Current squad Statistics

The Myler debate was over which of the two he scored a hat trick against when it turned out the answer was both.

The Limerick one was before my time but the Harps hat-trick came in the Premier Divison at home in a 4-0. Mick O'Byrne scored the opener before going off injured and was never the same player again. Myler scored 2 penalties and an audacious lob from halfway, the day after David Beckham did the same thing against Wimbledon.

I've been told in the past that one of the Limerick goals was similar but only have vague anecdotal memory to support that and could easily be confused. I'm sure CTID can clear up the matter.

The Harps hat trick was mentioned in the Back in Time section of last night's programme.

Hat tricks wot I have -

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Player        Date        Opposition        Competition        H/A        No of goals        Result
David Cassidy        1979                Shelbourne        League of Ireland        H        4        5-1
Darren O'Brien        1986                Sligo Rovers        League Cup        A        3        3-2
Paul Cullen        1989                Bluebell United        FAI Cup Second Round        H        4        4-0
Darren O'Brien        1992                Home Farm        League of Ireland Premier Division        H        3        3-0
Robbie Griffin        1992                Finn Harps        League of Ireland Premier Division        H        3        3-1
Andy Myler        1996                Finn Harps        League of Ireland Premier Division        H        3        4-0
Jason Sherlock        14/03/98        Derry City        League of Ireland Premier Division        A        3        3-0
Peter Hanrahan        29/08/99        St Francis        League Cup        A        3        5-0
Ken Kilmurray        26/09/00        Bluebell United        League Cup        H        3        7-0
Robbie Martin        17/02/02        Monaghan United        eircom League Premier Division        A        3        3-0
Sean Finn        08/11/02        Drogheda United        eircom League Premier Division        H        3        3-0
Willie Doyle        28/05/04        Kilkenny City        eircom League First Division        H        3        4-1

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The David Cassidy hat-trick was in November 1979. Darren O'Brien's was in August 1986 in the League Cup, Paul Cullen's was in early 1990. Andy Myler's was in September 1996. I can get specific dates if any one is interested in the coming days.

Complete F.a.i. Cup Record 1934 To Date
U.c.d. Were Non-league Until July 1979 And Had To Qualify Via The Intermediate Cup.

20/1/1935 A V Waterford 2-4 Hooper, Doherty 1st Round

1936-1938 Did Not Qualify
11/2/1939 H V Bray Unknowns 1-1 Crean 1st Round
15/2/1939 A V Bray Unknowns 0-1 Replay

1940-1952 Did Not Qualify
15/2/1953 A V Sligo Rovers 3-3 Doris, Cassidy,lenihan 1st Round
18/2/1953 H V Sligo Rovers 2-3 Lenihan, Cassidy Replay

1954-1956 Did Not Qualify
17/2/1957 A V Cork Athletic 2-4 O.g., Plunkett 1st Round

