not a chance. there was nearly the same crowd as the derry gameQuote:
Originally Posted by xtreme rebel
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not a chance. there was nearly the same crowd as the derry gameQuote:
Originally Posted by xtreme rebel
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[size=4]Cork keep the chase alive[/size]
Cork City 3 Drogheda United 2
08/11/2004: Cork City have kept alive hopes of usurping the eircom Premier League title from Shelbourne with a rollercoaster 3-2 win over Drogheda United at Turner’s Cross this evening. Two dismissals and five goals thrilled the Cork crowd as the game ebbed and flowed in and out their favour until Liam Kearney’s strike gave Cork a lifeline to hang on to.
Cork began the hard way and found themselves a man down and goal down after just three minutes.
Alan Bennett took the early bath after he took down Declan O’Brien 22 yards from goal and Andy Myler dispatched the resulting free kick.
The title chasers managed to get back on track seven minutes later however - thanks to Dan Murray’s back post header from a George O’Callaghan free - but were trailing again after 21 minutes when O’Brien ran onto a long ball and chipped Mick Devine in the Cork net to restore the lead.
Having handed the advantage back, O’Brien was then given his marching orders for an off the ball incident involving the impressive O’Callaghan.
The reinvigorated Leesiders were level again when Greg O’Halloran’s 34th minute pass found John O’Flynn, who sneaked it past Tony O’Dowd in the Drogheda goal, to send the teams in level at the break.
Cork took the lead for the first time four minutes into the second half thanks to Liam Kearney’s fourth goal of the season, again set up by the tireless O’Callaghan, whose cross evaded O’Flynn and the Drogheda defence before being calmly slotted home by the 21 year-old.
Drogheda frantically went in search of the equaliser and almost found it minutes from the end when Barry Molloy’s shot struck the crossbar, but their endeavours were eventually halted after four minutes of injury time.
Cork now lie three points behind Shelbourne with the same amount of games played and only two remaining.
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Fantastic game, we should have won by more.
That pr*ck O'Brien is a cheat, and if Spillage goes on about him anymore....:rolleyes:
I thought Greg was motm, brilliant performance from him at centre half. I'm a bit worried about Doyler though, he looks shattered....
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Originally Posted by patsh
georgie or flynny for me
flynny up front on his own for most of the game looked jaded late on but still chased everything
thought dolan would take him off earlier but who am i to argue with the great ones decisions ;)
George was man of the match. His work effort was unreal and was typified by his tackle for 3rd goal. It was the best game i have seen him play. His touch always gave him room.
Their effort off the bar would not have counted as it was a free out. The last one where yer man flicked it on from the corner could have gone anywhere so we were lucky there but we deserved that bit of luck!
Benno deserved the red card as did drogheda dude. Great game overall though. Well done City!
:eek: :eek: Surely not, lads the rose tinted glasses are stunting your viewing capacity, O'Flynn was ok, I still think he's but a shadow of his former self, he ran many lost causes, Gamble man of the match. Colin O'Brien will not get back into that team [apart from Geogrie's suspension].Quote:
Originally Posted by thecorner
What a performance. I feel sorry for Benno, but having seen the incident on the telly, it was a fairly straight forward decision.
Dan Murray marshalled his defence very well. Greg did great. Onwe of his best ever City performances.
George was head and shoulders above everyone for MOTM. Even though he didnt score it, the 3rd goal was all about him. He had no right to win that ball. He proved that its not a lost cause until its out of play.
They were all heroes last night. Lets just hope ccfc can end Drogs interest in Europe on Friday, tie up second, and frighten the life out of Shels and steal their title on the last day of the season :) .
how big was the crowd?
Superb gutsy display, thought we were goosed after 5 minutes but the lads battled immensely and deserved the victory.
While I'm still not a fan of George, he was brilliant last night, he ran and ran and his never say die attitude got us the third goal.
O'Flynn ran his socks off, closed down players, their 2 centre halves were terrified of him.
What about that lines-lady on the DF side?
And there was me thinking Foley was rubbish on Friday night, O'Brien looked offside for me for their 2nd goal and a mate in the DF confirmed as such, couldn't really tell from the TV last night. Fair Play to George for letting her know how bad she was, think they may have explained the offside rule using a few jaffa cakes at half time. Where do they get them from?
