LOI fixtures 26th/29th October

[joey B]

We paid Limerick to much respect I think ,whos only tactic seemed to be lump it into the box,poor poor game to watch,all to play for!

Shout out to the Limerick fan who threw a banger at Kavanagh,always one who ruins it for the 99% who were very vocal and supported well.

[nigel-harps1954]

Disgusted to see a Limerick fan throw a pyrotechnic onto the pitch at John Kavanagh. Could have seriously injured him, or Danny Morrisey (who pretty stupidly tried to kick it off the pitch just as it was about to explode).

On the match, it was a pretty poor game. Harps afforded too much respect to Limerick, we made too many changes, albeit a few enforced with Timlin, Coyle and Gallagher all big losses to us. Dropping Jacob Borg into centre half killed a lot of our midfield creativity and steel too.

Nice for Paddy McCourt to score the winning goal on his final home game for the club, even if he had a pretty poor game otherwise.

[bluewhitearmy]

Disgusted to see a Limerick fan throw a pyrotechnic onto the pitch at John Kavanagh. Could have seriously injured him, or Danny Morrisey (who pretty stupidly tried to kick it off the pitch just as it was about to explode).

On the match, it was a pretty poor game. Harps afforded too much respect to Limerick, we made too many changes, albeit a few enforced with Timlin, Coyle and Gallagher all big losses to us. Dropping Jacob Borg into centre half killed a lot of our midfield creativity and steel too.

Nice for Paddy McCourt to score the winning goal on his final home game for the club, even if he had a pretty poor game otherwise.

Throw Harps fans mocking a young player being stretchered off the pitch in the list of things to be disgusted at while you're there.

[nigel-harps1954]

Throw Harps fans mocking a young player being stretchered off the pitch in the list of things to be disgusted at while you're there.

I genuinely can't say I heard anything other than a big round of applause all round the ground when he was being taken off the pitch. I would indeed be disgusted if there were any mocking of him being taken off injured though.

Anything to say on the pyro?

[bluewhitearmy]

I genuinely can't say I heard anything other than a big round of applause all round the ground when he was being taken off the pitch. I would indeed be disgusted if there were any mocking of him being taken off injured though.

Anything to say on the pyro?

He was getting a lot of stick from the moment he went down which I found odd as we were the ones behind. Big cheer and laughter went up from a section when he was on stretcher before as you rightly point out the majority of the crowd applauded him off.

Whoever thought it was a good idea to bring them bangers to a football game in the first place is a complete and utter moron and even more so for throwing them on the pitch whether it was near a player or not. Brain dead clowns entertained by a loud bang.

[nigel-harps1954]

I would guess you're on about the section behind the goals? They'd be well known across the league for giving goalkeepers stick. Robert Birdsall, then of Waterford, tweeted jokingly in 2015 something along the lines that he'd rather be subjected to a night in Syria than have to face another 45 minutes of standing in the town end of Finn Park.

Genuinely didn't hear any sort of mocking from them though tonight.

The bangers were supposedly passed through the fence. So they went to some lengths to actually get them into the ground. As John Kavanagh went to take a throw, one of those aforementioned morons threw one and hit him in the back of the leg. Danny Morrissey tried to kick it off the pitch and it blew up as he was about to kick it and got a nice bang to the face.

And Harps will be the ones left with a fine from it.

[bluewhitearmy]

I would guess you're on about the section behind the goals? They'd be well known across the league for giving goalkeepers stick. Robert Birdsall, then of Waterford, tweeted jokingly in 2015 something along the lines that he'd rather be subjected to a night in Syria than have to face another 45 minutes of standing in the town end of Finn Park.

Genuinely didn't hear any sort of mocking from them though tonight.

The bangers were supposedly passed through the fence. So they went to some lengths to actually get them into the ground. As John Kavanagh went to take a throw, one of those aforementioned morons threw one and hit him in the back of the leg. Danny Morrissey tried to kick it off the pitch and it blew up as he was about to kick it and got a nice bang to the face.

And Harps will be the ones left with a fine from it.

Doubt they were passed through the fence not a single Limerick fan was checked coming in garbage with flags bags of confetti and other bags carried in without even being looked at so could have easily just walked in with em. I was putting flags up at the fence anyway before the game and saw nothing being handed in. Was surprised how lax it was with regard searches tbh.

What Danny was doing going anywhere near if is beyond me.

[osarusan]

I think Horgan is just a pretty conservative manager, and from his perspective, he had the lead, and he was going to protect it. Harps gave away a lot of territory and possession but defended their box pretty comfortably for the most part. I'd say he is fairly pleased with it, and will adopt a fairly similar set up on Friday.

I can imagine some frustration from Harps fans though, given how 'there for the taking' Limerick have been all season.

From a Limerick perspective, it's just hard to see where we will score from. We are just so toothless up front.

