2024 FAI Cup

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Originally Posted by legendz

The current playoff structure gives these clubs more leeway to challenge in the cup, without majorly impacting on making the playoffs.

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Getting ahead of things, but the cup final and playoff final are down for the same weekend.
Don't think it's ever been an issue in the past?

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Originally Posted by Dermobohs

Are Sligo appealing then??

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Finn is overage

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Originally Posted by Dermobohs

Are Sligo appealing then??

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Mea culpa , I meant to write Shels not Sligo.
Although how stupid am I suggesting boez could get to the cup final eh!:)

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Originally Posted by brendy_éire

Getting ahead of things, but the cup final and playoff final are down for the same weekend.
Don't think it's ever been an issue in the past?

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Though Treaty did threaten to force the issue a few seasons back when they reached the Cup semis.

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Originally Posted by yurt

That table is exactly the data I wanted when I was saying that we could do with re-jigging the cup structure to try and engineer more FD vs NL ties in round one and two. I think the numbers here would have a chance of increasing if all 9 of these ties in each of the past 3 years were against FD instead of PD clubs.

Results in the Waterford and Sligo games has made the shootout loss to Shels much tougher in retrospect.
Draw will be very interesting because if any of Shels, Derry and Bohs* draw each other there's a lot of other teams who'll suddenly fancy there chances of making the semis.

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And if the non-league clubs were automatically given home advantage, as happens in the French and German cups - might seem a cosmetic measure, but the PD/FD teams having to travel would reduce the gap slightly, even if not levelling the playing field to a huge extent.

Shels highlights didn’t show the 3 penalty shouts and 2 disallowed goals from Fridays game . Would have loved to see them.

I would guess 99% of non league grounds are unfit to hold any sort of decent crowds

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Originally Posted by gufct

Shels highlights didn’t show the 3 penalty shouts and 2 disallowed goals from Fridays game . Would have loved to see them.

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Nothing stopping you from watching the game back on LOITV. Our first penalty shout was a blatant dive and Jimmy should've been booked. Cunningham also blocked a cross with his hand.

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Originally Posted by placid casual

That's a shocking result for sligo. The form team in the country, they could have strolled into the final considering who's left in.
Delighted for Finner who's a good bloke.
Unless Bohs meet Sligo or Derry in the final it's going to be sub 15k attendance at the final

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Hopefully it will be 2 out of Derry Bohs and Shels in the final, and even then, I don’t think it will get anywhere near last seasons crowd. It’s a shame, we need the cup final to be a major occasion every year. What was the attendance for Derry/Shels 2 years ago ? Maybe a Dublin Derby of Bohs/Shels might craw a good crowd.

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Originally Posted by TonyD

Hopefully it will be 2 out of Derry Bohs and Shels in the final, and even then, I don’t think it will get anywhere near last seasons crowd. It’s a shame, we need the cup final to be a major occasion every year. What was the attendance for Derry/Shels 2 years ago ? Maybe a Dublin Derby of Bohs/Shels might craw a good crowd.

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Maybe we should just let the teams with the biggest fan bases compete in it then ? The crowd will be the crowd but I hope another group of supporters who haven’t had a good day out recently get to experience one this year…..

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Originally Posted by brendy_éire

Getting ahead of things, but the cup final and playoff final are down for the same weekend.
Don't think it's ever been an issue in the past?

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Not yet. AFAIK the playoff final will be rescheduled if a playoff finalist makes the cup final. Some provision like that was mentioned many years ago.

Wexford have played two non league teams so far and could be playing athlone, ucd, treaty (maybe kerry :) ) in the quarter final. Luck of the draw

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Originally Posted by sbgawa

Wexford have played two non league teams so far and could be playing athlone, ucd, treaty (maybe kerry :) ) in the quarter final. Luck of the draw

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Ten years ago we got to a semi final by beating Belgrove,Wexford and Avondale in a replay! Got hockeyed in the Semi 6-1 by Pats but it was a catalyst for us and got people engaged again,that was kinda of my point above,big days can make a difference for smaller clubs !

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Originally Posted by joey B

Ten years ago we got to a semi final by beating Belgrove,Wexford and Avondale in a replay! Got hockeyed in the Semi 6-1 by Pats but it was a catalyst for us and got people engaged again,that was kinda of my point above,big days can make a difference for smaller clubs !

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I get where you’re coming from, and of course it’s great for supporters of clubs like Harps to reach a cup final. At the same time though, you can’t deny that, for instance, a Wexford v UCD final would be an awful look for the domestic game. Not saying that the bigger clubs don’t have to earn the right to be there, of course they do. Last year just showed what the league here (and the cup final) could be.

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Originally Posted by TonyD

I get where you’re coming from, and of course it’s great for supporters of clubs like Harps to reach a cup final. At the same time though, you can’t deny that, for instance, a Wexford v UCD final would be an awful look for the domestic game. Not saying that the bigger clubs don’t have to earn the right to be there, of course they do. Last year just showed what the league here (and the cup final) could be.

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We’ll agree to disagree Tony!

1-1 in Kerry,Kerry’s equaliser looked fairly clearly offside though….

2-1 to Bohs now, sadly Kerry have been making a habit of conceding soon after scoring, but certainly not out of it yet!

Can't understand how the Kerry commentators could say it was 'just onside' - I guess they might not have a straight face saying it?

Mind you, we're poor - nervy stuff which is unsurprising given our league form.

Wow just seen a replay of the Kerry “goal”.
Ffs it’s two yards off, Neil”the hoop” obviously ****ed off .yet another obvious call missed by a Lino in the loi, truly the worst officials anywhere.
Bohs have been way too slow so far, Kerry doing quite nicely, couple of tidy players there. Some rapid improvement from when I last saw them midway through last season, great to see.

Ah lads, that's a free out? No?