Cork AUL 2008/09

Just to spice things up I'll give out some info,the draw for the Oscar Traynor was on tonight an surprise surprise we have been grouped with the Kerry district league an the Limerick Aul ,last year it was the WCB,an Limerick Desmond.Either way we have a chance to redeem some pride after last seasons tripe.We have the Kerry crowd at home an we have to travel to Irelands version of Kabul in the other game.Both very hard games I may add,the Kerry league has come on leaps an bounds an as always the Limerick lads will be top notch.Team to be made up of 16 Grattan,1 Kinsale an a/other from the lower leagues ahahahahah only jokin.

Other than that nothin much to report.The killer B's got off the mark last Sunday morn with a good 3/2 victory over Macroom B.The game wasnt as tight as the score suggests an we were comfortable 3/1 up to the last min.Roll on Banteer.I dread the away games because I have know idea where most of the sides in the 3rd div are from,time for me to take the tom tom out of the box i'd say.

The A team are rollin along.Flattering results at the minute.Cork is too small a place to be bluffin an we all know full well about each others sides.Pointless comin on an sayin everythins rosy an football is great when everyone else knows it only paperin over cracks.I'll be the first to admit we havent been at full strenght from the start an an its only from this weekend we can call on a full squad.But results is all that counts irrelevent of circumstances an we have got those results for the most part so I have to be happy from that perspective.

Injurys an work deprive us of a few but our recent arrivals in Cans,Pa an now Danny Dunne will only improve results an effort,along with the banter.Bally in fairness gave it a good go but it was one of those games where we were ruthless with nearly every oppertuinity we either created or were presented with.That was the most pleasing thing for me to see on the day,the players were hungry for goals an it showed.

The next few weeks will see us tested in the Munster Senior in O'Neill Park against what I have been told is a very good Newmarket Celtic side from Clare an then in the Fai against Carrigalines Junior Premier side,bit of an unknown quatity for me.Any info would go to good use by the way.The bigger bonus for me though is that by the time the Carrigaline game is over we will or should have everyone injurys an work related back ,touch wood.

Tizz,Bog,Rebel if I or we have offended ye could ye leave us know because it aint the same with out the Leesiders an Seasiders sharin their views on all things Aul.Other wise barrin Bella an Innish its nearly a Norrie site an that wouldnt be very social now would it.Hope to hear from ya soon....................

I can confirm Danny Dunne signed back from Castleview last night. Biggest turnout for the an A team training session, along with the 3 new guys there were 2 more back from injury and still a few working abroad at the moment to come back. selection headaches on the way.

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Tizz,Bog,Rebel if I or we have offended ye could ye leave us know because it aint the same with out the Leesiders an Seasiders sharin their views on all things Aul.Other wise barrin Bella an Innish its nearly a Norrie site an that wouldnt be very social now would it.Hope to hear from ya soon....................

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no offence to be taken on this site, unlike our limerick buddies we seem to get along for the most part and differences of opinion are accepted by n large, banter aside we're all in the same boat so dont change on our part weeman

i've been largely absent from proceedings at the seaside so far so you'll have to rely on boggy for the up to date news, i'm hoping to get out training for the 1st time tomorrow night so i'll be up in o'neill park takin a bite out of all of your lads dont worry, we had a very disappointing result at home last sat, i missed the game but by all accounts we should've won easy but thats all water under the bridge now and we're gonna have to concentrate on leesides visit this weekend, we've lost points to them for the past few years and its hurt the league challenge so time to get back on track for us

the new pitch is mint, so i need to get fit fast and enjoy the samba football that we're playing at the moment, everyone puttin in the effort so if we get a few results we'll be hard to beat- at home anyway, we'll try to take the home form on the road with us this year

good to see the standard looks high throughout the league this year, pitches should be a better standard and now that we all know each other so well it should prove for more competition for the year

i'm not good at the preduictions oli but we have to grab a big 3 points this w/e to give ourselves a chance following 2 disappointing draws

will leave it at that, besta luck all round, i'll keep ye up to date with my pre-season training :rolleyes:

Hey Littleman i'll want commision - The manager of this team works with me - he is a production operator. I'll try and get a bit of info off him (on the sly) but looking at their team as listed in the paper i know quite a few of them. Havent seen them play as a team but I don't think they should pose ye too many problems with one noteable excpetion being Damien Hesse- he was on MSL Oscar Traynor team last year and is a very good player . One or two of last years promising youths on the teamsheet as well

Thanks for that Olachico, will have to get out and see them play some week.

