Tonights Latest 30/10

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Originally Posted by Magicme

Monaghan United v Wexford Youths match is OFF.

Player of the Year event still going ahead.

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Absolute disgrace game was off. Rogers inspected the pitch in the dark. The lights had gone out and the ESB where fixing the lights. Lights back on 5 mins after ref inspected pitch.

Rogers also asked by both teams (who thought pitch playable) to reinspect after half an hour but refused. A match delegate also wanted the pitch reinspected and from what told even tried to ring Rogers to come back who had left the ground.

If the game was in doubt Rogers should have been in ground earlier to call off the game. There was a bus from Wexford plus others who travelled and Monaghan expecting there biggest crowd of the season with there awards on.

Do all 4 match officials have to be in attendance to call off a game as only 3 at ground?

Thanks do to the Monaghan officials and players who where very generous and let us have a couple of drinks before we had to turn around and go home

When will the game be played?

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Originally Posted by KUFCMan

When will the game be played?

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looking like Wednesday only available day have heard for sure yet

Congrats to Bohs and to UCD, and commiserations to Bray, and in a way to Drogheda, who are definitely in the play-offs.
Surprised at Paul Cook's team selection, with us taking a point and Pats winning, they are really back in the mix now. Should be interesting next week, all 3 play-off possibilities (United, Sligo and Pats) are at home - anyone know if RTE is covering a game next week? Perhaps one of these with cameras at other 2 to cut over to? No, thought not

have to agreed with youth4ever a unbelievable piece of officialdom ,ref arrives walks out on to a pitch calls game off without seeing pitch as he enters his dressing room the lights come on and is asked to carry out a proper inspection and he refuses.this is at 0635 and it had stopped raining at 5 pitch was drying nicely warmups were to be done on astro pitch and no surface water visable.what an Arse, ruined a great night.
well done UCD you deserved it

Think Sligo deserve to go down now after that. Probably have enough to stay up though.

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Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy

Anyone know if RTE is covering a game next week? Perhaps one of these with cameras at other 2 to cut over to? No, thought not

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I would have thought they will be covering Bray v Bohemians

I can understand why but they should be covering the matches with something riding on it, i.e. the play-off contenders.

Unbefrigginglievabubble.

Almost all the Shels-Longford goals went in while our game wasn't on too; it was 2-0 at half-time, and 3-2 coming out, and then it was 4-2 when our game was over. Sheer madness at the end as everyone hung around afterwards getting (sometimes conflicting) goal reports. Couldn't believe what was happening in Tolka. With our game kicking off 15 minutes earlier than Shels', all our players were in the showers (listening to the match on speaker phone) when the title was confirmed. Anyone playing in Athlone again just be warned that several UCD players were doing belly flops on the pitch wearing only a towel/boxers. :p

About 40 UCD fans in Athlone last night; ended up with us all in the stand for mutual applause and songs between us and the players. Wish we could get that kind of crowd every away game. :(

2:30am in the Montrose will pale in comparison to next week when we get the trophy. I just hope you can drink out of it!

I think Martin Russell deserves huge praise for the way he's got the team playing; nice ball and an unbelievable team spirit; everyone playing for everyone else. The signing of Paul Corry was massive too; he turned down Burnley to join us, and we've dropped two points in the eight games he's started.

Commiserations to Shels. I know my views on Shels are well known, but I've grown a grudging respect for them over the season. I always said I never wanted to see them die, just to go back to their normal level, and now that they're more or less there, it's easier to appreciate the efforts and support of their fans. Hopefully they beat Fingal in the play-offs, and then I can enjoy a win-win play-off final. :)

Also, hopefully this spells the end of Dermot Keely's time in management in the league. Outdated, brutish tactics; the league has fortunately moved on.

Oh, and well done Bohs, and hard luck to Rovers. Amazing run by Rovers, but I think the future is theirs.

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Originally Posted by CSFShels

Think Sligo deserve to go down now after that. Probably have enough to stay up though.

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Saints v Shamrock is the live game apparently

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Also, hopefully this spells the end of Dermot Keely's time in management in the league. Outdated, brutish tactics; the league has fortunately moved on.

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I think it was always his plan to leave at the end of this season regardless. I appreciate everything he has done for the club though. He took on a job nobody else would touch in 2007 and nearly had us promoted in 2 years. But some of his tactics this season have been unforgivable. We quite possibly had the best midfield in the division and they were being bypassed by playing hoof ball. I think its time to move on.
Also ill be staying well away from this site after the play off. Fingal are going to hammer us.:(

Waterford 2-0 Kildare FT
Muarry 74
Sullivan 87

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Originally Posted by gufc2000

Waterford 2-0 Kildare FT
Muarry 74
Sullivan 87

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Should have been 28-0!! :eek:

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Originally Posted by CSFShels

Think Sligo deserve to go down now after that. Probably have enough to stay up though.

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Why do we deserve to go down when we put out a half reserve team and were beaten by the champions??

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Originally Posted by blue til i die

Should have been 28-0!! :eek:

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More like 28-1

I think without Darren Kelly coming in mid season we would have conceded at least 250 goals instead of our "respectable" 80

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Originally Posted by Rovers1

Why do we deserve to go down when we put out a half reserve team and were beaten by the champions??

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Putting out a half reserve team while in a relegation battle. Simple really.

Sligo will survive.

The excitement of the big match with Fingal now CSFShels, surely such a big club wont slip up again?

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Originally Posted by RonnieB

Sligo will survive.

The excitement of the big match with Fingal now CSFShels, surely such a big club wont slip up again?

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Probably will, amn't confident. Hopefully we can put the recent ****ness behind us.

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Originally Posted by CSFShels

Putting out a half reserve team while in a relegation battle. Simple really.

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We should'nt have done it. I agree. Chances are Bohs would have beaten us anyway.

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Originally Posted by Rovers1

We should'nt have done it. I agree. Chances are Bohs would have beaten us anyway.

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We were dead right who the hell cares about us only ourselves, look at the allocation we got from the FAI it's a joke, they have shown what they think of us. When people don't care about us you have to look after yourself, thats what Cook was doing last night, spot on as we were probably getting nothing of Bohs anyway and we have fresh players for the Drogs match and avoided any further suspensions for the cup final.