[nigel-harps1954]

Goal & penalty decision from last night.

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[bluewhitearmy]

The state of that defending knew it was as stupid decision from Brouder lastnight looks worse from that angle.

[ToberonaTornado]

So just the one squib was it that was thrown?

lol

[Nesta99]

Amatuer scumbags! Lets see how our seasoned ones get on on Sunday eh TT?:rolleyes:

[ToberonaTornado]

match in limerick delayed to a 1955 k/o due to crowd congestion

[micls]

Talk about sentences I thought I'd never read!

[NeverFeltBetter]

Yeah, think they didn't have enough staff in the ticket sheds.

Poor game here. Harps the better side, Limerick look fairly neutered going forward. Haven't a clue what Barrett is going to do now.

[placid casual]

Gwan the harps.
A welcome addition to the premier League.

[Longfordian]

2-0 Harps. Provisional congrats to Nigel, and Mr A and all the other Harps supporters. Ye had a great run for the last part of the season and have earned your promotion, should it turn out that way!

[NeverFeltBetter]

Sack everyone.

[ToberonaTornado]

Congrats to Harps on their return to the Premier division,serious run of form last few months.:cool:

[EAFC_rdfl]

job done, yes!!

[Guitd]

Congrats Harps
Ollie doing his magic again 👍
If only we could get s decent manager in Galway 😡

[SeanDrog]

Congrats to Harps on their return to the Premier division,serious run of form last few months.:cool:

I echo that - congratz guys.

[patrickccfc]

Congrats all harps fans on here. Unfortunate losing a Munster team but hopefully next season I'll get my first visit to ballybofey

[Ezeikial]

Congrats to Harps - time to bring back Conor Gethins now that they are back in the big time

[osarusan]

Congrats Harps, well worth the win. Managed the game very well, we could be there all week and not score.

Horrible season ends without a whimper.

[nigel-harps1954]

That went rather well.

[da bishop]

Gotta hand it to Ollie and the Harps..class performance,good tactics.well organised.We on the other hand were a shambles ,a reflection of what we have been all season on and off the pitch.The flak that players and the board have got and will get is well deserved however maybe the ...fans and our local media ..will start looking at who has,n been touched by such flak given that the buck stops with him,Tommy Barrett totally out of his depth.We have listened to it all this season...resources,budgets,referee decisions,bizzare interviews ..its been an abject failure ,budget cut or not midway through the season the team have been poorly managed and coached.Great to see the big crowd present but once again the usual few let us down ,appalling behaviour.

[NeverFeltBetter]

My first game at home in a while, and what a mess. Team played like they had never played together before. Save for a five minute period after the break when they made a few chances (and should have had a penalty) they never looked like scoring. Harps passed the ball and pressed better, and took their chances when they came. Limerick were just dreadful, save maybe Duggan (I'd bet some lower half PD team will take him on if interested). Too young, too crocked, too inexperienced, badly coached (Barrett can't be excused any more). The second half was an exercise in waiting for the killer blow.

A mass clear out is needed here. Barrett, Boland, O'Sullivan, et al. Whatever value POS has placed on the club is too much. Too many bad appointments, too much money misspent, and now a second relegation within a few years (and you better believe we won't be easing to promotion next year like we did in 2016). Something has to change. This snakes and ladders game while Waterford go into Europe is unacceptable.

Edit: 180 minutes against an FD team, and no goals! We should have gone down last year.

[ToberonaTornado]

Caption this photo.

:note:YOU AND ME BABE,HOW ABOUT IT?:note:

OR

"Where are you getting your hair done these days,Ollie?"

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

[sbgawa]

Congrats harps. Looking forward to the trip already

[Partizan]

I would be very surprised if Limerick come back after this.

Dark days ahead in Shannonside with a return to bottom half of First Division and playing in front of three men and a dog.

[Yossarian]

I would be very surprised if Limerick come back after this.

Dark days ahead in Shannonside with a return to bottom half of First Division and playing in front of three men and a dog.

To be fair, you only have to look at clubs like Dundalk and Waterford to know that there’s always a way back from the dark depths of the graveyard.

[Treaty Gooner]

You can add Cork to that list too. There’s always a way out.

[Jack B]

Congrats to Harps, have to say they earned it over the course of the season, always a good addition to the league and I'm all for more Ollie Horgan.

Want to do the cliched thing of saying maybe a season in the FD to take stock and go again will do the relegated team good but it does look particularly bleak for Limerick at the moment. Everything about the place seems to have gone toxic. The upside is that the off season is a long one so hopefully they can get themselves sorted before February.

[disgruntled]

Congratulations to Harps on their promotion.
Good to have them back in the Premier Div once again.
Sorry we lost a Munster club in Limerick.
Hopefully they'll regroup & come back up again soon.

[pineapple stu]

Looking like a very very competitive Premier Division next season.

