Limerick Premier Division 2007/08

[abbeyvale]

congrats to balla on a good win

I second that, and best of luck in the rest of the comp

[GavinZac]

can you please stop calling l37 a CLUB,Ye do,nt even have a corner flag.Ye should enter night owls or something ,that will keep ye feeling like yer knowledgeable when it comes to football can you please stop breaking quotes?

[Begrudger]

well done to balla flyin the flag for Limerick junior soccer. Went to see the St. Michaels v Lisselton game today St Michaels up 3-1 with 5 minutes to go looked a very strong physical side gotta be favourites now with a strong Lisselton team gone 6 genuine ex league of Ireland players on the team good luck to balla in the rest of the competition.

Also caught the summerville pike game today pike deserved to win but didn't look too strong themselves, Summerville strugled all over the pitch not a good game one big decision to be made and the ref didn't make it only a goal between the sides when smackers came out and cleaned out gareth kramer could have changed the whole outlook of the game. With that said i dont think summerville desrved anything out of the game

[Green_Hoop]

ya the new pitch will be the number one once its ready but we don't want to rush onto it and wreck it right off the bat..the long term plan is then to dig up the old pitch and put a respectable surface down then wall that one off and hopefully have something like the boro pike and fairview,,maybe four five years..

The second pitch would also mean the stranglers who are too cheap to pay the entrance fee would be forced to pay to see any matches. Charlie seemed very pleased with the grounds,really shaped up well now.

[Monkfish]

thats funny L37/limerick FC have really been drawwing the crowds for the past few seasons with inspiring football:D

Theres twice as many people in our SC alone than that was at that 'game' yesterday! no crowd, no atmosphere, wonky pitch, 90mins of bitching from the Pike players and a poor standard of football. Why in Gods name people think Keith Harnett is LOI standard il never know. Only thing that caught my eye was Connie Macs pink top!

Balla for the title. :ball:

[superhero]

Went to the Regional v Boro game, Boro looked really poor and with Alan Carroll going to L37 they will struggle for the remainder of the season they lack creativity and looked dangerous from set pieces only, Regional play decent football and could be dark horses for the title going to be an interesting few weeks ahead

[whitestripe]

[QUOTE=Green_Hoop;879636]Summerville 1 - Pike 4

Carew 1 - AA 1 A major slip up from AA judging on Carew's recent results.Gordon saved a penalty apparently.


Aisling had plenty of chances to win the game comfortably, does not help when the ref is blowing off side every time to ball goes forward, it was a complete joke. As for the pitch - another joke.

[no17 fan]

Theres twice as many people in our SC alone than that was at that 'game' yesterday! no crowd, no atmosphere, wonky pitch, 90mins of bitching from the Pike players and a poor standard of football. Why in Gods name people think Keith Harnett is LOI standard il never know. Only thing that caught my eye was Connie Macs pink top!

Balla for the title. :ball:

connie's pink top:D no atmosphere the game was over as soon as piked scored pike are just a better side simple as that...junior football we dont have a SC just guys who get up on a sunday morning to play football..

[Monkfish]

play football..

Il check out a Balla game next week and let you know. :cool:

[summervilleman]

agree with summerville man it's unfair to say summerville are a poor team on one performance..bad game this morning the ref was shocking,only one big
decision to make and he bottled it,Smackers should have gone off for kicking the summerville striker in the head while he was on his feet,stonewall peno
In fairness pike were the better side and deserved the win but AA looked a much better side than pike last week nothing special about pike at all

Definately agree with u there..It was a stonewall peno..He took the man out and got no where near the ball..Ref bottled it alright...He came over to our manager after the game and told him he got it wrong and should have sent him off and gave the peno..No good to us then..That could have put us 1-0 up..Might and i say might have have been a different game..A goal can insprire a team!! But yes pike did deserve the win..we gave away to much ball!!!

[summervilleman]

The second pitch would also mean the stranglers who are too cheap to pay the entrance fee would be forced to pay to see any matches. Charlie seemed very pleased with the grounds,really shaped up well now.