Toepoke they play out in Blarney this friday night against Blarney at 8pm

[quote=pass&move;1026260]i haven't done this for a couple of week's so i'll start it again

any predictions

fai umbro cup 1st round:
Pearse cel v ballyphehane cel away
droumee dynamos v springfield away
dunbar cel v leeds b home
ballyvolane v rockmount home

lucozade sports munster cup 1st round:
Watergrasshill utd v coachford away

premier league:
Blarney st ath v wilton utd home
glenthorn cel v villa utd home
grattan utd v park utd home
kinsale v leeside home

premier a league:
Rathcoole rovers v macroom draw
village utd v dillon’s cross ath home
ballincollig v knockavilla ce away

league 1:
Richmond v innishvilla home ;-(

league 1a:
Park utd v leeds a away

league 1b
st john bosco’s v leeside home

league 2a:
Killowen v coachford away

league 3:
Afton villa v de courcey albion home
richmond v kinsale draw
wilton utd v parkview cel home

league 3a:
Grattan utd v cfc banteer home
kanturk v cathedral cel away
macroom v springfield home
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Aint pullin no punchs now folks its just the way I see it,,,,,,,,,,,

FAI Umbro Cup 1st Round:
Pearse Cel v Ballyphehane Cel A,,,,,,,,,,,home win,Pearse are playin well Bally arent,also local derby


Ballyvolane v Rockmount ,,,,,,,,,,,,,home win,Bally are decent,especially at home an they may be Rockmount buy name but they aint the strong junior side they used to be.


Premier League:
Grattan Utd v Park Utd ,,,,,,,,,,,Home Win,,,,,,,,,, an why,,,,Cans,Danny Dunne,Decky Gostel,Shinky,Cotter ,Lofty,Alan O'Brien an David Byrne are all available for selection after missin last weeks game,,,,n'uf said.

Kinsale v Leeside ,,,,,,,,,, home win if Varian plays Kinsale should win well,Leeside may have won well last week against Postal who arent great but Kinsale is the last place you go to fellin lucky, especially as they lost at home last week.

Premier A League:
Village Utd v Dillon’s Cross Ath,,,,,,,Home win,seen Dillons up close an they looked totally out of there depth in Prem A,Village on the other hand have a big squad hungry for success,the mother of local derbys as they share the same grounds.

League 3:
Wilton B V Parkview,,,,,,home win,,,,,,,,Wilton B are on of the best 3rd division sides playin at home against possibly one of the worst,home or away

League 3A:
Grattan Utd v CFC Banteer,,,,,,,,,home win,,,,,,,,,,the Killer B's will have a few more bodies back this week an should be too strong for a Banteer side who will struggle havin to travel so far for a mornin fixture.

there is no way pearse will beat ballypheane celtic cant see it happening!! ballypheane are after a few bad draws in the league but they have to get it right eventually and being a local derby aswell can only see it going one way!! also the carrigaline and blarney junior game is switched to thursday night

I'm so very disappointed with you littleman:(

The match of the week : Glenthorn A v Villa Utd doesn't even get a mention as part of your magnificent 7 ????

