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it would be great to see a avenue/lifford final.but there is some tough teams left. i hope nof defeat in the cup derails their league run. what are the chances of getting our league game with nof pushed forward as we all know its penciled in for last game of the season if we can go on a run ourselves
avenue lifford would be a dreadful final for clare soccer. hopefully an underdog will upset the apple cart
Ya like it was last year. 3 nil. I'm sorry but a final should have 2 heavyweights in it. I'm all for the underdog but not in the final, sorry.a town derby is what will pull a big crowd for once.
plenty of well supported clubs in clare outside of ennis ... i'm sure tulla or bridge celtic would bring plenty of support to a cup final .. and since when have lifford become one of the heavyweights of clare soccer !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolverine
interesting results at the weekend, just shows on any given day that any body is susceptible to getting beaten, fair play to the underdogs..
Im sure there will be another upset or 2 before the cup is lifted, tulla and lifford will be a good game, especially after great results on sunday..
odds for the cup/ league are about right as well. bookies are never ( usually!)wrong
A Town derby:Its not exactly Atletico and Real Madrid we are talking about.A under-dog would be great Bridge Utd would brings a great crowd again and Bridge Celtic aswel.It would be great for clare soccer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolverine
would be great to see bridge c getting to final an beating avenue.they're oldest club in clare never won this trophy. Few good games between the two since that incident year or so back. Hard to see them win it struggling bit at the moment. winner of lifford an tulla to win it out.
bridge celtic /avenue final.dont think so.oldest club in clare sounds about right,have you seen their changing rooms..big pot but even a bigger spoon.
have you seen Avenue's facilities cause I didnt think they had any the last time I lookedQuote:
Originally Posted by Wolverine
the most succesfull & wonderful club in clare ... homeless .. having to rent facilities at lees road ... a sandy fairgreen / ruan two other pitches they had over the years .. :ball:Quote:
Originally Posted by LegendStriker10
Word on the street is Avenue might just have found themselves a new den. Good for the league if they have. The better the facilities in the better the standard of soccer.
On a seperate note......i'd just like to point out the fact that i have never seen or even imagined a sport or a league where 1 team has 13 games played and a rival team only 5, no matter what the circumstances.
Avenue were the best team last year by far, and ill take nothing away from them, but the league was over by christmas.
Newmarket have been great this year, and fair play to them, but the league is over before some teams have played half their games.
Teams have no interest in playing or training when there is nothing at stake. It all turns into a bit of a joke.
What happened to the exciting finishes come May/June for both the league titles and the relegation battles.
It happens in no other junior league in Ireland.
In fact if it happen in the Under 12 'C' camogie league there'd be an uproar.
ah yes those metal containers in ruan. pure bliss.its all abit of friendly banter lads no harm intended,seriously.i hope they bring the music back for the final.and maybe get live commentary on clare fm.its always the gaa that get the county final broadcast live on radio.why not the soccer final too.after all it is a county final too.a bit of exposure for our sport wouldn't do any harm
ah yes those metal containers in ruan. pure bliss.its all abit of friendly banter lads no harm intended,seriously.i hope they bring the music back for the final.and maybe get live commentary on clare fm.its always the gaa that get the county final broadcast live on radio.why not the soccer final too.after all it is a county final too.a bit of exposure for our sport wouldn't do any harm
remember them as well .. and usually bad memories of defeats to avenue on the pitch as well :( league should do their best to attract publicity for final no matter who is in it . this is the showpiece of clare soccer and agree with you clare fm should be approached about broadcasting game and let the public know if they refuse ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolverine
Yea Avenue are looking into playing in Rosleven...the old Doora Barefield gaa pitch...
