by the looks of things, the rain could very well delay it more anyway. What condition are the pitches in?Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
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by the looks of things, the rain could very well delay it more anyway. What condition are the pitches in?Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
Murphy’s Irish Stout Premier League
Coachford v Blarney St Ath HOME
Grattan Utd v Park Utd DRAW
Kinsale v Leeside HOME
Murphy’s Irish Stout Premier A League
Greenwood v Pearse Cel DRAW
Murphy’s Irish Stout League 1
Carrigtohill Utd v Ballintotis HOME
Douglas Hall v Watergrasshill Utd DRAW
Kilreen Cel v Shandon Cel HOME
Killumney Utd v St John Boscos HOME
Leeside v Richmond DRAW
Grangevale v Postal Cel HOME
Murphy’s Irish Stout League 1 A
Buttevant v Ballyvolane AWAY
Donoughmore Ath v Rathcoole Rvrs AWAY
Fairview v Passage AWAY
Leeds v Mayfield Utd Is this on??? AWAY
Glen Cel v Park Utd HOME
Dillon’s Cross Ath v Rylane Cel HOME
Murphy’s Irish Stout League 2
Hibernians’ v Wilton Utd AWAY
Blackpool Cel v Ard-na-Laoi AWAY
Casement Cel v Lakewood Ath DRAW
City Wanderers v Kinsale AWAY
Glenvale v Innishvilla AWAY Biased!!!
Murphy’s Irish Stout League 2A
Hillington v Killowen HOME
Glanworth V Millstreet Cel HOME
Crescent Ath v Springfield “A” AWAY
Inter City Cel v Waterloo DRAW
Murphy’s Irish Stout League 2B
Central Rovers v Springfield “B” AWAY
Churchvilla v Leeview Ath AWAY
Corkbeg v Knockraha HOME
Cathedral Cel v Carrigaline Utd AWAY
Murphy’s Irish Stout League 3
De Courcy Albion v St John Boscos HOME
Carrigtohill Utd v Hibernians HOME
Brooklodge Utd v Afton Villa AWAY
Murphy’s Irish Stout League 3A
CFC Banteer v Ballinhassig HOME
Los Zarcos v Rathcoole Rvrs DRAW
Macroom v Watergrasshill Utd HOME
Grattan Utd v Strand Utd DRAW
I know a lot of people an the majority of time I can make a call to get what ever sorted,,,,,,but dose anyone have any pull with the big boss up stairs an if so please ask him to give us a break with all this rain.
No but i know someone who does
Ill get back to you
Even if it were to stop right now... I figure there will be a lot of pitches unplayable come the weekend...Quote:
Originally Posted by littleman
Forecast for remainder of week is improve by weekend but I'd guess that will be too late for a fair few matches, with more rain due today and tomorrow...
The most accurate weather site I've come across is www.windguru.com - Very very little rain forecast for this evening & tomorrow. None fridy or sat but god help any teams tryin to get a game played sunday morning!! Looks like its gonna flood more than a few pitches...
yeah weather is brutal alright, bad sign if rain is callin off matches on the first week, were fooked come december
with the strike causeing 4 games to be lost ,at least half will be lost this week.
:eek:
http://www.decourceyalbion.com/index...n&catid=2:news
Small club with big ambitions ;)
Do Cashmans have the odds for the season yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Innishvilla
Cashman's normally wait til 4 or 5 games in to the season so they can get an idea of who's who in each division. How ye looking Dcross. My prediction of ye winning the league look likely? many players in and out?
They usually wait till teams have played 4 or 5 games to see how it looks.Quote:
Originally Posted by DCross06
Was talking to Club Secretary yesterday... He's also heard the rumour that the strike may re-appear this weekend again!!! Lets hope not!!!
Also looking at the statement from the referee's does it more read that the disagreement has not been resolved just that the referee's have agreed to continue refereeing while the dispute is being resolved
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The CORK BRANCH of the I.S.R.S met on Monday 24th August. At this meeting the Branch committee of the Cork Referees received the full backing from the 90 strong memberships for the stance that was taken to withdraw services. The Cork Branch of the I.S.R.S. have decided to enter into the Dispute Resolution Procedure and have:
Agreed to provide refereeing services with immediate effect in all Leagues.
The Cork Branch have been working tiredly behind the scenes to resolve the current depute and remain positive that a resolution will be worked out between both parties.
The Secretary and Chairman of our Branch have been in Talks with Mr Gerry Mac Dermot of the FAI over the course of the day and informed him of our decision and he is aware as per the agreement we are available to referee as from 2pm today.
