Under 21s league

[pineapple stu]

3-0 into the closing stages. Forsyth (2) and McMillan.

[Angus]

3-0 finish.

we lined out:

Keeper
Seanie (?)
Evan Mc
Declan O'D
Killian Gallagher
Fran
Tootsie (?)
James O'Sullivan
Podge
Forsyth
Paul Murphy


Timmy came on for Darren, Bolger for Sulli and the bloke who looks a bit like Ronan Finn for Declan.


First half pretty even. Portlaoise looked decent and had a few very nice players. Their 2 full backs, one of whom was called Rhino, the 2 centre mid's and the 7 up front (Joey ?) all looked lively.

The real difference was in the second half when our stamina and fitness started to tell.

The first goal came from a chance that had actually broken down on the edge of the box and Darren rifled it in from the D.

There was 10 minutes after the first goal when Portlaoise pushed and looked like an equaliser could have been on. We missed a few daft chances.

The second was a super strike from Darren with the outside of his right foot into the top corner which was preceded by a similiar strike by Seanie, the right fullback, who forced a top class save from the decent Portlaoise keeper.

The third was kind of daft - a mis-hit shot from the edge of the box fell to Evan 2 yards out and there this was this surreal moment when everybody assumed he was offside.

Manchester City moments :

Podge - just in front of me in the first half - top class attitude - geeing up the4 fullback - constantly talking and encouraging

Seanie - a nice player at full back

Declan - consistently impressed by Declan - probably not as experienced as Evan but great potential

Evan - natch

The cute lino


Manchester United moments

A bit of backchat here and there from Murph - he is clearly a talent - he looks the part but if we could transplant Podge's positive attitude and fitness....

Fran is also clearly a good player in the making but why the Ronaldo step overs and footdrags ? No TV coverage last night unfortunately and Pete M (in attendance) does not strike me as the type to be impressed by that stuff

[John83]

...the bloke who looks a bit like Ronan Finn for Declan...
Isn't he on international duty? ;)

[Schumi]

the bloke who looks a bit like Ronan Finn for Declan.Another one?! Finn's dad will be really confused now!

No TV coverage last night unfortunately and Pete M (in attendance) does not strike me as the type to be impressed by that stuffNo TV coverage of Thursday's game either, and Pete is definitely not impressed with that. :D

[Schumi]

P W D L F A Pts
Bray 8 5 2 1 28 13 17
UCD 6 5 0 1 20 5 15
St Pat's 6 4 2 0 16 5 14
Athlone 8 3 0 5 8 17 9
Longford 5 2 1 2 9 9 7
Kildare 6 2 1 3 8 14 7
Portlaoise 6 0 3 3 9 16 3
Ballinasloe 7 0 1 6 9 28 1
Current table, as I make it.

[DmanDmythDledge]

we lined out:

Keeper
Seanie (?)
Evan Mc
Declan O'D
Killian Gallagher
Fran
Tootsie (?)
James O'Sullivan
Podge
Forsyth
Paul Murphy
Keeper was Brennan, presumably. Blondy fella?



the bloke who looks a bit like Ronan Finn for Declan.Another one?! Finn's dad will be really confused now!
I was at the sports centre earlier in the week and he looks a lot more than "a bit like Finn".:D The resemblance is uncanny.

[Poor Student]

Keeper was Brennan, presumably. Blondy fella?


I was at the sports centre earlier in the week and he looks a lot more than "a bit like Finn".:D The resemblance is uncanny.

How'd you get on with the postering?

[pineapple stu]

Athlone 1-3 Bray.
UCD 3-0 Portlaoise
Ballinasloe 1-4 Pat's

Table -


Team P W D L F A GD Pts
Bray 8 5 2 1 28 13 15 17
UCD 6 5 0 1 20 5 15 15
Pat's 6 4 2 0 16 5 11 14
Athlone 8 3 0 5 8 17 -9 9
L'ford 5 2 1 2 9 9 0 7
Kildare 6 2 1 3 8 14 -6 7
P'laois 6 0 3 3 9 16 -7 3
B'sloe 7 0 1 6 9 28 -19 1
Qualification for the last 16 looking assured for us, Bray and Pat's anyway.

