Limerick Desmond League 2012/13

Rathkeales Youths team is mainly made up of their under 16 team with 2 or 3 youths playing aswel.. so if there is a 16s game on the same morning as a youths game then they are in trouble to fill a team straight away.. If Rathkeale had 11 players for the trip to killarney im sure they would have travelled but whats the point of travelling down there with 8 or 9. Boyblue you must not know Rathkeale AFC very well so because anytime they need to get a bus to a match they always have to pay their own way. the walkover wasnt given because they were playing a better team.. and why would the desmond youths consider Dublin Auls as a better team.. thats a ridiculous statement.. As for people not believing that Rathkeale struggle for numbers at this age.. why do ye think they didnt enter a youths team in the league?

Its not just Rathkeale though - youths in the whole league is gone poor numbers wise but its been coming for a number of years!!
Its nigh on impossible to keep lads interested it seems these days

@HaveIt - thats a good point on the reports and the Observer is good to print most of what they get - I try and do reports for our Junior games but I'm not at all the games for both teams - I can see why its not done though - at underage in most clubs there is a core of maybe 2 or 3 running the whole the show - in some cases i'd say parents have never been to a match to see their child play - pushing sport to a kid from 8-13/14 at home I think is vital - lot harder to develop this laissez faire attitude that a majority of young lads have nowadays

Kilcornan Youths were a fantastic team last season and have been up along but with a number going over age and a few moving there's no team this year and not for the foreseeable future either i'd say - Outside of NCW, Abbey and the other teams with big towns you might see a 4 or 5 team Youths division very soon!

Some games should go ahead tomorrow over the weather being good today and yesterday. Tough game for ncw tomorrow. It would be nice for another Desmond win in the fai junior cup along with broadford

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Anyone else on here think penalties are "nothing but pure luck"?
Sorry but I cant agree....

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I agree with you Draper. Its not all luck, there is an element of luck but theres an element of luck to soccer in general. Like anything else if you practice enough you will score more. Keepers do need a bit of luck but can have an effect on the penalty taker. Look at Pepe Reinas record with penalties, that cant be put down to pure luck. Same with RVP taking them, I think he is the best penalty taker in the premiership along with Balotelli. Not that im comparing them to desmond league players.

There used to be great battles in Youths with Rathkeale, Broadford, Glin Rvs, Abbey, Askeaton and so on. As Haveit correctly said, couldn't wait to see if you got a mention in Observer! Used be fierce competition within own team for places! Maybe am just looking back through rose tinted glasses, but those were the days! Also, play well with Youths on Saturday and get the call up for B or even A team on Sunday! Be proud as punch!

Saturday, December 8th

FAI Youths Cup 2nd Round
St Brendans Park 5 Newcastle West 1

Munster Youths Cup 3rd Round
Adare Utd V Abbeyfeale Utd off

Youths Division 2 League Cup Quarter Finals
Carrig Celtic 1 Creeves Celtic 5
Ferry Rangers 1 Bally Rovers 1 aet, Bally won 5-4 on pens
St Itas V Askeaton off

Munster Junior Cup 4th round

Kileaney:0 3:Broadford Utd.
Mattie O'Sullivan, Sean Downey, Alan Fitzpatrick.

Sunday, December 9th
FAI Junior Cup 5th Round
Villa FC V Newcastle West 2pm

Munster Junior Cup 3rd Round
Killeaney 0 Broadford Utd 3

Division 1 League Cup 1st Round
St Itas 4 Kilcornan 1

Premier Division
Abbeyfeale Utd 3 Newcastle West Rovers 0
Rathkeale 4 Glin Rovers 1

Division 1
Rockhill Rovers 2 Kildimo Utd 3

Division 2
Broadford Utd B 0 Feenagh 1
Ballysteen 1 Abbeyfeale Utd B 0
Pallaskenry 2 Rathkeale B 1

Division 3
Kilcornan B 0 Knockaderry 5
Ferry Rangers 0 Ballingarry B 4

Division 4
Newcastle West Rovers B 2 Shannonside B 6 (in Shanagolden)
St Itas B 0 Bally Rovers 5 (in Ballyhahill)
Glin Rovers B 4 Feenagh B 0

Sunday, December 9th

FAI Junior Cup 5th Round
Villa FC 3 Newcastle West 2

Sunday, December 16th

Munster Junior Cup 3rd Round (et & pens)
Newcastle West V Newcastle West Rovers 1130 (P. O’Connor)

Reidy Cup QF (et & pens)
Rockhill Rovers V Rathkeale Reserves 2pm (T. Fitzmaurice)