Gene Stephens
PRO / Vice Chairman
ISRS
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Nah surely it would be out today, tomorrow would be late like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Innishvilla
On the ref thing ,if we havent heard by now they wont do anything till after the weekend,otherwise they'd only turn the clubs against them.
With regards to the weather an the pitchs.If an if is a big ask it stay dry till Sat or Sun then the pitchs even the good ones will be very soft.Not one will be in an condition to be cut so expect it to be mud up to your ankles an grass above the ankle,hahaha.
At least we can offer our opponents a shower now at least afterwards.
Before I go,the new Aul ruling 'if you hav'nt got a pitch to play a game on or if your own is unplayable you have to play away ' it will be interesting to see what way that is dealt with this weekend if games are at risk with the weather
Have to state that there is no threat of a strike. Pub talk at its best!! Both parties are still in discussions.
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Originally Posted by corkref
Superb, thanks for clearing it up
As Corkref has stated clearly theres no threat of a strike.Can we leave this one go now.
To be fair Littleman, the dispute is unresolved, so we cant really let it go. I hope all sides give a statement at the end of it, so that we know the history of it. The AUL seem to be getting the blame for it, which, with no reason to back up my statement, I dont believe is 100% true.
The refs panel published in May has changed slightly by the look of the fixtures and the refs.
Am I wrong in thinking that the abuse received by officials has relented in the last season? Maybe you could take that one Cork Ref?
I heard the story of a GAA ref a few weeks ago, who was caught be the throat at at the end of the game - im sure if it was a soccer ref, it would be in the papers, and rightly so.
To all teams, I hope you have a successful season (except maybe those in Prem A!!!) and I hope your club grows too.
A small match report, with a mention of the good players on the other team would help us help each other.
Well Horse to be very honest there will be no strike.Why am I so sure,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
The Mfa/Aul and the refs have entered into talks with a view to resolving the issue.Both parties have agreed to abide by previously set down rules as to how this or indeed various other matters will eventually be sorted if the need ever arises.
One of these would be that while the talks are onging the refs continue to ref(all be it under protest).
Now you may well ask what happens if they cant sort it out between themselves,well then it goes to the Fai to adjudicate,an thats the end of the road then.
All the while the refs are bound by the agreement which there representitives signed to do with how matters like these would be resolved.
Well as of now it looks like the pitches will be ok and the season will finally get under way - looking forward to the challenge of Premier A football - good luck to everyone and hope to see some of ye along the way!!
luck has nothing to do with it Olachico :D it's all about the preparation ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by olachico
but seriously hope ye all have a good sporting season and those who deserve to win it, shall. here's to the 09/10 season and all the posts we put up here!
Can I just clear this up, are league matches now going down the route of cup games if your pitch is not playable due to weather/flood you give up the home advantage?Quote:
Originally Posted by littleman
This seems extreme, I think it works great in cup games as "home" advantage is seen as that and now teams think long and hard before giving it up. But to lose home advantage in league games...
When we were pricing drainage in our pitches we had guys in that were seriously experienced, using a system that is used in most Premiership pitches, it looked awesome and cost an absolute fortune. Even they when asked about playability all they would guarantee was it would be playable 52 weeks a year but not 365 days a year (i.e. if we have a full day of torrential rain that no drains in Ireland can take).
Now we've put in some excellent drainage, so far the pitches are perfect despite the rain that has fallen, but to think you could loose home league games just because you were unlucky enough to have a home game the weekend of torrential rain seems severe... The teams based in the Farm will be in trouble as the groundsmen there are pretty quick to close the pitches!!!
I hope this rant is "wasted" as in I've mis-understood, the rule... When I read it early on on the AUL website I had assumed it was relating to pitches not being fit for play due to neglect rather than unplayable...
I think the idea behind this is to stop some clubs that play all their away games at the start of the season (saying their pitch is unplayable) & then at the end have a good run of home games that could win a league for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Innishvilla
The AUL say if you know your pitch is unplayable the week of the game you must acquire a pitch,if you cant then you play away but it will count as your home game. What happens if your opponents pitch is unplayable?
The easiest way out of this is to wait till match day then call it off,although you'll still have to pay the ref.
You've misunderstood my point, we would never leave a team travel if our pitch was unplayable, usually we'd ring the night before,but this is not acceptable by the AUL this year,Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
What else can be done?
I remember a time when we wanted to call off a game and the AUL would not let us(because a certain AUL official drove past the pitch two days before and thought it looked ok).
Instead they said it was up to the ref. Low and behold both teams arrived up and the ref called it off.