Scorers -

Player Goals
Darren Forsyth 8
David Last 3
Greg Bolger 3
James O'Sull 3
Timmy Purcell 3
Brian King 2
Shane Fitz 2
Eóin Ó Cinnéide 1
Fran Moran 1
Ronan Finn 1
Tony Doyle 1
Evan McMillan 1

[DmanDmythDledge]

How'd you get on with the postering?
Got on alright enough, went around Mount Merrion and Goatstown although there weren't as many shops around as I thought. Would have been a couple more posters up if I'd remembered to bring bluetack.:eek:

[Poor Student]

Got on alright enough, went around Mount Merrion and Goatstown although there weren't as many shops around as I thought. Would have been a couple more posters up if I'd remembered to bring bluetack.:eek:

Anyone refuse?

[DmanDmythDledge]

Anyone refuse?
No, which was good.

[JR_Ewing]

ucd u21 beat athlone 3-0 today away. nice result for a longish trip :D

[Schumi]

Was this the cup game?

[JR_Ewing]

yes it was

[atfconline]

ucd u21 beat athlone 3-0 today away. nice result for a longish trip :D

Thought that was on tomorrow....oh well. What did you think of the Stadium?

[JR_Ewing]

I wasn't there - got the match report form someone else but I'll ask him! :D

[DmanDmythDledge]

I wasn't there - got the match report form someone else but I'll ask him! :D
Any idea what the team was?

[Poor Student]

We're playing Bray at the Carlisle on Tuesday in the quarter finals.

[JR_Ewing]

Thought that was on tomorrow....oh well. What did you think of the Stadium?

Apparently it was a lovely stadium.... shame they had to play on the car park beside it!

Team was:
Gregg (Billy is still injured from Thailand)
Seeány RB
Stan and Evan CB
Killian LB (dec o'd came on at h/t)
Fran LW
Greg and Tutsy CM
Conan RW [1 goal]
Darren and Timmy CF [Timmy pen]

Ger came off the bench for the third goal but not sure who he replaced!

Are you sure the quarters are on tuesday? Thoguht it was wednesday?

[DmanDmythDledge]

Apparently it was a lovely stadium.... shame they had to play on the car park beside it!

Team was:
Gregg (Billy is still injured from Thailand)
Seeány RB
Stan and Evan CB
Killian LB (dec o'd came on at h/t)
Fran LW
Greg and Tutsy CM
Conan RW [1 goal]
Darren and Timmy CF [Timmy pen]

Ger came off the bench for the third goal but not sure who he replaced!

Are you sure the quarters are on tuesday? Thoguht it was wednesday?
Thanks JR. Who is Tutsy btw?

Quarters definitely Tuesday, so it says here- http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=68696

[Schumi]

Isn't the league cup game in Derry on Tuesday? I'd surprised if they're on the same night.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Portlaoise 0-2 Pats

[JR_Ewing]

Apparently the game on Wednesday is postponed until further notice owing to the senior cup games.

[JR_Ewing]

2-1 win v ballinasloe away

officials supposed to be bad - apparently at one point a bs player caught the ball in mid air but not even a yellow.


fran and ev scored the goals

[pineapple stu]

Also Bray 4-1 Portlaoise

[DmanDmythDledge]

Bray cup game arranged for September 11 (http://www.braywanderers.ie/index.php?id=600&backPID=551&tt_news=201).

[pineapple stu]

Pat's beat Kildare 5-0.


Team P W D L F A GD Pts Max Pts
Bray 9 6 2 1 32 14 18 20 41
Pat's 8 6 2 0 23 5 18 20 44
UCD 7 6 0 1 22 6 16 18 45
Athlone 8 3 0 5 8 17 -9 9 33
L'ford 5 2 1 2 9 9 0 7 40
Kildare 7 2 1 4 8 19 -11 7 34
P'laois 8 0 3 5 10 22 -12 3 27
B'sloe 8 0 1 7 10 30 -20 1 25

Top scorers -
Player Goals
Darren Forsyth 8
Timmy Purcell 4
David Last 3
Greg Bolger 3
James O'Sullivan 3
Brian King 2
Evan McMillan 2
Fran Moran 2
Shane Fitzgerald 2
Conan Byrne 1
Eóin Ó Cinnéide 1
Ger O'Callaghan 1
Ronan Finn 1
Tony Doyle 1

[pineapple stu]

Up to date table, apparently...


