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I think it's more likely Harps that would benefit but who knows in this league?Quote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
It's amazing that after so many games and so many months that the final spot is decided in the final 2 mins of injury time on the last game of the season. Whichever team would have gone up they already have an advantage going into next season in that they will be a tough, battle-scarred team having survived one hell of a season long dog-fight.
Delighted. Hate shels.
Went down. It was a brilliant game of football in front of a great crowd. Shels missed a few great chances and the keeper made some brilliant saves.The limerick keeper was in the shels box in time added on:D. Had a feeling from very early on that it was not going to go Shels way.Limerick fans didnt miss the chance to rub it in either
Not sure about that, still a step up - Cobh & Harps a case in point.Quote:
Originally Posted by thischarmingman
Limerick team and fans a credit to the leagueQuote:
Originally Posted by hoops1
We get the point now, Dodge...
Fair enough, just think its hilarious that in a game that meant nothing, really, to them, Limerick put their keeper up for a cornerQuote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
That's f*cking classic!:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by hoops1
What a legend!
Congrats Dundalk.....
It's been a long long time...
Hard luck to Shels. Very cruel to lose it at the end like that.
In the current climate of alleged match fixing its refreshing.........Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
As I said, a credit to the leagueQuote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
Fair play to Dundalk.
At the end of the day they got more points than anybody else and thus deserve to go up.
Congratulations
Don't worry, Shels fans, you'll have the pleasure of reacquainting yourselves with UCD next season.;)
Strangely enough, when I was racking my brains trying to come up with any positives from tonight, playing UCD didn't come up.
But thanks for the thought, anyway.
Sorry I didn't head to Tolka now. Well done Dundalk! :ball:
lmao shels.
Amazing finish.
It's a pity we can't have atmosphere's like that at Station Road every week.
I'm probably in a minority by feeling sorry for Dermot Keely and Shels but at the same time, delighted for Giller and Dundalk.
The final 20 minutes or so were played in a surreal atmosphere but the when the news came through of Limerick's equaliser after the final, the scenes around the ground were unbelivable, if you read a finish to a season like that in Roy of the Rovers, you'd say it could never happen.
We've a huge week coming up but tonight was all about Dundalk, I just hope that our lads can lift themselves and we can see the same kind of joy on our side after the play off next week.
What's the story for the playoff, is it one leg or two? If one, who has home advantage?
Did Kildare rest any players tonight?Quote:
Originally Posted by KildareFan
seems they have been resting themselves all season, sure its all about the playoff!Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
Commiserations to Shels. That is all.
Well there was 14 of them on the pitch who looked like they had a rest!! Kildare don't have the squad to rest players, There won't be too many changes in the team that played tonight and the team that is in the play off. Colin Fortune was missing, hopefully he will be back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
The play off is a 2 legged game. First game is in Mervue on Tuesday, 2nd leg is in Kildare on Friday. Away goals don't count apparently for some reason.
The little skanger walked by the front of the stand and fired a full bottle of water in to the crowd. I still don't know how it missed everybody. As the guard escorted him from the ground he vowed to come back and 'get yis' next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
A very good game of football altogether and a word of mention to the Fingal players who chatted to our young fans before getting on the bus and then gave them their boots and other gear, well done. The kids were made up
Who won the player of the year?Quote:
Originally Posted by oldyouth
It's a shame to see stupid things like that, especially when you see the good side with the players talking to the kids and giving them gear.
We scored 14 goals more than shels and won one more game than them, oh and the small matter of finishing one point ahead of them, not to mention having on avg 500 more fans at our home games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
Didnt deserve it ????
Do me a favour will you
well done to Dundalk. No sympathy for shels.Once again their so called fans let down the club. They invaded the pitch at the end of the game and only for the gardai and the stewards it would have been very dangerous.Got some pics sent to my phone and it looked really ugly.Limerick lads needed a garda escort out of the place.
