Cork AUL 2022/23

[Gunner14]

I see Coachford have a lad included in the Irish amateur squad. I wonder when the last time the Aul had a current player in that was?

[SteveSilvermint]

I see Coachford have a lad included in the Irish amateur squad. I wonder when the last time the Aul had a current player in that was?
He’s well worth his call up in fairness hopefully he does well.. again great credit due to coachford and all involved

[goal-achio]

🤣🤣🤣you love coachford Steve. I was looking at the aoh cup draw the other night but it's gone now can anyone shed some light on that? UCC won't be back till January this year.

[fruice]

Premier Coachford, Grattan
Premier A Kilumney , Greenwood
1st Division Cathedral ,Kilmichael
2nd Division Greeenmount, Shandon
3rd Division Boher Celtic,Temple B and Churchvilla

[Dr. football]

I see Coachford have a lad included in the Irish amateur squad. I wonder when the last time the Aul had a current player in that was?

Derek Varian From Kinsale

[Average Baller]

I see Boscos have dropped from Premier to Div 2 and rebranded as “John Bosco FC”. They’ll run away with that league you’d imagine, you’d have to feel for the other clubs in the division.

[Hacker]

It's there second team from last year.


80% of last year's Prem team have gone to Corkbeg / Midleton Junior's.

Don't think there is any of last year's Prem team playing this year

They will be relying on the U19 youth team aswell heavily.

I'd say mid table finish at best being hopeful

[Jason Bourne]

Beamish / Murphys Inter League Cup
Semi Final 1
Grattan United v Corinthians
Corinthians did not fulfill the fixture.
Semi Final 2
Everton 4 Coachford 1

Final is out the Cross next Friday.

[Play it out]

Tough day for Coachford, player availability poor it seems on the day caught them against a good Everton.

[Waterloo]

They had gaa championship this weekend I believe, bad form corinthians not fielding a team for a cup semi final

[Jason Bourne]

Lads are only human, work an family's come into play, an Westlife 🤣

Coachford an Everton would always be close . Everton are MSL premier Junior champions an make no mistake they are a lot better than a lot of 1st division seniors sides. Great management an super squad. Brilliant clubs as well.

Coachford on their current form when fully stacked would give any senior side a game easily .Best team in the Aul .

The other semi is and was a joke .

Club should be flogged for what they done and I don't care.

Wrong is wrong..

The Aul is trying to build bridges, the Msl is trying to move towards them the Buisness league an the WCL, that club completely made a mockery of what was trying to be achieved..

Can't wait to hear the excuse

I'd encourage anyone to be at the Cross next Friday for a proper Northside /Southside ding dong


2 proper old school Cork clubs .

[Play it out]

Ya Corinthains surely could have fielded a team from Under 18s up!! Huge numbers to fulfill the game

[Jd2793]

did everton replace their senior squad with the junior side from last year?

[TheRock]

No, but will undoubtedly lose a few players to the seniors but should still have a plenty to remain competitive in Junior Premier

[fruice]

Great to have the season back up and running if clubs get lucky could have 6 games done by the end of August a real positive.

On the negative I hear one of the new teams might not have made it out of the starting blocks

[Dr. football]

Great to have the season back up and running if clubs get lucky could have 6 games done by the end of August a real positive.

On the negative I hear one of the new teams might not have made it out of the starting blocks


2 games off in the 3rd division last , any idea what club is in trouble?

[fruice]

I’m lead to believe it’s Castlebridge.

[goal-achio]

There is nothing more annoying lads then teams robbing footballs. Season has just started and one of our match balls was taken by a team on another pitch. I mean 9 times out of 10 another teams name is plastered all over the ball, have people no shame

[latte2012]

I was looking at some of the results from the MSL the other day, you’d have to wonder why teams bother moving from AUL when they’re getting beat 8 and 9 nil.

[Gunner14]

I was looking at some of the results from the MSL the other day, you’d have to wonder why teams bother moving from AUL when they’re getting beat 8 and 9 nil.


Who is it you’re talking about that was beat 8 or 9 nil? Buttevant, Carraigtwohil? Msl teams don’t want teams in the senior ranks who would be poor junior 2nd division teams either, believe me. How can a club be stopped joining on these grounds though? Just go away and get better players and then try again? Don’t think that will work.

[Jd2793]

Just go away and get better players and then try again? Don’t think that will work.

getting any level of player is proving tough for a lot clubs this year. standard in msl outside the top premier sides will drop big time i think. wouldnt surprise me to see a couple of teams struggle for numbers in the opening weeks.

