Pre-Season Friendlies

[Jack B]

Seen a video of Chris Forrester on crutches at a pre season game a couple of days ago,be a big blow for Pats if that’s serious….

It's not apparently. Will have him out for a couple of weeks but back well in time for the start of the season. Thank god.

[2 Year Contract]

Was actually 3-1, not sure how the FAI Connect app had it as 4.

Was at it myself, genuinely bizarre stuff that they added 4 goals for Bohs. There wasn’t even a disallowed goal or anything that could be considered an understandable error. Same last night, they had it down as 2-0 Galway for a long period until correcting it to be 1-0 (finished 1-1 in the end BTW)

[Loifan_76]

The two ucd goals were a penalty by Jack keaney and a nice goal by Tobi jinad who was playing centre forward in the first half. First half UCD were basically playing the remains of the 2022 first team (healy, keaney, nolan, keane, Gallagher , higgins) with some youngsters. Second half it was all U19 or LSL I think with healy in goal, didn't recognise any of them. Based on the first half, there is potential there but the new ones will face a steep learning curve. No sign of dylan duffy or Sam todd.

[joey B]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axBA4PxNtyc

"Highlights" of Dundalk/Harps!!

[Martinho II]

The two ucd goals were a penalty by Jack keaney and a nice goal by Tobi jinad who was playing centre forward in the first half. First half UCD were basically playing the remains of the 2022 first team (healy, keaney, nolan, keane, Gallagher , higgins) with some youngsters. Second half it was all U19 or LSL I think with healy in goal, didn't recognise any of them. Based on the first half, there is potential there but the new ones will face a steep learning curve. No sign of dylan duffy or Sam todd.

Our goalscorers were Magesuran and Derek Daly.

[The Bowler]

The two ucd goals were a penalty by Jack keaney and a nice goal by Tobi jinad who was playing centre forward in the first half. First half UCD were basically playing the remains of the 2022 first team (healy, keaney, nolan, keane, Gallagher , higgins) with some youngsters. Second half it was all U19 or LSL I think with healy in goal, didn't recognise any of them. Based on the first half, there is potential there but the new ones will face a steep learning curve. No sign of dylan duffy or Sam todd. Tobi Jinad was let go by UCD, the new striker possibly a lad called Divine who came from Bohs U19. Todd injured, Duffy was gone to Lincoln before the end of last season

[Loifan_76]

Sorry about that, I was going off the squad numbers for the ones I didn't recognise in the first half. There were no lineups for the friendly. Shame about Todd.

[The Bowler]

Rovers just posted goals from yesterday's friendlies. Ian Ryan needs to find some defenders fast, those lads wouldn't get a kick in the LSL the way they defended yesterday. Webster wasn't playing, but Massey and Cole were playing, shambolic defending for all the goals. Ryan's achiles heel at Wexford was defending, a lot of work to do.

[joey B]

Derry City 6-0 Finn Harps in the Brandywell this afternoon

[Shearer]

Derry City 6-0 Finn Harps in the Brandywell this afternoon
Dave Rogers will be quiet on twitter tonight!

[nigel-harps1954]

Dave Rogers will be quiet on twitter tonight!

Gone off Twitter again!

To be fair, it was a second game inside 40 hours or thereabouts for a very small squad. Lot of trialists and youth players getting games today. Would read nothing into the results of pre-season.

[joey B]

Gone off Twitter again!
.

That didn’t take long!!!

[Shearer]

Would read nothing into the results of pre-season.
Nor would I, which is why I find him and fans conducting a post-mortem on those games and Dave taking it upon himself to defend his players quite bizarre.

[brendy_éire]

Gone off Twitter again!

To be fair, it was a second game inside 40 hours or thereabouts for a very small squad. Lot of trialists and youth players getting games today. Would read nothing into the results of pre-season.

Agreed. Harps were awful, but it was probably a useful enough exercise all the same. Decent crowd there for a friendly, and Diallo's goal was some strike.

[brendy_éire]

Where in Alicante??

The training camp is in the south of the province. Can't remember the name, but it's inland from Torrevieja. Some golf hotel resort place.
The matches, or at least one of them, will be played in San Pedro del Pinatar, which is in Murcia province.

Playing FC Swift Hesperange, from Luxembourg, on 27th, with Ålborg on 29th.

[oriel]

The training camp is in the south of the province. Can't remember the name, but it's inland from Torrevieja. Some golf hotel resort place.
The matches, or at least one of them, will be played in San Pedro del Pinatar, which is in Murcia province.

Playing FC Swift Hesperange, from Luxembourg, on 27th, with Ålborg on 29th.

I think this is the exact same spot Derry are staying in where Dundalk went 2 or 3 times under SK. One of the years Cork City also stayed same week, Brian Gartland has a good few pages about it in his book, entertaining stories !

Meant to be a superb place though with fantastic facilities for training.

[joey B]

Bohs v Harps Friday behind closed doors.....

[Shearer]

Rumour of David McMillan on trial for Bray tonight?

[The Bowler]

Gonna be some battle between UCD and Drogs for 9th and 10th this season. UCD beaten by Bray 1-0 tonight, Drogs were drawing 0-0 with LSL team Glebe Utd late in the game

[outspoken]

Rumour of David McMillan on trial for Bray tonight?

Not true i'm told

[Straightstory]

Gonna be some battle between UCD and Drogs for 9th and 10th this season. UCD beaten by Bray 1-0 tonight, Drogs were drawing 0-0 with LSL team Glebe Utd late in the game

It's Glebe North. Finished 0-0.

