Cheers Radio, Batteries recharged a little so didnt take a lot of persuading when the call came- its a drug man!!
ps, best of luck in prem a next year, ye deserved to come up!
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Cheers Radio, Batteries recharged a little so didnt take a lot of persuading when the call came- its a drug man!!
ps, best of luck in prem a next year, ye deserved to come up!
Bluey I didn't criticise ye at all just said the players ye rang!! Nothing wrong with it were not fools it goes on wholesale. I don't have a problem with it.
Just looking at the sections on the cork aul website and can't understand why Park B have been put into 3rd division section?? Is it an error? Can someone from Park clarify coz they were 1st division last year if memory serves me right.......
Keeping our hand close to the chest sharpshooter, 2 definites and a few more possibles. Will reveal all in good time. Early doors in the transfer window. Two great signings for Leeside on paper. Whos in charge of the ship for the year in paradise.
Good spot boo, they were in AUL 1 last season, finished 4th from bottom. Passage got relegated from 1A and seem to be in the 3rd dividion on that list too??Quote:
Originally Posted by thebooboys
Jimmy Barr and Stevie Walsh sailing the ship this year Inswinger, back training last night and putting a nice squad together in fairness to them, some young players from our other 2 teams breaking into the 1st team also.
I see Glounthaune and Mayfield have enterd teams also this year, please god 1 of our teams draw Glounthaune in any cup draw, what a local derby that will be :-) !!!!
Hi lads, havent being on in awhile. Looks like Leeside a building a nice squad. anybody else have any news?
Yes strange Passage relegated two divisions - but Park were not even relegated and have dropped to the third. I guess both teams requested this - won't be impressed though if either of them win a title...Quote:
Originally Posted by thebooboys
Looking at the list we've lost 4 teams: Ballyvolane (A&B), Ballintotis and Castle Celtic. Gained three: Ballinhassig B, Glounthaune United & Mayfield United.
Looking at the numbers it looks like the Div 1 and Div 2 will be two secions each with 12 teams and 3 3rd divisions of 10 - they'll never go 2 divisions with 15 would they - 30 league games for 3rd division sides would be too much I'd say...
Could the David Crow transfer to leeside is back on?????
Doubt it coz he was asking me to go training with blarney ST with him last night.
He was asked to come down. He seemed interested. Said his brother/friend was taking over Bohs so he'd stick with them. That's all we know.
Are the likes of this forum responsible for the growth in player and manager's egos? Was it always like this?
Or it is just society?
Congratulations overthehill on your new appointment . Perhaps it would have been better for football in the northside if you had stayed at Ballyvolane and tried to rebuild the club?? I appreciate you gave many years service to that club but there are many that say there would still be a club there if people werent driven away from the club
There is always one flinty! Ballyvolanes achievements over the last 15yrs speak for themselves and would be the envy of many clubs with better facilities and large committees in the AUL. The amount of well wishes received over the past week has been overwhelming with the most common comment from people who know what they are talking about is an amazement at how the few people involved stuck it out for so long. To those who were " driven" away i hope they were wearing their seatbelts because most of them would be liable to "crash" when under any bit of pressure.
Perhaps it may work out for the better in the northside as locally Glenthorn and Leeds juniors could both do with having one less team in the area!! Anyway fred i dont look back so thanks for your good wishes - from now on it will be all systems go at Killumney Utd.
Been away for a while and have to say im thrilled for our club that we accepted to go Prem A. I for one like the format of the Mossie Cup. Great local derbies and a chance to renew our rivalry with our friends from Cobh. A huge test, and a chance to pit ourselves against our neighbour Leeside. Blarney and Leeds too will be a great test for our guys first year in the Prem. Best of luck to all.
Heard last night that the A.U.L wanted to toss a coin between Carrig and Douglas Hall but the hall refused saying they wanted to deserve to be in Premier A and not go up because of a team pulling out. Carrig had no problem with it though so they went up.
Me thinks i can see the 12th man hovering over this page again!!
K.C, Carrigtohill were asked to go up and we accepted. Simple as that. Isnt every team below the Prem divisions striving to be at the top ??? AUL, toss a coin ?.....i find that very hard to believe. Its to play Prem football, not for a packet of sweets !!!
It is a shame to see football clubs with great history either folding or deciding to drop a division as one of them is my former club, so for you to suggest that we were somehow happy about it so that we could have a chance up in Prem A is a bit insulting.
KC, I dont think anyone involved with or has an interest in aul football, did not know the circumstances of why Carrig were asked to go Premier A next season, the fact is that a club folded, as has happened plenty of times in the past too, we were asked as runners up in div 1 which was the obvious thing to do, whether or not Douglas Hall felt they wanted to go up as champs is irrelevant to Carrig, personally I think we will hold our own in that division next year and will look forward to meeting ye.Quote:
Originally Posted by K.C.
