Pre-season Friendlies

[The Lilywhites]

Any clubs got pre-season friendlies lined-up yet?

Dundalk announced theirs yesterday, confirmed on www.dundalkfc.com :ball:

2008 Friendlies
Thursday 7 February - Drogheda United - 7.45pm, Oriel Park.
Tuesday 12 February - Donegal Celtic - 7.45pm, Donegal Celtic Park, Belfast.
Thursday 14 February - Bray Wanderers - 7.45pm, Oriel Park.
Thursday 21 February - Shamrock Rovers - 7.45pm, Oriel Park.
Thursday 28 February - Sporting Fingal - 7.45pm, Oriel Park.

[holidaysong]

I'm looking forward to the trip to Belfast. :)

[Mr A]

Donegal Celtic play in Lisburn though.

[monutdfc]

Donegal Celtic play in Lisburn though.
Sold their old ground in Belfast for development I think.

[dcfcsteve]

Donegal Celtic play in Lisburn though.

No they don't - Suffolk Rd in West Belfast.....

You not confusing them with former West Belfast team Distillery - now Lisburn Distillery....?

[Finlay Harp]

Still play in West Belfast. Its the worst ground in the league.

[Mr A]

Same thing :)

[GavinZac]

Sporting Fingal? :D

[dcfcsteve]

We were apparently all lined-up for a mini-tour of Scotland in the New Year.

Robbo's sacking will doubtless ahve put paid to that.

[Flawless]

Sporting Fingal? :D

New club, going to play in the A Division,being backed by a well known former eircom league face.

[JC_GUFC]

Pics of Donegal Celtic's ground...

http://home.online.no/~smogols/ifcp/clubs/donegalceltic/gallerydonegalceltic.htm

It officially has the smallest and second smallest seated stand in the world - move over Drogheda! ;)

[holidaysong]

That is pretty bad alright.. How do they get away with the standard?

[The Lilywhites]

New club, going to play in the A Division,being backed by a well known former eircom league face.

And with a well known former eircom League face going to be playing up front for them.

[monutdfc]

Pics of Donegal Celtic's ground...

http://home.online.no/~smogols/ifcp/clubs/donegalceltic/gallerydonegalceltic.htm

It officially has the smallest and second smallest seated stand in the world - move over Drogheda! ;)
Officially the biggest home and away dugouts in the world as well though ;)
http://home.online.no/~smogols/ifcp/clubs/donegalceltic/donegalceltic05.jpg

I played their many years ago, got a right tonking

[Martinho II]

And with a well known former eircom League face going to be playing up front for them.

whos that lilywhites ???:confused:

[scottish_bohs]

any news yet of bohs friendlies???

[gspain]

I'm pretty sure Limerick are currently the only team from the Republic of Ireland to have played at Donegal Celtic's ground. We lost a pre-season friendly there 2-1 in 1990.

[dcfc_1928]

Gary - I was up there prior to the 2007 season, to see DC play Bohs.


I'm pretty sure Limerick are currently the only team from the Republic of Ireland to have played at Donegal Celtic's ground. We lost a pre-season friendly there 2-1 in 1990.

[gspain]

Gary - I was up there prior to the 2007 season, to see DC play Bohs.

Never heard of that game thanks.

Any idea what year Bohs played there?

[dcfc_1928]

Sorry Gary my previous post was a bit vague - it was pre-season 2007, so earlier this year. February/March maybe?


Never heard of that game thanks.

Any idea what year Bohs played there?

[kingdomkerry]

Why are they called Donegal Celtic. Last time i looked at a map west belfast was a long way from Donegal

[dcfc_1928]

Because many of the street names in the immediate vicinty relate to places in Donegal - Falcarragh, Creeslough etc.

Creeslough Court, Creeslough Gardens, Creeslough Park, Creeslough Walk, Dungloe Crescent, Falcarragh Drive, Glenties Drive, Glenveagh Drive, Glenveagh Park, Gweedore Crescent, Gweedore Gardens, Gweedore Park, Kerrykeel Gardens etc etc.