Richard Hogan Cup 2nd Round (et & pens)
Feenagh V Abbeyfeale Utd B 2pm (P. King)

Richard Hogan Cup QF (et & pens)
Ferry Rangers V Kilcornan B 2pm (P. Manning)

Premier Division League Cup 1st Round (et & pens)
Newcastle West Rovers V Ballingarry 1130 (D. O’Gorman)
Shannonside V Broadford Utd 1130 (G. O’Connor)

Division 1
St Itas V Askeaton 1130 (S. Hartnett)
Adare Utd V Glantine 1130 (J. Molyneaux)
Athea Utd V Old Mill 1130 (P. O’Donnell)

Division 2
Carrig Celtic B V Ballysteen 230 (P. O’Brien)
Broadford Utd B V Newcastle West B 230 (J. Roche)

Division 3
Ballingarry B V Athea Utd B 230 (B. Nash)

Division 4
Feenagh B V Shannonside B in Shanagolden 1130 (E. Barrett)
Newcastle West Rovers B V Glin Rovers B 230 (C. Dalton)

How can newcastle rovers be playing ballingarry and ncw afc on sunday? Rovers must be some team to play two games on same day

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Originally Posted by fanaticfan

How can newcastle rovers be playing ballingarry and ncw afc on sunday? Rovers must be some team to play two games on same day

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Squad rotation system lol....

Missing from the above list is:

Weekly Observer Premier Division
Rathkeale V Carrig Celtic 1130 (D. O’Gorman)

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Rathkeales Youths team is mainly made up of their under 16 team with 2 or 3 youths playing aswel.. so if there is a 16s game on the same morning as a youths game then they are in trouble to fill a team straight away.. If Rathkeale had 11 players for the trip to killarney im sure they would have travelled but whats the point of travelling down there with 8 or 9. Boyblue you must not know Rathkeale AFC very well so because anytime they need to get a bus to a match they always have to pay their own way. the walkover wasnt given because they were playing a better team.. and why would the desmond youths consider Dublin Auls as a better team.. thats a ridiculous statement.. As for people not believing that Rathkeale struggle for numbers at this age.. why do ye think they didnt enter a youths team in the league?

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In my day Rathkeale used to take players from all neighbouring clubs and made them successful,then they got a few from The county division as they were promised the sun moon and stars from a prominent Limerick county official but these days they cant seem to attract these players,maybe because all grounds have come up to scratch and players can see through the bull.... that they are promised,but numbers are down in every club,the days of 4/5 clubs battling for the league is well gone.

LEAGUE CUP DRAWS

Premier League Cup Q/Fs
Carrig Celtic v Newcastle West Rvs/Ballingarry
Glin Rvs v Rathkeale
Newcastle West v Killeaney
Shannonside/Broadford Utd v Abbeyfeale Utd

Division 1 League Cup Q/Fs
Glantine v Old Mill
Athea Utd v St Itas
Adare Utd v Breska Rvs
Rockhill Rvs v Kildimo Utd

Division 2 League Cup Q/Fs
Ballysteen/Broadford Utd B v Granagh Utd
Feenagh v Creeves Cel
Newcastle West B v Carrig Cel B/Abbeyfeale Utd B
Rathkeale Reserves v Pallaskenry

Reidy Cup S/Fs
Breska Rvs v Bally Rvs/Abbeyfeale Utd B
Rockhill Rvs/Rathkeale Reserves v Broadford Utd B

Hogan Cup S/Fs
Glin Rvs B v Carrig Cel B
Creeves Cel/Abbeyfeale Utd B/Feenagh v Kilcornan B/Ferry Rngs

Sunday, December 16th

Munster Junior Cup 3rd Round (et & pens) Newcastle West V Newcastle West Rovers HOME

Reidy Cup QF (et & pens) Rockhill Rovers V Rathkeale Reserves 2pm HOME

Richard Hogan Cup 2nd Round (et & pens) Feenagh V Abbeyfeale Utd B 2pm AWAY

Richard Hogan Cup QF (et & pens) Ferry Rangers V Kilcornan B 2pm HOME

Premier Division League Cup 1st Round (et & pens) Shannonside V Broadford Utd 1130 AWAY

Division 1 St Itas V Askeaton 1130 HOME
Adare Utd V Glantine 1130 DRAW) Athea Utd V Old Mill 1130 HOME

Division 2 Carrig Celtic B V Ballysteen 230 AWAY
Broadford Utd B V Newcastle West B 230 HOME

Division 3 Ballingarry B V Athea Utd B 230 DRAW

Division 4 Feenagh B V Shannonside B in Shanagolden 1130 DRAW
Newcastle West Rovers B V Glin Rovers B AWAY

