Connaught Cup 2008/09

The Galway FA appear to make up the rules as they go along with two identical match appeals getting two different outcomes .
Heard Westport withdrew their appeal and their money refunded and ironically whilst West play East Utd in Semi final on Sun , Westport will be playing Senior Cup in the pitch beside it .........interesting re comments passing back and forth.
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Originally Posted by buddyb

Totally agree with ya ,why stop a 16 yr old playing Junior if hes good enough and strong enough???? But i think a 14 yr old playing u18s would be few and far between????

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i remember we were playing in the quigley cup under 18 years ago when we bet westport in the final on penalties and sean mchale came on that day and he was only 14 or just gone 15 at the time!!

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Originally Posted by murty

To all the people of Mayo including myself , my parents and all my relatives , the teams and players I have trained in Mayo , I am not apologising , the fact that Mr Fahy cannot see a mickey take when it is staring him inthe face is not my problem , and if he is offended by it , why then did he bring it to everyones attention ? I love the publicity by the way !!!! I even went out of my way to use Fr Jack language rather than anything worse , God forbid , I don't want to give that poor elderly man a heart attack . Lot of things in Galway he is not happy with , refs , pitchs , teams etc ..not up to Mayo standard as was said on one post .
Well Mr Fahy & co while you were browsing through the Galway websites , did you see the request from the Galway admin to clubs , asking for all the local and Connacht trophies to be returned to him asap , now here is where the real standards come in to place , 80%+ of all Connacht cups and shields are in the hands of Galway clubs ......how about an objection to that ? Oh the green and red of Mayo .......incidently thats sung by a Galway band , lets all round on the Leitrim people for a while .
When the above post went in initially , I was full sure the protest over the West game was a big slag ! Any way anyone want a bet West Utd V East utd next week in the semi final , any one take €1,000 I will give them 5/1 .

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All those whingin MAYO f...??? comin from castlebar i don't think that really fair as we weren't whingin.. . if anything we were saying that westport should have just taking the beating!!

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Originally Posted by threefivetwo

i remember we were playing in the quigley cup under 18 years ago when we bet westport in the final on penalties and sean mchale came on that day and he was only 14 or just gone 15 at the time!!

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Expect an appeal by the end of the week ;)

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Originally Posted by FahyForever

Expect an appeal by the end of the week ;)

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nice one :) :)

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Originally Posted by threefivetwo

i remember we were playing in the quigley cup under 18 years ago when we bet westport in the final on penalties and sean mchale came on that day and he was only 14 or just gone 15 at the time!!

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danny kirby and nigel naughton both played and started in the quigley cup final last year and i think that they were 15 at the time

Since i made that remark re u14s playing u18s i have been inundated with pms , recounting past players i.e Willie Grant present West Utd manager played Junior at 14 yrs of age. I believe present Tuam Celtic manager played Junior at 15.
I guess if your good enough and well protected by team-mates, you would be well able.:confused:

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Originally Posted by buddyb

Since i made that remark re u14s playing u18s i have been inundated with pms , recounting past players i.e Willie Grant present West Utd manager played Junior at 14 yrs of age. I believe present Tuam Celtic manager played Junior at 15.
I guess if your good enough and well protected by team-mates, you would be well able.:confused:

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Darren Creaby played every game in centre mid for Fahy at the age 15, (turned 16 during the year) in our first season at junior level.

Tough position to play at a young age and also getting kicked in division 2b ;)

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Originally Posted by FahyForever

Expect an appeal by the end of the week ;)

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By God humour .........I'm shocked , but then again it could be serious , so I may have to slag off everyone again .
Can anyone tell me if the report re the fines issued to Westport and Castlebar Celtic over recent appeals and behaviour etc in todays Examiner are true .It states Westports supporters and the clubs frivelous appeal and general behaviour was disgraceful and went against all the ethos of the associations guidelines on sportsmanship .The referees report cited incidents of verbal abuse , intimidation , threatning behaviour and one attrocious incident where after the game upon inspection of the game the dressing room used by Westport was found to be daubed in excretement , with the words in hand writing , "the refs a wauunker " on the walls . The fine was €2,500 with the club banned from all Connacht and Irish cup competitions for the next five years !
Castlebar Cetic have received a €1,000 fine and all its underage section given a two year ban from Connacht cup games . No messing with the Fai !

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Originally Posted by murty

By God humour .........I'm shocked , but then again it could be serious , so I may have to slag off everyone again .
Can anyone tell me if the report re the fines issued to Westport and Castlebar Celtic over recent appeals and behaviour etc in todays Examiner are true .It states Westports supporters and the clubs frivelous appeal and general behaviour was disgraceful and went against all the ethos of the associations guidelines on sportsmanship .The referees report cited incidents of verbal abuse , intimidation , threatning behaviour and one attrocious incident where after the game upon inspection of the game the dressing room used by Westport was found to be daubed in excretement , with the words in hand writing , "the refs a wauunker " on the walls . The fine was €2,500 with the club banned from all Connacht and Irish cup competitions for the next five years !
Castlebar Cetic have received a €1,000 fine and all its underage section given a two year ban from Connacht cup games . No messing with the Fai !