1958-1979 Did Not Qualify
10/2/1980 A V Cork United 1-4 Moran 1st Round
1980/81 Season
A V Sligo Rovers 1-1 S.doyle 1st Round
H V Sligo Rovers 1-2 S.doyle Replay
1981/82 Season
H V Sligo Rovers 1-1 A.reynolds 1st Round
A V Sligo Rovers 3-1 K.dignam,s.saundh Replay
D.norman
H V Bohemians 1-2 K.o'doherty Quarter-final
1982/83 Season
H V Limerick United 0-2 First Round
1983/84 Season
A V Sligo Rovers 3-3 K.dignam, K.o'doherty First Round
R.lawlor
H V Sligo Rovers 5-0 M.o'sullivan 2, K.o'doherty Replay
F.devlin, J.hanrahan
A V Home Farm 2-1 O.g., R.gaffney Quarter-final
N V Waterford United 1-0 J.hanarahan Semi-final
N V Shamrock Rovers 0-0 Final
N V Shamrock Rovers 2-1 J.hanrahan, K.o'doherty Replay
Winners :d
1984/85
A V Mervue United 2-1 J.hanrahan , R.lawlor 1st Round
H V Athlone Town 1-3 K.dignam Quarter-final
1985/86
A V St.patrick's Athletic 1-1 S.lysaght 1st Round
H V St.patrick's Athletic 1-2 B. Murphy Replay
1986/87
H V Athlone Town 1-3 P.hanrahan 1st Round
1987/88
A V Shamrock Rovers 2-0 M.kavanagh, M.mckenna 1st Round
H V Longford Town 1-2 G.o'sullivan Quarter-final
1988/89
H V Rockmount 2-0 D.tilson, P.hanrahan 1st Round
H V Shamrock Rovers 0-1 2nd Round
1989/90
A V Bluebell United 2-2 C. Timmons 2 1st Round
H V Bluebell United 4-1 P.cullen 4 Replay
A V Derry City 0-2 2nd Round
1990/91
H V Kilkenny City 1-1 L.o'gara 1st Round
A V Kilkenny City 0-2 Replay
1991/92
H V Finn Harps 3-1 P.cullen, J.colwell, R.keogh 1st Round
A V St.patrick's Athletic 1-2 C.kavanagh 2nd Round
1992/93
H V Castleview 2-1 D.o'brien, C.timmons 1st Round
H V St.patrick's Athletic 1-1 T. Palmer 2nd Round
A V St.patrick's Athletic 0-1 Replay
1993/94
A V Finn Harps 1-1 R. Griffin 1st Round
H V Finn Harps 1-3 D.o'brien Replay
1994/95
H V Cork City 1-1 J.sherlock 1st Round
A V Cork City 1-1 M.o'byrne Replay
A V Cork City 0-1 2nd Replay
1995/96
H V Kilkenny City 1-2 T. Palmer 1st Round
1996/97
H V Bray Wanderers 0-1 1st Round
1997/98
A V Kilkenny City 4-0 C.kavanagh, J.sherlock 2 1st Round
D. Bolger
H V Home Farm/everton 1-1 J. Martin 2nd Round
A V Home Farm/everton 1-0 T. Mc Donnell Replay
H V Finn Harps 0-1 Quarter-final
1998/99
A V Rockmount 1-1 K.kilmurray 1st Round
H V Rockmount 2-0 A. Mahon, M.o'byrne Replay
A V St.patrick's Athletic 0-1 2nd Round
1999/2000
A V Monaghan United 4-0 P.hanrahan 2, J.martin 1st Round
M.o'byrne
A V Bohemians 3-3 B. Mooney,m.o'byrne 2 2nd Round
H V Bohemians 0-3
2000/01
H V Youghal United 3-1 R. Mcauley, R Martin 1st Round
C.martyn
H V Waterford United 2-2 D. Swan, K.grogan 2nd Round
A V Waterford United 0-0 ( Lost 6-7 On Pens) Replay
2001/02
A V Drogheda United 1-1 A. Mc Nally 2nd Round
H V Drogheda United 2-1 A. Mc Nally, S. Finn Replay
A V Cherry Orchard 3-0 R. Martin, M.o'donnell, 3rd Round
K.grogan
H V Derry City 2-2 Ted O'connor, M. O'donnell Qtr Final
A V Derry City 0-1 Replay
2002/03
H V Kildare County 2-1 R. Doyle 2nd Round
A V Bohemians 0-2 3rd Round
2003
H V Belgrove 2-0 R.griffin 2 2nd Round
A V Drogheda United 0-2 3rd Round
2004
H V Cork City 1-0 S. Finn 2nd Round
H V Drumcondra 5-0 P. Sullivan, P. Mc Walter, M. O' Donnell
T. Mc Donnell, R. Martin 3rd Round
H V Drogheda United 0-0 Quarter-final
A V Drogheda United 2-3 R. Martin, R. Mc Auley
2005
H V Dublin City 2-0 T. Mc Donnell, S. Hurley 2nd Round
A V Longford Town 1-1 R. Martin (pen) 3rd Round
H V LONGFORD TOWN 2-1 T.Mc Donnell, P.Mc Walter Replay
A V Bray Wanderers 1-2 R.Martin, P.Mc Walter Quarter-Final
2006
A V Kilkenny City 2-0 Cawley (pen), McWalter 2nd Round
H V Limerick F.C. 3-1 R. Finn 2, Hurley
A V Derry City 0-2 Quarter-final