Lads, Best of luck to all for the weekend and season. Lets just hope the referees are fully focused on the games while this dispute is being resolved and enjoy the game as much as us.;)
I'd say we wont be too far off, if we can avoid bad injuries, tight squad this year, losing Greg Kelly to Mayfield Seniors was a big loss, but you cant hold it against a fella wanting to play a higher standard, Tossy's gone back to the Glen and Fabio's gone too. We got in a few handy players though but well have to wait to see the commitment, they played well in the challenge games but the nitty gritty of the league is a different proposition, but heres hoping. How bout ye, much comings and goings?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nialler
Anyone know of any team who has benefitted from this?! We were the other side of the coin last year with all away games left at the end of the season. In any case i think it's pot luck, especially for successful teams. You have so many cup games you simply try and fit in a league game when ever you can. That has definately been the case with Kinsale the last number of years. We would have loved a few home games in our run in but to no avail. That's the way the cookie crumbles.Quote:
Originally Posted by pass&move
The reason behind it was to prevent clubs tryin to pull a fast one by sayin they had a pitch sorted an in reality they hadnt or it just wasnt up to Aul standard(long grass,cows/horses ect ect an I speak form experience).Also rather than clubs admiting their pitch wasnt ready an needed to play away games an would rather play away games till it was,they would wait till the day of the game an just say the pitch was unplayable.We all know of clubs who have done it,an would of tryed it again if it wasnt fior the new rule.
Personally speaking I think any club that travels to a game in the Aul an the ref calls it off because the pitch is unplayable should get the result.Clubs should have a bit more respect for travelling sides,notin worse than knowin all week the weather is ****e an knowin when you get there all ya here is "it lashed out of the heavens for the last half hour".We have all had it done to us.
Enough of that now though.
Best of luck to each an every club this season in the league an cups.Their will be plenty of attention on the Aul now we are the Oscar champs so lets all do our best to prove we are just as good as anything else out there on our day.;)
Lastly,I'm delighted that Park FC will be the first club to avail of the new dressing rooms because in fairness it was always great to use theres an have a shower before the drive home,win lose or draw:o.Its kind of fitting that our furthest opponents will be the first to use the facilitys.Hope the game befits the occasion...............:).
Sorry now weeman but how could you justify this?Quote:
Originally Posted by littleman
Grattan Utd 2 - 0 Park Utd, Grattan off to a winning start, 3 points in the bag.
De Courcey Albion 2-3 St. John Boscos
Didnt make this one but albion were missing 6 regular starters... All in all i hear it was still a good performance... Ah well, next week roll on...
Good win for the Gratts. I await littlemans match report.
Any other results from today?
Coachford 0-2 Blarney St Ath
good result down there for us, tough place to go, Jp and Paul hogan the scorers
Ballyvolane 3-0 against ballincolligQuote:
Originally Posted by pacman
Blackstone 1 - 2 Macroom - report to follow later or tomorrow
premier
kinsale 1-1 leeside
Great first half in faieness to both tean. 2 good goals well taken in the end. second half very sloppy. all midfield. said other day 4 missing, in end it was 3. B team keeper in goals had fantastic game. both teams ended up 10 men. both sent with 20seconds to go. i know im leeside but kinsale centre half head buttted our player. not on no matter what. head butt is a disgrace and i would say same if it was 1 of our players. we are all on bout refs lately. ref today done good job and gave some v good agvantages to both teams.
We won 2 nil so first game out we have to be very happy.Those of us in the Prem all know that Park are a real tough team to play home or away so a win an a clean sheet is a massive bonus. Forgive me for not puttin a match report but Barry Peelo watched the game an hes doin the write up on it an it will be an impartial one,which is always better.
Only thing I will say is that as well as any team can defend very very well,am I thought we were top rate on the day you cannot defend a little peice of individual special skill by a player,an the Park lad with the over head kick that hit the bar was that .
We have won a game not a league so we aint gettin carried away,its a start but a promising start.
I HATE ELECTRIC PICNIC. We have a squad of 25, 16 very good players, 6 decent and the odd couple that just train with no interest in playing. We had 11 players yesterday for game against Churchvilla. We had 11 players at electric picnic. 3 on hols and 1 "sick".
Churchvilla were exactly as I expected, GAA players with a couple of talented young footballers that are no doubt being prepared for GAA. We went 1 up after half hour, they centred and equalised (Love when that happens), stroke of half time their big "full forward" scored a header from a corner. Second half they scored on the break. In fairness they were the better team but when they come to Monard and face our first team they'll be in for a better contest. Roll on corkbeg next week. As far as I know there is no stupid music festival to worry about so we should be back at full strenght.