Carew park v Newcastle west or newcastle rovers. MJC

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Carew park v Newcastle west or newcastle rovers. MJC

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Neenagh Town/Celtic vs Broadford Utd

What about ballingarry

Ballincollig or College Corinthians v Ballingarry “A”

Munster Youths Cup 4th Round Draw

Castleview v Adare Utd/Abbeyfeale Utd
Herbertstown v Regional Utd
Geraldines v St Brendan’s Park/Killarney Celtic
Nenagh AFC/Clonmel Town v Villa FC or Bohemians
Newcastle West/Newcastle West Rvs v Ferrybank or Tramore
St Mary’s v Clonakilty Town
Dunmanway Town v Bansha Celtic/Two Mile Borris/St Kevins
Mayfield Utd v Castlebridge Celtic






Munster Junior Cup 4^{[SIZE=3]th[/SIZE]} Round Draw
[SIZE=4]Newport Town v Avondale Utd
Kanturk v Killarney Celtic/Dingle Bay Rvs/St Brendans Park/Classic FC/ Listowel Celtic/Tralee Dynamos
Everton/St Marys/Ringmahon Rgs v Newmarket Celtic A
Ballincollig/College Corinthians v Ballingarry A
Hibernians/Tramore v Cahir Park/Burncourt Celtic
Park Utd v Cloughjordan/Ballymackey
Connolly Celtic v Pike Rvs/Kilmallock
Tipperary Town/St Michaels v Greenwood A
Carew Park v Newcastle West Rvs/Newcastle West
Bridge Utd v Rockmount/Douglas Hall A
Southend/Piltown v St Pauls/Villa FC
Nenagh A/Nenagh Celtic v Broadford Utd
Killumney Utd v Ballynanty Rvs
Coachford v Caherconlish
Hospital Crusaders v Clonmel Celtic
Janesboro v Kilreen Celtic
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Athea 2-1 Old Mill .a spirited display by Old Mill were outdone by a late winner by Athea. scoreless at half time but Athea did miss a penalty. Athea went ahead in second half scoring from a free kick but James Morrisroe scored equaliser a short time later. but Athea got a late winner.

Big shock in the munster junior cup with newcastle rovers beating newcastle west afc 1-0. Adam collins scored about 10mins gone and it was all afc then.Joyce missed a penalty for afc and then collins got sent off off for rovers. dara barrett and donie gLeeson defended well for rovers

Sunday, December 16th

Munster Junior Cup 3rd Round
Newcastle West 0 Newcastle West Rovers 1

Reidy Cup Q/F
Rockhill Rovers V Rathkeale Reserves off

Richard Hogan Cup 2nd Round
Feenagh V Abbeyfeale Utd B off

Richard Hogan Cup Q/F
Ferry Rangers V Kilcornan B, walkover to Ferry

Premier Division League Cup 1st Round
Shannonside V Broadford Utd off

Premier Division
Rathkeale 5 Carrig Celtic 3

Division 1
Athea Utd 2 Old Mill 1
St Itas V Askeaton off
Adare Utd V Glantine off

Division 2
Carrig Celtic B 3 Ballysteen 4
Broadford Utd B 2 Newcastle West B 2

Division 3
Ballingarry B V Athea Utd B off

Division 4
Feenagh B 1 Shannonside B 6 (in Shanagolden)
Newcastle West Rovers B V Glin Rovers B off

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Big shock in the munster junior cup with newcastle ro
vers beating newcastle west afc 1-0. Adam collins scored about 10mins gone and it was all afc then.Joyce missed a penalty for afc and then collins got sent off off for rovers. dara barrett and donie gLeeson defended well for rovers

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Funny old game soccer,ncw sign 2 of Rovers best players and then they get beaten by a severely depleted Rovers team,I heard that they were missing 3 or 4 starters.just shows that form doesn't matter in derby games.

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Originally Posted by fanaticfan

Big shock in the munster junior cup with newcastle rovers beating newcastle west afc 1-0. Adam collins scored about 10mins gone and it was all afc then.Joyce missed a penalty for afc and then collins got sent off off for rovers. dara barrett and donie gLeeson defended well for rovers

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big shock there. you'd expect Carew park to hammer rovers tho next round given the form of the two. Carew scoring goals for fun in Limerick and rovers leaking them. also is Collins now suspended for that tie too

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Funny old game soccer,ncw sign 2 of Rovers best players and then they get beaten by a severely depleted Rovers team,I heard that they were missing 3 or 4 starters.just shows that form doesn't matter in derby games.

