FAI Intermediate Cup 2008

that first one should be cobh wanderers/passage v templemount checked the munster senior league site and they made the same error

Cheers, just copied and pasted it off the word doc from the FAI, that explains it i guess.

Mount at home to Tramore this Sunday morning. Who else is playing? Are the holders in action?

Ulster Fixtures on Sunday:

Convoy Arsenal v Kildrum Tigers

Drumkeen United v Swilly Rovers

Fanad United v Buncrana Hearts

The longest game in history?

You would not believe it.

Moyle Park left Clondalkin at 5pm and arrived in Drogheda at 6:30 for a 7:45 kick off.

During the warm up, 10 mins before scheduled kick off time the floodlights failed. Someone forgot to put diesel in the generator. I kid you not

Half an hour later game kicks off. Lights failed after 22 mins and were out for 20 mins.

After the restart the referee awarded Drogheda a penalty. For what? No one has an idea, plus the ball was out of play.

After the break Moyler were well on top and deservedly levelled. One of the Drogheda players was injured and lay on the ground for 26 mins waiting for an ambulance. (Lights again failed and ambulance had to navigate onto the pitch in the dark.).

Play resumed and every decision from the referee went Drogheda's way. I've seen this man in black twice previously, both times in Dundalk in last seasons FAI Junior Cup. Games involved Dublin sides, St Kevins Boys and Corduff against a very poor local Dundalk side. Kevin's had two players dismissed and Corduff three.

Then just before final whistle as Moyler attacked the lights failed and the ref blew for full time and the time : 10:45pm, yes fifteen minutes to eleven.

Moyler arrived home in Clondalkin just before midnight following seven hours in a parallel universe.

An absolute farce as Maxi from Dundalk would say or as Mr Ripley put it, believe it, or believe it not.

Some ordeal soccerc, holy cow that sounds like an awful night for all concerned, hope player injured will be ok.

Fermoy drew 1-1 with Everton today and missed a pen. Shocking referee for this one.

3-0 Rockmount today at home to Tramore ath. Ross O Callaghan with a hat trick. Comfortable.

What's going on with Refs these days, it's an absolute disgrace. They go out on to the pitch with an extremely defensive attitude. Players can't even talk to a refs now without being booked or told they are about to be sent off. I know they get a lot of abuse at times but they just can't take any level of questioning.

Rate the teams in Cork

Regarding the Cork Teams left in the Inter Cup, who would you rate the strongest and the weakest or are they much of a muchness?

Avondale and Rockmount for the last 6/7 years have been the main contenders (4 wins between them or something like that). There is always a surprise team like Carrig or Blarney or Douglas Hall, but I've not seen any of them play yet this season so don't know how they went over the summer.

Razor might tell us if Avondale are as strong as last season? there have been a good few changes.

I can assure Rockmount have strengthened over the summer and it will be interesting to see how we fare out. Sometimes too many good players can come back and haunt you, but over the season injuries, suspensions and work can make it difficult so hopefully it will even itself out nicely. It has so far. We've lost in Dublin to bad sides the last two seasons early on in the cup so hopefully that will be sorted out this time round. I could do with some trips on the beer.

Me thinks Bingo fancies the long odds the Bookies are offering for the Cork teams to win the Intermediate this year!
How are Douglas Hall doing this year? They had a great run in the Senior Cup, is Mr Sweeney still pulling the strings?
Also, does anyone know when the "Open Draw" occurs? is it the 3rd Round? Cork is a wonderful place this time of the year!!!

Dale are almost a totally different side this year. They lost a lot of key players in the summer and we've yet to see if the players brought in can do the business.
Beat Castleview 4-3 i think in their 1st league game last weekend.
Playing Intermediate Cup this weekend against Blarney, no such soft draw for the Dale
Avondale or Rockmount have been involved in all of the last 5 finals, Mount winning in 03/04 and losing 02/03 and 04/05, Dale winning the last 2 and going for a 3 in a row this year.

ye have me sussed!!

Avondale Utd 3-2 Blarney Utd
Blarney missed an early penalty, back pass.
Dale then went 3 up before having a man sent off and conceding 2 late goals, nervy stuff but they held on.