GUFC under 21's

[Patrick Dunne]

Dessie Cawleys U21 side had their 7th victory in a row on Saturday
with a 3-0 win over Mullingar Town. Liam McKenna, Alan Harty and
Michael Kennedy were on the scoresheet.

They face Cork City at a Galway venue in two weeks time in the semi-final
of the Enda McGuill League Cup.

The U21s have improved immensely this season. Well done to the players
and new management.

[thescoringgoals]

league table??i assume we are top or at least pretty close,does anyone know where we are in the conn/ulster section of the league?
well done to all involved indeed.

[Terry]

Actually its the mid western division which takes in ourselves, salthill and the rest coming from Leinister.

If my maths are any good we are joint top with Salthill and Kildare, with kildare having a game in hand, but that could be wrong.

EDIT: Forgot about the mayo league and ballinasloe also!

[galwayhoop]

kildare beat athlone on sunday which puts them on 18 points ahead of gufc and salthill both on 15 in joint second (think salthill have slightly better goal diff). mayo are 4th on 10 points. all 4 teams have same amount of games played.

[gufct]

cheers for that.Well done to players and managment on their remarkable run pity it doesnt get more coverage on the website or local media.

[Patrick Dunne]

The U21s will be playing Cork City in Terryland Park on Tuesday
5th September (K0 8.00pm).

[Terry]

heres the table as it stands:

MID WESTERN SECTION
........................P W D L F A PTS
Kildare County ....7 6 0 1 17 7 18
Salthill Devon .....7 5 0 1 22 9 15
Galway Utd ........7 5 0 2 14 4 15
Mayo League ......7 3 1 3 8 11 10
Athlone Town .....7 3 0 4 14 13 9
Longford Town ....6 2 1 3 8 13 7
Mullingar Athletic .8 1 2 5 7 19 5
Ballinasloe Town ..7 0 2 5 4 17 2

[GUISAUltra]

Yeah i'd also like to say congratulations to all involved with the under 21s but i'm just wondering why they dont get more publicity, i was actually walking up through Mervue the last day and i saw the under 21 team just leaving the pitch after beating Mullingar. if i knew the game was on there i would have definitely been there. i think it would be a lot better for the lads if more supporters could get behind them but its hard to find out where and when they play

[Terry]

UNfortunately the only place that you find out the information on there upcoming matches is either here or on the official website www.galwayunitedfc.ie at the moment. You can guarantee though, that if they continue their winning ways, that they will soon be making the headlines in the local papers.

[GUISAUltra]

thanks terry i'll check it out in the future. It would be great if the local papers and galway bay fm would get involved as well and help to give the boys a bit of support

[Terry]

The lads lost this weekend against fellow cup semi finalists Kildare county 3-0. Elsewhere in the same division salthill beat the mayo league 6-1. Also our opponents in the cup semis Cork city were held to a 1-1 draw against the kerry league.

MID WESTERN SECTION
........................P W D L F A PTS
Kildare County ....9 7 0 2 20 8 21
Salthill Devon .....9 7 0 1 30 10 21
Galway Utd ........9 6 0 3 18 8 18
Mayo League ......9 4 1 4 10 17 13
Athlone Town .....8 4 0 4 15 13 12
Mullingar Athletic .9 2 2 5 10 20 8
Longford Town ....7 2 1 4 9 16 7
Ballinasloe Town ..8 0 2 6 4 18 2

[Patrick Dunne]

The Enda McGuill League Cup semi final will now be at a Galway venue on Sunday 10th September.

[GUISAUltra]

any idea where that game is gonna be yet Mr. Dunne i heard it was supposed to be in terryland when it was arranged for tuesday but could probably be changed now

[Patrick Dunne]

Will confirm venue and time ASAP.

[galwayhoop]

i believe the game is scheduled for terryland @ 3pm next sunday (10th sept). bout time the lads got to play in terryland and not in mervue!!!

[Terry]

they have played the last 2 or 3 matches in terryland. The venue is all down to when the senior team are at home. If both teams are at home the same weekend, an alternative venue will be found for the u21's.

[GUISAUltra]

they played there last home game in mervue against mullingar, would be about time they got a couple of games in terryland ecspecially as its a cup semi-final.

