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27/05/2005, 9:16 AM
OpenGoal

Has any club, outside the following ever won the premier?

newtown
newmarket
avenue
bunratty
st.pats
bridge utd.
27/05/2005, 9:42 AM
old boy

:D

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Originally Posted by shelbourne1904

Dont forget all the trophies Newmarket had one before Avenue were even formed.Newmarket were totally dominant in Clare in the late 70s and 80s before Avenue arrived and won their way up from the bottom division ,division by year.

what about st michaels of ennis ... were they also major rivals to newmarket in early /late 8os .. :D
27/05/2005, 10:04 AM
shelbourne1904

They were,but Newmarket even did well in the FAI and Munster although Avenues FAI final apperance is the best a Clare junior side has ever done.
Michaels had the great Noel Ryan with them,who also played for Cork Celtic (whose Captain was the Chelsea legend Bobby Tambling),and hurled for Clare.He sadly died recently.
The only thing was they had the worst pitch imaginable across the road from Doora in a farm yard which should never have been allowed ,even in Clare.
27/05/2005, 10:07 AM
shelbourne1904

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Originally Posted by OpenGoal

Has any club, outside the following ever won the premier?

newtown
newmarket
avenue
bunratty
st.pats
bridge utd.

Do you include the old First Division in this???
27/05/2005, 10:19 AM
OpenGoal

Sorry, didnt realise there was an old first divison. Lets say "Top Flight"........
27/05/2005, 10:23 AM
Nibzer

1986-1987 Newtown on the league and the shield but we dont count these minor tropheys

1988-1989 Newtown won the double...League and cup (last haughey cup)

Weve no record of the smaller mickey mouse tropheys in between..
27/05/2005, 10:28 AM
old boy

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Originally Posted by shelbourne1904

They were,but Newmarket even did well in the FAI and Munster although Avenues FAI final apperance is the best a Clare junior side has ever done.
Michaels had the great Noel Ryan with them,who also played for Cork Celtic (whose Captain was the Chelsea legend Bobby Tambling),and hurled for Clare.He sadly died recently.
The only thing was they had the worst pitch imaginable across the road from Doora in a farm yard which should never have been allowed ,even in Clare.

crap pitch alright i played on it ,,, but they were some team !!!

i would imagine there is also still some crap pitches in clare league today ... anybody played on any recently

:D :D :D
27/05/2005, 10:35 AM
shelbourne1904

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Originally Posted by OpenGoal

Has any club, outside the following ever won the premier?

newtown
newmarket
avenue
bunratty
st.pats
bridge utd.

I think Hermitage St Michaels and Lifford Shannon Town??
27/05/2005, 10:39 AM
OpenGoal

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Originally Posted by old boy

crap pitch alright i played on it ,,, but they were some team !!!

i would imagine there is also still some crap pitches in clare league today ... anybody played on any recently

:D :D :D

Corofin, Kirush....both awful. Bridge Celtic, grassy but hilly.
27/05/2005, 10:48 AM
old boy

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Originally Posted by OpenGoal

Corofin, Kirush....both awful. Bridge Celtic, grassy but hilly.

it is a shame when u see effort some clubs make to provide good playing surface / changing rooms .. hut

and still a few can get away with terrible pitches
27/05/2005, 10:53 AM
Clifford

there are five comps in clare every year and fai and munster.
avenue formed 1983/84 season won second then first. so since 1985 been in the top flight. in 20 seasons they have won the league 9 times (pratically one every two years) 86/87/91/92/93/95/96/2000/2005. cup again one every two years. 85/86/87/91/94/96/2000/ runners up 89/90/93/98. they lost in fai final 1990 2-0 cherry orchard and lost in semi 1997 to portmarnock. they also contest 3 if not four munster semi finals. i think avenue were the only team to win all five comp in 87/88 season.
(guessing 4 years but will have the rest later) there hasn't been one season that they haven't won one of these competitions. (although shared one cup)

newmarket must have an equally impressive haul if not better. thats why the rivalry between newmarket and avenue is there. in fairness bunratty have had a good 5/6 years lately.
with every new crop comes new rivalry though a major problem over the last few years was getting commitment from them. had cracking youths team 5 years ago but only 2 playing. avenue have cracking unerage up to 14's so won't have youths team for another 3 years. unfortunatly i think the current team will not be good enough to retain league. (but thats not to say we won't give it a try)
ps if you think the other comps are mickey mouse why enter a team?????????
there are plenty of great players out there who would love to have won just one of those so called mickey mouse comps
27/05/2005, 11:05 AM
papa-j

