Mayo Premier Division 2007

[Cloggs]

Ballinrobe Town v Manulla ‘B’ home
Bangor Hibs. v Achill Rovers home
Fahy Rovers v Swinford home
Straide & Foxford Utd. v Ballyglass draw
Westport Utd. ‘B’ v Castlebar Celtic ‘B’ draw

[Cloggs]

Great result for Fahy against Westport B on Saturday. We are beginning to get a bit of form and have some of our missing players back in action. Great performance from David Feehan in goal to stop Westport, who were unlucky not to score and even more unlucky not to get a penalty in the second half. They have some top players and should do well this year. Chris Ryder looks like he will be swapping B for A sooner rather than later and Ronan O Malley is a good addition on the wing. As for us, I think if we can maintain a decent squad and avoid the injury spree we have been on all year we should easily climb up the table. To be honest though, without meaning to offend anyone, I don't think any team in our division could stay in the super league with their current squads. Anyone any thoughts on this?

the results the last day for the other relegation threatened teams were bad for us really although i do feel that if we can keep a reasonably injury free squad that we can climb back up the table.the game against westpport was pretty even although we did also have the ball in the westport net on three other seperate occasions other that the two that were given-all of which were rightly ruled off as offside.davey feehan in gola for us was fantastic and easily kept us in the game.if we can build up a bit of momentum we'll be flying!swinford this weekend though will be a very tough test however-dont know if we've ever beaten them in any competition.maybe this sunday all that could change??!!what do you think swinford?whats happened to yee this season?as somebody else said yee seem to be blowing very hot and cold in some of your matches this year.
as for any of the teams being capable of sustaining a challenge to the super league sides for next year i dont think so.bangor could well be good enough in a few years time when their young team have had a chance to develop a bit b ut i think its a little too soon for them at the moment.hope i have to eat my words though.they're the team with the most promise in this division though and dont think any other team could compete on a regular basis in the super league next season.

[Closed Account]

Anyone coming up from the Premier League has to fancy themselves as good if not better than Crossmolina, Glenhest, Claremorris and Snugboro, so you should expect to stay in the top division. Teams above that in the league, especially Ballyheane and Manulla have an air of complacency about them so a result against these is usually possible. It's not as big a step up as you would assume.

[Allornothing]

Ballinrobe Town v Manulla ‘B’ Home
Bangor Hibs. v Achill Rovers Draw
Fahy Rovers v Swinford Away
Straide & Foxford Utd. v Ballyglass Away
Westport Utd. ‘B’ v Castlebar Celtic ‘B’ Home

[FahyForever]

Ballinrobe Town v Manulla ‘B’ home
Bangor Hibs. v Achill Rovers home
Fahy Rovers v Swinford home
Straide & Foxford Utd. v Ballyglass Draw
Westport Utd. ‘B’ v Castlebar Celtic ‘B’ Away

[Wingman]

Ballinrobe Town v Manulla ‘B’ draw :eek:
Bangor Hibs. v Achill Rovers Home
Fahy Rovers v Swinford Away :D
Straide & Foxford Utd. v Ballyglass Home
Westport Utd. ‘B’ v Castlebar Celtic ‘B’ Draw

[juan pablo]

Intersting fixtures ahead lads,

interesting match between robe and manulla, half of the 'robe' team are in donegal on a stag night so could be lacking numbers, rumour that delgado could tog out.

Manager walked out thursday night at training due to lack of numbers at training, you would expect a manulla win this weekend.

[juan pablo]

robe vs manulla home win
bangor vs achill draw
fahy vs swinford home
s&f vs ballyglass draw
westport vs celtic b draw

[Maxell]

bangor 4-1 achill
another solid performance from hibs to keep the pressure on ballinrobe at the top, any other results from today lads

[FahyForever]

Another good win for Fahy this weekend puts them well out of the relegation places and should hopefully continue our surge upwards. Have to say that Swinford, despite playing nice football, totally lacked any bite at all, apart from their centre-halves and their winger, Keith Something-or-other. We had never beaten them before in three years and it was a bit worrying for them how easily our first victory came. Never thought I would say this but they look in trouble in this division now. Still think that they should pulll through though, considering the form of Ballyglass and Manulla B. As for us, Gary Goggins is scoring freely again and David Feehan has made the transition from striker to goalkeeper with ease. New signing Rob Fadden is causing hassle for defences, whilst having Joe Keane back fit is a huge addition to our team. What was your impression of the game Swinford? Were you playing?

