Heard Ferry Rangers not going to have a team this season either due to low numbers.
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Heard Ferry Rangers not going to have a team this season either due to low numbers.
Breska A & B are back in action according to their fb pageQuote:
Originally Posted by Gazza29
Sure Clubs must have handed in Registration form at Delegate meeting, surely we would be in the know if teams are not going to have teams at this stage.
Anything official from any of these clubs, Division 2 looking like it will be poor showing so far.
The younger generation seem to be struggling to stick at it for whatever reason.
Younger generation have a lot more distractions and lack desire for sport. GAA clubs joining together to field teams including rival clubs. Population is higher now than ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by runinglate
Not sure of much population growth outside of NCW , lot of social issues in west limericks larger towns which isn't much use for putting out soccer teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kennycon
Ballysteen not entering a team this season
Is this confirmed by the club, The did fairly well in division one last year. Is it because the footballers are going well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ballistinianlad
What does this mean for div 1, Pallaskenry or Glantine to be offered the remaining spot.
Yeah unfortunately.
Numbers always been tight. Extremely hard with no underage teams etc.
Manager for the last few years left at end of last season. Players getting older. Some carrying too many injuries as well.
Usually a relegated team is kept up but athea struggling too
Hearing that KB won't be fielding either, two fine pitches that will be lying idle for a lot of the year. 10 teams in Premier with 8 teams in Divisions 1 and 2 supposedly. Pity to hear these various teams dropping out, hopefully they can return at some stage.
KB wont field at all :bulgy:
Jesus thats a shock - between the two you'd have thought they'd have at least one decent team
Getting serious for the league , all the teams folding . Feenagh , ballysteen , KB ( ballyhahill) , ferry (tarbert) , rock hill ( bruree) are still able to field good football or hurling teams .
It’s a sign of the times. The younger generation don’t want to play or competeQuote:
Originally Posted by Abbeyman
Kb not having a team this year. Most of their players gone to glin and rathkeale
I reckon league will be more open this year. Broadford finished last year very strong, Abbeyfeale seem to have got weaker. Glin are a great cup team but if they were a bit more consistent could challenge. Heard AK are not to bad and NCW have strengthened. Rathkeale still favourites for me but only just.
KB not having a team is a massive shock, Surely they would be able to manage one team between the two clubs.
Hopefully Full time Productions can give the league a must needed social media profile this year, we need something to make it attractive again.
Most of the fixtures out, good to be back.
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Saturday 14th September
Youths Division 1
Mountcollins AFC V Ballingarry AFC 1130 (P. O’Donnell)
Pallaskenry AFC V St. Itas 1030 (E. Noonan)
Abbeyfeale Utd V Newcastle West Town 1130 (J. Roche)
Sunday 15th September
Weekly Observer Premier Division
Rathkeale AFC V Granagh Utd 1130
Adare Utd V Ballingarry AFC 1130 in Manor Fields
Abbeyfeale Utd V Newcastle West Town 1130
Kilcornan V Glin Rovers 1130
*Weekly Observer Division 1
Rathkeale B V Shountrade AFC 230
Kildimo Utd V St. Itas 1130
Newcastle West Town Reserves V Pallaskenry AFC in Woodfield 230
Creeves Celtic V Breska Rovers 1130
Weekly Observer Division 2
*To follow after MC meeting tonight.
Are Shannonside gone too?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
Is it a bye? 9 team first division I think?Quote:
Originally Posted by robotwarsfan
Feenagh confirm they won’t be fielding a junior team
Having been involved with one of the teams that have pulled out this year. I can say there are a number of factors causing the reduction in teams this year.
1.In general over last few years there has been a decline in players number with more retiring and less younger players joining (not just in Soccer also in GAA). 2.There isn’t the same emphasis in team sports as there was say 5 years ago.
3.Also a lack of interest and people getting fed up due to the manner in which the league is run. The fact you only get fixtures a week in advance stops people being able to plan holidays etc.and it also prohibits clubs from avoiding clashes with other sports(e.g GAA games). If you had more notice it would be easier to organize changes.
Also the delays last year meant you had no flow to the seasons. Even excluding the delay for the refs strike. There was teams with breaks of 4 weeks and a game then another break of two or three weeks.