2007
A V Salthill Devon 4-0 C.Byrne, Sammon D. Doyle 2nd Round
A V Dundalk 2-1 Sammon, D.Doyle 3rd Round
A V Derry City 1-0 Sammon Quarter-Final

Record Aggregate F.a.i. Cup Goals Scored In U.c.d. Club Career:
5 Paul Cullen ,Michael O' Byrne and Robbie Martin
4 Tony Mc Donnell , Pat McWalter

Leading Aggregate F.a.i Cup Goalscorers ( Still Playing At U.c.d.)
Tony Mc Donnell 4;Pat Mc Walter 4; Conor Sammon 3; Derek Doyle 2; Ronan Finn 2;
Alan Mc Nally 2; Alan Mahon 1;

When did Mick O'Donnell return?

Who says he did, that was a work in progress when you saw it. I'll have to leave the rest of the summary till later on.

Summary of F.A.I. Cup Results ( up to end of Quarter-final 2007)
Played 83 Won 29 Drew 23 Lost 31 Goals For 116 Goals Against 88

The draws includes a (6-7) penalty defeat, which finished 0-0 a.e.t..

A better record than the League Cup for a variety of reasons. We won a higher % of the games actually won the thing and have reached the Quarter-final on 8 occasions!

Our consolation goal away to Sligo was our 400th League goal away from home. Our 0-0 draw against Derry was our 128th League draw away from home. We have now drawn more games away than at home. Our home draws stand at 125 and as we only have two games at home remaining, it will be more away draws in total at the end of the season too.

We are two points away from our 1,000th League point folks . Currently on 998 points since 1979!

The points systems were as follows :- 1979/80, 1980/81,1983/84-1991/92 inclusive 2 points for a win 1 point for a draw
1981/82 Home win 3 points Home draw 1 Away win 4 points Away draw 2 points ( Abandoned after 1 season)
1982/83, ( The League was effectively over half way through the season as eventual champions Athlone were so far ahead they reverted to 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw for 1983/84) 1992/93 to date 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw

The only game Conor Sammon failed to score in proved our undoing in this season's Cup run. Losing a semi-final is the worst experience in the world. At least losing a cup final the players get a medal and you had the big occasion to experience. I'd prefer to go out in Round 1 than lose the semi-final.

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Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

I'd prefer to go out in Round 1 than lose the semi-final.

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Why? That would just look crap and deny the club added revenue.

Why? You don't get your hopes up of course......plus with all the away draws we usually get the Cup ends up costing the club money.

Gates are shared, and the away club doesn't have any hosting costs to deal with, so away Cup games - especially against the likes of Dundalk and Derry - probably make us money.

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Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

Why? You don't get your hopes up of course...

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Why have a football team at all then?

Home record this season Played 17 Won 4 Drew 6 Lost 7 Goals for 19 against 23
Points 18 ... atrocious. Last time we had a record this poor was....2000/01 and what happened to us that season.. oh yes... we were in the play-off.

you lot have one of the most talented squads in the league and you are now in danger of haivng to play in relegation playoff.... whats going on??

roversmad

Haven't scored in 4 League and 1 Cup game.. You tell me! :(

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Originally Posted by roversmad

you lot have one of the most talented squads in the league and you are now in danger of haivng to play in relegation playoff.... whats going on??

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Thanks for the post - talented yes but by and large very young. Most of our squad is under 21 eligible and half of our main side dip in and out of the under 21 team.

If we keep them all we will have a super side in 2 / 3 years but the guys are young and gainign experience.

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Originally Posted by roversmad

you lot have one of the most talented squads in the league and you are now in danger of haivng to play in relegation playoff.... whats going on??

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The team switched off after beating Derry in the Cup semi and beating Waterford in the league. Didn't expect Waterford, Galway and Longford to go on a a cumulative run of one defeat in 16. A lot stronger than our league position, but seems to be a - dare I say it? - lack of professionalism in the past few weeks.