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Ya missing players 6 A team players altogether due to football and injuries
(3 to 4 of which are usually definite starters)

Bring on Carew Park :p

Id say rovers would have preferred it to be the league tho.... can anyone post both starting lineups of the newcastle derby please ??
Ya especially in carew,could be an awful thumping.

Heard there was a few Broadford lads at the Nenagh derby Sunday, any veiws on it lads?

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Heard there was a few Broadford lads at the Nenagh derby Sunday, any veiws on it lads?

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I’m sorry to disappoint you but the Broadford lads were on the lash after their match was called off. MJC not a priority so obviously a drive to Nenagh would be a waste of time.

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I’m sorry to disappoint you but the Broadford lads were on the lash after their match was called off. MJC not a priority so obviously a drive to Nenagh would be a waste of time.

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jasus your not disappointing me at all i was just told there was a few of ye at it thats all

Fixtures 22-30 December 2012

ALL FIXTURES are subject to alteration until published in the Weekly Observer.

Saturday 22nd December
Munster Youths Cup 3rd Round (extra time & penalties)
Abbeyfeale Utd V Adare Utd 2pm (T. Fitzmaurice)
Newcastle West V Newcastle West Rovers 2pm (J. Roche)

Limerick Desmond U-17s Cup Quarter Final (extra time & penalties)
Broadford Utd V Rathkeale 2pm (E. Barrett)

Youths Division 2
Askeaton V Feenagh 230 (J. Molyneaux)
Creeves Celtic V St. Itas 230 (L. O’Connor)
Pallaskenry V Glantine 230 (B. Nash)


Thursday 27th December
Youths Division 1
Newcastle West Rovers V Adare Utd 230 (G. O’Connor)
Abbeyfeale Utd V Broadford Utd 230 (D. Wallace)

Youths Division 2
Ferry Rangers V Breska Rovers 230 (P. O’Donnell)
Glantine V Bally Rovers 230 (C. Dalton)
St. Itas V Pallaskenry 230 (S. Hartnett)
Askeaton V Creeves Celtic 230 (P. King)

Sunday 30th December
Weekly Observer Premier Division League Cup 1st Round (extra time & penalties)
Newcastle West Rovers V Ballingarry 2pm (L. O’Connor)

Weekly Observer Division 1 League Cup Quarter Finals (extra time & penalties)
Glantine V Old Mill 1130 (D. O’Gorman)
Athea Utd V St. Itas 1130 (S. Hartnett)
Adare Utd V Breska Rovers 1130 (J. Molyneaux)

Weekly Observer Division 3 League Cup 1st Round, 2nd Leg (extra time & penalties if required)
Knockaderry (3) V Kilcornan B (2) 2pm (E. Barrett)

Reidy Cup Quarter Final (extra time & penalties)
Rockhill Rovers V Rathkeale Reserves 2pm (T. Fitzmaurice)
Bally Rovers V Abbeyfeale Utd B 2pm (P. King)

Weekly Observer Premier Division
Broadford Utd V Newcastle West 1130 (P. Manning)

Weekly Observer Division 1
Kildimo Utd V Kilcornan 1130 (P. O’Connor)

Weekly Observer Division 2
Newcastle West B V Creeves Celtic 230 (P. O’Donnell)
Carrig Celtic B V Granagh Utd 230 (G. O’Connor)
Feenagh V Broadford Utd B 230 (B. Nash)

Weekly Observer Division 3
Ferry Rangers V Athea Utd B 230 (D. Wallace)

Weekly Observer Division 4
Newcastle West Rovers B V Creeves Celtic B 1130 (C. Dalton)
Glin Rovers B V St. Itas B 230 (J. Roche)

The munster junior cup is not a priority to broadford??? Would ye not like to get far in the competition or even try and win the thing.they sure capable of doing it

Big game Sunday week I fancy Broadford to win it, possible 3 defeats in a row for NCW

Could the wheels be coming off for ncw, you might see some of their new signings leaving aswell if this happens. I'd fancy broadford to win this game comfortably having seen both team recently.

Ya can't see anything else other than a broadford victory. Bad result for ncw last weekend and broadford going well again this season

bit of a coincidence all right NCW and broadford is the only premier fixture!! NCW with loads of injuries and suspensions, its great to have the chairman on board!!!!!

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bit of a coincidence all right NCW and broadford is the only premier fixture!! NCW with loads of injuries and suspensions, its great to have the chairman on board!!!!!

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That's a great point, especially as Broadford have a wedding the day before, you might do a bit of research in future before making stupid comments

Who is suspended for ncw and who is getting married for broadford?

Injuries and suspensions prevent you from playing, you can decide whether to get hammered or not at a wedding !!