Grattan came back from 2 down to beat Fermoy 4 - 3 .Cracking game.
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Grattan came back from 2 down to beat Fermoy 4 - 3 .Cracking game.
cracking game alright . i taught the standard was very good. fermoy have alot of foreign lads playing with them. some of em fairly handy. alot of credit to grattan though to score 4 goals and come from behind as fermoy are very strong defensively
We lost 3 nil, brutal. They had 4 chances scored 3, we couldnt score at all, bad result, really bad for us. Their(Ballyvolane) no great shakers like.
kinsale won 7-0, ref blew it up 5 mins into the 2nd half, as i was saying earlier, what a waste of everybodys time, top 2 divisions to be given byes to the 3rd round, that'll weed out all the teams that just dont make the grade, giant killing just doesnt happen with david v goliath type contests, i didnt make the game but score speaks for itself, fair play to the grats, keep that run going now, any idea who ye have in the next round. its actually a cup aul sides can do well in if the draw is kind and ye play well, oscar draw made, west cork league (again) and limerick desmond league, cork should come out of that and then struggle against better teams
hard luck bella ? ups & downs will come ye're way, sign of a good team to keep battlign to the end (of the season), determination & belief !!
ben ryan from kinsale is prob the best player in the league at the moment, he's got it all ! castleview wont be taken lightly but a home draw is as good as you'll get and there's a new determination with kinsale this year, alot of players back from injury, more on the way and fierce competition for places makes it a hungry place, goals flying in and conceding nothin, long may it last, we got villa at home next week to open our league campaign, you reckon it'll be a hum dinger after what "we did to em" last year littleman? they'll be up for it no doubt but ben ryans boys to shade it
we're gettin doen to business now that its october, cups galore and maybe the odd league game, cant afford to lose any ground lads, good contest up at hollyhill, park should prove good opposition for ye lads, how come ye manage to get so many home games or byes ?? someone in the aul must like ye, besta luck to all anyway, more team news during the week, any other team men out there with opinions ??:ball::ball::ball:
Grattan V St Mary's next round
that'll be a lively encounter, did ye swing another home draw
besta luck
The draw was made weeks back, check out http://homepage.eircom.net/~munfa/
le tizz you must have a touch of the X files.All dodgy dealins.Dont worry man we dont have anyone on the inside,The Senior draw and the junior draw is done by the MFA and not the AUL.We are away to Villa in the junior,and Mayfield C in the Fai by the way.The senior draw is out of our control.Gettin byes are just pot luck.
Crackin game Saturday,being such a young side(the oldest player on the startin 11 was 27,encluding 4 18 year olds) I think we were slighty nervous first time out in the Senior cup an all.They took us by surprise but we got to grips with them and bar one or two nervous moments did the job.They had a couple of Nigerian lads playin for them and they were class,fair dues.Our 2 international players Pa and Jp were on fire and caused Fermoy trouble all day,Figo is in a class of his own.
The game against Villa will be good for ye as it might provide ye with a bit stiffer opposition to play against than what ye have been playin against.True what happened last year will add a little spice.As I have already stated scorin goals is great,but lets keep the opposition in context.I watched our B squad play against Watergrass hills A squad Sunday and by christ if thats how strong their A team is ye must have been playin babies.Spoke to a commitee guy from Watergrass hill and he said ye were very good.
I agree with you that havin our top sides playing so early in the Aoh is a joke.An extra 3 games to give someone a hidin.I think we have Hillington B or somethin like that in the 2nd round,a game we could do without and thier is always a giant killer out their,ask Castleview
Park should provide another good side for the league game Saturday.Tough side home or away and to be honest thats what you want with the big competitions coming thick and fast good teams and good games.
The Fermoy manager paid us kind of a complement Saturday after the game,regarding the Pitch.He said it dose have a hill but it was a great lookin hill,excellent surface just tilted.I didnt know wether to laugh or feel proud.Credit to our groundsman who has our place lookin fantastic.I know its not Leeside's pitch standard(yet) but it's a great surface to play ball on and when teams play ball on it they are very happy with it.T'is only when side's start to leather it that they complain about it.
Bella chin up,things will click and come good.;)
Lads wheres Mayo,they have more to say on football than us.Ye should be ashamed of yourselves.Come on posts,posts,posts.Galway and Clare have more to say than us,its practically a Limerick Aul website they have so much to say.