Why are they called Donegal Celtic. Last time i looked at a map west belfast was a long way from Donegal

[CollegeTillIDie]

Because many of the street names in the immediate vicinty relate to places in Donegal - Falcarragh, Creeslough etc.

Creeslough Court, Creeslough Gardens, Creeslough Park, Creeslough Walk, Dungloe Crescent, Falcarragh Drive, Glenties Drive, Glenveagh Drive, Glenveagh Park, Gweedore Crescent, Gweedore Gardens, Gweedore Park, Kerrykeel Gardens etc etc.

And isn't there a Donegall Square in the city centre too?

[monutdfc]

Much of Belfast was built by the Marquis of Donegall, hence Donegall Square, Road, Pass etc. Note the 2 L's.

(Totally OT but a friend played water polo for Donegall (a polo team in Belfast) and was doing an interview and noticed the interviewer had a big red circle round the 2 Ls in Donegall on his cv, but couldn;t say anything. Think he got the job anyway.)

I don't know if it's the case around Donegal Celtic's ground, but street names from another area of the country are sometimes named after places where the builder comes from.

[GavinZac]

Donegal Celtic has nothing to do with Donegall Road, where Belfast Celtic once played. As someone said, the name comes from the street names around them rather than the other side of town.

I'd imagine there is a certain amount of "we're Irish we are" element to it aswell.

[MrJoeSoap]

Donegal Celtic are from Belfast, janey mac. You learn something new every day. Maybe Bohs should rename themselves Connaght.

[niallsparky]

Donegal Celtic are from Belfast, janey mac. You learn something new every day. Maybe Bohs should rename themselves Connaght.

Or maybe Shels should rename themselves Kosovo?

[CollegeTillIDie]

Or maybe Shels should rename themselves Kosovo?

In the immortal words of Chicory Tip.. '' Good Grief Pristina'' :D I'll get my coat

[Raheny Red]

http://www.shelbournefc.ie/news.php?id=800

[kdjaC]

http://www.shelbournefc.ie/news.php?id=800

yay something to look forward too.


kdjac

[holidaysong]

Where would Shels vs. Rovers be held other than at Tolka?

[Dodge]

Where would Shels vs. Rovers be held other than at Tolka?

AUL? Baldonnell. Not unheard of for these type of friendlies

[monutdfc]

Time to update your Sig Raheny Red ;), it's 2008 now!

[Raheny Red]

HA was waiting for that :D

[blue til i die]

Shamrock rovers, Bray and Cobh are waterfords confirmed friendlies so far, more on the way.
http://www.waterford-united.ie/nextpage.php?subaction=showfull&id=1199714200&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&

[GreenStar]

2008 Pre Season Arrangements
07 Jan 2008.

The pre season arrangements for the Shamrock Rovers squad will include a week long training camp in Marbella as well as a series of friendly matches against first division opposition in February. The squad will be in Marbella from 9th - 15th February with two friendly matches being held on Mon 11th and Thurs 14th, opposition to be confirmed. The series of games in Ireland are all at the away venues and begins on Feb 5th v Shelbourne at 7.45pm, v Dundalk on Feb 21st at 7.45pm, v Waterford Utd on Feb 23rd at 2pm, v Wexford Youths on Feb 29th at 8pm. This list is provisional and more fixtures may be added. Please check this website for any date changes.

www.shamrockrovers.ie (http://www.shamrockrovers.ie)

[sligoman]

We're playing Harps in the Showgies on Feb 22nd.