[swinfordfc]

Another good win for Fahy this weekend puts them well out of the relegation places and should hopefully continue our surge upwards. Have to say that Swinford, despite playing nice football, totally lacked any bite at all, apart from their centre-halves and their winger, Keith Something-or-other. We had never beaten them before in three years and it was a bit worrying for them how easily our first victory came. Never thought I would say this but they look in trouble in this division now. Still think that they should pulll through though, considering the form of Ballyglass and Manulla B. As for us, Gary Goggins is scoring freely again and David Feehan has made the transition from striker to goalkeeper with ease. New signing Rob Fadden is causing hassle for defences, whilst having Joe Keane back fit is a huge addition to our team. What was your impression of the game Swinford? Were you playing?

no i wasn't playing - i play just on the b team and i was not there yestarday so i cant coment about the game but in fairest - the score line says alot!

[r.rover]

any1 got the full list of results from the premier division?

[Cloggs]

any1 got the full list of results from the premier division?

i indeed i do!
Balinrobe 2 Manulla B 1
Bangor Hibs 4 Achill 1
Fahy 4 Swinford 1 :D
Straide and Foxford 1 Ballyglass 0
Westport B 0 Celtic B 0

[Cloggs]

Ballinrobe Town 10 7 3 0 20 9 11 24
Bangor Hibs. 10 6 2 2 28 15 13 20
Westport United B 10 5 2 3 23 17 6 17
Castlebar Celtic B 10 3 5 2 19 17 2 14
Straide & Foxford 10 4 1 5 14 23 -9 13
Fahy Rovers 10 3 3 4 21 24 -3 12
Achill Rovers 10 3 2 5 11 17 -6 11
Manulla B 10 3 1 6 18 20 -2 10
Ballyglass 10 2 3 5 12 16 -4 9
Swinford 10 2 2 6 16 24 -8 8


things are shaping up in the league.balinrobe are looking good for the title and bangor are doing very well for themselves.with eight games left how do people see things panning out?swinford seem to be in freefall at the moment.i'd be very surprised if the went down but such is football!ballyglass dont look to be in great shape either.nice to see ourselves finally getting a decent run of results to push us up the table a little bit.far from safe or anything but hopefully our recent good form continues!

[irishyop]

It looks good alright for Ballinrobe and in fairness a team who have not lost a game all season are deserving of their title.

2nd is down between probably 2 or 3 teams.

[juan pablo]

we had a hard fought win against manulla on sunday, went a goal down again and in fairness showed great spirit to fight back even after missing a penalty in the first half, there are still 24 points to play for so anything could happen, we are just taking it game by game and giving 110%, ballyglass and achill could be in trouble, one thing is for certain though, relegation is well clear for us this year!!

[Cloggs]

we had a hard fought win against manulla on sunday, went a goal down again and in fairness showed great spirit to fight back even after missing a penalty in the first half, there are still 24 points to play for so anything could happen, we are just taking it game by game and giving 110%, ballyglass and achill could be in trouble, one thing is for certain though, relegation is well clear for us this year!!

ya never know!!dont count your chickens yet!!:D

[juan pablo]

Achill Rovers
v
Fahy Rovers
AWAY

Ballyglass
v
Westport Utd. ‘B’
HOME

Castlebar Celtic ‘B’
v
Ballinrobe Town
DRAW

Manulla ‘B’
v
Bangor Hibs.
DRAW

Swinford
v
Straide & Foxford Utd.
DRAW

Another interesting weekend of fixtures, any comments, Manulla Vs Bangor should be interesting, 2 teams in form at the moment??

[FahyForever]

I think that if Fahy win this weekend, which I think they can, they will be there or there abouts at the end of the season. I know our start was terrible but we are really beginning to gather a bit of momentum and with all the other teams taking points off each other we couls still be in with a shout at the finale. Eight points to gain on Bangor though! Interesting to see if Ballinrobe can take three points off celtic this weekend. I have a suspicion they won't if they play like they did against us. The Bangor match is the hardest to call but I fancy them to beat manulla.

Achill Rovers v Fahy Rovers Away
Ballyglass v Westport Utd. ‘B’ Away
Castlebar Celtic ‘B’ v Ballinrobe Town Home
Manulla ‘B’ v Bangor Hibs. Away
Swinford v Straide & Foxford Utd. Away

[Cloggs]

Achill Rovers v Fahy Rovers Away
Ballyglass v Westport Utd. ‘B’ Away
Castlebar Celtic ‘B’ v Ballinrobe Town Home
Manulla ‘B’ v Bangor Hibs. draw
Swinford v Straide & Foxford Utd. Away

[juan pablo]

celtic 'b' 1 - ballinrobe town 1


robe unlucky not to take 3 points, dominated the game, cracker of an equaliser from celtic's number 9, great goal from shane donnellan for the robe also.

