Cork AUL 2009/10

There are still some 1st and 2 nd round games to be decided so the draw for the 3rd wont take place till their done an dusted id say.

AOH Cup
1st Round
Dunbar Cel "A" v Wilton Utd "A"
Strand Utd v Springfield "A"
Springfield "B" v Crescent Ath

2nd Round
Carrigtohill Utd "A" v Knocknaheeny Cel
Ard-na-Laoi v Macroom "A"
Ballintotis v St John Boscos "B"
Dunbar/Wilton v Ballincollig
Passage v Bohemians'
Castleview v Strand Utd/Springfield "A"
Rathcoole Rovers "A" v Park Utd "A"
Churchvilla v Springfield "B"/Crescent Ath
St John Boscos "A" v Ballyvolane "B"
Coachford "B" v Casement Cel
Ballyvolane "A" v Mayfield Utd
Kinsale "A" v Central Rovers
CFC Banteer v Shandon Cel


3rd Round Qualifiers- Draw Not Yet Made due to the games outstanding in the 1st an 2nd rounds.

Village Utd
Douglas Hall
Blarney St Ath
Park Utd "B"
Greenwood "B
Greenwood "A"
Kilreen Cel
Leeside "A"
Coachford "A"
Knockavilla Cel
Knockraha
Glanworth Utd
Dillon's Cross Ath
Corkbeg
Macroom "B"
Waterloo
Afton Villa
Blackstone Rovers
Greenmount Rangers

Ah ok - saw that posted already on Billys/barrys blog - thought you haad some new info - thanks anyway

Since Bella's request to post your Soccer Cv on line has got little response ,lets try it from a different angle for the craic while things are quiet on the football front.


Has the Cross been kind to you over the years?

My record:
As a player : played 3 Won 1.

Thats over 15years so dont be too ashamed if you haven't reached the Holy grail yet.

For all the new posters young or old please respond even if you haven't made it ( if only to make me happy ;))

Smashin question Junglegym,I'll need a bit of time to cast my memory back but I promise Ill post as soon as I have a good think about it.

Never played at the cross, came close on a couple of occasions by getting to a county cup semi final and the quarter final of the Presidents Cup but it was not meant to be.

[QUOTE=bellavistaman;1297126]What have the posters here won as either player or manager?

First year out of AUL with Casement Seniors now. Joined Ballyphehane Celtic at 17 and had 5 great seasons with them until they sadly folded. Finished 2nd in AUL 3 in season 1. Won 2nd Division season 2. Season 3 did the double won 1st Division and St. Michaels Cup. Did another double season 4 winning Premier A and Mossie Linnane. Season 5 won Mossie again. Start of season 6 went to the wall :(. Back tho with Casement and top of the league unbeaten so far with the bones of that Hane team :D.

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Hello all,I managed to get a hold of all the cup draws but its to long to post so anyone who wants ta know who they have an in what just ask.

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Littleman did you see the draw for the St.Michaels cup?

Radio,go on to Billus blog,on the right hand side look for AUL CUP DATES,click on that an all will be revealed,if that dont work get back ta ma cause im not in work now an Billys blog wont leave my phone down load the attachment.

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Since Bella's request to post your Soccer Cv on line has got little response ,lets try it from a different angle for the craic while things are quiet on the football front.


Has the Cross been kind to you over the years?

My record:
As a player : played 3 Won 1.

Thats over 15years so dont be too ashamed if you haven't reached the Holy grail yet.

For all the new posters young or old please respond even if you haven't made it ( if only to make me happy ;))

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Havent played there yet, I've a good feeling bout this year though!!

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What?? Are wew both on about the team who folded they won the double few yrs back, few dunlea's with them i think. Tall cm who was class, their CB O'Mahony i think his name was he was v good aswell. They destryoed us twice that year, one of the best teams i played against over the years anyway

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Ya that was the team bell. We were a very good team. Danny Long with Everton Seniors now is the Centre mid your talking about. Genius. 3 Dunleas in that team were Eric Trevor and Poo. The later 2 now with Casement. Will Aherne up front was deady he is back from Oz now and is back with Casement. Alan O Mahony is the Centre half in my eyes was the best defender in the AUL. He was Captain of the OT team aswell before he left for Oz. We were a very strong team then. We got a team of the year when we did the double aswell. Shame the way it ended i suppose.....

