First Division

[oldyouth]

In fairness I think going 7 games in a row without being able to beat Limerick gives the Youths a fair shout at being named the worst football team in the world
I'll have to agree that L37 are our bogey side but your team isn't all that either. If it wasn't free admission for under 12s, nobody would go to your home games:p

[jebus]

I'll have to agree that L37 are our bogey side but your team isn't all that either. If it wasn't free admission for under 12s, nobody would go to your home games:p

Eh? :confused: I think you've mistaken us with Cobh :)

[L37Ultra]

I'll have to agree that L37 are our bogey side but your team isn't all that either. If it wasn't free admission for under 12s, nobody would go to your home games:p


Our U-12's are only free if the Adult they are with has a season ticket.

Other than that they are €5

[Lim till i die]

I can happily confirm that Longford are every bit as awful as I suspected they'd be.

Nothing team full of nothing players playing rubbish football.

I'll be disgusted if we don't finish ahead of them.

[Ash]

I think I can safely say that we will be battling Wexford for the 2nd
last place in the division. (Thats assuming Yths are as bad as being
made out)

Athlone Towns motto for the year ... Cant Defend, Wont Defend! :o
(orm equally Cant Score, Wont Score)

[Lim till i die]

I think I can safely say that we will be battling Wexford for the 2nd
last place in the division. (Thats assuming Yths are as bad as being
made out)


Of course Youths are as bad as everyone has been making out!!

Genuinely that's Athlone added to the list of teams I fully expect us to finish ahead of along with Monaghan, Fingal, Longford, Wexford and Kildare.

Can't wait to see Shels, Dundalk and Waterford. :)

[LeixlipRed]

I think I can safely say that we will be battling Wexford for the 2nd
last place in the division. (Thats assuming Yths are as bad as being
made out)

Athlone Towns motto for the year ... Cant Defend, Wont Defend! :o
(orm equally Cant Score, Wont Score)

Who was No 10 for yeh? Thought he was decent. Other than that you are muck. How Davy Byrne and Lavine still get a game at this level amazes me. Byrne waddles about the place doing nothing

[Ash]

Who was No 10 for yeh? Thought he was decent. Other than that you are muck. How Davy Byrne and Lavine still get a game at this level amazes me. Byrne waddles about the place doing nothing

Dave O'Dowd. Probably the most honest player you'll ever see.
Never stops running

[shep]

Things seem to be goin as expected thus far,with Dundalk,Shels and Waterford leading the way and Sporting,Longford and Limerick looking like they will be tricky opponents for whoever they meet.

The team that has surprised me most is Wexford youths,they gave us a real scare in oriel and didnt stop until the final whistle.

Big win for us against the blues,tough game away to Limerick on Friday,no repeats of the 2nd half of last season hopefully!!!

[Splurge]

Of course Youths are as bad as everyone has been making out!!


The youths move to within a point of mighty Limerick after a nice away victory over monaghon, luck was with us apparently but we were bound to get something other than a kick in the kacks off karma at some stage this season.
After seeing the Shels and Waterford game and reading reports from Dundalk the gap between us and the leaders is probably not that big as some people think.
We know have two winnable home games against Athlone & Longford the two coming Fridays, 4pts from them would really see ous season take off.

[Splurge]

Youths move a point above the mighty Limerick city, i really fancy us for a top 6 finish.

[Dodge]

Splurge, your commitment to this thread is examplorary. I doff my internet hat at you, and to LTID

[jebus]

Youths move a point above the mighty Limerick city, i really fancy us for a top 6 finish.

That fact you see Limerick as being 'mighty' makes me weep, and not in joy or pride

[oldyouth]

Jebus, I think the 'mighty' could refer to one of your many previous reincarnations, more likely to be Limerick City, Limerick FC, Limerick Utd, Limerick Tuesday or Limerick Right Price Tiles............

[pineapple stu]

Or Limerick 37.