Sad to see so few teams entering but not sure what will drive interest back up again!
Why is there only 4 matchs in the premier league ?
Have AK United changed their name back to kilcornan ?
I heard Carrig Celtic we’re struggling to get a squad together? Hardly down to that?
But they can field a B team??Quote:
Originally Posted by Ballistinianlad
Askeaton also fielding one aswell
I stopped playing 3 years ago largely due to point 3 and the last point about delays.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red_Devil
They must have got sorted so.Quote:
Originally Posted by robotwarsfan
Yeah askeaton prob have inflated numbers with Ballysteen folding and youths coming
Through.
Yup, back to Kilcornan this seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Abbeyman
So.. a few surprises in the tables. 30 teams.
3x10.
New teams:
Breska B, Carrig B, Mountcollins, Askeaton B
Teams gone:
KB A, KB B, Feenagh, Ferry Rangers, Ferry Rangers, Rockhill and NCW 3rd team was pulled around march. Ballingarry B went early last season.
A net loss of 2/3 teams so really.
2 extra promoted to Div 1: Pallaskenry and Knockaderry (who came 5th in fifth in div 2)
Fixtures see Askeaton A v B on opening day.
Broadford v Carrig (Premier division) not on this weekend. Any reason?
Would it not have made sense to push askeaton up to div 1 and not have two teams in the same division ?
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Originally Posted by Ballistinianlad
In fairness they had more than likely already asked Pallaskenry and Knockaderry to move up. I presume Athea and the Glantine asked not to be pushed up.
Which is totally fine I think, Hopefully all the B teams can stay going for the year, ill rephrase that hopefully all teams can keep going for the year.
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Originally Posted by Ballistinianlad
That I don't think that a club having 2 teams in the same division does happen very often, in the Mayo league this season with 2 games left, Ballina Town B won the Premier Division winning 17 and drawing 1 of their 18 games. But will not be promoted to the Super league as their A team are still in with an outside chance of winning the Super League. The 2 clubs who finished 2nd and 3rd, Glenhest and Swinford will be promoted to the Super League next season instead, this has allways being the policy.
That's in the Desmond league rulebook too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Round Tower
So if we say Breska b won div 2 this year they couldn’t be promoted if Breska a stay in division 1Quote:
Originally Posted by noconnor16
Actually if memory serves me correct didn’t Rathkeale b win div 1 a few seasons back but couldn’t go up?
Its always been the case that 2 teams from same club weren't allowed in the same division - over the years there's been a good few instances of B teams not getting promoted due to it
Ya Ballistinianlad - the only scenario where the B team would be promoted there is if the A team went up to the premier, or down to div 2 :smirk:
Do the district league allow it? lot more B and C teams in there, must happen more regularly
I know the argument against it is there's potential for manipulating results - from what I've seen there isn't a B team in the world would roll over for their A's!!! ;)
My understanding it is only allowed in the bottom division to have two teams from the same club, I'm sure it would have happened going back when Abbey/Newcastle would have had 3 teams at some stage or other.Quote:
Originally Posted by Langerdan007
The problem is that Division 1 and premier can have a max of 10 teams as per rule so if they had already asked Pallaskenry and Knockaderry they couldn't track back, The only Division aloud more than ten is the bottom div, I could be wrong do.
FAI Junior Cup draw, couple of typos.
https://i.imgur.com/NJH8JJv.jpg
2019/20 Oscar Traynor Trophy (begins in October)
Kerry League v Desmond League
Limerick & District League v Clare League
Desmond League v Limerick & District League
Clare League v Kerry League
Kerry League v Limerick & District League
Desmond League v Clare League
Top 2 in group qualify for the quarter-finals
Presumably askeaton a and b will play each other the first two weeks ? To avoid any possible complications.
Also I understand that the usual b team player is allowed to play 4 games for the a team is null and void in this case.
Predictions for first weekend:
Rathkeale vs Granagh HOME
Adare vs Ballingarry AWAY
Abbeyfeale vs NCW DRAW
Kilcornan vs Glin AWAY
Munster Junior Cup draw.
https://i.imgur.com/MKVkyDT.jpg
Adare 0:1 Ballingarry
Rathkeale 1:1 Granagh
Abbey 4:1 NCW
Kilcornan 0:1 Glin