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Originally Posted by Nibzer

1986-1987 Newtown on the league and the shield but we dont count these minor tropheys

1988-1989 Newtown won the double...League and cup (last haughey cup)

Weve no record of the smaller mickey mouse tropheys in between..

go easy with the mickey mouse comments. You have to be at least part of a league winning team before you can even start thinking that way. Even then its not on! Try telling the other lads in your team that these tropheys are mickey mouse, you'd get a good kick in d'arse!!!!! peace.
27/05/2005, 11:17 AM
old boy

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Originally Posted by papa-j

go easy with the mickey mouse comments. You have to be at least part of a league winning team before you can even start thinking that way. Even then its not on! Try telling the other lads in your team that these tropheys are mickey mouse, you'd get a good kick in d'arse!!!!! peace.

totally agree as a player i won lleague / cup / fai area / munster area finals... never thought of them as mickey mouse cups as we had to beat some bloody good teams to win them :ball: :ball:
27/05/2005, 12:35 PM
shelbourne1904

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Originally Posted by OpenGoal

Corofin, Kirush....both awful. Bridge Celtic, grassy but hilly.

Kirush gets my vote.Crap pitch,long grass even in December, no effort at all by the club.Markings done in the dark after an ****up the previous night . .Gets all my votes and wins handsdown.
2.Despite Tullas great efforts theirs still comes next.It looses marks cause their previous effort at Tyreda Park had a stump of a tree growing up through the sideline.
3rd place goes to the St Pats pitch on the edge of the mountain with bonfire patch in the middle and giant hamsters wheel at the side of the pitch.In January it is a particularly delightful place to visit,especially the entrance where I always feel its to keep the landlord away or at least hope that visiting teams will just give up and go home.
CLARE of THE CEAD MILE SOCCER FAILTES.
PS Newmarket tried exceptionally hard this year but the group voting of the Easter Bloc Countries blew it for them.They also lost too many points because it is only temporary before they get their own place done.Anyone know when it is due to be reopened??
27/05/2005, 1:15 PM
Clifford

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Originally Posted by shelbourne1904

Kirush gets my vote.Crap pitch,long grass even in December, no effort at all by the club.Markings done in the dark after an ****up the previous night . .Gets all my votes and wins handsdown.
2.Despite Tullas great efforts theirs still comes next.It looses marks cause their previous effort at Tyreda Park had a stump of a tree growing up through the sideline.
3rd place goes to the St Pats pitch on the edge of the mountain with bonfire patch in the middle and giant hamsters wheel at the side of the pitch.In January it is a particularly delightful place to visit,especially the entrance where I always feel its to keep the landlord away or at least hope that visiting teams will just give up and go home.
CLARE of THE CEAD MILE SOCCER FAILTES.
PS Newmarket tried exceptionally hard this year but the group voting of the Easter Bloc Countries blew it for them.They also lost too many points because it is only temporary before they get their own place done.Anyone know when it is due to be reopened??

have you seen tullycrine and burrens pitch, even kilkees joke of a pitch. who passes these pitches. maybe this should be a point for all our clubs to bring up at the agm. several different clubs, then they might take notice.
27/05/2005, 1:38 PM
old boy

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Originally Posted by CLIFFORD

have you seen tullycrine and burrens pitch, even kilkees joke of a pitch. who passes these pitches. maybe this should be a point for all our clubs to bring up at the agm. several different clubs, then they might take notice.

do you also notice on a good pitch .. referee will pace out pitch checking size of pitch / penalty area also check all nets in goal

i know in the past teams with good set ups have been fined for having 1 corner flag missing of pole !!! and yet week after you are playing in grass up around your ankles . dry lime thrown down to mark pitch and goalposts held up by cement blocks and referree has no problem with it , !!! :mad: :ball:
27/05/2005, 1:44 PM
shelbourne1904

I dont believe the powers that be are interested or organised enough to put minimum requirement levels of pitches as part of the entry specification .I may be wrong to prejudge that the league been to start in mid August but I belive the start date is now 25th august.Since when is the 25th mid any month.and this was just organising an early start !!
Imagine if all grounds were to be examinined under a set of requirements under different headings with marks for each.If a minimum total points requirement was not reached then that pitch would be unacceptable to be used for any game.
Simple but there is no willingness by a lot of the clubs and subsequently the Commitee to assert itself and apply this as away of improving conditions.
27/05/2005, 2:31 PM
Pauliwallnuts

Bad Pitches

Kilkees has to be the worst I ever saw.
You wouldn't allow a goat to graze it, its so bad & theres always the off chance that you'll get a belt of a golf ball on the forehead.