Blackstone V Greenwood off - Gave it as long as we could but still hadnt defrosted in places so the right decision to call it off in the end

2 trips to the cross
1 win Presidents Cup over Maymount Celtic (long time ago)
1 Loss in County Cup to Watergrasshill (Last year)

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Originally Posted by bellavistaman

our game in monard was called off too. Think the aul would have all games afternoon kickoff to give us some chance of getting a game in.

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Bella I was out in Monard at 2pm today - our pitch was dodgy but the Crescent/Leeview pitch was worse - our game was to be an afternoon kick off

Killowen 2 Hillington 1.

Killowen 1-0 up after 30 minutes, Hillington equalised after 82 minutes. Killowen winner in the 89th minute. Free kick from outside the area, free heading straight towards the 'keeper but he let the ball drop between his legs and it trickles over the line. A bit harsh on Hillington as they played well and missed 2 "sitters" during the game but that's the way it goes. Good start to 2010 for Killowen but the failure to keep clean sheets is a problem.

In answerin your excellent question Junglegym im probablly goin to put myself in line for some knocks but I dont mind,

My first to the Cross was with Marys minors/17s in 88/89 if im correct,Ramblers beat us in the Youths Cup Final. No 1

After Marys I was pursuaded to try my luck with Cork City,I gave it a good go but it just never happened for me,it was an experience though an i made a lot of good friends that i still have.Played once with them out their in a friendly. No 2

I joined Grattan in 92/93 an captained their first ever Aoh final side in 93/94 so encluding the semi against Ballincollig an the final which we lost against Passage. So No 3 an 4, an 5 cause we had to have a play off against Village to decide the 1st div winners(we both finished on 42 points) we lost 2 nil an i missed a sitter,no luck.

Next was the semi of the Aoh again in the Cross against Passage(revenge) in 95/96,which we won. No 6

The the 1st final against Togher was drawn an we won the replay . No 7 an 8.

I played with the Oscar Traynor side managed by Martin Heffernan in 97/98 in the Cross against the TSDL,we lost 3/1. No 9.

We won the Mossie in 03 but I wasnt a part of the team that day,but I was envoled in a coaching role when our minors won the youths league cup the same season against Blarney. No 10

My last an final visit playing wise to the Cross was playin with our B side against Macroom B in the Presidents Cup final in 06/07,we lost that one two. No 11.


So all told I been lucky enough to play their a few times,but my win/loss ratio is nt great.

Just a quick lads is this the worst season so far that ye have been involved in due to the bad weather?

no back in 93/94 i went 19 weeks serving a 2 match ban,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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In answerin your excellent question Junglegym im probablly goin to put myself in line for some knocks but I dont mind,

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No one in their right mind would question that Resume Littleman.

Whilst speaking about the Cross I see the fixture secretary has given our annual trip to the best pitch in the league next week. Hope we catch them cold ;)

Now would be a nice time to post that 3rd round AOH. cup draw Weeman.

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Originally Posted by junglegym

No one in their right mind would question that Resume Littleman.

Whilst speaking about the Cross I see the fixture secretary has given our annual trip to the best pitch in the league next week. Hope we catch them cold ;)

Now would be a nice time to post that 3rd round AOH. cup draw Weeman.

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Everybody will be cold this weekend
Just checked the forecast for fri and sat in Cork:
Highs of 0degs and lows of -5degs.
Brrr!
I can't see many games being played.

Aright boyz. Chico, i see we have ye in the league Sat, at yer place, although i cant really see it going ahead. What ya reckon ??. Our game against Mayfield was called off and its even hard to train these days. Id say get ready for some summer soccer lads !!

Howdy the owl - yeah we keep getting scheduled for home games by the AUL - the undersoil heating is giving trouble out in Monard though - horse start paying the bills will you!!! The pitch was ok on Saturday last week but still dangerous none the less! We will try to play it if we can but if the weather stays like this i dont know

On the subject of Turners Cross - never played there or managed a team there - various semi final appearances in cups but never that elusive final - even though Hibs had a reasonably good record there in the mid- 90s

Happy New Year to you all, and may your seasons be successful.......less successful than ours, but successful!!

On the honours question, I have a league winners medal from Schoolboys,AUL, Niteowls & Astro Leagues......four different leagues!! Just a good shave and Im trying for the Ladies league!!

On the Cross, been there once as asst manager/waterboy etc for Blackstone and we won with an 89th minute winner, so 100%.