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1st April 2009

hey just wondering is there any1 out there that knows where i can get a full list of the Conn Cup results from all the rounds thanks.

ooh, for the day thats in it come on Ireland!!!!

All the Galway Ones are here

I'm full of questions as usual..... but i was just wondering does anyone know the venue for this years final is. i heard that the final was to be played in westport. but today heard the game is going to be played in terryland, can anyone shed some light on this

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Originally Posted by TheRealMuller

I'm full of questions as usual..... but i was just wondering does anyone know the venue for this years final is. i heard that the final was to be played in westport. but today heard the game is going to be played in terryland, can anyone shed some light on this

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if westport had got to the final it would have been in milebush, their pitch would, well should never have a final on it, very bad pitch. the way it works is whoever gets to the final from that side of the draw the final will be in their county pitch so i'd say terryland was mentioned seein that west probably will be in the final, thats as far as i know, could be wrong, don't think i am though!

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Originally Posted by buddyb

Since i made that remark re u14s playing u18s i have been inundated with pms , recounting past players i.e Willie Grant present West Utd manager played Junior at 14 yrs of age. I believe present Tuam Celtic manager played Junior at 15.
I guess if your good enough and well protected by team-mates, you would be well able.:confused:

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I think Shay Given plyed in the FAI Junior Cup Final aged 14 or 15

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Originally Posted by threefivetwo

if westport had got to the final it would have been in milebush, their pitch would, well should never have a final on it, very bad pitch. the way it works is whoever gets to the final from that side of the draw the final will be in their county pitch so i'd say terryland was mentioned seein that west probably will be in the final, thats as far as i know, could be wrong, don't think i am though!

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You are almost correct there , yes the final will be a home tie for the winners of the West v East game , Westport were in that side of the draw , so should they have won and progressed , home advantage would have been theirs .
The final does not necessarily have to be played in Terryland ,as far as I know a ground up to league of Ireland standard has to be used , fenced off , facilities and "gate " requirements come into factor here . While Terryland park has been voted the best surface in Ireland for the last three years , Mervue and Salthill Devon now have same requirements , while the semi finals veue Knocknacarras ground and that of NUI,G could also be used .

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Originally Posted by hoop4life

lads, westports appeal is bad, but just after hearing worse.

our u18s beat corrib celtic 4nil in the connaught cup semi final last week. we used 4 u16s in that game (we have six u16 players in the squad) and corrib celtic said that they are going to appeal that we had too many underage players playing.
what ye think of that?? bad or what?? seems to be a trend now. if you are beaten fair and square, sure make an appeal anyway. poor form

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Any further updates on this one ? the question re Corribs 'supposed objection was posted on the local web and no one seems to know anything about it ? Again does anyone know the FAI rule re this subject ??
ie playing two years above ones age group .
If the rule isn't there , I would say that maybe there is a need for it in one way , take a very good 16 year old , obviously still in school .....this is more than likly what he will be up against in his average week , training two nights a week , game for u 16 u 18 maybe u 17 , no doubt involved in representative games for his district , the junior manager trying to get his hands upon him .Then their is the small matter of training with his school and probably playing for the senior and second team in the school . This is the reason as far as I can remember why the rule that exists in Galway at least , was brought in .

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Originally Posted by murty

Any further updates on this one ? the question re Corribs 'supposed objection was posted on the local web and no one seems to know anything about it ? Again does anyone know the FAI rule re this subject ??
ie playing two years above ones age group .
If the rule isn't there , I would say that maybe there is a need for it in one way , take a very good 16 year old , obviously still in school .....this is more than likly what he will be up against in his average week , training two nights a week , game for u 16 u 18 maybe u 17 , no doubt involved in representative games for his district , the junior manager trying to get his hands upon him .Then their is the small matter of training with his school and probably playing for the senior and second team in the school . This is the reason as far as I can remember why the rule that exists in Galway at least , was brought in .

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I understand where your coming from but you have to remember not all areas are blesses with a full group of u18's that are up to standard, so to have any chance of challenging for cups you may need to promote younger players into your squad. this also helps ensure you will have a good squad in the coming years.
i know that the year before the u21 eircom league changed to the u20 league, St Pats brought in alot of 17 years into the squad in order to ensure they had a good foundation for the u20 league.

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Originally Posted by murty

Any further updates on this one ? the question re Corribs 'supposed objection was posted on the local web and no one seems to know anything about it ? Again does anyone know the FAI rule re this subject ??
ie playing two years above ones age group .
If the rule isn't there , I would say that maybe there is a need for it in one way , take a very good 16 year old , obviously still in school .....this is more than likly what he will be up against in his average week , training two nights a week , game for u 16 u 18 maybe u 17 , no doubt involved in representative games for his district , the junior manager trying to get his hands upon him .Then their is the small matter of training with his school and probably playing for the senior and second team in the school . This is the reason as far as I can remember why the rule that exists in Galway at least , was brought in .

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Stupid rule. These lads are also playing GAA and Rugby. If your good enough and strong enough your old enough.

Again , hello , the question I posted was , does anyone know the rule taht was allegedly broken ?