Leinster Senior Cup 2018/19

[Ezeikial]

Agree 100%
Cabo are in the quarter final and are up for it big time , for intermediate sides its huge and for clubs that are not going to be winning the main cups it is a chance of silverware.
Winning the LSC was a springboard for Shels recently,

Was the LSC the last cup that Shamrock Rovers won back in 2013?

[marinobohs]

Was the LSC the last cup that Shamrock Rovers won back in 2013?

Yea, it was the springboard for em......😁

[sbgawa]

I suspect your not interested in debating the LSC but my point was that for smaller clubs (cabo) or big clubs who are on a downer (Shels) the LSC is a worthwhile cup that can invigorate fans either new ones or older ones who have fallen away in the lean years.

The lack of respect shown to the cup by the bigger clubs is terrible and some of the ideas suggested by other posters here should be taken up.
Play it in Jan/Feb as a preseason tournament at the point when the LOI clubs get involved is the best suggestion i've seen
In pre season even the bigger clubs routinely play matches against non league clubs so make it the LSC and give the comp a chance

[pineapple stu]

Outrageous comment. It's around since 1892 and is of greater importance to Intermediate sides than it is clubs in the League.
It's also not obligatory to enter.
Who cares how long it's been going around for? It's an appallingly-run tournament treated with disdain even by the LFA going by their organisation and promotion of it, and scrapping it is quite probably the best thing for it.

It was gone from 2000 to 2010 and nobody missed it.

[Ezeikial]

I suspect your not interested in debating the LSC but my point was that for smaller clubs (cabo) or big clubs who are on a downer (Shels) the LSC is a worthwhile cup that can invigorate fans either new ones or older ones who have fallen away in the lean years.

The lack of respect shown to the cup by the bigger clubs is terrible and some of the ideas suggested by other posters here should be taken up.
Play it in Jan/Feb as a preseason tournament at the point when the LOI clubs get involved is the best suggestion i've seen
In pre season even the bigger clubs routinely play matches against non league clubs so make it the LSC and give the comp a chance

I would suggest to you that the lack of respect is reciprocal. The attitude by clubs large and small directly correlates to the appalling scheduling, promotion and antipathy shown by the organisers.

It is hard to find too many positives about this competition, except that the trophy is a beauty

[Nesta99]

I would suggest to you that the lack of respect is reciprocal. The attitude by clubs large and small directly correlates to the appalling scheduling, promotion and antipathy shown by the organisers.

It is hard to find too many positives about this competition, except that the trophy is a beauty

It certainly is and a shame that it's wasted. It is an important enough piece that it should be in a showcase in the Aviva or the like and not rattling around some dusty old cupboard. It's worth more than all the other trophies in senior football in this country combined and it will go missing altogether one day - should be acquired to be presented as the League Cup or Presidents Trophy as it is a rarity for to be the same actual cup from first presented and in such good nick after 127 years. Outside of the UK it could be the oldest trophy in football still presented in the world!? Including the UK its 4th or 5th. But that's just the trophy as the competition is a mess. Nice to add to a seasons collection, handy to get youth and reserve players game time if ye progress in it. Wouldnt have said no to winning it mid 2000s!! Preseason, U19/reserve competition, promote to non-league clubs as a day out v senior clubs with non-league clubs keeping the gate...how hard can it be to schedule football matches sensibly??

[D24Saint]

Playing Cabinteely away at 3:30. The atmosphere should be electric.

[D24Saint]

A scintillating game in Stradbrook that had it all and was nip and tuck right until the end. It was played in fantastic conditions.
The complete opposite of the above is true, anyway we won one nil and roll on to glory.

[Poor Student]

Does anyone know what the quarter final brackets actually are? We know UCD v Crumlin still has to be played from the 4th round. There should be brackets for 3 other ties involving - UCD/Crumlin, Athlone, Bohs, Killester Utd, Sheriff YC and North End United.

[D24Saint]

Does anyone know what the quarter final brackets actually are? We know UCD v Crumlin still has to be played from the 4th round. There should be brackets for 3 other ties involving - UCD/Crumlin, Athlone, Bohs, Killester Utd, Sheriff YC and North End United.

