Sligo were aware, but said it was to suit their own fans. It's their home game and thus their prerogative, but just seems like an odd decision.
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Sligo were aware, but said it was to suit their own fans. It's their home game and thus their prerogative, but just seems like an odd decision.
You cant beat a semi;)
Cobh v Dundalk
Sligo v Derry
Both at 5pm on Monday
Any daycent pubs anyone can recommend in Cobh for a pre-match beer?
Pubs down on the waterfront in Cobh such as Kelly's, quays bar would be fine, especially if the weather's good you might think you're back in Cyprus 😉😂.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado
The bar in the clubhouse would be open beforehand of course.
GRMA for the pub advice Comic Book Guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Comic Book Guy
I knew yous had a bar there but was never in before,will be in on Monday.
Bar in the clubhouse is great. The pints of Murphy's kept us well watered on Paddy's Day down there.
yeah its superb the last time we were up there they opened up at five and cobh treated us like kings! we even got chipper food on the house from them!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Thoroughly unenthused about our game in Sligo today. The early kick off makes it awkward (not a bank holiday in the north), and our current style of play does nothing to encourage me to go.
There's, supposedly, only seven first team players available for us. There's certainly seven out at least; four suspensions, two injuries, one cup-tied.
We all know how we're going to play, so we'll concede one or two goals at least. We're not really capable of scoring more than two, so should be a win for Sligo.
We were discussing our hopes for the rest of the season after Friday night, the main one being that no-one wins the treble. We also agreed that Sligo have a better chance of beating Dundalk, who we assume will beat Cobh. The logical conclusion of that is that we don't actually want Derry to win today. Difficult realisation.
I don't bet on matches involving my own teams, but it's surely worth firing a few quid on Sligo at 4/5.
Considering we played Bray after they hadn't trained all week and they beat us 2-1, and our home record this season, I wouldn't be as confident that we will winQuote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Wow, you don't want Derry to win as they can't beat a team that is not even in the final yet.....Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
And I thought rovers fans were the manic depressive tital winners
Cobh 1 up. Would be absolutely enormous in they could hold on it would be their first ever national final.
Well done the Ramblers
Fair play cobh. Fantastic result for them. Derry in the final........unbelievable stuff.how did the match go?
Hopefully Cobh now distracted ahead of next week :)
Cobh were gutsy and give it their all, despite not being the best technical side. Dundalk were fairly poor all around. I'm disappointed that more of the fringe players didn't try and make their mark to show why they should be in the first team. The goal was horrendous, Massey gifted them the ball in our half and the Cobh player was able to slide it through to the striker Hull who put it past Sava.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
So Dundalk will destroy Cobh on Friday now in the second leg right?
Looked to be a really poor crowd at it. Amazing that even in a national semi final the people of Cobh still don't come out to support the side.
A friend who was there said it was a good crowd there.
Only got vague updates, but from those I got it sounded like a well deserved win for Cobh.
Derry must be a on record final appearance at this stage, but it would be great for Cobh if they got to host it now, or at least use TC if there is a seating capacity limit.
It's Derry's 13th final - but remarkably, their first since 2011. It ends their longest spell without a League Cup final. Dundalk and Rovers have the next best records with ten finals each.
It'll be Cobh's first appearance in the final.
Thought the same myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Is it a toss for home draw ?
But in fairness their population is less than 13000, so even if 10% of the town came to the ground (which is almost unheard of) they'd only have 1300.
Cobh is just to small to realistically ever have decent attendances.
In fairness to dalk, the heat in Cobh can be something terrible at times. It once hit 20' degees I'm told..
Maybe, officially. In reality, I think it's agreed between the clubs, the FAI and TV channel.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
The final was meant to be 15th September. Institute are playing in the Brandywell that day.
It's been announced that the final is now 16th.
You can draw conclusions from that, I'd guess.
Are Tute playing all their home games in the Brandywell?, I seem to remember they had an issue with flooding.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Yep. They'll never go back to Riverside, it seems.Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
The Cobh goal is here.
Don't see much of the ground, but looks a bigger crowd than usual in the terrace anyway.
Some city fans there said 800ish, which is multiples of their normal crowd in fairness.
Still a bit of anamosity towards the club but hopefully this puts the hard work of the players and management into light....
Anyone have an idea on when the venue will be decided?
Anomosity toward the club for what?? i know they borrowed lots of mone they didn't have back in the day, but sure almost every club did that at least once...Quote:
Originally Posted by marty
There's a disconnect between the club and the locals, many have started following Cobh wanderers instead. Loads of mistakes along the way and people in charge that have annoyed people.
For years the club was viewed as clanish and when it went bust a lot of people got satisfaction from it. It still has not gained back the support but a national final should help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
Wanderers will always have support as most are local players which is important in a small town.
I was at the game in 07 when Cobh Ramblers brought down a serious crowd to Athlone for their promotion party. It was from end of 08 onwards that things badly went wrong for them. Delighted for Stephen Henderson and Cobh. I have no problems with them at all as they treated us well on our last visit a few months ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by marty
What a shame. In a town as tiny as Cobh you haven't a hope of reaching your potential if that type of nonsense is going on. With the whole town right behind the team you've got a chance, and even then it can be a real struggle at times. Look at Sligo - a town of only 20k or so but they've a great connection with the local community and they still struggle sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
Would have said the crowd was around 1100 myself, though the atmosphere was like the real old days.
The other posters are spot on about the disconnect there but to be honest a lot of the crap that went on was 10 years ago or longer. It is true that the club has lost a generation of fans but on the other hand so called football people in the town are knocking the club no matter what they do. I hope that we can build on this now on and off the pitch.
Agreed..... The sun is reporting that by end of week the venue and time should be known. Derry have the new ground so I'd imagine would be favourites for aesthetic reasons but you never know. Would love a two leg affair myself. Should Rams get to host it I'd imagine it would come close to selling out.
So estimated of 800 to 1000 at Cobh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
What was the Sligo vs Derry attendance on Monday anyone!
VoluntaryQuote:
Originally Posted by nr637
read in paper today in sun that derry has the most seats out of the two grounds but cobh has the bigger capacity!Quote:
Originally Posted by marty