Cork AUL 2008/09

An unbelievable game down our way which we threw away again. An absolutely blistering start from us. Varian was like a man possessed. Leeside could not cope and we were denied a stone wall penalty in the second minute - the ref said afterwards that he couldnt give it as it was too early?! Ridiculous. Varian got his reward for a super start a few minutes later when we made it one nil. Should have been out of site at this stage as we were tearing leeside apart on both flanks but couldnt finish. Ultimately we paid for this as leeside came back into the game and equalised. We took the lead again with a thuderbolt from harry from the edge of the area. Delea then equalised after walking thru the kinsale defence and slotting home very nicely for an excellent goal. Second half was more of the same. Kinsale made a few subs which had a good impact and took the lead 3-2. A lovely freekick from Micky brad into the top corner. Kinsale could have scored a few more and should have. Didnt find the break thru. Leeside equalised with a well taken free kick of their own which i think our keeper may be disappointed with. It was his debut and overall he gave an excellent performance.

After taking the lead three times we're obviously disgusted with this result. We're conceding far too many goals unfortunately and it has to stop. Up front we're frightening. Capable of scoring goals. Just gotta help the backline and our keeper out a bit. A massive game against bally on saturday! Cant wait!

Sorry havnt been on in a while. ~Very busy man!

does anyone find since the 5 euro charge for yellow cards the refs have been throwing out a lot of yellow cards?? i also think ted callnan is a joke of a referee

While with my previous club , Ted showed a first yellow card to a player and then followed it with a red?? Now as far as I know you either show a straight red or a first yellow, followed by a second yellow, then a red ! In fairness he did rescind the red after the game and send a report to the AUL so no ban followed. But lets just say it was pointed out to him at the time but he was having none of it. In fairness we can all come on here and criticise refs which i do myself but YOU'D WANT TO BE MAD TO BE A REF so what can you do?? - On the subject of the yellow cards I think the refs are trying to hit the clubs hard in the pocket now so as to prevent dissent in the future - they dont get any of the money but if players are getting banned over silly avoidable yellow cards they might think twice about mouthing off to the ref in future thus making the refs job easier

And apologies to Bella - given ye're win over what i know to be a good second division side in Glen Celtic i should have picked ye to beat Macroom :(

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And apologies to Bella - given ye're win over what i know to be a good second division side in Glen Celtic i should have picked ye to beat Macroom :(

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I would however Bella have to back Blarney Street to beat ye ( maybe not by ten goals though)

I understand, :-) their in premier arent they??

toepoke how are ye fixed for this weekend?? us clare boys are delighted to be playing on a sat, lets just say we will make the most of our trip to leeside

Yep Bella - They are in the Premier - bit of a gulf between that and the third division but whta do ye have to lose????

The kinsale leeside game was an absolute cracker as bog said.
Both freekicks were top drawer strikes(ours was better though!).
Varian destroyed leeside for the first half but faded in the second.I thought Deleas goal was the goal of the game it was a beautiful move.Just a word on the penalty,it wasnt a penalty Varian dived!

The pitch down in kinsale is perfect(the best in cork i think).Any one who has them away can look forward to playing on it.It seems to be the place to watch games aswell with 12 goals and a penalty shootout!!

Those on the list are: Brian O’Sullivan, John Kelleher, Eric Shinkwin, Darren Galvin, Mark O’Sullivan and Harry Goulding (all Grattan), Derek Delea, Steven Duncliffe, Alec Nodwell, Jason Keegan and Ricky Gettings (Leeside), Derek McCarthy, Derek Varian, Brendan Hurley, Ritchie Holland and Mick Bradfield (Kinsale), John Betts, Lawrence Betts, Antony Peelo, Paul Hogan and John Paul Thompson (Blarney Street), Antony Buckley, Shane O'Neill, Paul O’Mahony and Pakie O’Connor (Wilton), Colin Bevan (Blackstone), Gary Aherne (Grangevale), Trevor Dunlea, Craig O’Leary and Danny Long (Ballyphehane), Shane O'Donoghue (Greenmount) and Alan Healy (Castleview).