U are spot on there....Thats the idea alright..We will make a fortiune in years to come...Fine setup there ..Hoping to get the astro turf there as well...And then we will work on the pub..

[Lim till i die]

the fact that ye are comparing Limerick 37 to junior clubs around town says all you need to know about the current setup of senior football

Can you think of a better way of explaining to Junior football fans that the senior club are the biggest show in town??

I mean, for the purposes of the argument, it wouldn't be very useful to compare them to say Barcelona or Sheffield United now would it??


Definately agree with u there..It was a stonewall peno..He took the man out and got no where near the ball..Ref bottled it alright

Pike had a stonewall peno early in first half aswell and ref gave a free kick.

I mean normally I'd tell you these things balance out over the course of a season but this actually balanced out over the course of a game! :)

[gaiscíoch]

So let me get this straight

Despite the fact that Limerick s attendances average over 600, you refuse to follow them ever because you are upset by what no more than a dozen (2% of the average home crowd) people say on t'internet??

:rolleyes:

2% of the average crowd you sure about that???:rolleyes:

[L37Ultra]

2% of the average crowd you sure about that???:rolleyes:


Yes, if you put 12 over 600 and multiply by 100 you get 2%. :rolleyes::confused:

[Lim till i die]

2% of the average crowd you sure about that???:rolleyes:

12/600 * 100/1 = 2%

Now what was the ludicrous point you were failing to make again?????

[manalishi]

Just reading trough these last few pages and its a load of ****e really.

I follow both grades but i have to say that i can understand why Junior followers have a dig at L37. Some l37 fans think that LOI first division is streets ahead of junior, from watching both grades all i can see is that the Senior players are more competitive than Junior Plays (but not all) and that Senior get more of a crowd. I watched games up in Jackman last year and tbh some of the "football" was total and utter crap to say the least. Sometimes it was like tennis with the ball going from defence to defence for most of the game. I also understand that L37 gave a walk over last week cos they didn't have enough players, That is Lowest standard of Junior you can get.
On the other hand i think its sad that Junior followers take the **** out of L37 when l37 was setup by Soccer Limerick "all grades of football in Limerick", so really they are only taking the **** out of themselves and eachother!!!.

Anyway.......

[the 12 th man]

Get this thread back back on topic or there will be bans/suspensions going out to the people who persist in posting crap here,don't say you weren't warned.

There are a few here on warnings already.

[booster 03]

Definately agree with u there..It was a stonewall peno..He took the man out and got no where near the ball..Ref bottled it alright...He came over to our manager after the game and told him he got it wrong and should have sent him off and gave the peno..No good to us then..That could have put us 1-0 up..Might and i say might have have been a different game..A goal can insprire a team!! But yes pike did deserve the win..we gave away to much ball!!!

worst perfomance by summerville for as long as i remember, rubbish from minute 1 to 90!!h could hear the pike sideline laughin at us in the second, embarrasing now to say the least.

great result for star, i tought ye'd win alright..fancy ye to stay up!!was graham in goals??tought now wit nolly not playin ye'd play roobie in goals!! granville look doomed, looks like 1 from 3 at the bottom.

[no17 fan]

Pike had a stonewall peno early in first half aswell and ref gave a free kick.

I mean normally I'd tell you these things balance out over the course of a season but this actually balanced out over the course of a game! :)

ya but smackers should have seen red no question

[abbeyvale]

worst perfomance by summerville for as long as i remember, rubbish from minute 1 to 90!!h could hear the pike sideline laughin at us in the second, embarrasing now to say the least.

great result for star, i tought ye'd win alright..fancy ye to stay up!!was graham in goals??tought now wit nolly not playin ye'd play roobie in goals!! granville look doomed, looks like 1 from 3 at the bottom.

You say it looks like 1 from 3 at the "bottom" but aren't you forgetting that 2 teams go down, and we are only 3pts behind ye with a game in hand and also have to play ye, Granville, & Wembley at home!!!! You seem confident that Summerville are safe already!!!!

Trust me, its is any 2 from the bottom 4 to go down.

Graham was in goals, I dont think Robbie wants to play in goal.

