Limerick Desmond League 2020/21

[twotouch]

Finally looks like we are going to have kick off on 4th Oct. Any news on teams with signings or departures and any predictions

[sportsfanatic]

Finally is right Twotouch. I am baffled as to why the league is starting so late, possibly giving the GAA time to finish (which is a poor reflection on the league IMO).

All very quiet on the transfer side. Shane Stack gone to Aisling from NCW but I did see Liam MCCartan in one of NCW pre season friendly pics - good signing if he plays.

Glin and NCW back training for quite some time so they’ll be itching to go. They might challenge Rathkeale and Abbey for league. Time will tell.

[fanaticfan]

Wasn't shane stack with janesboro last year?? I could be mistaken. Heard the 2 murphys are gone back to Athea

[twotouch]

Fixtures are out

Abbeyfeale V NCW
Adare V Ballingarry
Broadford V Carrig
Kilcornan V Glin
Rathkeale V Granagh

Great to see it returning. Stack was with boro but signed back for ncw in Jan I think. Yea heard the 2 murphys are gone back to athea

[Abbeyman]

With covid etc is there a home and away league as normal or just one game against each team ?

[newtothis]

Any word on other teams, was hearing Ballysteen are coming back

[twotouch]

No full set of fixtures. Hopefully we can get through the season safely

[nathanbrown]

Have you the division 1 fixtures twotouch? Can't see any fixtures anywhere. Where did you get them?

There's no hope of finishing the season proper this season i think. Some teams have 9 games played in the city before we even start. Wet weather will see games called off soon and fai Cup to start soon. We'll be lucky to have 5 league games played by Christmas. Desmond league have surely lost players to the city because of the delay, and i don't think they'd care if they did.

Hard to see many surprises this year. Think the usuals will challenge. Adare appear to have copped on a bit and should be better than last year so there may be a good battle at the bottom between a few.

Can't wait to be back

[Abbeyman]

Ambitious to put it mildly playing full set of fixtures ! Other sports playing knockout only and we are playing 18 game league with covid kicking off again ??

[twotouch]

They were the only fixtures I seen... all other leagues are playing full fixtures abbeyman. I for 1 think it’s great u have to think positive

[Johnnie C]

Saturday 3rd October
Youths Division 1
Ballingarry AFC V Newcastle West Town 230 (P. O’Connor)
Askeaton AFC V Broadford Utd 230 (W. Fitzgerald)
Kildimo Utd free

Youths Division 2
Pallaskenry AFC V Kilcolman Rovers 230 (E. Noonan)
Breska Rovers V Killeaney AFC 230 (M. Murphy)
Adare Utd free

Sunday 4th October
Weekly Observer Premier Division
Rathkeale AFC V Granagh Utd 1130 (G. O’Connor)
Abbeyfeale Utd V Newcastle West Town 1130 (J. Roche)
Kilcornan V Glin Rovers 1130 (E. Noonan)
Broadford Utd V Carrig Celtic 1130 (P. O’Brien)
Weekly Observer Division 1
Shountrade AFC V Rathkeale B 230 (E. Barrett)
Kildimo Utd V St. Itas 2pm (T. Fitzmaurice)
Newcastle West Town Reserves V Pallaskenry AFC in Woodfield 230 (S. Hartnett)
Creeves Celtic V Breska Rovers 1130 (E. Barrett)
Weekly Observer Division 2
Breska Rovers B V Askeaton AFC 230 (E. Noonan)
Glin Rovers B V Glantine 230 (P. O’Brien)
Athea Utd V Abbeyfeale Utd B 230 (S. Behan)
Weekly Observer Division 3
Ballingarry AFC B V Ballysteen AFC 1130 (S. Behan)
Shannonside FC B V Feenagh 230 (G. O’Connor)
Granagh Utd B V Kilcornan B 230 (P. King)
Bally Rovers free

[Langerdan007]

Is Division 2 only 6 teams?

agree two touch - have to be positive - this thing will be lingering, you do your best to play out - do the FAI|Munster comps go ahead??

[sportsfanatic]

Yeah only 6 in division 2. The 6 that were there last year and division 3 is returning teams - not a bad idea.

Most soccer leagues across country playing full fixture list so good that ours is staying positive and attempting to do so as well.

I see in the observer Chris Smith is gone from Abbey and Kilcornan and Ballingarry have recruited well. I expect the premier to be a bit tighter this year. Mid-table teams seemed to be more competitive to the top 3 last season, I think it will be similar this year. Not sure are they getting stronger or the top getting weaker. Either way it makes for an exciting league and it’s great to have a bit of normality back.

[Langerdan007]

ah, fair enough way to break it up - is that 2 or 3 round's of fixtures then? presumable 3 for 15 games

[newtothis]

Shannonside surely looking for promotion after getting Mike Ahern in. Kilcornan recruited well too

[twotouch]

Any results from today or match reports

[fanaticfan]

Carrig were beaten by Broadford 6-1. Jamie Keane got 4.

Abbey 1-1 Newcastle West Town

Kilcornan 1-2 Glin

[Abbeyman]

Going to be a strange season again . Hard to see the restrictions stopping after the coming 3 weeks

[sportsfanatic]

Is it possible we will have scheduled games next month with easing of restrictions expected as long as numbers remain low? Obviously it’s a bad time of year with weather expected to take a turn in next few weeks but with most pitches after getting a well deserved break the past 8/9 months we could get one or two league games out of the way in December and maybe another one or two in January. Maybe I’m just wishful thinking.....

[couscous95]

Hi Guys, Would this be the main forum or is there another one for Limerick Junior soccer?
Thanks.

[CraftyToePoke]

Hi Guys, Would this be the main forum or is there another one for Limerick Junior soccer?
Thanks.

As you can see by the ceaseless activity on here couscous, you've come to the right place ;):D

[couscous95]

In fairness, there is not much happening !

[Abbeyman]

This season is a write off , be doing well to get up and running in September October for a 2021/22 season . Going to be interesting to see where players and clubs are at after such a period of inactivity. Some players are chomping at the bit whilst some have put on a lot of conditioning , others might not to want to go back to sacrificing 26 Sundays a year and have discovered other interests . Be a challenge for all sports including underage teams .

[Johnnie C]

Ferry Rangers have joined the Kerry District League I notice. Played a couple of cup games recently.