And Wilton B v Parkview does???? While i agree with your verdict on Wilton B I can't believe this is a bigger game.:confused:

[quote=pass&move;1026260]I haven't done this for a couple of week's so I'll start it again

Any predictions

FAI Umbro Cup 1st Round:
Pearse Cel v Ballyphehane Cel - AWAY
Droumee Dynamos v Springfield - HOME
Dunbar Cel v Leeds B - HOME
Ballyvolane v Rockmount - AWAY

Lucozade Sports Munster Cup 1st Round:
Watergrasshill Utd v Coachford - AWAY

Premier League:
Blarney St Ath v Wilton Utd - DRAW
Glenthorn Cel v Villa Utd - HOME
Grattan Utd v Park Utd - HOME
Kinsale v Leeside - DRAW

Premier A League:
Rathcoole Rovers v Macroom - AWAY
Village Utd v Dillon’s Cross Ath - HOME
Ballincollig v Knockavilla Ce - AWAY

League 1:
Richmond v Innishvilla - AWAY

League 1A:
Park Utd v Leeds A - DRAW

League 1B
St John Bosco’s v Leeside - HOME

League 2A:
Killowen v Coachford - DRAW

League 3:
Afton Villa v De Courcey Albion - HOME
Richmond v Kinsale - AWAY
Wilton Utd v Parkview Cel - HOME

League 3A:
Grattan Utd v CFC Banteer - HOME
Kanturk v Cathedral Cel - DRAW
Macroom v Springfield - HOME

Glenthorn A 3- 1 Villa Utd
Missed the first 10 mintues - in which Villa scored ( a good goal apparently). This game will give Billy Lyons a lot to write about. 4 goals, 3 sendings off - not one bad tackle in the game in my opinion - no point in me discussing it further if Billy is going to do a whole match report:D

Grattan 1 - 1 with Park.
Took the lead after 5 mins with a knock on from Paul Lynch and good finish from Figo. First 15 mins was all Grattan but Park forceds there way back into the game and should have been level at half time.
2nd half was all park in fairness with some great balls from their set plays. Lofty on goal was outstanding for us, we could have snuck a goal on the breaK but Park got their reward with 3 mins to go to level the game.
So same result as last year so hopefully that is an omen for the rest of the season.

Grattan 1 - 1 with Park.
Took the lead after 5 mins with a knock on from Paul Lynch and good finish from Figo. First 15 mins was all Grattan but Park forced their way back into the game and should have been level at half time.

2nd half was all park in fairness with some great balls from their set plays. Lofty on goal was outstanding for us, we could have snuck a goal on the break but Park got their reward with 3 mins to go to level the game.
So same result as last year so hopefully that is an omen for the rest of the season.

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Glenthorn A 3- 1 Villa Utd
Missed the first 10 mintues - in which Villa scored ( a good goal apparently). This game will give Billy Lyons a lot to write about. 4 goals, 3 sendings off - not one bad tackle in the game in my opinion - no point in me discussing it further if Billy is going to do a whole match report:D

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I was at this game also. Big crowd due to the new pitch being opened. I must say the ref was absolutely terrible. 3 red cards, as olachio says not a bad tackle in the game. There were also three penalties, two for Glenthorn which they scored and one for villa which they missed.

The first Glenthorn penalty was a complete joke, I really think the ref was just listening to the crowd. There is a certain Glenthorn forward who tried on 3 seperate occasions to dive for a penalty, i thought he was completely out of order. Overall villa were very unlucky, they missed a penalty, had numerous chances, and were very unlucky with the two penalty decisions which went against them.

Glenthorn will be tough to beat up there, but i think were a bit fortunate yesterday to get the 3 points

msc ballynanty 4 leeds 1 aet

Must agree with Pacman! The Ref was terrible - felt he was trying to make a name for himself as Billy Lyons was there and an AUL representative. Lets be honest Pacman all the penalty calls were soft including the Villa one. The ref had lost total control of the game! Glenthorn also had plenty more chances so they could have scored a lot more

Well I got 4 results right out of 7 an the 3 wrong ones were the suprise ones for me.

I missed the game Saturday due to work commitments but reports I got all sounded the same.We were terrible an were lucky to get a point.As toepoke has said it the same start as last season but for me I'd be bluffin if I said I wasnt dissapointed. Another 3 points on the table, considering the way the Kinsale/Leeside game went would have been a massive bonus headin into the cup season.

