Games 27th 28th June 2025

[sbgawa]

Premier Division

Friday 27th (19:45 unless stated)

Galway v Shelbourne
Cork v St Pats
Bohs v Sligo
Derry v Drogheda
Shamrock Rovers v Waterford (20:00)


First Division

Friday 27th (All 19:45)

Athlone v Bray
Dundalk v Cobh
Treaty v Harps
Wexford v Kerry

Saturday 28th

Longford v UCD (19:30)

[sbgawa]

A weekend where the biggest match argueably is in Diviision 1 with Cobh traveling to Dundalk hoping to leave with the title race still on...im guessing a draw would suit them, big onus on Dundalk to step up here.

Rovers with a win over Waterford can consolidate our position at the top with Derry v Drogs meaning someone is dropping points or both ...and Bohs facing an in form Sligo.
Rovers need to be well clear by the time Europe comes around.
Heres hoping for another good Friday like last friday and without the Monday hangover :)

Joey could have been luckier for his first two games in charge of Shels than to be away to Waterford and Galway, big game for him Friday

[sbgawa]

I misnamed that other thread may. Created this new one . Appols all, getting old :)

[brendy_éire]

Drogheda this week, ugh. These games are never entertaining.
On the back of two wins in Dublin, can we show a bit of consistency and make it three? Not hopeful. We haven't been Drogheda since this time last year.
Best thing to happen in the game would be an early goal for ourselves, otherwise it'll be a snoozefest.

Dundalk-Cobh is obviously massive, but Cork-Pats stands out too.
No better time for Cork to play them. Cork can't keep a clean sheet, but Pat's have only scored once in their last five games.

[culloty82]

A first-half hat-trick is certainly one way for Seánie McGrath to celebrate his club century tonight!

[Nesta99]

A first-half hat-trick is certainly one way for Seánie McGrath to celebrate his club century tonight!

ve issed this hatrick it seems, unless it was a hatrick of misses?

[culloty82]

One from play, and two pens.

[pineapple stu]

And now 4-3 Wexford! Mental game - Healy will be fuming at that I'm sure. Can't be throwing away 3-1 leads a man up

[Longfordian]

Cracking strike from young Elding. Clearly learned a lot from his u17s assistant coach..

I'm joking Keen2win, it's ok.

[total hoofball]

Congratulations to referee Kevin O'Sullivan for securing Galway's equaliser turning a blind eye to Cillian Tollett's blatant foul on Conor Kearns

[legendz]

Full credit to Wexford first. A man down but played with great spirit. Terrible by Kerry. Absolutely terrible. Terrible attitude.

[Nesta99]

A couple of late consolation points tonight. Derry stringing that title charge together, Excellent result for Dundalk on a few levels, none more than how it continues to build confidence for the younger players and when missing some older heads. Weve won a couple of key games now that would have tipped momentum totally but saved it. On paper Cobhs next toughest game is Bray in August where we have Bray in a couple of weeks. It feels like the pressure is on Dundalk to keep winning more than Cobh for some reason.

[thebronze14]

Carbon copy of Monday's game. Great defensive display and one goal does it. Great ball from Bradley-Walsh, super finish from Gradi Lomboto. Only 4 points from PO

[nigel-harps1954]

Two wins and two draws in our last four games and now three clean sheets in a row. Hoping we've turned a corner after an abysmal run of form. Starting to gain a bit of ground on the playoff places, and still several key players to come back from injury. There's hope for us yet.

[da bishop]

Carbon copy of Monday's game. Great defensive display and one goal does it. Great ball from Bradley-Walsh, super finish from Gradi Lomboto. Only 4 points from PO

thought Treaty deserved something from the game though as the match progressed the home team ran out of ideas and also thought the subs made were questionable.Harps defended well and Lomboto a handfull.

[sbgawa]

Great tonsee Gaffney scoring the winner. Such an honest pro. Fully deserved win always felt the goal was coming

[Kiki Balboa]

Fantastic performance by Dundalk. What a battle.

Mayowa, Arubi, Kenny, Keogh and young Mulligan put everything into it.

Some of Cobhs behaviour was downright embarrassing. No. 8 Barry Coffey spent the whole game whinging. Seems like a talented player, but decided crying was more important than playing.

Cobh trying to get Arubi sent off, only for Coleman (I think) to get his first yellow before his red, is a happy justice.

Referee lost the run of himself , and let Cobh ref the game (although it was real tough physical game from the get-go).

[joey B]

Seems to have been another smash and grab from us,brilliant goal though so delighted with that…

All time collapse from Kerry,to lose to 10 men after being 3-1 up is hard to fathom….

[Dermobohs]

Great tonsee Gaffney scoring the winner. Such an honest pro. Fully deserved win always felt the goal was coming
If the rest of your lot had shown a bit of gaffneys backbone last Monday you’d have had a better go, really like the man top player

[joey B]

Owen Elding is not long for these shores,absolute stonker tonight again….

