Limerick Desmond League 2009/10

Division 1 League Cup Final
Killeaney 1 Kildimo Utd 0.

Killeaney tonight won the division one league cup with a one nil win over Kildimo Utd at Clounreask, Darren Sheahan getting the winner in the fourth quarter, his left footed effort from twenty two yards flying past the keeper. A hard fought win for Killeaney who had Shane Fitz sent off very early in the game for two yellow cards while Sean Lynch made two very good saves, one in each half. Man of the match was Killeaney centre half Patrick Madigan

Yes, it was a great strike from Dicey, a great goal worthy of winning any match. Man of the match could have gone to any of Killeaney's back four, keeper, Gary Kelly in midfield or indeed Dicey for that great goal, but Madigan leads by example and got his award on merit. Kildimo United also must be complimented for their contribution, as they never resorted to hoofing the ball even though they were chasing the game for the last 18mins. They came close in the last 5 mins when Paudie O'Connell cleared off the line following a Kildimo corner. The Desmond League management should however be ashamed of themselves asthere was nobody on the gate for admittance and they lost out on a tidy gate. Once again Joe had the pitch in great condition, so he will be a very pleased gentleman tonight.

Yes Joe had the pitch in excellent order as always..........has anyone seen Fr.Joe recently?

Congratulations to Rathkeale on their League title. I feel sorry for Ballingarry, as they really gave a great effort to avoid the drop, but they left themselves with a mountain to climb after their poor start. I suppose that Rathkeale will be expected to do the double on Friday evening against Athea Utd.

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Yes Joe had the pitch in excellent order as always..........has anyone seen Fr.Joe recently?

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Stuck in a bowl of humble pie most like :o

Premier Division
Broadford Utd 1 Glin Rovers 6
Ballingarry 1 Newcastle West 0
Rathkeale 2 Askeaton 1
Carrig Celtic 3 Abbeyfeale Utd 3

Hard luck to Ballingarry. Great effort.

Over 35's league starting this week, or next week, great fun, all for charity, players paying €20 each I think to play and make a few quid for a worthwhile charity. The referees are good enough to do it for €40 a match. Why dont the flippin' ref's do it for free? Lousers...And no crap about how there would be no game without the refs please...this is a short summer tournament bit of fun to help a charity. Lousy refs....

So another season finished apart from the desmond cup nxt Friday.

Let me first say congrats to Rathkeale on winning the premier division, Well deserved they only lost 1 league game all year showing great consistency which is needed to win leagues.
Rathkeale are probably favourites for the desmond cup, however after winning the league they might not have the same "hunger" as Athea to win it.
Il go for Rathkeale to win it 3-0 with 2 of the goals coming late on.

Also big congrats to Adare who got promoted for the second year in a row which is some achievement and it will be interesting to see how they get on in the premier next year.

I was surprised to see the Abbeyfeale and Glin only avoided a relegation playoff by a point. Abbeyfeale finished 3rd last season and then shelved out big money (around 8 grand im told) for a new manager.surely they wont be paying him again next season?


only 12 weeks til the start of the new season, so around 6/7 weeks til the start of pre-season. so enjoy the break :)

I must agree. Congratulations to Rathkeale on closing out the league. Only losing one game is the quality of real champions and they have proved that through the whole year. I must say that it was nice to see the league going to the last day and been more interesting.
Fair play to Ballingarry for putting up a brave fight right to the end. Pity they left it a bit too late beacuse they do deserve to stay up for giving a 100% effort.

Roll on next year and i only hope that it is as tight as this year with a few more teams fighting at the top. Any news on if the league are going to change the format to be like the scottish premier.

I think you will find that the referees also donate to the charity. Over the last few years these "Lousers" put 3 on the 3/4 playoff and the final where the donate the fee to the charity. Also these "lousy refs" help out schoolboy football in the Kennedy Cup (no fee charged) and this year will be volunteers at the Special Olympics (no fee charged) Anyway you are entitled to your opinion on the "flippin' refs. Enjoy the tournament.

