FAI Junior Cup 2005/06

[the only 1]

Well whoever the favourites are, Carrick Utd should be added as having seen how they came through yesterday's game against Southend their name must be on the cup. To say they were lucky is an understatement. They got a very dubious penalty to level the match at 1-1, Southend had a player sent off after a melee - involving (from Carrick) the only player I know who could start a riot in a monastery and who in the first few minutes had head-butted his opposite number in mid-field (after that description - name not needed) and even having the 1 man advantage had a few narrow escapes before the end. To cap it all who scores the final penalty to secure victory only the afore mentioned walking riot. Put your money on them now (to beat Clonmel Town in the final).
good job i kept my money in my pocket:)

[Noddy]

the happy hoops

[swinfordfc]

Congrats to Killester in they win in Westport as beating the Champions is never easy. Well done to Athenry in keeping the Connacht Flag flying :D

[texas ranger]

we where good yesterday, just like to say thank u to westport for there hospitality. Cheers and best of luck for the rest of ur season

[Noddy]

when's the draw on for the next round?

[gnasher]

we where good yesterday, just like to say thank u to westport for there hospitality. Cheers and best of luck for the rest of ur season

Well, what can I say. It's not easy to win it but it's even harder to retain it. We just did'nt have that little bit of luck yesterday. Fair play to our lads they never gave up but they learned you can't give away easy goals to quality opponents. Killester played very well and they have got what it takes to go on and win the Cup, on yesterday's performance they could have beat any team in the country, impressive. It just goes to show how much that 1 nil we got up there last year meant. We always said Killester were the best team we played last year and they showed it yesterday. I just hope that it's the last time we see them in this competition!

Well done and best of luck for the quarters. Westport may not win it but at least a team with the same colours have a great chance.

[Noddy]

draw for the quarter finals should be interesting, goin to be 8 good teams in it

[swinfordfc]

draw for the quarter finals should be interesting, goin to be 8 good teams in it

DOH you dont say !!!!!!! :D

[Noddy]

not like last year

[swinfordfc]

not like last year

No offence but there no bad teams in last 8 of FAI Cup any year, they have to win 7 matches to get there

[swinfordfc]

Quarter Finalist

Portmarnock
Pike Rovers
Athenry
Clonmel Town
Killester United
Ballyheane or UL Aisling Annacotty
Castlebar Celtic or Neilstown Rgs
Salthill Devon or Deen Celtic or Waterford Crystal

Was Deen Celtic v Waterford Crystal play yestarday?

[The Gaffer]

Quarter Finalist

Portmarnock
Pike Rovers
Athenry
Clonmel Town
Killester United
Ballyheane or UL Aisling Annacotty
Castlebar Celtic or Neilstown Rgs
Salthill Devon or Deen Celtic or Waterford Crystal

Was Deen Celtic v Waterford Crystal play yestarday?

Yes Wat' Crystal won 2-1

[swinfordfc]

Quarter Finalist

Portmarnock
Pike Rovers
Athenry
Clonmel Town
Killester United
Ballyheane or UL Aisling Annacotty
Castlebar Celtic or Neilstown Rgs
Salthill Devon or Waterford Crystal

So is
Castlebar Celtic v Neilstown Rangers and
Salthill Devon v Waterford Crystal on this coming weekend.

Ballyheane v UL Aisling Annacotty is on next Sunday.

[clean sheet]

No Its Oscar Traynor Weekend In Waterford This Weekend
Its On Sunday Week.
Just Like To Say Well Done To The Glass On Job Well Done
Nothing To Fear Against Salthill ,ye Played Them Last Year
And Beat Them Handy.:d

[renovater]

Quarter Finalist

Portmarnock
Pike Rovers
Athenry
Clonmel Town
Killester United
Ballyheane or UL Aisling Annacotty
Castlebar Celtic or Neilstown Rgs
Salthill Devon or Waterford Crystal

So is
Castlebar Celtic v Neilstown Rangers and
Salthill Devon v Waterford Crystal on this coming weekend.

Ballyheane v UL Aisling Annacotty is on next Sunday.

Ballyheane will be in the mix along with celtic fingers crossed

[soccerc]

So is Castlebar Celtic v Neilstown Rangers on this coming weekend.


Not as far as I understand - game to proceed on Sunday 19th Feb

[Terry]

Sunday 12/02/06

Statoil FAI Junior Cup at 2pm

Salthill Devon v Waterford Crystal at Drom

[The Gaffer]

Sunday 12/02/06

Statoil FAI Junior Cup at 2pm

Salthill Devon v Waterford Crystal at Drom
Dont think that game is going ahead on the date you quoted

[Terry]

Dont think that game is going ahead on the date you quoted


Its what the Galway FA announced anyway!