Glenthorn with another 3,how bad.It will keep them envolved in the league an thats a good thing.Olli from what I have heard of the game an that is all from the Villa side the ref was poor an the crowd seem to influence the ref big time.What I did find weird was the report on the pitch,same lenght a bit wider an flatter.I havent seen it yet but I hoped it would have been lenghtened if anything.I'm only askin an not knockin the hard work done fair dues to an ever emproving club , but what exactly has been done to it.

The Killers B's were at it again Sunday morning.An excellent 3/o win over Banteer.They do prefer to play ball but in the 3rd div against country sides sometimes you have to adapt to your sourndings an get on with it so to speak ,which they did.

Tizz/Bog/Reb,,,,,any report.Sounds like a belter.

I have no real terms of reference here as I'm new to the club - but it has been laser leveled, widened by about 10 feet and also i have been assured it was lengthened. As for the ref being influenced by the crowd?? I didnt hear the crowd shouting for the two glenthorn players to be sent off :eek:. I have never seen this particular ref before but all i will say is if he is normally like this they should pack him off to the third division or the shipping league. TERRIBLE is the word for him . One of the Glenthorn penalties was in front of me in the first half and it was harsh on Villa to say the least but the Villa one was also right in front of me in the second half and I thought the same. To be honest I thought he was blowing for a free out in both cases for the forwards leaning in!!!!! And in fairness at the rate the referee was giving penalties you really couldnt blame anyone for taking a tumble!!

Highly insulted 5 of ye said macroom would beat us, they were brutal, and only for us being the worst team performance i ever played with, we'd hit them for 10. Blarney the weekend for us, premier vs 3b, they should hit us for 10 really shouldnt they!:rolleyes:

Any odds out yet from cashmans lads.

An unbelievable game down our way which we threw away again. An absolutely blistering start from us. Varian was like a man possessed. Leeside could not cope and we were denied a stone wall penalty in the second minute - the ref said afterwards that he couldnt give it as it was too early?! Ridiculous. Varian got his reward for a super start a few minutes later when we made it one nil. Should have been out of site at this stage as we were tearing leeside apart on both flanks but couldnt finish. Ultimately we paid for this as leeside came back into the game and equalised. We took the lead again with a thuderbolt from harry from the edge of the area. Delea then equalised after walking thru the kinsale defence and slotting home very nicely for an excellent goal. Second half was more of the same. Kinsale made a few subs which had a good impact and took the lead 3-2. A lovely freekick from Micky brad into the top corner. Kinsale could have scored a few more and should have. Didnt find the break thru. Leeside equalised with a well taken free kick of their own which i think our keeper may be disappointed with. It was his debut and overall he gave an excellent performance.

After taking the lead three times we're obviously disgusted with this result. We're conceding far too many goals unfortunately and it has to stop. Up front we're frightening. Capable of scoring goals. Just gotta help the backline and our keeper out a bit. A massive game against bally on saturday! Cant wait!

Sorry havnt been on in a while. ~Very busy man!

does anyone find since the 5 euro charge for yellow cards the refs have been throwing out a lot of yellow cards?? i also think ted callnan is a joke of a referee

While with my previous club , Ted showed a first yellow card to a player and then followed it with a red?? Now as far as I know you either show a straight red or a first yellow, followed by a second yellow, then a red ! In fairness he did rescind the red after the game and send a report to the AUL so no ban followed. But lets just say it was pointed out to him at the time but he was having none of it. In fairness we can all come on here and criticise refs which i do myself but YOU'D WANT TO BE MAD TO BE A REF so what can you do?? - On the subject of the yellow cards I think the refs are trying to hit the clubs hard in the pocket now so as to prevent dissent in the future - they dont get any of the money but if players are getting banned over silly avoidable yellow cards they might think twice about mouthing off to the ref in future thus making the refs job easier

And apologies to Bella - given ye're win over what i know to be a good second division side in Glen Celtic i should have picked ye to beat Macroom :(

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And apologies to Bella - given ye're win over what i know to be a good second division side in Glen Celtic i should have picked ye to beat Macroom :(

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I would however Bella have to back Blarney Street to beat ye ( maybe not by ten goals though)

I understand, :-) their in premier arent they??

toepoke how are ye fixed for this weekend?? us clare boys are delighted to be playing on a sat, lets just say we will make the most of our trip to leeside

Yep Bella - They are in the Premier - bit of a gulf between that and the third division but whta do ye have to lose????