Do you think the Fix Sec deliberately avoids fixing home fixtures for dodgy pitches over the winter months, or is it a set formula for fixtures in general ie, the pitch isnt taken into consideration?

Mr Owl, we will probably look to leave the ref call it unless it gets really bad. Should be a decent game.

Anyone read the West Cork soccer book yet? id say it would be excellent.

Littleman ye cant be to happy about losing hala?? But one thing for sure i thaought we would win the league before... Might as well give us our medals now hahah

Only joking people but glad to have him back he is a very good footballer

alright lads ive bein threatenin to join ye for awhile so i finally did, go to alot of aul matches so lookin forward to given my opinion

alright lads bein threatening to join this for awhile go to alot of aul matches so lookin forward to given my opinion

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alright lads ive bein threatenin to join ye for awhile so i finally did, go to alot of aul matches so lookin forward to given my opinion

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Welcome Ghost... The more the merrier on this thread. Have you a team you specifically follow?

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Littleman ye cant be to happy about losing hala?? But one thing for sure i thaought we would win the league before... Might as well give us our medals now hahah

Only joking people but glad to have him back he is a very good footballer

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Thats a shock. Didnt see him yet this year but heard he took going up to Premier like a duck to water. Weeman is not a happy bunny but thats football. He was with ye a handy few years i remember him about 4 years ago against us (Ballyphehane),he did ok that day even tho we beat ye 5-0 in Crossbarry :p. But you cant beat playing with your buddies so that could be the reason for joining back im guessing.

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Originally Posted by super_mario

Littleman ye cant be to happy about losing hala?? But one thing for sure i thaought we would win the league before... Might as well give us our medals now hahah

Only joking people but glad to have him back he is a very good footballer

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Jesus Mario! ye were strong enough as it was. Great player to get back though. http://foot.ie/forums/../inc/img/icons/foot.ie.gif

thanks Inish, no not with any club just go to alot of games, all leagues any place, any time :) just on yer latest topic with this player Hala' AKA "red boots" i went to a few of Gratten games after seeing Littlemans post earlier in the year sayin he had unearthed a gem!! from wat ive seen and i shoot from the hip always as i tell it like i c! i dont think littleman will be too bothered loosin him?? maybe he was used to bein a big fish in a small pond for so long with Bhohs didnt suit him bein with Gratten with some of the serious players they have, i could be wrong here lads dont know the bloke but would be interesting to here from Littleman, i dont want to offend anyone here lads as i aint gifted with a ball myself but theres a serious difference between Premier and D1A skill, fitness, attitude (knocking on fellas doors Sun mourning) so Mario i wouldnt be too cocky and getting carried away!! opinions welcome

Greetings boys and girls from all of us at Blarney St... we have decided to end our self imposed exile from Foot.ie so am looking forward to getting back on board for the second half of the season and giving our twopence worth.....
by the way its great to see all the new people on this there is some amount of clubs represented now...
the first half of our season wasnt the best so we are really looking forward to 2010 to see what it might bring.... our last two games in december were big games which we won thank god... had we lost we would be rock bottom of the prem and out of the AOH but as it turned out by winning one league match(6-2) away to knockavilla we have gone from bottom in to 5th and by beating pearse celtic at home in extra time we re still in the aoh so plenty to play for..... talks of a couple of players coming in as well but dont want to say anything just yet till they are definite... the prem league is shaping up to be very keenly contested again with all the usual suspects up there chasing... only seen a handful of teams play this year but i have to say was very impressed with Leeside who i saw play against us couple of weeks back... they were awesome on the day had everything and this small guy up front i think barret is his name is a huge addition for them... frightening pace and knows how to use it.... Saying that we were all out of sorts the same day..no manager and no training done that week but still take nothing from them... like i said was impressed all round
lot of teams grabbing the headlines in the 1st nd 2nd divisions particularly bohs and glenvale which is great for the northside...to be fair both have players that could cut it in higher leagues and if the manage to keep there feet on the ground second half of the season they should be ok i think..in response to your question Ghost i have only seen this guy hala play once and he looked a decent player but i think any player that leaves any team now is a loss unless you have someone to replace him...especially if he was a starter... not sure if this fella started every game...
anyways lads best of luck to all in 2010 and looking forward to being back on board... also best of luck to niall o regan and cork aul team for rest of oscar traynor

Welcome Ghost. A norrie i pressume ??. Back to training last night and have to say i suffered badly. Didnt do too much but the weight of all those selection boxes and turkey took its toll !!!!!!!!Nice to get back although id say that will be it for the week. Cant see the game going ahead. all pitches will suffer id say. Welcome back (blarney) street, yea i see ye have pulled it around a bit after a tough few weeks. a long way to go yet. Id say yer on a bit of a mission after last years AOH final........that was a bitter pill to swallow for ye.