The Tulla pitch is also brutal but at least they are in the process of setting up a new ground.

I agree with whoever said St Pats pitch on the side of the mountain is some hole of a place. You have to tog out in a farmyard covered in sh1te. Really pleasant experience on a cold winters Sunday morning.

The pitch Newmarket used this year was terrible as well.

The other pitch I hate playing on is the Fairgreen.

The best pitches are Bridge Utd's, Newtown, Bunratty, Kilkishen & probably Rineannas even with the slope.

Coonaghs Utd pitch which Cratloe play on is also a good pitch.
Will they be playing there next year ??

Overall in comparison to Limerick the pitches are a disgrace.

I also think that pitch in Doora considering how much it cost was a big waste of money. For a start its hardly ever used so whats the point in having it in the 1st place when some of that money might have been better placed being spread around throughout the league in the form of grants to help clubs improve facilities etc.

In my opinion that money would have been alot better invested in something like the setup Wolfe Tones have put in place which is awesome. Its not like it wouldn't pay for itself either cause the pitches at the Tones are booked out all year around.

What are your opinions ?? Agree or Disagree ??
27/05/2005, 2:32 PM
old boy

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Originally Posted by shelbourne1904

I dont believe the powers that be are interested or organised enough to put minimum requirement levels of pitches as part of the entry specification .I may be wrong to prejudge that the league been to start in mid August but I belive the start date is now 25th august.Since when is the 25th mid any month.and this was just organising an early start !!
Imagine if all grounds were to be examinined under a set of requirements under different headings with marks for each.If a minimum total points requirement was not reached then that pitch would be unacceptable to be used for any game.
Simple but there is no willingness by a lot of the clubs and subsequently the Commitee to assert itself and apply this as away of improving conditions.

should the clare league then consider fining clubs if pitches are not up to a certain standard ......... they would make a fortune next year :D :D :D

surprised clare league have not thought of tis already
27/05/2005, 2:41 PM
papa-j

Quote:

Originally Posted by shelbourne1904

I dont believe the powers that be are interested or organised enough to put minimum requirement levels of pitches as part of the entry specification .I may be wrong to prejudge that the league been to start in mid August but I belive the start date is now 25th august.Since when is the 25th mid any month.and this was just organising an early start !!
Imagine if all grounds were to be examinined under a set of requirements under different headings with marks for each.If a minimum total points requirement was not reached then that pitch would be unacceptable to be used for any game.
Simple but there is no willingness by a lot of the clubs and subsequently the Commitee to assert itself and apply this as away of improving conditions.

too right. With respect to the few officials( i use that term lightly) who actually give a sh1t, the facilities or lack of them is a disgrace. How someone doesn't get a serious injury playing on some of the alleged pitches is a minor miracle. If the start date of 25th of aug is definite then thats typical of the Clare league. We were promised an early start ie 1st week in August, sure now we'll play one match & then have a week off for the all ireland final, then our fine autum weather will kick in....same old story 3-4 league games played by xmas. Someone needs a kick in d'arse!!!
27/05/2005, 2:52 PM
old boy

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Originally Posted by papa-j

too right. With respect to the few officials( i use that term lightly) who actually give a sh1t, the facilities or lack of them is a disgrace. How someone doesn't get a serious injury playing on some of the alleged pitches is a minor miracle. If the start date of 25th of aug is definite then thats typical of the Clare league. We were promised an early start ie 1st week in August, sure now we'll play one match & then have a week off for the all ireland final, then our fine autum weather will kick in....same old story 3-4 league games played by xmas. Someone needs a kick in d'arse!!!

no use kicking them in d'arse ,,, they having doing the same thing for last ten years and they have not got it right yet :ball: :ball:
27/05/2005, 3:06 PM
number?

new signings

there will be 2 class players re signing for avenue next year! told by themselves and also chance will be gettin few others back too! should be good season!
27/05/2005, 3:08 PM
Kicks

I heard a while ago that this year the season will start straight away with league matches and the shield wont be played untill mid season. Anyone know if there's any truth to this?
27/05/2005, 3:25 PM
Pauliwallnuts

That is what the League were saying at the last delegates meeting.