Absolutley gutted. Never felt so debvastated after a match before. The fans who invaded the pitch to try and start a fight with the limerivck soupporters arent real fans IMO. Congratualtions to Dundalk the league table dosent lie and after what happened in 06 its fully deserved. Bring on next season
They playoff is a two-legged affair the first leg being played in Mervue on tuesday and the second in station road
I dont know the facts here, but I will say two things.Quote:
Originally Posted by GalwayRed
This was a very tough way for anyone to 'lose' a lge title, tensions were obviously running very high. Shels fans must be gutted. But thats football lads, all day my head was saying it was shels title, but i just had that feeling and it was called hope that we might nick it. Never expected it in the 92th minute !
Now for Limerick, the most refreshing story of the season, certainly the most improved side of all 22 since July/August, I think they did well to beat us 3 weeks ago but they played us off the park earlier in oriel and again once in Limerick.
You are a credit to the league
Hard luck shels - but remember where you were 2 yrs ago - its also a credit you are still challenging in senior football
First Division summed up nicelry there.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
They never have counted in the LOI.Quote:
Originally Posted by KildareFan
Most of those did come in the last two matches.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
Now, let's troop off to BoyleSports, and bet on Game 1 next season:
Galway v Dundalk... :p
Was in Tolka tonight, down the Limerick end. Pretty entertaining game and an unbelievable finish. I was amazed to see the Limerick keeper up for the free kick at the end, fair play to Limerick for putting everything into it. Their fans seemed to enjoy winning the title for Dundalk too. :eek:
Could have ended nastily alright, pity to see it after a (IMO) pretty good-natured game. Shels fans at the Limerick end of the Drumcondra Road stand were giving out yards to the kids on the pitch too when I was heading out.Quote:
Originally Posted by LK37oldskool
gutted, another year in the poxy 1st division. freeman had 2 great chances but hey thats football.
dundalk deserve it, the table doesnt lie
Just back myself. What a night!! I'll get my message to Shels out of the way first
hahahahahahahahahaha have some of that you poxy two bit never will be again jokeshop of a club. Best finish we could have asked for given the league table and those jokers who ran 80 yards to fight the Limerick fans and then realised at the 80 yard mark that there were no stewards or gardai to 'keep them back' and so retreated :D:D
Jokers the lot of them
Credit to the Limerick team, must other teams would have been dead and buried once Shels put their noses in front, but thankfully we despise Shels and so there was never a chance of that happening :)
Davy Ryan, what a legend, all of them really, one of the better nights I;ve had as a supporter of this club, and those morons running on at the end was the icing on the cake. I hear Shels practically needed to go up to keep the books in order, my only wish now is that the club goes bust in preseason so that we can claim that it was us that put the final nail in Shel's coffin.
Any proper Shels fan who is offended at any of this, all I'll say is clean the filth out of your club and maybe you'll get a bit more respect.
SUPER BLUES!!
Genuine commiserations to you and other genuine fans but the shenanigans at the end when the Shels wannabe schooligans ran down the pitch towards the Limerick support only to stop ten or fifteen yards from the wall to jump up and down and shout a bit, coupled with the false bravado of a few Shels 'fans' last time they were in Limerick have damaged my perception of Shelbourne this year. Was delighted to see Dundalk go up for that very reason personally. Dundalk have been very complimentary about us this season too.Quote:
Originally Posted by GalwayRed
That was you? Dude you've changed! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
JebusQuote:
Originally Posted by jebus
Most of your post makes me vomit, good last minute goal and all but you and your club should take your vitriol and make some use of it. my only wish now is that the club goes bust in preseason - tool.
I'm sure when you sober up, you wont be as happy with another year in the lower league. Well done.
Doesn't matter. We lost the title twice on the last day in recent years, and our supporters didn't try and fight anyone. As others have said, it could have turned nasty right and quick. Anyone see the stewart making the diving tackle on one of them? Wouldn't have gone amiss in the Irish 22 today.....Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
The runt element at every club needs eradicated, we have enough problems round the League.
Bizarre feeling celebrating a 92 minute goal for a random team.
What a game. It meant an awful lot to have been involved in this tonight. I enjoyed every bit of it. The roar of the Shels crowd after they scored. All of the frantic defending at both ends. 45mins of real attacking football. Our equaliser thirty seconds from time, and most of all the headless pitch invasion. I would trade every game I saw this season for just this one.
No more Thursday night football!!!:)
I'm not even drunk :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by centre mid