[placid casual]

If the rest of your lot had shown a bit of gaffneys backbone last Monday you’d have had a better go, really like the man top player
If boez players treated every game like they do games against Rovers they'd be closer to looking like title contenders

[2 Year Contract]

Shocking game of ball down at Turners Cross but if anyone was going to nick it it was more likely to have been Cork with the late pressure they had in the last few mins. Pats with 1 shot on target against a defence that hadn’t kept a clean sheet all season up to tonight sums up the season for them. 5th 0-0 draw this year so far involving Pats

[oriel]

Is it the camera angle or just me, or is Kenny becoming even more awkward at video interviews, the one tonight after Cork C game, he's almost looking away from camera at all questions and side wide only when answering. He should have got media training even at Dundalk, and especially Ireland, honestly think he's turning a bit odd. Still a great manager and has 5 PD titles, but surely he has to be doing better.

Plus where is this blistering form that saw them finish so strong end of 2024, lots of Dundalk fans I know have long lost bets on them winning the 2025 PD, and Pats were joint favs in Jan. For the reported huge wages he is on, it must be a source of huge frustration for Pats.

On the more modest side of the budget set up, Kilduff after a mini wobble did a great job in setting Dundalk up for a well deserved win v Cobh and restoring the 4 point lead, FD can be brutal at times, but at last some good football to watch, Cobh came into it as expected last 15 but not sure they caused too much problems, Animasahun was very good in central defence, and Arbui a live wire and the difference up front. Still mostly a team of kids flanked by Horgan and Dervin.

[Another Bohemia]

Tough game to judge there in Dalymount tonight. Bohs were certainly feeling the effects of the intensity on Monday and you can see the need for additional depth in the squad but there were enough chances squandered there tonight to win 3 matches. Eldings goal for Sligo was a cracker and after that Sligo were happy to sit back and absorb pressure. Great to see us dig in and get the equalizer and great to see the team still push for the winner well into stoppage time. That fight will keep us in or near the European places this year which is what every Bohs fan targeted this year.

[Thewhitepele]

Owen Elding is not long for these shores,absolute stonker tonight again….

Get his Irish passport sorted ASAP.

[Dermobohs]

If boez players treated every game like they do games against Rovers they'd be closer to looking like title contenders
Bar the game in Waterford, they’ve been brilliant

[Dermobohs]

Bar the game in Waterford, they’ve been brilliant

It’s just other sides have given us far better competition than Shamrock did

[sbgawa]

You can't have been that brilient you were calling for the managers head halfway through the season ;).
I think we need to change the plan against bohs, it looks like bradley is determined to treat these games as just another 3 points and I almost feel it's draining some of the passion out of our lads for these games. Roll the sleeves up and compete and our better players will come through.
Whatever though I'm happy with 6 points in the last week to bohs 4 but derry getting 9 was / is a worry. Depending how derry get on with the games in hand one against bohs it will be a big game against them on August 1st.

[Dermobohs]

We were awful in the first ten games, but the transformation has been unbelievable.
Shams should win the league, although apart from noonan who’s excellent they’re light up front maybe the new lad will be a hit.
Europe will leave a mark even on a big squad though, no doubt.
Bohs don’t I feel have enough quality up front or at cb to last out, top four though is possible.
Derry with their resources are the ones who could push it, shells and pats will have to manage Europe too.
I don’t feel drogs have a title push but again could push for top 4

[D24Saint]

Shocking game of ball down at Turners Cross but if anyone was going to nick it it was more likely to have been Cork with the late pressure they had in the last few mins. Pats with 1 shot on target against a defence that hadn’t kept a clean sheet all season up to tonight sums up the season for them. 5th 0-0 draw this year so far involving Pats

Since the break in particular we have been dreadful. If the season ended today I’d be delighted. Not a chance that we will beat Bohs with how we are playing.

[Neish]

Two wins and two draws in our last four games and now three clean sheets in a row. Hoping we've turned a corner after an abysmal run of form. Starting to gain a bit of ground on the playoff places, and still several key players to come back from injury. There's hope for us yet.

Need to keep it going now with a few very important game coming up the next 5-6 weeks Longford home, UCD away, UCD at home (FAI Cup), Cobh (Home) and Wexford (Away). Would happily sacrifice the cup game for 8-12 points from there rest

[bohsmug]

If the rest of your lot had shown a bit of gaffneys backbone last Monday you’d have had a better go, really like the man top player

Agreed. Pain to play against, has caused us problems.

[Nesta99]

Owen Elding is not long for these shores,absolute stonker tonight again….

The sell-ons will keep Longford sorted for years!

[2 Year Contract]

Saw a good stat on Twitter there, last night Wexford became the first side in LOI history to be losing a game by 2 goals with 10 men at half time and go on to win the game. A brilliant effort from the players to be fair to them

[Nesta99]

Coming back was impressive for sure but competing against ten ment is overestimated. Unless playing a really gifted side that can stretch you all out of shape (England v Ireland eg) then its doent make a huge difference. 9 men yes but 10 often makes it harder to play against and the extra shift put in by the 10 mean and its a grind all round. Be interesting to see general stats on it.

[Onapointoforder]

Saw a good stat on Twitter there, last night Wexford became the first side in LOI history to be losing a game by 2 goals with 10 men at half time and go on to win the game. A brilliant effort from the players to be fair to them Given the defending for Wexford’s third and fourth goals, Wexford would have won with 5 v 11….!!