It remains to be seen whether this will be the case or not.
27/05/2005, 4:14 PM
old boy

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Originally Posted by number?

there will be 2 class players re signing for avenue next year! told by themselves and also chance will be gettin few others back too! should be good season!

how about naming these class players to see if anybody else has any other updates on these players :eek:
27/05/2005, 4:31 PM
BallBreaker

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Originally Posted by CLIFFORD

have you seen tullycrine and burrens pitch, even kilkees joke of a pitch. who passes these pitches. maybe this should be a point for all our clubs to bring up at the agm. several different clubs, then they might take notice.

Clifford did you not know these clubs have special dispensations because they are affilated to the GAA??? i agree if the standard is to improve the pitches need to improve.......
27/05/2005, 5:06 PM
old boy

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Originally Posted by BallBreaker

Clifford did you not know these clubs have special dispensations because they are affilated to the GAA??? i agree if the standard is to improve the pitches need to improve.......

can u explain what these special dispensations are !!!!!!! :ball:
27/05/2005, 5:35 PM
BallBreaker

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Originally Posted by papa-j

go easy with the mickey mouse comments. You have to be at least part of a league winning team before you can even start thinking that way. Even then its not on! Try telling the other lads in your team that these tropheys are mickey mouse, you'd get a good kick in d'arse!!!!! peace.

First of all it's been mentioned that Jimmy Rocks is Ballbreaker,this is the only time i will mention ballbreaker again,IT IS NOT Jimmy ROCKS,Jimmy wouldn't even know how to use a keypad.

A couple of other things,any trophy that is played for is not mickey mouse,Newtown won 3 of the 5 trophies,while i would say we missed the 2 biggest ones we are delighted to have won 3.

On the Davy Wall story,all i can say is Newtown under Jimmy are looking at a few new signings and a few of these at the moment ply their trade in Limerick.
27/05/2005, 5:38 PM
BallBreaker

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Originally Posted by old boy

can u explain what these special dispensations are !!!!!!! :ball:

Come on Old Boy,i thought everyone knew that a Gaa soccer club are allowed not to line their pitches,call off games when they have a GAA friendly and so on,come on,come out of the fog......
27/05/2005, 5:55 PM
bunrattyrat

to be honest i have played is some class fields and some fields that soccer shouldnt be allowed to be played on..this year id have to say newmarket field is very bad but i no there get a new pitch so thats good..and de other 1 id have to say is tulla there was not a bit of grass on it when they beat us in the cup thats why i think they beat us but fair play to them!!
27/05/2005, 5:58 PM
BallBreaker

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Originally Posted by bunrattyrat

to be honest i have played is some class fields and some fields that soccer shouldnt be allowed to be played on..this year id have to say newmarket field is very bad but i no there get a new pitch so thats good..and de other 1 id have to say is tulla there was not a bit of grass on it when they beat us in the cup thats why i think they beat us but fair play to them!!

Welcome Bunrattyrat,i wonder what club you are from,anything happening with the rats,Management,New signings,retirements etc..... :ball: :ball:
27/05/2005, 6:07 PM
bunrattyrat

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Originally Posted by shelbourne1904

Thats one that always gets me.Why do Shannon players play for their local club in Bunratty.Is it snobbery??Is it the American tourist attraction ??or is the fact that there are better pubs to go on the **** before and after the matches??Are they ashamed of Shannon??
Someone please explain this phenomena(please note there are no words missing in this comment)

To be honest u havnt a clue what ur on about really do u..when bunratty formed first bunratty player's were players that no 1 else wanted at the start they used to get beaten ten or eleven nill every game but people like gerry hayes, noel twomey, jim twomey, pj woulfe god rest his soul, clem mc and de jones belived in them and slowly they they got better and better and the they won there first trophey under 16 up in corrofin under jim twomey-noel twomey from then on bunratty where a close club and they stuck together as a team all the way true..its nothn to do with bein ashamed of shannon or snobbery or anything like that so get ur facts right before u make comments
27/05/2005, 6:10 PM
bunrattyrat

cheers...not really sure whats going on at the moment but there is defo signings on tha way..bunratty will be back next year fightn for the league title where they belong!!!
30/05/2005, 8:41 AM
old boy

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Originally Posted by BallBreaker

First of all it's been mentioned that Jimmy Rocks is Ballbreaker,this is the only time i will mention ballbreaker again,IT IS NOT Jimmy ROCKS,Jimmy wouldn't even know how to use a keypad.