Wheir fallen behind lads their has to be somethin worth talkin about in junior(or Senior,sorry)football in Cork.Je'sus even Dub boy,who hates the culchices and everythin outside the Pale has more hits than us.We are the rebel county least we not forget,back on top where we belong quick sharp.Refs,the price of balls,the Aul even me,their has to be somethin worth sayin,Il be dammed if I have to read all those posts from out side CORK tellin us how good they are and how shiite we are in the Fai and Mjc this year.From the start lads,up the rebels ha ha.
A post just for you littleman... Nothing else to say. (Innishvilla supporters have to stay quiet after our start to the season)...Quote:
Originally Posted by littleman
Well done Innish,tis a start.Football is a silly ol game,bad start it maybe but 3 or 4 wins and its back on track.Look at Bella,had to bide his time for his chance but stuck to his guns and took his chance with the Springers,be positive.With the way Knockavilla have been goin ye might pick up some of their lads soon,they might jump ship:D
Anyone know what punishment was given to Springers for assaulting the ref in their Linnane Cup match versus Knockavilla? :ball:
Any Wilton lads post on here? Marooned up here in Dublin and dying to know how the new season is going!
Thought ye would make it through the M Linnane this year. No messing around in the FAI this season and just make sure ye get promoted to the Premier.
Rudge.
Alright Disco Pants. Messed up in the Mossie alright. Threw it away with a 2-2 draw with springfield. Other than that seasons going well. Won first league game for a change.
Playing any ball in Dublin?
Alright Rise!
No ball in Dublin at the moment. In fact, the last time I kicked a ball in anger was with Wilton two seasons ago. Up the walls with work unfortunately.
Didn't realise you posted on here. Good to see a Cork AUL thread eventually.
Who are the main rivals in the Premier A this season. What kinda team do ye have? Any new lads? Thats a lot of questions! I need answers!
you can follow all results from schoolboys to div 3b on here disco http://billylyons.blogspot.com/
the weather is sposed to be cracking and the pitches should be as good as they're gonna get (even fort hill littleman !) so get out and catch a game
grattan vs park is prob the pick of the bunch in the league but could be good efforts in kinsale vs villa and ballyphehane vs glenthorn too, four of the top 5 contenders are in here, leeside taking a break for the w/e, which games if any will ye be attending leeside boys ??
on a good note for everyone, kinsale welcomed back spongebob & crouch & bionic cally training last night, kilty due back next week, this should further strengthen a squad which has the excellent derek mccarthy in good form, derek varian scoring for fun and a steely defense with mongo & ben ryan playing lovely stuff from the back, coupled with the ever flamboyant danny searls and a few new signings, it is a big squad who wont be the threadbare team that were the only unbeaten side in the league last year, even when down to a bare 11 (and less in some games)
any updates from the oscar management ?? 1st game is at the end of the month so surely the squad should be getting together soon, how many will togher have this year i wonder
good luck all round, lookin forward to getting match reports on monday, i'll try to give an unbiased view from the kinsale villa game and will be interested to hear how the rest get on, i'm sure you leeside boys will be lookin on in interest too, anyone out there from bally, glenthorn, coachford, park, castleview, kanturk, villa - like littleman said, be lovely to hear from ye
Fancy us to do something this year. Hopefully get promoted. A lot more commitment from everyone this season. Not sure what to expect this year in the league, a lot of new teams. I would expect that Macroom would be in the shake up but haven't heard anything about them this season although we have them away tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by DiscoPants
A couple of good signings alright which is increasing competition everyone has had to step up a level and most have responded. I'll keep ya informed.
There was no asssault what so ever, he got 6 month ban and a fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shilts
I imagine he teams that got relegated last year, Village, Wilton and ourselves have as good a shot as anybody, we need to get 2 players back and were laughin. Any questions i can help you with i will no bother. Wilton were unlucky in mossie we were down to ten men for all of second half so the chances were there they just didnt take them.Very Good team though.Quote:
Originally Posted by DiscoPants
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Originally Posted by bellavistaman
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:). Mmm, Bella can ya give us a bit more detail?Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
I agree... Oh what we would do for a Knockavilla players description of the event!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by callyno3
He ran at the ref but noever got to him, if he did well maybe but he didnt. The ref did well and went up to far corner. Simple as. End of.
Keeping you up to date Discopants. Won 5-1 away to Macroom.Quote:
Originally Posted by DiscoPants
Great result well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by therise
Cheers. How did springers get on?Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
Drew 1-1, we could have won it easily bt we didnt get out of blocks a all in 2nd half until nearly 20 mins gone, bella had goal disallowed for offside, i was never off swear ;), but even the defender said i was never off like, anyway in a humourous note the ref pulled his calf, :D, actually quite a god ref though very fair just doesn't understand the offside rule. :D. To me leeds are better team than Ballyvolane who beat us 3 nil and they definitly play better football so best of luck to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by therise
Big weekend in league:
Kinsale 3 : 1 Villa
Park 1 : 1 Grattan...