[HuRya]

FAI Junior Cup Quarter-Finalists

1.Portmarnock
2.Pike Rovers
3.Athenry
4.Clonmel Town
5.Killester United
6.Ballyheane or UL Aisling Annacotty
7.Castlebar Celtic or Neilstown Rgs
8.Salthill Devon or Waterford Crystal

The 1/4 final draw will take place next Sunday 12th Feb, on the Robbie Irwin Sports Bag show on 2FM at 10.30am.

[The Gaffer]

Its what the Galway FA announced anyway!
I was at a Waterford Junior League Meeting last night and there wasn't a mention of this game, I also have a fixture list for the Waterford Leagues and this weekend is Oscar Traynor Cup with the Waterford League Playing Wexford

[HuRya]

Statoil FAI Junior Cup 7th Rnd-Sun 12th Feb(all 2pm)

Ballyheane(Mayo) vs UL Aisling Annacotty(Limerick)
Salthill Devon(Galway) vs Waterford Crystal(Waterford)

[Terry]

I was at a Waterford Junior League Meeting last night and there wasn't a mention of this game, I also have a fixture list for the Waterford Leagues and this weekend is Oscar Traynor Cup with the Waterford League Playing Wexford


Ye might have to do without the waterford crystal lads so. There seems to be a mix up somewhere.

[swinfordfc]

Only one FAI Cup game this weekend Ballyheane v ULAA

Quarter Final draw on 2FM Sunday between 10am and 11am.

[The Gaffer]

Ye might have to do without the waterford crystal lads so. There seems to be a mix up somewhere.
If you are right, I dont think that Crystal will be to happy about the short notice. I gave one of the Crystal Committee memebers a call this morning and he has not heard anything about the game. Do you have any idea which game takes priority, Oscar Traynor or Junior Cup??

[Terry]

If you are right, I dont think that Crystal will be to happy about the short notice. I gave one of the Crystal Committee memebers a call this morning and he has not heard anything about the game. Do you have any idea which game takes priority, Oscar Traynor or Junior Cup??


couldnt tell ya mate, I just got my info from www.galwayfa.net maybe you can contact someone through there.

[swinfordfc]

Lads,
on the star paper only one game this weekend in FAI Cup ok :D

[Terry]

Lads,
on the star paper only one game this weekend in FAI Cup ok :D


well thats that sorted !!!!!!:)

[C.T.F.C]

Killester 3/1
Pike Rovers 3/1
Portmarnock 6/1
Clonmel Town 8/1
Castlebar 10/1
W. Crystal 10/1
Salthill Devons 11/1
Athenry 12/1
Neilstown Rgrs. 14/1
Ballyheane 20/1
ULAA 20/1

Source: Ladbrokes.ie

There might be some value to be had in backing a couple of the outsiders!!:D

[joeSoap]

Interesting comments from Pike's Declan Considine in the Star today... He urges people to put 50 on Pike to win it out and comment that "when we beat Ballymun we will be unstoppable"

Confidence seems to be very high in the Pike camp!!!!!!!

They were 12/1 when he made those comments...now they're 3/1 joint favourites. Be a silly man to back against them. They're not conceding goals, pure and simple. I fancy them to go all the way now.

[Noddy]

ya pike have a good chance but theres a long way to go yet, 3 tough matches left if they are to win it. Clonmel are a good bet at 8/1 and salthill devon at 11/1 how are they doing in the galway league?

[Athenryboy]

heres the table judge for yourselve, athenry did beat salthill 1-4 in Drom , but they are a good cup side.

1. (1.) Corrib Rangers 11 6 3 2 10 25 : 15 Pts21
2. (2.) Mervue Utd 10 5 4 1 9 22 : 13 Pts19
3. (3.) Athenry 8 5 2 1 11 21 : 10 Pts17
4. (4.) Corrib Celtic 9 4 3 2 4 11 : 7 Pts15
5. (5.) Galway Hibs 8 4 2 2 7 19 : 12 Pts14
6. (7.) Renmore 12 4 2 6 -1 18 : 19 Pts14
7. (6.) Salthill Devon 8 4 1 3 3 15 : 12 Pts13
8. (8.) Colemanstown 10 2 3 5 -7 13 : 20 Pts9
9. (9.) Galway Bohs 10 2 1 7 -13 9 : 22 Pts7
10. (10.) Corofin Utd 10 0 3 7 -23 8 : 31 Pts3

[CousinSylDolan]

Looks a good bet now anyone that backed them when they were 12-1. Maybe Connie is set to make a killing if they win it. There would be a lot of time spent in McLysarts with Wacky if they did.