I heard that if we go through that the final will be played in galway as well, did anyone else hear that

[Patrick Dunne]

KO Sunday Terryland 3.00pm. As this is an FAI fixture there will be a E5 admission charge.

[Tribesman]

http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/u21/2006-u21-league-cup-semi-final.html

[Terry]

The under 21's came away with a good result yesterday too when beating Tony Mannions Mayo league 4-1. Also in the division, salthill won 2-0 against mullingar athletic. Updated table to follow.

[Terry]

I think this is correct, may be missing 1 or 2 results

MID WESTERN SECTION
........................P W D L F A PTS
Kildare County ....9 7 0 2 20 8 21
Salthill Devon .....9 7 0 1 30 10 21
Galway Utd ........9 6 0 3 18 8 18
Mayo League ......9 4 1 4 10 17 13
Athlone Town .....8 4 0 4 15 13 12
Mullingar Athletic .9 2 2 5 10 20 8
Longford Town ....7 2 1 4 9 16 7
Ballinasloe Town ..8 0 2 6 4 18 2

[galwayhoop]

Think this is more accurate, kildare bet ballinasloe yesterday and ballinasloe bet mullingar during the week


MID WESTERN SECTION
........................P W D L F A PTS
Kildare County ....10 8 0 2 22 8 24
Salthill Devon ..... 9 7 0 2 30 10 21
Galway Utd ........ 9 6 0 3 18 8 18
Mayo League ......11 4 2 5 11 22 14
Athlone Town ..... 8 4 0 4 16 14 12
Longford Town .... 8 2 2 4 9 16 8
Mullingar Athletic . 11 2 2 7 10 23 8
Ballinasloe Town .. 10 1 2 7 5 20 5

[GUISAUltra]

if we win our game i hand we'll be in a nice enough position. at this stage its very good to see our seniors and our under 21s both in contention in their respective tables.

COME ON UNITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[galwayhoop]

when and where are the U21's playin this week. i was told they are home to athlone on sat in mervue and away to ballinasloe (derby!) on tues night. is my mole correct and if so why is home game not up in terryland?

[Terry]

The home game is in mervue because the senior team are playing less than 16 hours previous to there kick off time. PLaying to many matches on the pitch will only cut it up, we want to keep the pitch in as good condition as possible for the rest of the season.

[Guitd]

the u21 dont have the use of terryland for their fixtures the galway and district league own the ground and the first team only can play there as there are many of the owl league games to play there

[Guitd]

sorryown instead of owl

[Terry]

the lads drew 2-2 with Athlone town in mervue on saturday. I didnt catch a lot of the other results so dodn tknow what the table looks like at the moment, but I do know that Salthill lost, which leaves us 2 points behind them (salthill are in 2nd position behind Kildare). We still have a chance of qualifing for the final stages of the competition so if we can get a few more wins under the belt

[galwayhoop]

.........................P.W.D.L.F..A.Pts.Diff
Kildare County.... 10 8 0 2 22 8 24 +14
Galway United.... 11 7 1 3 22 10 22 +12
Salthill Devon..... 10 7 0 3 32 13 21 +19
Mayo League..... 11 4 2 5 11 22 14 -11
Athlone Town...... 9 4 1 4 18 16 13 2
Longford Town..... 9 3 2 4 12 18 11 -6
Mullingar Athletic. 11 2 2 7 10 23 8 -13
Ballinasloe Town.. 11 1 2 8 5 22 5 -17

lookin like GUFC, kildare, salthill and either athlone, longford or mayo. i'd say athlone

[Terry]

The lads won again tonight 2-0 up in ballinasloe town so I updated the table that galwayhoop kindly posted, thanks mate.

[Terry]

lookin like GUFC, kildare, salthill and either athlone, longford or mayo. i'd say athlone

I thought it was only 2 teams that went through to the knock out rounds?

[galwayhoop]

no top 4 go through and then it's knock-out with the other 3 sections:
last 16
1/4 final
semi
& final
don't know if it is open draw tho, presume it is, for knockout stages.

good result last night, who scored? any1 know what team was?

[Blue Man]

the team was: David Ennis, Ryan o'Donnell, Rohan o'Donnell, Kevin Lowe, Alan Harty, Iarflaith Davoren, Juan Rojas, Thomas Grealish, Terry o'Doherty, Michael Kennedy and John Lavin.