DESMOND CUP FINAL -
Lads what are the views on tomorrow nights Desmond Cup final vetween Athea Utd and Rathkeale, very little about it on the forum, perhaps due to the pairing not drawing the same attention as say an all premier contest would have done

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DESMOND CUP FINAL -
Lads what are the views on tomorrow nights Desmond Cup final vetween Athea Utd and Rathkeale, very little about it on the forum, perhaps due to the pairing not drawing the same attention as say an all premier contest would have done

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Best of luck to both teams and hopefully it will be a cracker.

Hopefully it will be a good tight game, but I think it's hard to see anything but a Rathkeale win... very hard for a lower division team to hold up to the pressure of the final for the full 90 minutes!

Anyone know who was the last non-premier team to win the cup?

Some pics from the Cup Final last night

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/...089bf6c6_b.jpg

who won?

Rathkeale 4 Athea Utd 0. All the goals coming in the second half in a game that was literally one way traffic. Man of the match in my book was Athea keeper Tim Enright who kept his side in it in the first half and made some great saves in the second half. Rathkeale were emphatic winners and just as convincing as the scoreline suggests

Thats an acceptable reply Yorkshire Rose, maybe I was a little robust in my original message so I apologise for that. We know ye're only trying to do your best...

Well Done to RATHKEALE A TEAM ON DOING THE DOUBLE WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT....

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Well Done to RATHKEALE A TEAM ON DOING THE DOUBLE WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT....

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Yea it's nice to see someone else winning it NCW have been very dominant the last few years.......

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Yea it's nice to see someone else winning it NCW have been very dominant the last few years.......

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Well done to Rathkeale. Great season, congrats

Desmond League AGM was on tonight. Proposal by Glantine to reduce the number of games played, ie have eight teams in the various divisions was defeated by 50 votes to 37. Proposal by Abbeyfeale to start junior season with the league cup was comprehensively defeated.
The other big news emerging from the AGM was that all Desmond Cup games will now be decided on the day, except for the final.

Thanks Western gale. Glad to see that sanity prevailed regarding the league set-ups. I also agree with Desmond Cup ties finishing on the day. I'm not too sure about the league cups as some clubs use it as a pre-season because of GAA commitments of their players. I seem to remember a few clubs getting to the finals a few years ago and later in the season being relegated, so perhaps it's better in the current format. I would also like to point out to Clearly that for the last 8-9 years referees have obliged in the Community Games free gratis as well as going to UL for the Munster finals. I would further state that some of these 'lousers' are unemployed but still continue to give their services free on occasions.

Was the start date for the 2010/2011 season announced at the AGM ?

The start up date of the 2010/11 season will be announced when the league holds its Delegate Meeting. As of yet no date fixed for Delegate Meeting but its usually in late July or early August

ya well done to rathkeale afc on winning the double..good to see a team apart from ncw winning cups..any team losing one game in the season deserves to win the league..congrats

I have clarified that position Notaclue, I accept I was OTT and have apologised to Yorkshire Rose.

I know that this is a junior forum but with the Kennedy Cup taking place in UL all this week I'd like to wish the loocal Limerick Desmond Schoolboys League the very best of luck. They play Midlands today (ko 5pm) and have two games tomorrow against Drogheda (ko 12 noon) and Galway (ko 7pm). I'll post results here when I get them

Kennedy Cup Group 4 result - Limerick Desmond 0 Midlands 1

Tuesday, June 22nd

Kennedy Cup Group 4
Limerick Desmond 2 Drogheda 0

Kennedy Cup Group 4
Limerick Desmond 1 Galway 1

Thanks Western Gael. Does that mean that they finished 2nd or 3rd in their group? Are they in the Bowl or Trophy competition now?

Limerick Desmond after draw with Galway finished second in Group 4 and that put them into the Kennedy Bowl Quarter Final. In the Bowl this afternoon they drew 0-0 with Wexford but won 4-3 on pens, both sides scored their first three penalties before Desmond keeper Dara Noonan saved their fourth, Desmond then scored their fourth before Noonan saved Wexfords fifth to give Limerick Desmond the win. Scorers in the pealty shootout were AJ O'Connor, Daragh Quilligan, David O'Mahony and Cormac Roche. In the Kennedy Bowl Semi Final tomorrow they will play Inishowen at 12 noon

Lads anyone out there know the latest state of play in the over-35 league or cup?