[abbeyvale]

1.Fairview Rangers 11 / 22 (Max Pts 55)
2.Pike Rovers......... 10 / 22 (Max Pts 58)
3.Regional United.... 11 / 22 (Max Pts 55)
4.Aisling Annacotty 11 / 20 (Max Pts 53)
5.Ballynanty Rovers 8 / 19 (Max Pts 61)
6.Janesboro............12 / 18 (Max Pts 48)
7.Wembley Rovers..12 / 18 (Max Pts 48)
8.Carew Park......... 14 / 17 (Max Pts 41)
9.Summerville Rovers 12 / 12 (Max Pts 42)
10.Corbally United.... 13 / 9 (Max Pts 36)
11.Star Rovers.......... 11 / 9 (Max Pts 42)
12.Granville Rangers... 11 / 7 (Max Pts 40)

Sunday Feb 24 (10.30)
Star v Pike
Summerville v Fairview

[cartman]

[QUOTE=booster 03;880635]worst perfomance by summerville for as long as i remember, rubbish from minute 1 to 90!!h could hear the pike sideline laughin at us in the second, embarrasing now to say the least..

id have to disagree.. think the worst performance ive seen from summerville was against aisling only 1 week ago... 4-1 down at home with over half hour to go is more embarrassing id say..to top it off,fellas being fairly happy after that game at losing only 4-3 is the epitomy of embarrassing stuff :D

[the only 1]

heard kevin o shea signed with pike from lim21s is he any good?

[Nesta]

Sunday Feb 24 (10.30)

Star v Pike
Summerville v Fairview

[progress]

1.Fairview Rangers 11 / 22 (Max Pts 55)
2.Pike Rovers......... 10 / 22 (Max Pts 58)
3.Regional United.... 11 / 22 (Max Pts 55)
4.Aisling Annacotty 11 / 20 (Max Pts 53)
5.Ballynanty Rovers 8 / 19 (Max Pts 61)
6.Janesboro............12 / 18 (Max Pts 48)
7.Wembley Rovers..12 / 18 (Max Pts 48)
8.Carew Park......... 14 / 17 (Max Pts 41)
9.Summerville Rovers 12 / 12 (Max Pts 42)
10.Corbally United.... 13 / 9 (Max Pts 36)
11.Star Rovers.......... 11 / 9 (Max Pts 42)
12.Granville Rangers... 11 / 7 (Max Pts 40)

I reckon around 51-53pts should see you there abouts for the title and
20-22pts should see you safe.


id say as low as 40 to 45 points could win it dependin on how the matches go between the top 4.it looks like balla may have a lot of midweek fixtures too if they keep winnin in the cups.20 points would be about rite to stay up though id say

[the dazzler]

Sunday Feb 24 (10.30)

Star v Pike
Summerville v Fairview

2 handy away wins:(

[abbeyvale]

2 handy away wins:(


Maybe ;)

[abbeyvale]

Sunday Feb 24 (10.30)

Star v Pike
Summerville v Fairview


Are these the only 2 prem games this weekend?

[Nesta]

Are these the only 2 prem games this weekend?

Yes. Lawson cup, MJC and FAI for the others.

[themerryman]

What ever happened to the fine squad of 16 players sville man was on this site spouting about a few weeks ago booster,From what i heard ye had a very poor 12 or 13 the weekend.Was told that yer number 9 and centre half gorey looked well over weight and off the pace for the whole game.

[Begrudger]

What ever happened to the fine squad of 16 players sville man was on this site spouting about a few weeks ago booster,From what i heard ye had a very poor 12 or 13 the weekend.Was told that yer number 9 and centre half gorey looked well over weight and off the pace for the whole game.