[latte2012]

Who is it you’re talking about that was beat 8 or 9 nil? Buttevant, Carraigtwohil? Msl teams don’t want teams in the senior ranks who would be poor junior 2nd division teams either, believe me. How can a club be stopped joining on these grounds though? Just go away and get better players and then try again? Don’t think that will work.
Pearse and Buttevant 9 and 8 0. I’m not saying they should be stopped I’m wondering why they even want to be senior when they aren’t cut out for it.

[Hacker]

Well I suppose going to MSL has to be seen as progression; if you have the facilities and underage structure then a sustainable route to develop players from underage and keep them all the way up in a decent organisation.

I think going to the MSL is a long term strategy thing for any club; Both managers and commitee members know this. Look at any team that has joined in the 20 years dont think many have had major success even you consider the good Leeside & Kinsale teams of the past found it tough. Probably a reason why Coachford have not gone in recent seasons there is a commitment to a few seasons of pain.

For player's ; I think there are a most lads know they wont be world beaters when going into the MSL but are just so sick of the AUL; structure; discipline, quality of refs etc.

[Risteard]

I was looking at some of the results from the MSL the other day, you’d have to wonder why teams bother moving from AUL when they’re getting beat 8 and 9 nil.

To be fair, you're referencing cup games here, where teams relatively new to Intermediate are meeting some of the best amateur set-ups in Ireland.

[Dr. football]

Sad to see games be called already due to lack of refs. Serious re think needed from aul and refs to try make sure games go ahead. Only assume most game will be called this morning with the weather warning.

[Dr. football]

Sad to see games be called already due to lack of refs. Serious re think needed from aul and refs to try make sure games go ahead. Only assume most game will be called this morning with the weather warning.

Just to clarify I’m not blaming anyone, what was meant was think outside the box with regards to kick off times to get more games on. 11 on Saturday morning or 2pm on Sundays maybe.

[fruice]

It’s definitely worth looking at others leagues are doing but the shortage is across the board.
12 30 on a Saturday and 10 on a Sunday in the city could be looked at also and give the ref the option of an other game if he wanted.

To be fair there has been a few walkovers too which is mad in September

[Play it out]

Walkovers by teams and games off due to a lack of refs is a terrible sign.

In terms of walkovers, what were teams thinking entering if they have given them already?

It's a big sign of participation in sport taking a slide as well as the organisation of one team clubs being more difficult.

I hope teams are punished this season for cancelling games at home. AUL have made it clear teams will have to offfer a reverse if they haven't played yet.

[Jason Bourne]

Well said , teams who give walk overs should be punished quickly and harshly.

There seems to be no fear factor attached to giving a walk over , no shame either apparently.

I rather scratch a side together to fulfill fixture an keep my pride than give a walk over. We have all played games where we found players from somewhere to get a game played , let's not kid ourselves.

The majority of clubs start the season with the best of intentions , things happen , things can go wrong on an off the pitch , the majority still all try ,,,,,,,but too not try at all for me is unforgiveable .

That's not just disrespecting the opposition it's disrespecting the game itself.

[goal-achio]

Well lads once again all the talk about the aul falling apart the aul teams are still 80% winning the matches against the msl teams. I wouldn't give up on us yet. In my opinion the aul is still the strongest junior league

[Jason Bourne]

Can't stand people who think they are better because they bought into something better , ya have to earn it

[Jason Bourne]

Went up to Knocknaheeney for the game of the day expecting one thing and all I can say is "wow"

You normally go to watch a game like this an end up with a damp squib, this was anything but.

Niggle , off the ball stuff, partisan supporters , superb goals,old school ball an man tackling , christ relit the fires in me heart about the Aul still having a future an don't anyone come on here again saying quality is lacking in the Aul. .

Barry Peelos write up will be interesting.


Grattan 3 Coachford 1.

Grattan played to a man possessed an Coachford to a man had no answer .

JP O Sullivan with a free kick , peno an volley again proved his age is no hindrance to his class in finishing.

Credit Coachford , excellent support on the line .

Big result on Friday,
Glenthorn beating Wanderers away , Glenthorn by anyone's admission seemed struggling, where as Wanderers seem to be a contender .
Fair dues to Glenthorn for a smashing result .