Team P W D L F A GD Pts Max Pts
Pat's 9 7 2 0 28 5 23 23 44
Bray 9 6 2 1 32 14 18 20 41
UCD 7 6 0 1 22 6 16 18 45
L'ford 7 3 2 2 14 9 5 11 38
Athlone 9 3 0 6 8 22 -14 9 30
Kildare 8 2 2 4 8 19 -11 8 32
P'laois 8 0 3 5 10 22 -12 3 27
B'sloe 9 0 1 8 10 35 -25 1 22

Half way through, so it's pretty much assured that the top three will be through. Just a question of who comes where and how soon we confirm qualification (Ballinasloe can't win the league already).

[pineapple stu]

Angus popped along to the 21s against Kildare tonight - left when we were 6-1 up.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Bray Wanderers 1-2 Longford Town
St Patricks Athletic 7-2 Portlaoise
UCD 8-1 Kildare County

[pineapple stu]

Team P W D L F A GD Pts Max Pts
Pat's 10 8 2 0 35 7 28 26 44
UCD 8 7 0 1 30 7 23 21 45
Bray 10 6 2 2 33 16 17 20 38
L'ford 8 4 2 2 16 10 6 14 38
Athlone 9 3 0 6 8 22 -14 9 30
Kildare 9 2 2 5 9 27 -18 8 29
P'laois 9 0 3 6 12 29 -17 3 24
B'sloe 9 0 1 8 10 35 -25 1 22

[pineapple stu]

Out of the Cup - lost 2-1 in Bray tonight.

[superfrank]

Were any of yez at the match last night?

I'm curious about that offside goal.

[pineapple stu]

Nope.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Nope.
:confused: I'm sure there was.

[pineapple stu]

Like who?

[DmanDmythDledge]

A few of the infrequent poster, I'd presume.

[JR_Ewing]

I would have been there but a recent bike crash has put paid to my extra curricular activities for the time being!!!

[pineapple stu]

Bray 1-2 Pat's
Kildare 1-0 Portlaoise
Athlone 0-5 UCD


Team P W D L F A GD Pts Max Pts
Pat's 11 9 2 0 37 8 29 29 44
UCD 9 8 0 1 35 7 28 24 45
Bray 11 6 2 3 34 18 16 20 35
L'ford 8 4 2 2 16 10 6 14 38
Kildare 10 3 2 5 10 27 -17 11 29
Athlone 10 3 0 7 8 27 -19 9 27
P'laois 10 0 3 7 12 30 -18 3 21
B'sloe 9 0 1 8 10 35 -25 1 22
Two more wins required to mathematically confirm qualification for the knock out stages. Looks like Longford coming through with the three big guns.

[DmanDmythDledge]

The max points are a bit high.;)

[pineapple stu]

No?

It's the max points each team can mathematically gain if they win all their remaining matches.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Only 14 games played.;)

[pineapple stu]

Oh yeah!

In that case, we're through.


Team P W D L F A GD Pts Max Pts
Pat's 11 9 2 0 37 8 29 29 38
UCD 9 8 0 1 35 7 28 24 39
Bray 11 6 2 3 34 18 16 20 29
L'ford 8 4 2 2 16 10 6 14 32
Kildare 10 3 2 5 10 27 -17 11 23
Athlone 10 3 0 7 8 27 -19 9 21
P'laois 10 0 3 7 12 30 -18 3 15
B'sloe 9 0 1 8 10 35 -25 1 16

[DmanDmythDledge]

Paul Byrne played against Athlone, hopefully he got a few of the goals.

[pineapple stu]

Got a hat-trick, apparently.

Beat Longford 1-0 last night. Forsyth scored.

[pineapple stu]

Beat Bray 3-2 in midweek and beat Longford 5-0 today.

[pineapple stu]

Updated league table -


Team P W D L F A GD Pts Max Pts
UCD 11 10 0 1 43 9 34 30 39
Pat's 11 9 2 0 37 8 29 29 38
Bray 12 6 2 4 36 21 15 20 26
L'ford 10 4 3 3 16 15 1 15 27
Kildare 10 3 2 5 10 27 -17 11 23
Athlone 12 3 0 9 9 29 -20 9 15
B'sloe 11 1 2 8 12 36 -24 5 14
P'laois 10 0 3 7 12 30 -18 3 15

Between us and Pat's now for the top spot. I make it that we've Longford, Portlaoise and Pat's to play.

[pineapple stu]

Pat's beat Athlone 8-1 today.

[pineapple stu]

Timmy got a hat trick against Longford, Fran Moran scored one and I can't remember who scored the other.

[CollegeTillIDie]

That I can't remember fella is a great prospect :D
Declan O'Donnell is on crutches he was at the Cork City game in Belfield Park last night :(