[mullerj52]

Killester (according to reports) were excellent on sunday against Westport. Was sad to see Westport go out, Personal highlight of the year last year when they won the cup.
Castlebar Celtic will have their work cut out against Neilstown Rangers. Ballyheane could shock UL but to be honest, I cannot see anyone beating Celtic at the minute, they seem to have Westport's luck this year.

[Dr Mad]

Nobody fancy us?

Final in '97, won it in 2000, final in 2003, Leinster Junior Champions and beat Killester by a point to win the AUL League last Season, away wins in Killarney,Cavan, Milford,Dungarvan, beat Freebooters as well .... my money's on Killester but I'm just wondering ... ;)

[mullerj52]

Good Point Dr, a side to certainly watch out for...:)

[clean sheet]

any thoughts on waterford crystals chances.no one mentioning them
last year finalist and they dont concede many and have class forwards
like joey watson and martin tyan.

and i think we all dont mind who wins it once its out dublin

[gnasher]

Killester (according to reports) were excellent on sunday against Westport. Was sad to see Westport go out, Personal highlight of the year last year when they won the cup.
Castlebar Celtic will have their work cut out against Neilstown Rangers. Ballyheane could shock UL but to be honest, I cannot see anyone beating Celtic at the minute, they seem to have Westport's luck this year.

I agree with you that Celtic are strong and they have the bonus of a serious run of form behind them. To be honest though, they're not half the footballing team that Westport are when they get it down and play. Celtic can stand toe to toe in a physical battle and win it with long balls and a speedy front four but I can't for the life of me see them winning it. Unless Pike and Killester are knocked out.

Killester were savage good on Sunday, the movement and passing was something to be noted for it is not often seen in Mayo. Even though it was hard to bear, when you're beaten by a good side playing quality ball you don't mind. i remember in the premiership a couple of years ago Arsenal (whom I detest) giving Portsmouth a hiding at Fratton Park 5 nil or something. Arsenal played such good stuff that the home fans were applauding their goals and touches. That's what it was like.

My bet is definitely Killester, followed by Pike / Portmarnock. Portmarnock are the deadliest side left as they play Killester regularly and as the poster above says, have beaten them in serious games where there's something on the line.

From a Westport standpoint, we'd be happy to hand over the crown to Killester or Pike, we build up a good relationship over the last two years at the games we played.

I won't say what i'll do if Celtic won it!

[widow]

Good luck to ULAA next weekend lets hope theres 2 limerick sides in the quarter finals

[PWELL]

Thanks Widow Nice To See Someone Shouting For Us

[Dirk Diggler]

what a day sunday, roll on the hoops, just back in work after it......

all the best sunday ULAA hope ye can get through aswell. Personally think ye'll be too strong for them but its all on the day of course

[Noddy]

Good luck sunday UL aisling annacotty

[mossy]

Nice to see the Limerick lads wishing the best of luck to their.
Any chance that the Mayo lads might do the same ??
To our new friends in Annacotty you will be made welcome on Sunday.
How many travelling in total ?
Are ye overnighting ?
Make sure you go the Headford way out of Galway - much faster rhen Claremorris and you pass bt the Heane pitch !!
Go on the Heane regardless !!!

[swinfordfc]

Nice to see the Limerick lads wishing the best of luck to their.
Any chance that the Mayo lads might do the same ??
To our new friends in Annacotty you will be made welcome on Sunday.
How many travelling in total ?
Are ye overnighting ?
Make sure you go the Headford way out of Galway - much faster rhen Claremorris and you pass bt the Heane pitch !!
Go on the Heane regardless !!!

Best of luck to Ballyheane on Sunday, hope ye can take on Westport mantle now and go all the way.

[OscarBravo]

Hope the 'heane do the biz on Sunday next. Would be great achievement for them to make it to the last 8. Hope Fahey and Burke etc keep it up from the last round

[FahyForever]

All the best to Ballyheane, it's been a good achievement getting this far and hopefully they can make it another step anyway. Should think they will get lots of support from other Mayo clubs this weekend. Good luck!

[Nemesis]

Should be an interesting game, my money is on ULAA but its cup football and anything can happen.

Well done to Pike on a good result.

[Gentle Ben]

Best of luck ULAA,

[gnasher]

Well done to the 'Heane on getting this far. nothing to fear on Sunday. Best of luck to both teams.

[UL Boys]

Aound 100 of us ..sure we will see you for a pint up there..