I heard Bohs are playing North End, Crumlin/UCD v Athlone & Sheriff V Killester Donnycarney.

[pineapple stu]

UCD 4-1 Crumlin tonight. Away to Athlone on Monday.

We were talking this evening about what rules are actually in play in this competition given it's technically over three different seasons - 2018/19 and 2019/20 for Crumlin, and 2019 for UCD in this case. New UEFA rule changes come in at the start of the next season - so a rule change that came in the Premier League in August won't appear in the LoI until March, and vice versa. But the LSC is a complete law unto itself of course...

[vinnie]

Who's actually left in it?, it takes so long to play games I do forget

[ForzaForth]

Quarter-final between North End and Bohemians has still to be played.

[pineapple stu]

Athlone 3-2 UCD tonight

As someone on Twitter pointed out, this means that Athlone have defeated Premier Division sides in successive rounds in this year's competition - the first the week before their league season started, and the second the week after it ended.

Where that leaves them now with regards their semi I have no idea.

[seand]

Athlone 3-2 UCD tonight

As someone on Twitter pointed out, this means that Athlone have defeated Premier Division sides in successive rounds in this year's competition - the first the week before their league season started, and the second the week after it ended.

Where that leaves them now with regards their semi I have no idea.

Wow. I mean, just fukkin wow. An entire league campaign in between successive cup games. #greatestdysfunctionalregionalcupintheworld

[Ezeikial]

When it eventually comes to Vinny Perth writing his memoirs, he may well reflect on the Leinster Senior Cup as being 'the one that got away'

[Mr A]

UCD had some first team squad players playing last night.. that seems a bit mad doesn't it?

[pineapple stu]

The fact that we used first-teamers or that we lost with first-teamers?

It was pretty much a first-team XI (injuries permitting). We had no game at the weekend, so I think the plan was to use the Crumlin game and this one to keep things ticking along ahead of Friday.

[Mr A]

I thought there would be no first teamers in action ahead of Friday, honestly would not look at result.. although now that I think of it, probably a headache for Athlone to go through, who knows when the next round will be. Do they have to keep paying wages? Tis chaos!

[Eminence Grise]

Crazy competition, needs a bit of rebranding.

The Leinster Senior Cup sponsored by Viagara.
For when your club takes a year to get to a semi.

[bohsmug]

In that analogy surely the LSC is the erectile dysfunction rather than the viagra?

[sbgawa]

crazy competition, needs a bit of rebranding.

The leinster senior cup sponsored by viagara.
For when your club takes a year to get to a semi.

poty ....

[littlebray]

#greatestdysfunctionalregionalcupintheworld

Nice tag, but sometimes the LSC is more efficient than you might expect.

Next year's competition (http://www.braywanderers.com/showarticle.php?id=763) starts this month, and it won't be the first time the next season began before the current one ended ...

[pineapple stu]

Question btw - how do the non-league sides qualify for this?

[littlebray]

I think this pattern is fairly standard now:

In 2016, the Preliminary & 1st Rounds comprised ten junior league winners and the FAI Junior Cup winners. The four teams emerging were joined by the top two AUL clubs for the 2nd Round, and the winners then faced the top five LSL teams before the 12 League of Ireland teams from Leinster entered the 4th Round.

[sbgawa]

Nice tag, but sometimes the LSC is more efficient than you might expect.

Next year's competition (http://www.braywanderers.com/showarticle.php?id=763) starts this month, and it won't be the first time the next season began before the current one ended ...

So athlone could get knocked out of the 2020 cup before the semi final of the 2019 cup :)
Would make a cup defence a bit tricky

[seand]

I don't think Athlone will be involved in the 2019-20 competition til 2020. Pretty sure there was an occasion in the 80s then a Bohs-Pats final went a replay which was held over until the following season. They then played each other in the following season's LSC before completing the first season's competition with the replayed final

[Nesta99]

I don't think Athlone will be involved in the 2019-20 competition til 2020. Pretty sure there was an occasion in the 80s then a Bohs-Pats final went a replay which was held over until the following season. They then played each other in the following season's LSC before completing the first season's competition with the replayed final

That would be some quiz question! Does the FAI have any jurisdiction over competitions like the LSC in a get it sorted way - considering how they have kept their match scheduling so sensible.