Thats a bit harsh talkin about fellas weight maybe you should spend more time watchin soccer and less time readin your birds magazines,

[the only 1]

What ever happened to the fine squad of 16 players sville man was on this site spouting about a few weeks ago booster,From what i heard ye had a very poor 12 or 13 the weekend.Was told that yer number 9 and centre half gorey looked well over weight and off the pace for the whole game.

your right gorey+shine could barely run:D

[manalishi]

Stunning debut for two-goal Lynch as Ireland U17 defeat Finland

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Date: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 Section: Underage International

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Under-17 Friendly International
Republic of Ireland 3-0 Finland
Paul Murphy 62
Lee-Jay Lynch 69, 85

Lee-Jay Lynch from Regional United in Limerick scored a brace on his International debut tonight to help Ireland’s Under-17 team defeat Finland in a friendly staged at Buckley Park, Kilkenny.

Finland had the first chance of note after five minutes when Tuomas Rannankari was left unmarked from a corner but his header lacked power.

The Irish took command from that point onwards with captain Conor Clifford the link-man for strikers Paul Murphy and Darragh Satelle.

Murphy looked lively in attack for Ireland and almost snatched the opening goal on 10 minutes. Shaun Timmons, playing on his debut for Ireland, played a cross-field pass from the left and Murphy drove a low volley from 20 yards yards which Finland goalkeeper Aku-Teppo Kelo gathered at the second attempt.

Irish captain Conor Clifford smashed a shot off the underside of the crossbar three minutes later after Murphy set him up with the cut-back to the edge of the penalty area.

Ireland began to probe the Finland defence and utilised the pace and skills of Robert Brady on the left flank to engineer many attacks before half-time.

Darragh Satelle couldn’t convert a cross shortly before the break despite being left free in the box and Mark Connolly was also culpable of missing a chance when he dragged a shot wide of the near post.

The home side picked up where they left off for the second half and deservedly took the lead after 62 minutes.

Murphy broke from midfield and slipped a pass to the substitute Greg Cunningham who sped past his marker on the left before pulling the ball back across goal from the end line for Murphy to blast home from eight yards.

Lee Jay Lynch came on as a substitute with 23 minutes left for Gavin Holohan and scored Ireland’s second goal two minutes later.

He showed a cool head to stay calm and drill a low drive past Finland goalkeeper from the right side of the penalty area.

Lynch repeated the trick with five minutes left, burying another shot beyond the 'keeper from an acute angle to wrap up a 3-0 victory.

Ireland will meet Finland again on Thursday at Buckley Park (7.30pm) in what will be their final warm-up game before next month’s UEFA Championship Elite stage qualifiers.

Ireland topped their European Championship first phase qualifying mini-group in September and have home advantage once more for the second, Elite, phase next month.

The Irish will open that segment of the qualifiers against Germany on 13 March at Terryland Park in Galway followed by a meeting with Greece two days later on 15 March at Lissywoolen Stadium in Athlone.

Their final group game comes on 18 March when they face Portugal back at Terryland Park. Only the winner of the pool will advance to the European finals which are to be staged in Turkey during May.

Ireland: Gerard Hanley (Salthill Devon), Pauric Ormsby (Crumlin United), Shaun Timmons (Birmingham City), John Dunleavy (Wolves), Mark Connolly (Wolves), Conor Clifford (Chelsea), Gavin Holohan (Cherry Orchard), Conor Hourihane (Sunderland), Darragh Satelle (Crumlin United), Paul Murphy (Ipswich Town), Robert Brady (Manchester United).
Substitutes: Greg Cunningham (Manchester City) for Brady (46 mins), John Sullivan (Crumlin United) for Hourihane (60 mins), Dean Kelly (Carrigaline) for Satelle (64 mins), Lee Jay Lynch (Regional Utd) for Holohan (67 mins), Kallum Keane (Derby County) for Clifford (84 mins)

Finland: Kelo, Toivomaki, Appel, Nissinen, Simpanen, Poutiainen, Schuller, Rannankari, Ring, Alonen, Hanhela.

Referee: Sean Grant.


Under-17 Friendly Internationals

[summervilleman]

your right gorey+shine could barely run:D

Gorey played the game after coming off 12 hour nights and shine couldn't make training over the week as he 2 was working shift...Not easy playing pike after coming off nights or missing a couple training sessions...As for our panal its been a bit depleated of late but we will fight on....I know we have played bad recently but i have seen nothing special from any of the teams we have played so far this year!!