[Longfordian]

We are apparently playing Shamrock Rovers in Longford and Galway in Galway. Not sure of the dates

[Raheny Red]

2008 Pre Season Arrangements
07 Jan 2008.

The pre season arrangements for the Shamrock Rovers squad will include a week long training camp in Marbella as well as a series of friendly matches against first division opposition in February. The squad will be in Marbella from 9th - 15th February with two friendly matches being held on Mon 11th and Thurs 14th, opposition to be confirmed. The series of games in Ireland are all at the away venues and begins on Feb 5th v Shelbourne at 7.45pm, v Dundalk on Feb 21st at 7.45pm, v Waterford Utd on Feb 23rd at 2pm, v Wexford Youths on Feb 29th at 8pm. This list is provisional and more fixtures may be added. Please check this website for any date changes.

www.shamrockrovers.ie (http://www.shamrockrovers.ie)

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[oldyouth]

I'm looking forward to Rovers coming to play the Mighty Youths. I think a bit of momentum is picking up with the public for our young side and it should attract a good crowd

[Raheny Red]

I'm looking forward to Rovers coming to play the Mighty Youths. I think a bit of momentum is picking up with the public for our young side and it should attract a good crowd

:confused: - Really? Haven't you lot been getting smaller crowds since day 1 of last season?!

[GreenStar]

Update:

2008 Pre Season Arrangements
07 Jan 2008

The pre season arrangements for the Shamrock Rovers squad will include a week long training camp in Marbella as well as a series of friendly matches against first division opposition in February. The squad will be in Marbella from 9th - 15th February with two friendly matches both against Polish Premier Division opposition. First up is a game in Benahavís on Mon 11th Feb at 4pm v's Górnik Zabrze with the second match in Sol Andalusi on Thurs 14th at 4pm v GKS Belchatów (runners up Polish league 06-07). The Gornik game will bring back memories of our UEFA Cup clash in the 1994/95 season.
The series of games in Ireland are all at the away venues and begins on Feb 5th v Shelbourne at 7.45pm, v Dundalk on Feb 21st at 7.45pm, v Waterford Utd on Feb 23rd at 2pm, v Wexford Youths on Feb 29th at 8pm. This list is provisional and more fixtures may be added. Please check this website for any date changes.

www.shamrockrovers.ie (http://www.shamrockrovers.ie)

[oldyouth]

Hi Raheny Red. The crowds did drop during the year but the 'core' support of the club is growing. We lost our temporary stand during the year, which didn't help and the new stand has been delayed because of planning issues. We love our footie down here and the crowds will come as soon as our facilities are properly established

[Mr A]

We lost our temporary stand during the year

I don't mean to be over-critical, but that's just downright careless.

[thischarmingman]

I don't mean to be over-critical, but that's just downright careless.
'S always in the last place you look.

[passinginterest]

I don't mean to be over-critical, but that's just downright careless.

:D
I think what actually happened was, the first stand with about 1,000 seats was needed by the company that it was rented from to be used at the Ryder Cup or some other big event. This was replaced with a smaller 600 seater stand, as far as I know this was only taken down near the end of the season in preparation for the building work on the new stand, which has now been delayed.

[oldyouth]

Passinginterest is right. The new stand was due to be completed during the off-season but the planning problem put it on hold. If you know the Youths Complex, the temporary stand for the coming year is being put up on the opposite side of the pitch and construction of the new permanent stand will continue through the season

[niallsparky]

Bohs Pre-Season: from http://www.bohemians.ie/index.php/club-news/friendies.htm

Bohemian FC has confirmed dates for three pre-season fixtures.

Bohs will take on Kildare County at Station Road in Newbridge on Wednesday, 13 February. The squad will jet off to Spain for a training camp on the 17 February and will take on Spanish lower league side Marbella FC on February 20.

On February 26, Dundalk will provide the opposition in Dalymount Park for Bohemians, upon the team's return from Spain.

All matches will have evening kick-offs, but exact times have yet to be finalised. All updates, including any additional friendly matches, will be featured on bohemians.ie well in advance of the fixtures.

According to Shels Site we are playing them on the 30th aswell?

[Raheny Red]

According to Shels Site we are playing them on the 30th aswell?

http://shelbournefc.ie/news.php?id=802

There is no Feb 30th :D - it's down for the first of March

[harpskid]

Harps confirmed so far: Coleraine away, Tuesday 12th February; Shelbourne home, Friday 15th February; Newry City away, Tuesday 19th February; Sligo away, Friday 22nd February.