AFAIK Terry o'Doherty got both goals

[GUISAUltra]

yeah its definitely the top four in each section that go through and i'm nearly certain that its an open draw after that

[gufct]

welcome to our u21 keeper David Ennis are you living in Galway now or whats the story.

[Terry]

lets not forget our u21 team. Unfortunately though they seemed to be suffering from a hangover yesterday after they went down 3-0 to longford town up in flancare park. Also in the division, the top of the table clash between Salthill and Kildare ended in a 0-0 draw.

[Terry]

UPDATED TABLE 15th october

.........................P.W.D.L.F..A.Pts
Kildare County.... 12 9 1 2 25 8 28
Salthill Devon..... 12 7 1 4 32 15 22
Galway United.... 12 7 1 4 22 13 22
Athlone Town......12 6 1 5 23 20 19
Longford Town.....11 5 2 4 18 18 17
Mayo League.......12 4 3 5 11 22 15
Mullingar Athletic. 13 2 2 9 11 29 8
Ballinasloe Town.. 12 1 3 8 5 22 6

[GUISAUltra]

just need to keep it going boys, theres not too long left. we just gotta finish up in the top 4

[galwayhoop]

heard on the grapevine that utd only had 10 men on saturday and longford the bare 11! is this true

[Terry]

next match for the under 21's is in the drum at 5pm monday 16th of october, at 5pm.

[sniffa]

I think the top 2 teams in each division have home advantage in the next round so therefore its a seeded draw. First and seconds verses thirds and forths.

[DonalE]

the team was: David Ennis, Ryan o'Donnell, Rohan o'Donnell, Kevin Lowe, Alan Harty, Iarflaith Davoren, Juan Rojas, Thomas Grealish, Terry o'Doherty, Michael Kennedy and John Lavin.

AFAIK Terry o'Doherty got both goals

Is this the same Kevin Lowe who used to play for Sligo Rovers?

[Terry]

Is this the same Kevin Lowe who used to play for Sligo Rovers?

your thinking of kupono(sp?) Lowe, he plays for the LA Galaxy now.

[Terry]

The lads won yesterday evening with a convincing win over there local rivals Salthill Devon with a scoreline of 3-0 (scorers yet unknown). This leaves the table looking like this:

UPDATED TABLE 17th october

.........................P.W.D.L.F..A.Pts
Kildare County.... 12 9 1 2 25 8 28
Galway United.... 13 8 1 4 25 13 25
Salthill Devon..... 13 7 1 5 32 18 22
Athlone Town......12 6 1 5 23 20 19
Longford Town.....11 5 2 4 18 18 17
Mayo League.......12 4 3 5 11 22 15
Mullingar Athletic. 13 2 2 9 11 29 8
Ballinasloe Town.. 12 1 3 8 5 22 6

[Tribesman]

Report here...


http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/u21/united-u21s-in-3-0-win.html

[galwayhoop]

This leaves the table looking like this:

UPDATED TABLE 17th october

..........................P.W.D.L.F..A.Pts
Kildare County.... 13 10 1 2 28 9 28
Galway United.... 13 8 1 4 25 13 25
Salthill Devon..... 13 7 1 5 32 18 22
Athlone Town......12 6 1 5 23 20 19
Longford Town.....12 5 2 5 19 21 17
Mayo League.......12 4 3 5 11 22 15
Mullingar Athletic. 13 2 2 9 11 29 8
Ballinasloe Town.. 12 1 3 8 5 22 6

just one or two results missing but fixed it for ya!!
yeaterdays result secures qualification and we will guarantee 2nd spot (and home draw in knockout round) with a point in last match away to mullingar!

[DonalE]

your thinking of kupono(sp?) Lowe, he plays for the LA Galaxy now.

No,i'm definitely not thinking of Kupono. I'm thinking of Kevin who's a centre half and comes from Carrick - on - Shannon.

[gufct]

Ya its him just saw one game this season and very impressed with him.

[DonalE]

Ya its him just saw one game this season and very impressed with him.

Cheers,was wondering where he'd gone to. Scored on his debut for us a few years back...

[Patrick Dunne]

Are you sure Kupono and Kevin are not related ?