[dell hell]

[quote=manalishi;881892]Stunning debut for two-goal Lynch as Ireland U17 defeat Finland


ya fair play to the lad but what does it have to do with junior premier in
town the whole page taken up with a match report...i mean credit to him and his family but if i want match reports for U17 irish matches i'll go into that thread.:eek:

[whitestripe]

I know we have played bad recently but i have seen nothing special from any of the teams we have played so far this year!!

Does not say much for Summerville then, now does it? More often than not you get out what you put in?

[manalishi]

[quote=manalishi;881892]Stunning debut for two-goal Lynch as Ireland U17 defeat Finland


ya fair play to the lad but what does it have to do with junior premier in
town the whole page taken up with a match report...i mean credit to him and his family but if i want match reports for U17 irish matches i'll go into that thread.:eek:

Sorry didn't mean to post the whole thing, just part of it.

I didn't know there was a shortage of page's on the forum.:rolleyes:

Can you point me in the direction of Under 17 Irish thread.:confused:

[the hoops]

Gorey played the game after coming off 12 hour nights and shine couldn't make training over the week as he 2 was working shift...Not easy playing pike after coming off nights or missing a couple training sessions...As for our panal its been a bit depleated of late but we will fight on....I know we have played bad recently but i have seen nothing special from any of the teams we have played so far this year!!

so that means they cant run?dont think that would make them a stone overweight:D

[dell hell]

What ever happened to the fine squad of 16 players sville man was on this site spouting about a few weeks ago booster,From what i heard ye had a very poor 12 or 13 the weekend.Was told that yer number 9 and centre half gorey looked well over weight and off the pace for the whole game.

we might have to get on to the mods to change your name to fairy. what do you be doing on a sunday morning going around to matches to see if
someone's bum looks big:eek:,,did you check to see if all the subs were colour co-ordinated.:D

[summervilleman]

so that means they cant run?dont think that would make them a stone overweight:D

Ok they are overweight so...Nothing we can do about that....We can't watch what they eat when they are gone from training but when working shift u do add weight and anyone who does shift work will vouch for that!!!

[summervilleman]

Sunday Feb 24 (10.30)

Star v Pike
Summerville v Fairview

star 1 - 3 pike
summerville 2 -1 fairview

[Gerry the ferry]

star 1 - 3 pike
summerville 2 -1 fairview
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha
Star 0-8 Pike
Sville 0-7 Fairview

[Fairkop]

Definately agree with u there..It was a stonewall peno..He took the man out and got no where near the ball..Ref bottled it alright...He came over to our manager after the game and told him he got it wrong and should have sent him off and gave the peno..No good to us then..That could have put us 1-0 up..Might and i say might have have been a different game..A goal can insprire a team!! But yes pike did deserve the win..we gave away to much ball!!!
CRIKEY didn,t realise yer manager could speak the foreign tongue.....

[abbeyvale]

star 1 - 3 pike
summerville 2 -1 fairview

your some dreamer

[abbeyvale]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha
Star 0-8 Pike
Sville 0-7 Fairview


Yeah, we'd be happy if we kept the score down to 5-0, anything from this game would be a huge bonus for us as its one of our games in hand on Corbally but realistically we're not expecting anything, and I'd say Fairview will have to much for Summerville, maybe 3-0 to the View.

[summervilleman]

your some dreamer

I know but i have to be confident enough that we can win..No point in going out to the game with a negative attitude..It spreads across the players!!

[abbeyvale]

I know but i have to be confident enough that we can win..No point in going out to the game with a negative attitude..It spreads across the players!!


Theres a difference in being negative and realistic.

But in saying all this ye'll probably get a result tomorrow and make me eat my words.

[Gerry the ferry]

Theres a difference in being negative and realistic.

But in saying all this ye'll probably get a result tomorrow and make me eat my words.
You should be realistic urself and face up to the fact that yer relegated

[Andyryan24]

star will beat pike tommorrow. and keep a clean sheet too

robbie carey to score 1-0

[abbeyvale]

You should be realistic urself and face up to the fact that yer relegated

We'll see bud;)