[jebus]

Jebus, I think the 'mighty' could refer to one of your many previous reincarnations, more likely to be Limerick City, Limerick FC, Limerick Utd, Limerick Tuesday or Limerick Right Price Tiles............

Oh right, sorry I didn't catch your name considering you're so new to the party

[oldyouth]

Oh right, sorry I didn't catch your name considering you're so new to the party
We have no past, just a future:)

[Buile Shuibhne]

On RTE 1 on Friday afternoon on the Derek Mooney show Padraig Lodge was doing a sports preview of the night's matches and DM asked him where did the name Limerick 37 come from in relation to the news that they were to change their name back to Limerick FC.

PL said that the club was originally founded by 37 people.

[LeixlipRed]

On RTE 1 on Friday afternoon on the Derek Mooney show Padraig Lodge was doing a sports preview of the night's matches and DM asked him where did the name Limerick 37 come from in relation to the news that they were to change their name back to Limerick FC.

PL said that the club was originally founded by 37 people.

Just goes to show that Irish journos have no problem just making stuff up if they don't know the facts :rolleyes:

[Bluebeard]

Just goes to show that Irish journos have no problem just making stuff up if they don't know the facts :rolleyes:

You'd get savaged for it if you did it on here...

[L37Ultra]

i really fancy us for a top 6 finish.


:D:D:D

[shep]

Another weekend goes by and the division is starting to take a bit of shape,i think it will be Dundalk,Shels and Waterford as predicted at the start of the year,and anyone who can get 3 points away to the likes of Limerick,Fingal and Longford will be doing well.We were in the same position last season,but if we can win our next two games Kildare and Shels,both in oriel,we will be in a good position.

[HarpoJoyce]

Another weekend goes by and the division is starting to take a bit of shape....

saw the second half of the Athlone - Dundalk game. Dundalk were in control at that stage (2-0), but kept control through the second half. Cassidy added a nice goal late on. For the 1st Div., I never like counting till close to the end as a number of clubs can come from the pack and take the title.

[Lim till i die]

and anyone who can get 3 points away to the likes of Limerick,Fingal and Longford will be doing well.

Interesting point here.

Having only Shels left to see (I assume they are handy) it looks like the division is divided into three dinstinct groups:

The decent, well organised, bit of strength in depth, teams:

Dundalk
Waterford
Presumably Shels

The smattering of good players and on their day, especially at home, will cause anyone problems teams:

Limerick
Longford (Overall still rubbish IMO but could do alright in the Flansiro)
Fingal

And the downright useless teams:

Kildare
Athlone
Wexford
Mon

I genuinely think whichever of the top three can take the most points away to the handy clubs will have a big bearing on things.

Was very impressed by Dundalk when they came down. Big, strong, experienced and a good bench.

Some of the teams this year are painful though (ourselves included when we have a few injuries)


Athlone & Longford the two coming Fridays, 4pts from them would really see ous season take off.

No it wont because your team is still crap.


Youths move a point above the mighty Limerick

Worst Limerick team in years, crippled by injuries to boot.

I hope ye had a good time at the celebratory barndance.

Hey, if our problems keep up you might even beat us at the *cough* ninth time of asking in a few weeks


i really fancy us for a top 6 finish

You could quite possibly finish ahead of Kildare, Mon and maybe Athlone in fairness.

[Battery Rover]

I would expect us to climb to at least mid table if we can get a decent run without injuries.

We haven't been able to field the same 11 players for two matches running and that doesn't make things easy.

Since our second match we have had at least 8 players under 20 in our match squad as Ciaran Kelly, Davy Byrne, Des Hope, Jim Sheridan between injuries, suspension and unavailability have missed over 50% of games so far this season and they would be guaranteed a place in our starting 11.

We don't have a very experienced squad and when you lose 4 of that quality it hurts the team bad.

On top of all that we are not allowed sign a keeper until July and have a 41 year old goal keeping coach between the sticks for the past 4 matches.