I think O'Brien will be a bigger loss to them on Friday than Benno will be for us, All i'd be worried about is that the lads looked tired before last night and then having to play 88mins with 10 men didn't help.
2 games to go, Come on City.
5500 - 6000, St. Annes was 65% full, the usual spots were packed. Imagine the crowd for the Bohs match if its still possible, lift the League trophy at the X!Quote:
Originally Posted by kingcolers
2 Things;Quote:
Originally Posted by razor
1) He was looking for her number
&
2) She changed her hair style at half time ;)
Well the attendance v Derry was claimed to be 5000, Drogs match had more in attendance.
this was easily up there with the derry gameQuote:
Originally Posted by xtreme rebel
balls an all ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by what biy!
Quote:
Originally Posted by what biy!
I've seen her close up.
You'd need a fair few drinks to find her attractive!
morleyisgod, if you keep behaving like this on Foot.ie, I'm going to keep deleting you. Drop the garbage NOW.Quote:
Originally Posted by morleyisgod
Great game last night. Sat back a bit too much in the second half and probably should have replaced Flynn sooner but all-in-all a very good 3 points.
Surely Georgie's effort to keep the ball in play in the lead up to the winning goal must be one of the best assists of all time.
OI cant believe that we had her again! She was on duty at Derry, Shels and now again! Thats 3 out of 4! I wouldnt mind but she's not very good, I dunno how she got to be on for the Cup final, I think that there's a bit of PR going on with having her. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by razor
Great result though but Bennett is a huge loss. Greg in the centre and Danny at LB or will golden boy K Murray get a call up?
The Echo has it down as 5000.Quote:
Originally Posted by xtreme rebel
I'd say it was 4500-5000 and 5500+ at the Derry game.
There was more at last nights game than Derry I reckon?
The St. Annes end and the Shed were definately more full at the Derry game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary
I'd say there was at least about 500-750 more at the Derry game to be honest.
If we win on Friday the Bohs game will definately be a sell out.
i was in the st annes end for the derry and drog game .Theres was alot more there at the Derry game
I thought George O'Callaghan was the Man of the Match. He dragged City to that win. 10/10!
I'd say there were around 4500 at it, which was disappointing. There should have been a full house easily.
HOW?! the guy was amazing last night. he won the game for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by razor
Ratings:
Devine: 6 Did nothing wrong really, couldn't have done anything about either goal.
Hoggy: 7 Good going forward and sound defensively.
Greg:9.5 For a fella who's never played centre-half. What a performace, won headers he had no right to get too and a superb ball through for flynny as well.
Bennett: ? he'd been sent off by the time I was in the ground! Looked on tv like a foolish decision to pull the guy down really.
Murray: 4 Good goal, but what was he at for the second drogs goal. his passing was good and he made on or two decent bursts forward but defensively I thought he was shocking again.
Woods:7 Strong in defence and linked up well with kearney at times
Gamble: 8 He misplaced one pass- put in your diarys folks, doesn't happen too often.
George: 11! Worked his socks off and showed his class- absolutely majestic. If I ever hear someone criticise his workrate again, there'll be slaps!!
Kearney: 8 got the usual roughhouse treatment from defenders who can't handle his talent. excellent. starting to nick important goals now too.
Doyle: 9 His usual excellent self. won almost every ball he contested and had the defence worried
Flynn: 9 Looked wrecked by the end but had very right to be- worked so, so hard and scored again
Yeah george was absolutely amazing last night, but, as always, there were a few muppets in the donie forde who were giving him stick. john o flynn too, i couldn;t believe it!
don't agree with you about dan eanna, i thought he did an excellent job when benno went off, his distribution was superb and i thought defensively he was excellent, clearing balls closing down men, and organising his defence.
but my god what a game!
these people should be sent down to st colmans park for a month as punishment, and maybe then they'd appreciate what they watch every fortnight. ******* :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruairi
the exact attendence at the drogheada home game on monday? :rolleyes:
Ha, ha, ha! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Éanna
No there's a novel idea.
Might sort out a few of them alright.
No but I'm guessing 5000 is about rightQuote:
Originally Posted by equalyred