[FahyForever]

Anyone got all the results from our division? I know that Fahy bet Achill and Westport bet Ballyglass, as well as the draw between Ballinrobe and Celtic. What happened in the other two?

[Maxell]

manulla b 2 bangor hibs 4
A great comeback from hibs after being 2-1 down at half-time, mikie sweeney grabbing a hat-trick. Bangor have won 4 in a row and with a cup final to look forwrd to they seem to be the form team at the moment.

[Wingman]

Swinford 3 : 1 S&F

A victory at last ...Happy Days.

[irishyop]

Not sure about dominating there Pablo, 2 shots on target doesnt constitute domination. With all the posession in the 2nd half Celtic just didn't use it well enough.

[the grape vine]

Not sure about dominating there Pablo, 2 shots on target doesnt constitute domination. With all the posession in the 2nd half Celtic just didn't use it well enough.

ya got to see the second half off the game,celtic had most of the play and the only team looking like winning, robe will not cut it in the super leageue next year,straight back down i think !!

[swift]

Not sure about dominating there Pablo, 2 shots on target doesnt constitute domination. With all the posession in the 2nd half Celtic just didn't use it well enough.

Are ye missing a goal scorer of some description. Its just that ye dont seem to score that many

[Allornothing]

Swinford 3 : 1 S&F

A victory at last ...Happy Days.

I heard S&F took one hell of a beating from the young Swinford squad any truth in that Swinford. Foxford couldn't be to happy about that result.

[irishyop]

Big time, main striker is having a Forlan, we know he can, he has done it in previous seasons but for some reason this season everything he hits goes wide. Makes a big difference

[theboy]

What are the fixtures for this weekend lads? Are we still taken it that there is still this 2 week break coming up after this weekends games??

[Closed Account]

Weekends Fixtures (http://www.sportsmanager.ie/t6.php?report=1&reporttype=fixtures&sportid=8&club_id=3994&clubid=&nextweek=1&countyid=37&contentcountyid=37&contentsportid=8)

Three week break is in place, Back on the 11th of August. Also the Mayo League doesn't allow any friendly games to take place during this time either.

[mandarin frogs]

we had a hard fought win against manulla on sunday, went a goal down again and in fairness showed great spirit to fight back even after missing a penalty in the first half, there are still 24 points to play for so anything could happen, we are just taking it game by game and giving 110%, ballyglass and achill could be in trouble, one thing is for certain though, relegation is well clear for us this year!!

This is the daftest division ive seen in a while! anyone can get promoted or relegated in a few weeks! nothing between teams according to the unpredictable results that crop up. Juan Pablo- am i right in saying ye were a game away from relegation to div 1 last year, and now headin for the super league? Just shows how strange that division is!
What a fall for Ballyglass. Can anyone see them staying up? I think they will.:ball:

[r.rover]

i can see ballyglass stayin up but its awful hard to call this league, 4 weeks ago we(fahy) were bottom now were joint 4th with celtic two more wins wel b fightin for promotion two more loss's were back in thick thick of a fight for survival

[juan pablo]

ya got to see the second half off the game,celtic had most of the play and the only team looking like winning, robe will not cut it in the super leageue next year,straight back down i think !!


well whether we go down or not next season is another thing, we will cross that bridge when we come to it, IF we come to it, for the moment, we are just enjoying our undefeated streak and hope it continues!!!

[Cloggs]

fair play to yee balinrobe.in all fairness its a bit rough knocking a team who are going so well in the league and a wee bit premature in saying that they haven't a hope in the super league next year already.bit negative really.i wouldnt be at all surprised if ballyglass went down but with the extreme unpredictiveness(if thats even a word??)of this division its incredibly difficult to forecast who will go down this year.i'd say at the moment though it is hard to look past the likes of ballyglass,swinford and achill.