Ballypheane 2 : 1 Glenthorn
Littleman what happened???
Le Tizz were you at Kinsale game?
Kinsale won very comfortably last sat v Villa. 2 Derek McCarthy goals early on set Kinsale up for the 3 points and it really should have been 5 by half time. Villa nearly made a game of it by scoring from a free kick in the 2nd half (their only shot on target all day) but Derek Varian finished it with a fantastic lob over Paddy O'Shea soon after.
Kinsale created chances at will. I can see how they've been getting some high scores already this season. The front two of McCarthy and Varian look pretty unstoppable at this level.
I wasn't surprised that Park drew with Grattan. Park gave Kinsale 2 very good games last year and were the only team to beat Grattan. They could be a dark horse this year (if you can say that about a team who finished 3rd last year).
just noticed there on Billy Lyons webiste http://billylyons.blogspot.com/ that during ballyphehanes match with posal there was a MOTM award given out, how long has this been going on.
it was all summed up by shilts gentlemen ! kinsale started strongly, played some very good football for most of the game and could have won by a lot more if they took a few more of the chances they created, gave away a silly free kick which was well converted by villa midway thru the 2nd half but 3-1 and 3 points will do just fine for the opening game, derek mccarthy ran the show for the seasiders and derek varian had flashes of sheer brilliance, he has bundles of ability, its just getting him to perform over the 90 minutes that will make him any better, good solid performance by all and the football played at times was great to watch, t-shirts, shorts & shades all round at the seaside, what else would you be doing !!
there was a bit of a fracas at half time between one of the villa subs & one of the lads on the line, a few slaps thrown and looked like there was a lot of anger with whatever went on, villa struggling for results and leaking goals, could be a long season for them
we'd all be interested to hear the report from o'neill park littleman, did ye leave it after ye or did park perform as predicted (by me), ballyphehane also off the mark with a win, lookin at the photo on billy's site they look like a team full of young fellas, wonder will they have the experience to compete over a full season and give a good account of themselves in the cups, good luck to em
a good team can win silverware but its takes a great team to win year in year out, hopefully the aul will run things better than last year and not have the mental end to the year with 3 games a week,
if you're tuning in aul committee you have to give preferential treatment to the teams that will perform across league & cup competitions, this is the premier & the premier a teams and no offence to the rest, postponing games and missing fixtures should not be tolerated during the year unless absolutely necessary, if a premier team was to reach the final of all competitions (or even get a decent run such as grattan in the fai last year) they have to get some help at the end of the season for league games, not be punished for their success by playing every 2nd night to catch up with fixtures once the summer evenings come back ! we should be trying to help the cork clubs compete better in the fai & munster junior cups
nobody wants to miss a w/e's football this time of the year because of other teams being facilitated to fulfill games which can be run off later in the year !
sorry bout the rant fellers
what news from hollyhill's stadium of light littleman ??
well done to wilton, is that old fella anto buckley still playin ? :D
It's been going on with a while but it only happens at the game that Billy features...Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
he covered few of ours the year we won double and there was never one handed out????????Quote:
Originally Posted by Innishvilla
I think it started last season. Its for the man of the match in the "match of the week" not just any match billy covers.Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
yes sorry meant to say only for Billy's Match of the week...Quote:
Originally Posted by callyno3
Was the AUL squad announced?
Just noticed it's a very quiet weekend for the "top" sides in terms of league games and close to predict cup games. Kinsale, Park free weekends;
Mostly FAI Junior 2nd round games:
Grattan playing Mayfields seconds...
Ballypheane v UCC a bit unknown...
Leeside v Macroom could be interesting but Macroom got stuffed 5:1 by Wilton last week.
Bella: Greenmount v Springers prediction???
I suppose Wilton are one of the form teams at the moment. They play Brookelodge.
Littleman: you were asking us to post loads on the website but you've gone very quiet the start of the week...
Slow start for ye. Ballyvolane aren't great to watch but on fairness they seem to pull a few results out, beat us twice last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by bellavistaman
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Bucks is still hanging in there, pulling the strings in midfield. The hairs nearly gone but the legs are still going:D
Looks like Grattan have a free weekend now as well, Billy Lyons' site saying their game with Mayfield is cancelled...
We should beat them, hate playin in Murph's Farm though. Am confident alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by Innishvilla
Agreed a point of possible 6 is bad, but draw away to leeds not a bad result.Quote:
Originally Posted by therise