Jesus lads, calm down. No disrespect Over, put now having figured out who you are I'm surprised. Don't take this as an insult just thought you'd have stayed local. But I don't know the full story and I'm sure things were fairly poor. So good luck in your new venture, we'd have taken you with a heart and a half.
The next off topic or rubbish post in this thread will incur a suspension,don't say you weren't warned.
Appreciate that view, that was a minor part of the problems, been living far side of Ballincollig for many years now so have just moved to a "local" club. Never sought the job, was going to take a break totally but was approached and coaxed back in.
Of course it's irrelavent to carrig. Ye were asked to go up and said yes like 99 % of teams would do. Someone asked why not Douglas and I said what I'd heard. We had a great battle with ye start of last season and we too will look forward to doing it again.
Jesus lads, it really heated up on here over the weekend! Did Freddie Flintstone take down his comments or did 12th man do it?
I binned a lot of rubbish that was here,I'd appreciate some on topic non personal posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dixie's Cousin
Any teams looking for a friendly between now and start of season give me an email decourceyalbion@gmail.com cheers
excellent post red and white,your not far wrong there.Quote:
Originally Posted by redandwhite
Just to clarify this lads.Club requested to be re-graded to either second or third division.Reason being a few lads from the first team have hung up the boots,another lad was advised to take a break for a few years due to a bad injury,another lad has joined another team and two others have imigrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebooboys
Basically there will be 4/5 lads taken from the second team and the club (well most of the club) decided it would be best to start off in a lower division as they felt they wouldnt cope in the first division.
A lot of mixed feelings about this but as far as i know its a done deal.
I know I'd prefer to see a team stay together in the third division rather than fall apart while being hammered in the 2nd or 1st division, fair enough, my one problem would be that if Park do go on and win something in the 3rd division I feel that's a bit unfair...Quote:
Originally Posted by Parkboy
i play with a team in the third division and i feel on paper that teams being regraded is all wrong. drop a division fair enough but a team drooping two divisions is rubbish. park and the like will be starting from a clear advantage having played at the higher level for a couple of years will really stand to them.there are rules in place for a reason. I'm sure plenty of clubs over the years would have loved to have been regraded when things went a bit pear shapedbut they took it on the chin and took what came there way and went with Grattan is prime example of this . regradeing is only the easy and unfair option.
I completely agree with ya Fruice, makes a mockery of the the whole thing, and to be fair to Parkboy I don't think he sounds happy about it either, it just should not be allowed by the AUL. I think at the start of most seasons teams lose a number of players from the previous season, but you just try and recruit a couple of players and get on with it. I'm suprised a club the size of Park Utd would struggle to get players as they have a good underage set up down there too.Quote:
Originally Posted by fruice
You are dead right Radiostar,i am not happy with this.*Innishvilla / Fruice - I personally dont agree either.We have got to the Cross two years in a row and have always put up a good fight in the last few seasons.As those that went to the corinthians cup final in the cross,we played some great football.We also held our own against Springfield and Carrig although we were beaten by both.Now both these teams are gone up i thought we would have a good chance in division 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Radiostar
Although Park is a big club we dont have any youths team.Basically lads are playing up until U16/U17 and thats it.Fermoy are putting in an U23 team this year so a lot of lads see this as a better grade to play.There is also a Noth Cork league in process for years and most guys just find it easier to get up on a Sunday morning,travel 5/6 miles and have a game of football instead of travelling 30/40 miles and getting off work on Saturdays.
It really is a no win situation for the league, but 2 divisions is a bit much. One division if needed, like Passage.
I remember UCC a few years ago went to the league and said that they thought they might be too good for one division and should be moved up another one. there was uproar but they moved up.........................and they were relegated!!!
In Premier A this season, most of the teams in the league from last year are rumoured to be struggling in one way or another (lies in most cases!!). No clear pre-season favourite ala Kilumney, and I probably thought Village & Glenthorn would struggle last season. I cant be sure who will shine or struggle this season
parkboy not trying too have a go but say ye get promoted and i feel ye have a very strong chance for obvious reasons.using the line of thinking that dropping two divisions is the right way to go and yer situation remains the same, would ye be better refusing promotion as yer players will be a year older and ye will probably lose one or two more come this time next as the second division wouldn't suit ye? was it a club or an aul decision to drop ye two divisions?
Great point fruice. Would Park (or anyone else in the same position) turn down promotion?
Heard Coughlan is going to Marys senior.
I heard leeside have brought in a few good players and coachford have signed a few also. could be one of these teams to challange kinsale or wilton this year.I dont think there will be any other chellangers outside these two to try and challange the top 2.
hi lads just wondering do any of ye know any website where i can pick up a few drills for the new season anything from fitness,set pieces shooting etc.
Quite tricky - I did a bit of searching a while ago and most of the sites were american ones for training 9 year olds...Quote:
Originally Posted by fruice