[Cloggs]

Ballinrobe Town v Ballyglass home
Bangor Hibs. v Castlebar Celtic ‘B’ draw
Fahy Rovers v Manulla ‘B’ 11.30am home
Straide & Foxford Utd. v Achill Rovers draw
Westport Utd. ‘B’ v Swinford home

[Allornothing]

Ballinrobe Town v Ballyglass draw
Bangor Hibs. v Castlebar Celtic ‘B’ away
Fahy Rovers v Manulla ‘B’ 11.30am draw
Straide & Foxford Utd. v Achill Rovers away
Westport Utd. ‘B’ v Swinford draw

[theboy]

Ballinrobe Town v Ballyglass draw
Bangor Hibs. v Castlebar Celtic ‘B’ draw
Fahy Rovers v Manulla ‘B’ 11.30am home
Straide & Foxford Utd. v Achill Rovers home
Westport Utd. ‘B’ v Swinford home

[juan pablo]

Ballinrobe Town v Ballyglass HOME
Bangor Hibs. v Castlebar Celtic ‘B’ AWAY
Fahy Rovers v Manulla ‘B’ 11.30am AWAY
Straide & Foxford Utd. v Achill Rovers AWAY
Westport Utd. ‘B’ v Swinford AWAY

[Maxell]

bangor 3-1 celtic b
westpot b 3-0 swinford
ballinrobe 1-4 ballyglass
fahy 0-1 manulla
s+f 3-2 achill

Big shock in ballinrobe today and bangor taking full advantage of it.

[Cloggs]

bangor 3-1 celtic b
westpot b 3-0 swinford
ballinrobe 1-4 ballyglass
fahy 0-1 manulla
s+f 3-2 achill

Big shock in ballinrobe today and bangor taking full advantage of it.

yeah was a very good win for bangor and they probably deserve to be up there at the top.very heavy defeat for ballinrobe-what happened to yee jp?especially as it was against ballyglass.as for ourselves-if you cant put the ball in the back of the net you wont win games!!we had at least five one on ones against manulla last weekend but just couldnt convert our domination into goals.they broke away with five minutes remaining and got a penalty.in fairness twas a smash and grab raid but they got the points-such is football!that result brings us right back into the relegation mire after other results didnt really go for either.puts a dent in our title aspirations now!!;)

[theboy]

Team P W D L F A GD Pts Pts
1 Bangor Hibs. 12 8 2 2 35 18 17 26
2 Ballinrobe Town 12 7 4 1 22 14 8 25
3 Westport United B 12 7 2 3 29 19 10 23
4 Straide & Foxford 12 5 1 6 18 28 -10 16
5 Castlebar Celtic B 12 3 6 3 21 21 0 15
6 Fahy Rovers 12 4 3 5 24 25 -1 15
7 Manulla B 12 4 1 7 21 24 -3 13
8 Ballyglass 12 3 3 6 18 20 -2 12
9 Swinford 12 3 2 7 19 28 -9 11
10 Achill Rovers 12 3 2 7 13 23 -10 11

So lads how do ye see the last 6 games goin? who goes up and who goes down??

[FahyForever]

Cant see the top two being ousted now. Thought we had a chance to make up the deficit but last weeks defeat has all but ended that dream. I expect Ballinrobe to drop quite a lot of points, but not enough to put S+F or ourselves into contention. The B teams are ineligible for promotion. At the bottom it's anyone from the bottom six, including the two I mentioned for promotion! One thing I really believe though; whoever goes up is coming straight back down. The standard this season has been pretty abysmal and considering Glehhest hockeyed everyone last year I have no confidence whatsoever in the chances of the promoted teams, unless they seriously strengthen their squads.

[Cloggs]

Achill vs Ballinrobe away
Ballyglass vs Fahy away
Celtic B vs Straide and Foxford draw
Manulla B vs Westport B away
Swinford vs Bangor away

[FahyForever]

Anyone got the results of the matches last night? We bet Ballyglass 2-0 but that's all I know.

[irishyop]

Celtic 4 - 2 S&F

[juan pablo]

robe 4 - achill 0

[Closing Time]

robe 4 - achill 0
Hibs & Robe are sure of Super League football next season after a very poor S&F Utd team were beaten by Celtic B

[irishyop]

S&F were fair bad, were it not for the 12th Swinford it could have been worse ;)

[FahyForever]

So how do you see the season ending up at this stage? I reckon that Bangor or Westport will win the title, with Bangor and Ballinrobe going up. I think Ballinrobe will lose points to Fahy, Bangor and Westport B but still gain promotion. Whatever about Bangor's chances of survival in the Super league, Ballinrobe would have to recruit heavily in order to avoid embarassment at that level. I was not impressed by them at all but I suppose they are where they are for a reason! The relegation zone is much less easy to predict, with a good few teams involved, but it's hard to see past the bottom four of Achill, Swinford, Ballyglass and Manulla b. They pretty much all have to play each other so it should be interesting to see who survives. I can't call it anyway. Anybody got an opinion on these matters???