I think you'll find that the league is far from over, there are 3 teams that can win it. There are still alot of teams in danger of relegation and no club wants that, so teams will be fighting for points right to the end. The fact that teams from Clare are progressing in the FAI and MJC in my opinion is a good thing for Clare soccer, granted it causes a disparity in the number of league fixtures played but in fairness to the league and the fixtures secretary what can they do, they can't expect teams to sit and wait for a team to exit the FAI and MJC so that teams can be on par on the number of games played in the league. Teams involved in latter stages of FAI and MJC know that the flip side of this is the may have to bridge a big gap in the league. I think it is a nice problem to have, successfully competing at a national level and then playing league games in what will probably be the better of the weather conditions. Add to that the fact that our winters seem to be getting harsher then cancellations of games is another inevitable but as clubs improve their pitches and facilities you will find that some grounds will be playable while others won't. Should all games be cancelled in this case to keep parity of games in the league. No it shouldn't, you prepare all week for a game and find that it is called off due to a blanket cancellation even though you know your pitch is playable so that teams can have the same number of league games played is in my mind just as detremental to the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by The circuspony
This season we have had Avenue and Rock go well in the FAI and MJC, they have more games to play in the league than others but ask them would they change it that, I doubt it. Teams in Clare are now looking at FAI and MJC as competitions to compete in rather than fixtures to fulfill, remember they don't have to enter them if the sum of their ambitions is Clare League and Cup. Hopefully as Clare soccer progresses we will have more and more clubs competing at the latter stages of these competitions and achieve parity on games played in the league because Clare clubs are playing the likes of St. Micheal's and Pike Rovers regularly. :)
Good post first. Agree that its good to see Clare league clubs playing in the latter rounds of national competitions and against the biggest junior clubs in the country. This can only make the clare league stronger in the future. Although it does leave clubs like Rock and Avenue well behind in games played this year, it should make other teams try to get to the later rounds which will then make for a tighter league in terms of games played.
It has nothing to do with getting to the later stages in the FAI or MJC, its how the league is run.
Just look at Pike who are still in both competitions and they have 13 league games compared to Avenue's 8 - how is this ?
are you suggesting that every other team in the division stop playing games just because Avenue and Rock stay in the cups a bit longer than othersQuote:
Originally Posted by Ice-man
Avenue were in the position last year of having way more games than anyone played and had even played some teams twice before other teams had played them once . I do not remember anyone complaining then . Now that the mighty Avenue are playing catch up its suddenly a big problem
Good post 'First'......and i understand where you are coming from.
I do believe the league and the fixtures secretary try their best and should be commended for this. I am not suggesting that games should be cancled on a weekly basis. I am merely highlighting the fact that the disparity in the number of league games played exists.
I do take on board your point regarding the harsher conditions and poor facilities adding to the problem. But no other Junior league has this problem. Is it simply a case of Clare Junior Leagues pitches been worse than every other leagues?
Surely some sort of solution can be found? A 2 game difference might be acceptable. But a 7 game difference is ridiculous.
According to the league table Avenue have 6 games and Rock have 4 games less played than Newmarket, when you think about it that isn't bad considering the FAI and MJC runs, how many games did they play in each?Quote:
Originally Posted by The circuspony
Also you have to take into account the fact they are renting the Lee's Road facilities and are dependant on the decision of the grounds man whether games can go ahead or not. I don't know if there has been games cancelled there when other league games went ahead elsewhere but I am guessing there has been occasions when this has been the case. Didn't Avenue play Bridge Utd. recently in Doora, so the league are aiding them to fulfill fixtures, probably at a cost but they are paying that in Lee's Road anyway.
The ideal solution would be that all clubs in the Premier had foodlights and midweek games could be played to balance the FAI and MJC weekends.
I wonder is this happening in Limerick?
That is along way off for many clubs with the cost involved but we have to make the most of it as clubs develop their set-ups.
Legend Striker, I think you ll find that Avenue aren t complaining about this situation. we were happy with our good runs in munster and Fai but dissapointed at the same time to be knocked out. We knew we were going to be playing catch up all along. All teams have to play 18 league games no matter when there played and therefore the most consistent team over the season will lift the league.
Avenue Utd A, Rock Rovers & Cratloe Forest in Munster Junior Area draw.
Avenue Utd will play Rock Rovers or Bunratty in FAI area final.