[Martinho II]

delighted for the harps lads sad to hear about limerick the state they are in. one consolation is that I should be able to finally make it into Markets field as its the only ground that I have not being in. I have being in Rathbane,ground at railway station and even Thomond Park for an ireland match.

was discussing this on the section o messager page every ground in the first division can be accessible by train next season so I think one or two train trips may be feasible! I can never in previous years remember this at all!!

think Finn Harps is the only club in the loi not to have a train station!

[marinobohs]

Congrats to Harps on their return to the Premier. Look forward to visiting again next season.

[joey B]

Great night for us,in a strange way Paddy going off helped us I think,he brought Borg into midfield who is strong,athletic and gave Timlin the impetus to push on.
Limerick are a mess ,shame because the Markets field is a nice set up and looked great with a big crowd,serious questions have to be asked of those running the show their and what has been done with the 6 million I heard Pat OSullivan has put in there,Ollie would win the Champions league with 6 million!!!!!!

[NeverFeltBetter]

Lot of misspent money for sure. Whatever about how pure his motives were, O'Sullivan has listened to the wrong people over and over again. Still going on and on about Bruff even while we're being relegated, it's all a bit sad. Also stating to the press that no supporters group have given the club any financial support, like LIFT weren't handing over funds last season.

Barrett apologised to the fans for the display, but went on to say he was only looking to get to 0-0 at half-time before everything went to pieces. We were already chasing the game before a ball was kicked last night! Also blamed the wind for the long ball game that went nowhere, but Limerick have resorted to long ball before that game.

That's our last game in the Market's Field for a while I'd say, and I'm not especially sorry. The rent is too high, the people in charge have been difficult to deal with (putting it mildly) and Jackman will do.

[bluewhitearmy]

Lot of misspent money for sure. Whatever about how pure his motives were, O'Sullivan has listened to the wrong people over and over again. Still going on and on about Bruff even while we're being relegated, it's all a bit sad. Also stating to the press that no supporters group have given the club any financial support, like LIFT weren't handing over funds last season.

Barrett apologised to the fans for the display, but went on to say he was only looking to get to 0-0 at half-time before everything went to pieces. We were already chasing the game before a ball was kicked last night! Also blamed the wind for the long ball game that went nowhere, but Limerick have resorted to long ball before that game.

That's our last game in the Market's Field for a while I'd say, and I'm not especially sorry. The rent is too high, the people in charge have been difficult to deal with (putting it mildly) and Jackman will do.

I'm so confused as to how they decided the way to deal with the wind was to launch the ball high.......into the wind. Surely keeping it on the floor takes the wind out of it.

[Martinho II]

Lot of misspent money for sure. Whatever about how pure his motives were, O'Sullivan has listened to the wrong people over and over again. Still going on and on about Bruff even while we're being relegated, it's all a bit sad. Also stating to the press that no supporters group have given the club any financial support, like LIFT weren't handing over funds last season.

Barrett apologised to the fans for the display, but went on to say he was only looking to get to 0-0 at half-time before everything went to pieces. We were already chasing the game before a ball was kicked last night! Also blamed the wind for the long ball game that went nowhere, but Limerick have resorted to long ball before that game.

That's our last game in the Market's Field for a while I'd say, and I'm not especially sorry. The rent is too high, the people in charge have been difficult to deal with (putting it mildly) and Jackman will do.

didnt realise that ye pay rent in markets field. who owns it? pity as i have never being in the ground.

[Shearer]

The LEDP

[blueblood]

didnt realise that ye pay rent in markets field. who owns it? pity as i have never being in the ground.

George Lee LEDP thinks he owns it but it's belonged to LEDP paid for by jp mcmanus for Limerick fc to play there

[osarusan]

I thought it was bought by JP (through the LEDP) as a way to help out the greyhound board with their move to the new stadium on the Dock Road?

Limerick FC getting to pay there being a nice (but increasingly not-so-nice) side effect of the purchase.

[NeverFeltBetter]

The greyhound thing was part of it I think.

Either way, yes, we have to pay rent, and it isn't an amount that a lot of people are happy with. Even O'Sullivan, who I don't think has ever said a negative word about the MF arrangements otherwise, complained about the price being asked for when he wanted to put the WNL team in there.

[Shearer]

The rent is over €2K per game apparently, does anyone know what the likes of Derry and Rovers pay for their grounds?

[sbgawa]

Last published set of accounts for Rovers had the rent around 120k per year if i remember right

[Charlie Darwin]

Last published set of accounts for Rovers had the rent around 120k per year if i remember right
That would include use of the conference facilities, bar, etc I imagine and probably 50 games through all the senior and underage sides. From what I heard, Limerick pretty much get to play on the pitch and that's it.

[ger121]

Looking like a very very competitive Premier Division next season.

And a 1st division.