[sbgawa]

The guy doing the scheduling for the LSC is the apprentice for the guy doing the loi.

[marinobohs]

When it eventually comes to Vinny Perth writing his memoirs, he may well reflect on the Leinster Senior Cup as being 'the one that got away'

I suspect when VP comes to write his memoirs he wont reflect on the LSC at all ;)

[littlebray]

Pretty sure there was an occasion in the 80s then a Bohs-Pats final went a replay which was held over until the following season. They then played each other in the following season's LSC before completing the first season's competition with the replayed final

Bohs/Bray Final in the 1988/9 LSC was 1-1 aet on 18 Jan, Replay 07 Aug was 1-0 to Bohs. Both teams played the First Round of the 1989/90 competition two days later.

But in general, that did happen quite a bit, and not just with the LSC.

Correction: That was the only time in the LSC before the present set-up, it happens frequently since the LOI and the Junior/intermediate seasons diverged.

It happened often enough in other competitions.

[Couch Potato]

1/4 finals
Sherrif v Killester Donnycarney Fri 11th Oct
Bohs v Northend sat 12th

Semi Finals to be played before end of October
Sherrif/Killester V St Patricks ATh#
Bohs/North End V Athlone

[seand]

Bohs playing Friday and Saturday this weekend then?

[Ezeikial]

Bohs playing Friday and Saturday this weekend then?

They'll obviously rest their first choice eleven on Friday

[littlebray]

Sheriff beat Killester Donnycarney 2-1 tonight, goals for the winners by Bisto Flood and Stephen Maher, don't know who scored for KD.
Final QF tomorrow, Bohs v North End.

[Dalymountrower]

Bohs 3-2 v WNE..Two games in 16 hours for Draydon, and scored twice.

[Dalymountrower]

,Graydon

[Battery Rover]

Have Bohs withdrawn from competition as hearing Athlone have qualified for final.

[Longfordian]

Apparently so. Not sure why, just play the u15s if you're not bothered.

[Battery Rover]

Bit unfair on North End United after losing the 1/4 final

[D24Saint]

Have Bohs withdrawn from competition as hearing Athlone have qualified for final.

Only Sheriff and Athlone stand in our way to glory.

edit: good point made on the Pats forum. Are Athlone going to be in a position to field a team in the final due to the length of time since their season ended.

[D24Saint]

Saints away to Sheriff on Friday night.

[marinobohs]

Saints away to Sheriff on Friday night.

Is that on all weather pitch in Clontarf ?

[marinobohs]

Is that on all weather pitch in Clontarf ?

Just checked, it appears it is. Sheriff are pretty good at home so will be a decent match. With LOI finished it should get a decent crowd. (We still need our fix 😀)

[D24Saint]

The final is on the 13th in Richmond.

[D24Saint]

https://www.extratime.ie/articles/23921/leinster-senior-cup-final-preview-st-patricks-athletic--v--athlone-town/

This is on tomorrow night to wrap up Season 2019.

[D24Saint]

Game postponed due to waterlogged pitch.

[Nesta99]

Game postponed due to waterlogged pitch.

Ye almost couldnt make it up, half expect a floodlight failure and match abandoned for the refixture. Will many St Pats players be playing out of contract(and payed extra weeks) for the reschudled game?

[D24Saint]

Ye almost couldnt make it up, half expect a floodlight failure and match abandoned for the refixture. Will many St Pats players be playing out of contract(and payed extra weeks) for the reschudled game?

No senior players will be available, it’s academy players only like the semi final v Sheriff. The game looks set to be played Saturday @ 3pm either at Richmond or Athlone the final call to be made Friday afaik.

[Scrufil]

Confirmed on St. Patrick's Athletic's website as Richmond Park 3pm Saturday.