[goal-achio]

Have to say, incredible result for grattan. Incredible result for the whole premier league. Its like when rocky made Ivan Drago bleed and the shout came in "he isn't a machine he is only a man". A lot of teams think they are only playing for second place in that league but grattan proved its all to play for. I know it was the MJC but still fair play to them. As for glenthorn if they have their full team out they are as good as anyone in the aul,hopefully they can keep getting them out now.

[LetItLong11]

After letting the dust settle a bit I am going to go with the following:

Premier 1st Coachford 2nd Grattan (will be very tight though)
Premier A 1st UCC 2nd Kilumney (Grangevale wont be far away either)
1st Division 1st Cathedral 2nd Hibs
2nd Division 1st Blackstone 2nd Shandon
3rd Division 1st Temple B 2nd Watergrasshill 3rd Grattan B

[Jason Bourne]

This thread is dyin a death lads .

[goal-achio]

Couldn?t agree more, this was a great forum before but I presume most fellas on it must be gone from football

[goal-achio]

Premier Coachford
Grattan
Premier a Grangevale
Castleview
Div 1. Cathedral
Hibs
Div 2. Shandon
Blackstone
Div 3. Grattan b (nap)
Watergrasshill
Prem a is the hardest to call, will be very tight. Them two teams in Tabb and Jamie Donovan have the top strikers. Goals win leagues

[Play it out]

Hopefully Grattan can score an early league win over Coachford to make it interesting. Good to see a few good teams in the top two divisions with good quality; Coachford, Gratten, Corkbeg, Wanderers, Springfield, Grangevale, UCC, Castleview, Killumney.

John Corcoran to Cathedral should make them heavy favourites for 1st Division.

Blackstone have had a great start and a massive head start the way fixtures have fallen for them playing 10.

Temple B, Grattan B & Watergrasshill are all handy looking in from outside.

[fruice]

I think all of what is being said is fairly close to being correct.

Coachford and Grattan in the premier but it will be a tighter than last season

Premier A is a competitive i wouldn?t be surprised if Killumney and Grangevale were 1 and 2

1st division no real standout team in it Richmond and Cathedral 1 and 2 maybe but in saying that Cathedral have been knocked out of two cups by lower division teams in Temple B and Los Zarcos so you could see them dropping points which could be costly.

Division 2 Shandon and Blackstone have done the early running so this puts them in pole position for promotion.

Division 3 Grattan and Temple 1 and 2 with Watergrasshill 3rd but it?s along season here so 3rd place could change

[goal-achio]

Huge result for Shandon Celtic today fair play to them.

[ExplainThis]

Surprising result on Friday night, 1 of very few games that went ahead it seems. Heard through the grapevine a very heated game not helped by some on-field decisions.

[goal-achio]

I presume that was the Castleview game, Banteer have all their players back so they will be hard to beat down there but it’s still a shock result. All the favourites won again today the aoh will be interesting this year.

[JaketheSnake]

Couldn?t agree more, this was a great forum before but I presume most fellas on it must be gone from football

Remember when this thread used to hit 130 pages by the end of the season? Be lucky to hit 13 by the end of the season anymore. This thread is like the aul . Boring and dead!

[Bigdog1]

While I argee on the thread dying a death the same can't be said for the AUL as a whole, some great teams involved this year and some great games after being played already. There are a hand full of teams across all divisions doing very well but you have to take into account the **** poor organisation by the league, I know of teams that have 5 league games played and have played the same team twice, refs not being organised for the games so both teams turn up only for the game to be called! And I wouldn't even get started on the standard of the refs this year because its an embarrassment. You can't fault the likes of Coachford, Gratten, Killumney, Grangevale, Corkbeg etc, all clubs being ran very well but as is the case most years they are being let down by the league. With proper organisation it could be made very competitive but you can't show an old dog new tricks

[fruice]

To be fair to the AUL they are trying to change and change is a hard thing.

They have new blood on the committee they have really upped their social media presence, the results and pictures on Twitter is great, the return of match of the week and team of the month is fantastic.
They also introduced the premier A cup and changed the format of the mossie at the request of the clubs.

All this is steps in the right direction and wouldn’t have happened previously.

Sure the lack refs and standards of refs isn’t great but this is a problem across the board.

The playing teams twice doesn’t make much sense to be fair.

The no relegation this year isn’t great but I think they had no other option to try and balance numbers.


The AUL is let down by the clubs also take Blarney Sts carry on at the end of last season and John the Boscos too.
Castlebridge putting a team in only to pull out on the opening day of the season,

And other clubs refusing to be put up.