[Jd2793]

do ucd have more friendlies lined up? only saw the first two announced?

[pineapple stu]

Collingwood Cup coming next month, so that usually takes the place of our friendlies to a large extent. Playing University of Ulster on 13 Feb

[sbgawa]

It's Glebe North. Finished 0-0.

Imagine if Drogs had been playing the whole of Glebe instead of just the North bit

[The Bowler]

Collingwood Cup coming next month, so that usually takes the place of our friendlies to a large extent. Playing University of Ulster on 13 Feb Except in the last 2 seasons less than half the 1st team are UCD students, so that is a problem if you are relying on Collingwood as your pre season, only 5 or 6 of your players are getting minutes. After the most recent batch of departures, there were only 4 recognisable LOI names in the last college game where they got smacked by TUD (albeit missing Keaney and Todd that day) buts that's all they were missing. Thank God for Drogs, this year Harps hopefully.

[pineapple stu]

Well there is that, true.

There's also the LSC against Rovers next weekend, which may end up being a friendly for our players on both sides. I'm presuming we've a couple of signings coming in soon (a la Lonergan, Nolan, Duffy this time last season)

[The Bowler]

Well there is that, true.

There's also the LSC against Rovers next weekend, which may end up being a friendly for our players on both sides. I'm presuming we've a couple of signings coming in soon (a la Lonergan, Nolan, Duffy this time last season) The signings I've heard about Stu are a centre mid who is from the northwest, name escapes me, a striker from Bohs U19s called Divine Izakur, Adam Wells from Wexford (left back).

[Glen Of Aherlow]

I see tickets for a Pats v Sligo friendly on 4th Feb for sale on Pats website , anyone know what time kick off is ?

[D24Saint]

I see tickets for a Pats v Sligo friendly on 4th Feb for sale on Pats website , anyone know what time kick off is ?

The FAI app says it’s a 3pm KO.

[Glen Of Aherlow]

The FAI app says it’s a 3pm KO.


Cheers , suits me grand so

[joey B]

https://dab85ykohmqi1.cloudfront.net/a9d5ccd0a0211709463d497cb3bbea33/0_hd_hls.m3u8?hlsid=HTTP_ID_1

Waterford friendly live stream there if anyones really bored!!

[2 Year Contract]

https://dab85ykohmqi1.cloudfront.net/a9d5ccd0a0211709463d497cb3bbea33/0_hd_hls.m3u8?hlsid=HTTP_ID_1

Waterford friendly live stream there if anyones really bored!!


Match abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch, yes, in Dubai :D money well spent on that trip

https://twitter.com/waterfordfcie/status/1618992411677712386?s=46&t=x37UERuBhWBH7Eq2GJQi6g

[SPXcyan]

We were 1-0 up by the end, we looked fair bit sharper than the sister club, pity about the storm, was enjoying it up until it got fierce, only an Irish club would bring such weather with them ey!

[joey B]

Dundalk 1-0 Cork City
Athlone 1-2 Sligo Rovers

[Jack B]

Pats 6-0 Bray just finished.

Slow start but can finally say we're winning yet another pre season.

[joey B]

Shels 3-0 Drogheda

[legendz]

Shamrock Rovers 7-1 Treaty United. This had an 11am kickoff this morning in Roadstone.
Ringmahon Rangers v Treaty United is kicking off at 2pm this afternoon in the Munster Cup quarter-final.

[Glen Of Aherlow]

Pats 6-0 Bray just finished.

Slow start but can finally say we're winning yet another pre season.

Who were the two triallists that scored ?

[culloty82]

Shamrock Rovers 7-1 Treaty United. This had an 11am kickoff this morning in Roadstone.
Ringmahon Rangers v Treaty United is kicking off at 2pm this afternoon in the Munster Cup quarter-final.

Which presumably means they had a B team in the morning, and will field the regular team at 2.

[Jack B]

Who were the two triallists that scored ?

Apparently the two "trialist" goals were actually Mulraney, according to the post Pats just put up of the game anyway.

Doyle x2, Mulraney x2, Lonergan and McCormack.

[joey B]

Mulraney's International clearance probably not through yet, Harps did the same for a couple last week.....

[joey B]

Galway 2-2 Sligo

[Shearer]

Munster Senior Cup Quarter-Final
Ringmahon Rangers 3-4 Treaty United (AET)

Enda Curran (3) and Lee Devitt.

[joey B]

Longford 0-2 Shelbourne

[2 Year Contract]

Derry vs Aalborg in Spain is the latest ‘warm weather training venue’ postponement due to a water logged pitch. Won’t be long now before the big European sides make their way to the tropic coasts of Wexford for their mid-season training camps ;)

[nigel-harps1954]

Derry vs Aalborg in Spain is the latest ‘warm weather training venue’ postponement. Won’t be long now before the big European sides make their way to the tropic coasts of Wexford for their mid-season training camps ;)

Mixed information out there too. Aalborg said the game was called off because of illness in the Derry camp, and Derry said it was a waterlogged pitch.

[pineapple stu]

Derry players puking on the pitch a la Superleague Sunday AM games?

Ties in with both points of view.

[outspoken]

Bray tweeting their friendly with Derry is off due to circumstances outside their control. Should we be worried about Derry?

[joey B]

There must be some kind of bug in the camp I’d say,probably just a little bit disruptive to their pre season is the height of it…

[Saintgags]

Longford away to Kilnamanagh AFC this Saturday 11 o clock kick off in Ned Kelly Park Kilnamanagh