once and gathering only 7 points in that time. There is also a home defeat to Longford in the EA Sports Cup for good measure.
Rovers have some big matches coming up - after Pats, its Bohs and then Dundalk. Is the manager at risk of being sacked before the June break?
brendy_éire
20/05/2018, 3:51 PM
So Kenny is saying 'we need to look at ourselves' but then spends the entire interview talking about referees, Dundalk, dodgy peno and Pats getting momentum, Cork even....as per usual Kenny. He is great fun to listen to!
Gerard Doherty had issues with the ref too, but puts the blame on the players in fairly colourful language.
https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/derry-city/derry-city-captain-fuming-after-st-pat-s-loss-1-8504517/
Ezeikial
20/05/2018, 4:11 PM
Gerard Doherty had issues with the ref too, but puts the blame on the players in fairly colourful language.
https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/derry-city/derry-city-captain-fuming-after-st-pat-s-loss-1-8504517/
It seems to me that he is saying that talk about referees or about players who may be leaving is unhelpful and that players may be distracted by as a result.
Captain Gerard Doherty is adamant that off field distractions and refereeing decisions cannot be used as a excuse for Derry City’s recent poor form. With on-going speculation surrounding Ronan Curtis’ expected departure to Portsmouth and talk of refereeing performances surfacing almost every week, Doherty made an impassioned plea to keep the focus firmly on the field of play.
“It doesn’t affect me. I try to come in to do my job, to be professional, prepare for the game and go out and try to do it. You’d have to ask the other 18 players in the squad that question because it’s an individual thing,” he insisted.
Read more at: https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/derry-city/derry-city-captain-fuming-after-st-pat-s-loss-1-8504517
Will Kenny Shiels drop him know for calling him out on his interviews?
Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.2 Copyright © 2025 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.