[Schumi]

On top of all that we are not allowed sign a keeper until July and have a 41 year old goal keeping coach between the sticks for the past 4 matches.
Can you not get a dispensation to sign a new 'keeper if you're stuck?

[Battery Rover]

Can you not get a dispensation to sign a new 'keeper if you're stuck?

I believe we don't qualify as we didn't have two professional keepers signed pre season. We have one professional and 2 amateurs. Rule for this is a bit long winded. Someone might be able to post it on here if they have it.

[oldyouth]

The smattering of good players and on their day, especially at home, will cause anyone problems teams:

Limerick
Longford (Overall still rubbish IMO but could do alright in the Flansiro)
Fingal



Worst Limerick team in years, crippled by injuries to boot.



I don't follow your point Lim. Do you think your team is good or the worst in years??

[DmanDmythDledge]

The smattering of good players and on their day, especially at home, will cause anyone problems teams:

Limerick
Longford (Overall still rubbish IMO but could do alright in the Flansiro)
Fingal

And the downright useless teams:

Kildare
Athlone
Wexford
Mon

Don't think Monaghan should be in that category- win their game in hand against Kildare, which they would be expected to, and they would be in fourth place.

As for Wexford, if they won the league you'd probably still claim they're useless.

[holidaysong]

Don't think Monaghan should be in that category- win their game in hand against Kildare, which they would be expected to, and they would be in fourth place.

As for Wexford, if they won the league you'd probably still claim they're useless.

We've played Monaghan twice in Oriel so far (once in the League Cup) and they were shocking both times. They do tend to do ok at home though.. There is not a chance of them finishing as high as fourth in my opinion.

[DmanDmythDledge]

There is not a chance of them finishing as high as fourth in my opinion.
I don't think so either but describing them as completely useless is very harsh them I feel.

[Dunny]

I don't think so either but describing them as completely useless is very harsh them I feel.

It is very harsh indeed. Can see them finishing fourth-sixth depending on Fingal and Longford.

[jebus]

Both Wexford and Monaghan are useless football teams, end.of.story

[gael353]

If it was based on support/attendences, there would be two if not three first division clubs heading to A league at seasons end. I cant see one club in particular being there next season. Sad to say but thats how i feel.

[Lim till i die]

On top of all that we are not allowed sign a keeper until July and have a 41 year old goal keeping coach between the sticks for the past 4 matches.

We had our goalkeeping coach in goals against you after Dave Ryan was sent off but were allowed to sign Jimmy Fyffe for the Dundalk game :confused:

[Lim till i die]

I don't follow your point Lim. Do you think your team is good or the worst in years??

When fully fit we have a smattering of players that would walk on to any team in the division and will give anyone a game on their day.

Unfortunately this is mixed in with some absolute dross. At least three to four of our average starting eleven are nowhere near good enough.

Hence the worst team in years. The teams Noel O'Connor had in his second spell here in particular were positively dripping with talent by comparison.


Don't think Monaghan should be in that category- win their game in hand against Kildare, which they would be expected to, and they would be in fourth place.

As for Wexford, if they won the league you'd probably still claim they're useless.

I of course bow to your superior knowledge of the first division :rolleyes:


I don't think so either but describing them as completely useless is very harsh them I feel.

It maybe was a bit harsh depending on what you think of First Division football.

Monaghan will struggle for goals big time and don't have any obvious quality.

I will be amazed (not the mention raging) if the likes of them finish above Limerick.

I genuinely think the three blocks I mentioned is how the league will pan out (In no particular order)

EDIT: This looks like I'm singling out Mon. I'm genuinely not, I think they are probably a slightly better side than Wexford and Kildare. I do think they will be slugging it out at that level though. But in fairness I couldn't see them finishing last for example.

Also feel I should point out that if Paddy never gets back to fitness and two or three of our boys leave in July and we don't stregthen the squad we're more than capable of dropping down into a relegation scrap.