Though i posted something earlier but it seems to be gone ??? The ghost - the reason Premier/Premier A matches are on a saturday afternoon is so that we dont have to get fellas out of bed !!!!! We'll see what happens the owl - to be honest it was touch and go last week - the ref spent a good time trying to decide - so if we can play it we will!!!

I know chico. id say wer just hangin for a game at this stage. Put down yer heat mats on the pitch !!!

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I know chico. id say wer just hangin for a game at this stage. Put down yer heat mats on the pitch !!!

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You'll have to speak to Horse about that - he is responsible for that side of things!!! :D They already lied to me about the undersoil heating

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The ghost - the reason Premier/Premier A matches are on a saturday afternoon is so that we dont have to get fellas out of bed !!!!!

I thought each team nominates weather to play on a Sat r a Sun ?? if i were a manager i would insist on playin Sun morning as u would soon find out wat kinda players u have. committed players r fellas with Sat night fever!!

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well the ghost - i have been managing teams for about 6/7 years now and i for one NEVER want to play Sunday morning matches again so I wouldnt blame players for not wanting to either!! Its junior soccer the ghost - fellas have lives - staying in almost every Saturday night isnt practical and even catches out the most dedicated of players on occasions

Ghost your comments are out of order and terribly offensive being honest, tonight and most other nights this season we have had between 14-18 players training every night there was training. For you to question our attitude skill and commitment is a disgrace and very offensive. You say there is a huge difference between Prem-Prem a and 1a. only 4 weeks ago we went down to park a prem team and we were missing 4 first team players and we knocked them out of the cup. And another thing referring to our team as a "small pond" is absolute nonsense. Between the league, St michaels cup, AOH cup, city challenge cup and Munster junior we have lost only one game not bad for a "small pond" team now is it??? If my facts are correct grattan are gone from the AOH, and Munster junior are they not?? Now i have nothing against grattan or any other team in the higher divisions jus trying to prove this chap wrong. ghost there is players in our team and prob every other team in all leagues who would get into most prem league teams and there is prem players who wouldnt get into the so called "lower teams". Proably every team in the AUL were out in that bitter cold tonight training and you have the cheek to question our attitude and commitment just because we arent in the top 2 divisions.

Am i alone here or is anyone else offended by his comments???


I think you should be ashamed of yourself if im honest

Your spot on mario,there are savage players playing in every league,just because there not playing in a premier team doesn't mean a thing.Some players are just loyal to their club,prefer playing with their buddys etc.

Look I tried to avoid getting drawn into this but none the less it seems Il have to . An to just make this nice an clear as usual I will post what I know for 100% because I spoke directly to the people concerened.

Mario, Halla is staying with Grattan.

Ghost,you have watched us at home,your words.......so forgive me if im a little puzzled about your view on Halla.We played 4 games at home all season an in 3 of them he was excellent,top class.The other we were all poor.

Cans has gone back to Marys,so Id like oppertuinity to say best of luck and thanks for everything.

Streetscene has pointed out its only a loss if you dont have something better to replace it,an if things work out over the next few days then I think I will have done that in spades,but Il keep it under me hat for now;).

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Look I tried to avoid getting drawn into this but none the less it seems Il have to . An to just make this nice an clear as usual I will post what I know for 100% because I spoke directly to the people concerened.

Mario, Halla is staying with Grattan.

Ghost,you have watched us at home,your words.......so forgive me if im a little puzzled about your view on Halla.We played 4 games at home all season an in 3 of them he was excellent,top class.The other we were all poor.

Cans has gone back to Marys,so Id like oppertuinity to say best of luck and thanks for everything.

Streetscene has pointed out its only a loss if you dont have something better to replace it,an if things work out over the next few days then I think I will have done that in spades,but Il keep it under me hat for now;).

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Right time for this hala guy to sign up and give us his side of the story :D
Really though I never believe a player has signed until he is on the pitch for a competitive game!!!

Cans back to Marys again?? Yo-yo comes to mind !! :p