All clubs need to help the league.

Sure it’s not perfect and can improve but at least they are going in the right direction.

[JaketheSnake]

Sometimes it is too late for change. The damage has been done years ago. It is like the AUL has terminal cancer now if you ask me. The amount of teams that have folded or left for the MSL in the last 10 to 15 years is massive. As for refs if anyone fancies being one and thinks they can do better there is courses all the time.

The AUL is not let down by Blarney Street , Boscos and castlebridge. When you have what is mainly teams and not clubs in a league this is what happens. One team clubs is what the aul mainly is . Nothing will stop it happening if the AUL keeps letting clubs fold and re enter or drop down divisions.

[ExplainThis]

Clubs (Teams) doing things like Blarney Street last season is exactly what lets down the league and makes a mockery of any positive efforts from other clubs. The League can only take a club by its word, very hard then to punish after if they no longer exist.

I certainly wouldn't be worrying about a thread on an online forum dying as any sort metric for the league dying, seeing as most fellas under the age of 30 would hardly know what an online forum is. Social Media needs to be 100% embraced by the leagues and teams, plus consistent weekly reports on the league on the Echo if at all possible.

[Play it out]

The online work on Twitter and even FB has been a bonus. Barry continues to cover the league weekly on Echo.

I agree that the league can't contol these walkovers. Teams pulling like Blarney Street and Castlebridge are a joke. Quality over quantity. Who cares now if numbers are lower. Imagine having double the number of teams now and having double the issues.

Everyone praising the business league, then quick to lambast the AUL clubs for facilites and for being one team clubs. The business league is very well run, but they also have a huge turnover of teams pulling at end of season. Why? They are one team clubs too. They are progressive, have great Social Media and Website. We could easily be critical of them too; quality, grounds, fixtures on a Sunday, Illegal Players, etc.

Main issue in AUL this season is fixture consistency. League can't control standard of reffing, a team pulling later in year, standards of football, rain, etc!.Fixtures and Communication can improve. But why not volunteer and do something instead of giving out negatively.

Big pluses this year. Some very good teams in Premier & Premier A. Cups runs. Social Media. Some great games. Teams lower down like Watergrasshill, Shandon Celtic, Blackstone all giving it a good go and fair play to them. Easy to lament about the past AUL but things change, we will never have 100+ teams, MSL Clubs won't be back, get over it.

[Jason Bourne]

Talk about responce, bit of life left in the ol dog yet me thinks.

On the whole football thing , you can't honestly blame any one thing. It's the collective.

Poorly run clubs making it hard for well run clubs, the good refs over run with bad ones an a Aul in transition.

The refs can only accept who comes forward , as with the Aul , there's no guarrentee of success,,,,,I'd say if their being honest the Aul an the referees would love to comment on certain clubs an players like we seem to feel we have a divine right to do on here.

Lads please wake up an don't see the MSL with rose tinted glasses.

They litteraly are making up divisions , there about to hemeridge as well.

There's a premier division that only a few years back was decided by an objection ,,,,what a way to win a league.

Senior 1st an 2nd in facilities only .
Tracksuits, warm up tops an gear bags, no end of balls an bibs an rubber bands to stretch with. Boards an cones abound. Badges from FIFA, UEFA an IKEA ffs

No quality on the pitch though.

The Aul may not be perfect but it's about the only place you can actually start a team.

The MSL an Buisness league have criteria,ya have to have this an that, the Aul need the basics, much to their cost.

Field, goal posts, set of gear an league fees an away ya go, football at its purest.

I don't see the scorelines in the Aul on a weekly basis that I see in the MSL lower tiers .

So all the facilities on the world don't make up for developing talent .

I see Aul teams trying , mates who manage , an members who do nets an each week they man up . Tis what the Aul is all about.

Don't get me started on the buisness league , facebook , twitter , all social media improvements .

Doolans on their day are a class apart
or were an the rest just swap players mid season or mid game ffs.

Time to stop whinging an whining an make a difference with your respective clubs on the pitch.

To many small minded clubs an their players only raise themselves for certain games , an roll over the next week.

That for me is what's killing the Aul.

If ye all tried each week as opposed to just when ye play certain clubs then the entire Aul would be better off.

An football in general.

[goal-achio]

Another dreadful weekend passes us by lads, it looks like it could be a very busy may and even June for all teams with the way the weather is going.