A couple of other things,any trophy that is played for is not mickey mouse,Newtown won 3 of the 5 trophies,while i would say we missed the 2 biggest ones we are delighted to have won 3.

On the Davy Wall story,all i can say is Newtown under Jimmy are looking at a few new signings and a few of these at the moment ply their trade in Limerick.

JIMMY WOULD BE FAIRLY QUICK TYPING ON THE CASH REGISTER THOUGH... HOPE DAVY WALL RETURNS WOULD BE A BIG BONUS FOR NEWTOWN & CLARE LEAGUE :ball: :ball:
30/05/2005, 12:20 PM
shelbourne1904

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Originally Posted by bunrattyrat

To be honest u havnt a clue what ur on about really do u..when bunratty formed first bunratty player's were players that no 1 else wanted at the start they used to get beaten ten or eleven nill every game but people like gerry hayes, noel twomey, jim twomey, pj woulfe god rest his soul, clem mc and de jones belived in them and slowly they they got better and better and the they won there first trophey under 16 up in corrofin under jim twomey-noel twomey from then on bunratty where a close club and they stuck together as a team all the way true..its nothn to do with bein ashamed of shannon or snobbery or anything like that so get ur facts right before u make comments

Read my questions again.You answered none of them.There is nothing wrong with Bunrattys club,PJ was a jem and a terrible loss to football in the county ,not just Bunratty.
30/05/2005, 1:36 PM
Clifford

[QUOTE=Pauliwallnuts]Kilkees has to be the worst I ever saw.
You wouldn't allow a goat to graze it, its so bad & theres always the off chance that you'll get a belt of a golf ball on the forehead.

The Tulla pitch is also brutal but at least they are in the process of setting up a new ground.

I agree with whoever said St Pats pitch on the side of the mountain is some hole of a place. You have to tog out in a farmyard covered in sh1te. Really pleasant experience on a cold winters Sunday morning.

The pitch Newmarket used this year was terrible as well.

The other pitch I hate playing on is the Fairgreen.

the fairgreen is san siro compaired to that ****. (kilkee, tullycrine, st pats/cooraclare, burren utd, tulla ) come on in fairness, would the reason you hate playing on fairgreen is you probably hardly ever won on it??????????????????????????????????????
30/05/2005, 1:39 PM
Clifford

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Originally Posted by number?

there will be 2 class players re signing for avenue next year! told by themselves and also chance will be gettin few others back too! should be good season!

i also heard one or two mentioned but will wait as it might not happen. if all clubs got there lost sheep back it would be some season and a great improvement for clare league.
31/05/2005, 11:38 AM
OpenGoal

Anyone know when the Wesley Webb Cup is starting ??? Always good for a laugh!!!
31/05/2005, 12:44 PM
old boy

:ball:

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Originally Posted by OpenGoal

Anyone know when the Wesley Webb Cup is starting ??? Always good for a laugh!!!

should we not rename it park rangers annual cup ,,,, about the only cup they can win .............

usually starts june / july at latest ... were will they play it are shannon town not working on their pitch this summer
:ball: :ball:
01/06/2005, 8:21 AM
shelbourne1904

Wesley Webb

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Originally Posted by old boy

:ball:

should we not rename it park rangers annual cup ,,,, about the only cup they can win .............

usually starts june / july at latest ... were will they play it are shannon town not working on their pitch this summer
:ball: :ball:

The only thing about it is the format is nonsense.It is played just before the start of the new season but you have to use the previous years players.....only Shannon Town would insist.
I always remeber the laughable secnariao where Newtown A were playing Park RangersA in the semi final and they played Dean Richter and Davy Wall as they had a lot of players on holidays.These 2 had been playing in Limerick for Pike Rovers and Geraldines respectively but were signing for Newtown for the season that was starting at youths level,they were both 16 at the time.
They tore Rangers assunder and the result was 2 nil.What did Rangers do :objected and Shannon Town dumped Newtown out .Hillarious.

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