[Battery Rover]

We had our goalkeeping coach in goals against you after Dave Ryan was sent off but were allowed to sign Jimmy Fyffe for the Dundalk game :confused:

For some reason we cannot do that. As I said I don't know the actual ruling

[Magicme]

We were in a similar predicament and were allowed. Wonder why you cant? Tis a strange ould world.

[Battery Rover]

We were in a similar predicament and were allowed. Wonder why you cant? Tis a strange ould world.


We have Ciaran Kelly (professional), Anthony Jinks (professional and GK coach) and Lee Gaffey (amateur) good keeper but not enough experience yet. he needs a season in the under 20s. There might be a reason in that.

[Magicme]

Aw yeah, we only had the 2 keepers.

[Splurge]

I will be amazed (not the mention raging) if the likes of them finish above Limerick.

I genuinely think the three blocks I mentioned is how the league will pan out (In no particular order)


It's my first season watcing Div 1 football having just moved back from abroad but i've seen our lot play Waterford & Shels and we were well worthy of points in both games. Also the reports i've heard from Dundalk were enocuraging, especially in the 2nd half. The Limerick game is probably the only one where we've genuinly played poor.

From what i've seen the gap between is and the "top 3" isnt so great, although like i say we've been playing well and it could all change if we hit a bad spell.

[L37Ultra]

Aw yeah, we only had the 2 keepers.


Ya same as Limerick when Jimmy Fyfe signed.

[Lim till i die]

It's my first season watcing Div 1 football having just moved back from abroad but i've seen our lot play Waterford & Shels and we were well worthy of points in both games. Also the reports i've heard from Dundalk were enocuraging, especially in the 2nd half. The Limerick game is probably the only one where we've genuinly played poor.


Even against us you could see that Wexford are genuinely at least trying to be a bit better than they were last year.

Absolutely atrocious team to watch last season and it's not just a bee in my own particular bonnet, I'm sure there are other first division fans somewhere who will vouch for me?!?!

They are a bit better (but not a hell of a lot at the same time mind) and this will be reflected in an improved points tally this season but with the local lads and Mick Wallace on the sideline I just don't think there is enough quality to get out of the bottom half. :ball:

[Lim till i die]

We have Ciaran Kelly (professional), Anthony Jinks (professional and GK coach) and Lee Gaffey (amateur) good keeper but not enough experience yet. he needs a season in the under 20s. There might be a reason in that.

Would it not have made sense not to sign Lee Gaffey until around the start of the 20s season if he wasn't going to be up to LoI??

Three keepers is your problem there alright.

[Battery Rover]

Would it not have made sense not to sign Lee Gaffey until around the start of the 20s season if he wasn't going to be up to LoI??


All players that are likely to make the breakthough into the first team are signed immediately and train, travel with the squad as it helps team bonding.

[monutdfc]

If it was based on support/attendences, there would be two if not three first division clubs heading to A league at seasons end. I cant see one club in particular being there next season. Sad to say but thats how i feel.
Good job it's not then

[Lim till i die]

All players that are likely to make the breakthough into the first team are signed immediately and train, travel with the squad as it helps team bonding.

Fair enough. :eek:

We do things differntly down here.

Hence our decades of unparralled success :) :o

[Battery Rover]

If it was based on support/attendences, there would be two if not three first division clubs heading to A league at seasons end. I cant see one club in particular being there next season. Sad to say but thats how i feel.


Talking in riddles again. What three teams are we talking about?

[Lim till i die]

Good job it's not then

Darn right. I'm sure the FAI will find an even more fiendish way of eventually getting the league they want.

There is one club very much in the $hitter by all accounts though.

[Lim till i die]

Talking in riddles again.

He always talks like that, doesn't even mean to. :p


What three teams are we talking about?

I think two of the teams he's talking about are pretty obvious.

As for the third, is it Limerick??? :)