POS P W D L PTS
Newmarket Celtic 14 11 2 1 35 (Max 47)
Hermitage 14 6 3 5 21 (Max 33)
Tulla Utd 15 6 2 7 20 (Max 29)
Avenue Utd 9 6 1 2 19 (Max 46)
Rock Rovers 10 6 1 3 19 (Max 43)
Lifford 14 5 3 6 18 (Max 30)
Rineanna Rovers 13 5 2 6 17 (Max 32)
Bridge Celtic 14 3 5 6 14 (Max 26)
Bridge Utd 12 3 2 7 11 (Max 29)
Bunratty 13 0 5 8 5 (Max 20)
Remaining fixtures:
Newmarket Celtic: Avenue Utd (away), Bridge Utd (home), Rineanna Rovers (home), Rock Rovers (home)
Avenue Utd: Bridge Celtic (home), Bridge Utd (away), Bunratty (away), Hermitage (away), Newmarket Celtic (home), Rineanna Rovers (home), Rock Rovers (home & away), Tulla Utd (away)
Rock Rovers: Avenue Utd (home & away), Bridge Utd (home), Hermitage (home), Lifford (home), Newmarket Celtic (away), Rineanna Rovers (away), Tulla Utd (away)
Looks like Rock will have a big say on where the title goes this season.
Alot of football to be played yet, Rock are working away quietly and will definately be there or thereabouts.Quote:
Originally Posted by ginge lyndz
Newmarket won't have a game for 2 weeks at least, not ideal. This is another side to the fact teams have to play more games than others at this time of the year.
Think the league will be decided on the games between Avenue v Rock this week and next week...Rats for relegation i reckon too
Surly the Reds arent going to go without a match for 2 weeks -there are plenty of teams out there to provide a challange -Rats to go back to D1 , maybe not a bad thing , they can re build and return to the elite
With all the mid week games no one is available for a game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Planners
Good runout lastnight first ?Quote:
Originally Posted by First
rock and avenue tonight should be interesting by all accounts going on rumours of a few incidents at eire og training last night
any one hear anything?
cant see rock doing anything tonight. they wont keepo it kicked out for avenueQuote:
Originally Posted by mouldedstuds
any update from Avenue and Rock this evening?? how did it finish??
Anyone give us a report on the Avenue game lads!!!!!!
Avenue 3-2 RockQuote:
Originally Posted by CousinSylDolan
missed the first half an hour, mccarthy put avenue ahead from a free kick. 1-0 at the break. rock started the 2nd half well and were on top for a while during which con collins was lucky not to have gotten a straight red for a tackle in the centre of the pitch. Rock missed 2 good chances to level early in the half and after the 2nd miss avenue hit them on the counter attack, rock keeper parried a shot and mccarthy tapped it in. at 2-0 it looked game over but credit to rock they kept going at avenue. The introduction of niggles did rock no harm, Hickey was taken down in the box by russell and darryl eade scored the penalty. A neat move by Rock got niggles clear through on goal to make it 2-2 with 15 remaining. Avenue went up the pitch and con collins' header won the game for them, rock piled on the pressure but avenue held out for the win. Perhaps darryl eade couldve caused more problems in a central role. all in all it was a good game between two good sides
Fair assessment of the game. Avenue dominated the first half and Rock the second. Mccarthy scored a cracking free kick. Game was played at a great pace with plent of excitement and a great atmosphere. It was a good ad for summer football as a big crowd turned out which you wouldnt have gotten on a sunday morning in January.
Just want to say well done to the Clare Youths team on getting to the Inter lg Cup semi final. Lost 3-2 to Kilkenny yesterday. With only 4 teams in the Clare youths lg its a great achievement to get so far with such a small pool of players...
whats new another bad tackle from con more than likely to get red if he was playin for the rats. Another big decision going avenue's way
What else would you expect - AVE are the no 1 team in Clare , and after representing Clare so well in the national leagues they deserve a break !
Any report on Ave v Rock game?what changed from last week?