At long last Minty has called upon the services of Harry Goulding

that looks to be a well selected team, a few faces in there cause of past glories but experience can help on the day i spose

if i counted correctly there are 32 on the panel, if they all turn up and maintain interest then the aul will be broke from all the fish suppers from lennoxs after the home games and there'll be no room on the bus for the alakadoos for the away games :eek:, is minty doing it again this year ? besta luck to all involved, there's a fair spread of players and a few unknowns, is the colin bevan anything to don bevan ? aka a fcukin decent goalie !

we've the most faces on it in a couple of years and after our worst season in even more years, i might get a game next year if we dont manage to break this draw streak

i missed the game again on sat last cause got nabbed to do a days work, hoping for a comeback anyday now if the doctor signs the release papers

weather looks decent, pitches should be as good as can be so lets look forward to a good run around in pfizers on saturday, they've shaded the meetings last year so we could do with putting that strait, who knows how many goals will be flying in, i think both teams are capable of scoring for fun on the day, a big 3 points for both teams, i'll do me best to be there and give you an unbiased opinion next week ;)

bella, i just noticed the QE2 pulled into Cobh a while ago, last spin before its decommissioned, what are the chances of you gettin the keys and bringin everyone for a spin after yer cup win next w/e ?? :D

Colin Bevan is Don Bevans cousin - Colin Bevan is a handy goalkeeper but plays mainly in defence now for Blackstone so dont know which position he is being considered for.

ya thinking about setting a trap to sink it in cobh, so we'll have a tourist attraction down here for good.

The oscar traynor squad i have to say baffles me at times, bout fookin time shane o'neill is on it, he a quality player, but thers players on that i cant see how they make it on, i only know about 6 on it, and 3 are justified imo, not going to name names obviously. It seems he only interested in premier players no matter what the abilities of the player, the wilton lads being on this now seem to prove my point.

Onto the cup, ye might think im stupid but id be quietly confident for our game with blarney, didnt think they'd have players on the traynor squad, have they signed since last year.

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toepoke how are ye fixed for this weekend?? us clare boys are delighted to be playing on a sat, lets just say we will make the most of our trip to leeside


Looking forward to meeting ye, hopefully we should have a cracking game.
More than welcome to taste the home grown Murphy's in the Anglers afterwards

At long last Minty has called upon the services of Harry Goulding

About time too. Harry has been one of the best players in the AUL for some time now and deserves it, the only thing is the one season he gets picked he's off working in the states

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ya thinking about setting a trap to sink it in cobh, so we'll have a tourist attraction down here for good.

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Seems to be alot of things sinking in Cobh at the minute :D:D

Harry Goulding has been one of the best players in the Aul for the past 4 or 5 years an yet couldnt get a look in on the Aul panel.Now finally whan he gets called up hes in America with work,,,,but dont worry hes back in 2 weeks.

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Seems to be alot of things sinking in Cobh at the minute :D:D

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its a cork thing;)

Well Saturday we have the good fortune:rolleyes: to play Newmarket Celtic from Clare in the Senior Cup.I know little of them other than they obviously won the Clare league last year to be in the Senior Cup an thats it.This Cup is a strange one all jokes aside an Im not sure if its a good or bad thing to progress in it with all the junior competitions we have to play yet.But all the same irrelevent of competition its a home game an as usual we will give 110%.

In a way we are lucky that we have a get out of jail card so to speak,if we win great but if we didnt then at least we have the added bonus of not being knocked out of one of the competitions we would like to do well in.

This will be only our 5th game of the season so we are still a little away from what we would regards as our normal standard but with players now returning on a weekly basis its getin a little easier.Management will have the opertuinity to look at a few players no doubt so all we can do is wait for the ref to blow his whistle an get on with it,,,,,,,,,,,,,

On the local front there are some tricky games for the Premier sides in the cups,Kinsale an Bally sticks out but I'll go with Kinsale on this. Leeside may be in for a surprise in Glen Celtic,they knocked Avondales Junior Prem side out in the last round an will be well up for this game.Bella,its time to step up to the plate,Blarney Street to beat if you can.Wilton should come through an Innish ye are goin well so Kanturk will have to play well to go through.Park should ease through,Villa may struggle away to Mayfeild,Glenthorn will have a tough game against Richmond too .But no doubt there will be a shock,there always is.

The Killer B's have a rescheduled game on Sunday mornin against Watergrasshill an they will fancy addin to the good start they have had.


If I had to pick a shock exit it would be one from either Kinsale.Leeside,Glenthorn or Villa.Very tricky games for those sides in fairness as the teams they play are will fancy there chances.

Best of luck to all.