The kinsale leeside game was an absolute cracker as bog said.
Both freekicks were top drawer strikes(ours was better though!).
Varian destroyed leeside for the first half but faded in the second.I thought Deleas goal was the goal of the game it was a beautiful move.Just a word on the penalty,it wasnt a penalty Varian dived!

The pitch down in kinsale is perfect(the best in cork i think).Any one who has them away can look forward to playing on it.It seems to be the place to watch games aswell with 12 goals and a penalty shootout!!

Those on the list are: Brian O’Sullivan, John Kelleher, Eric Shinkwin, Darren Galvin, Mark O’Sullivan and Harry Goulding (all Grattan), Derek Delea, Steven Duncliffe, Alec Nodwell, Jason Keegan and Ricky Gettings (Leeside), Derek McCarthy, Derek Varian, Brendan Hurley, Ritchie Holland and Mick Bradfield (Kinsale), John Betts, Lawrence Betts, Antony Peelo, Paul Hogan and John Paul Thompson (Blarney Street), Antony Buckley, Shane O'Neill, Paul O’Mahony and Pakie O’Connor (Wilton), Colin Bevan (Blackstone), Gary Aherne (Grangevale), Trevor Dunlea, Craig O’Leary and Danny Long (Ballyphehane), Shane O'Donoghue (Greenmount) and Alan Healy (Castleview).

At long last Minty has called upon the services of Harry Goulding

that looks to be a well selected team, a few faces in there cause of past glories but experience can help on the day i spose

if i counted correctly there are 32 on the panel, if they all turn up and maintain interest then the aul will be broke from all the fish suppers from lennoxs after the home games and there'll be no room on the bus for the alakadoos for the away games :eek:, is minty doing it again this year ? besta luck to all involved, there's a fair spread of players and a few unknowns, is the colin bevan anything to don bevan ? aka a fcukin decent goalie !

we've the most faces on it in a couple of years and after our worst season in even more years, i might get a game next year if we dont manage to break this draw streak

i missed the game again on sat last cause got nabbed to do a days work, hoping for a comeback anyday now if the doctor signs the release papers

weather looks decent, pitches should be as good as can be so lets look forward to a good run around in pfizers on saturday, they've shaded the meetings last year so we could do with putting that strait, who knows how many goals will be flying in, i think both teams are capable of scoring for fun on the day, a big 3 points for both teams, i'll do me best to be there and give you an unbiased opinion next week ;)

bella, i just noticed the QE2 pulled into Cobh a while ago, last spin before its decommissioned, what are the chances of you gettin the keys and bringin everyone for a spin after yer cup win next w/e ?? :D

Colin Bevan is Don Bevans cousin - Colin Bevan is a handy goalkeeper but plays mainly in defence now for Blackstone so dont know which position he is being considered for.

ya thinking about setting a trap to sink it in cobh, so we'll have a tourist attraction down here for good.

The oscar traynor squad i have to say baffles me at times, bout fookin time shane o'neill is on it, he a quality player, but thers players on that i cant see how they make it on, i only know about 6 on it, and 3 are justified imo, not going to name names obviously. It seems he only interested in premier players no matter what the abilities of the player, the wilton lads being on this now seem to prove my point.

Onto the cup, ye might think im stupid but id be quietly confident for our game with blarney, didnt think they'd have players on the traynor squad, have they signed since last year.

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toepoke how are ye fixed for this weekend?? us clare boys are delighted to be playing on a sat, lets just say we will make the most of our trip to leeside


Looking forward to meeting ye, hopefully we should have a cracking game.
More than welcome to taste the home grown Murphy's in the Anglers afterwards

At long last Minty has called upon the services of Harry Goulding

About time too. Harry has been one of the best players in the AUL for some time now and deserves it, the only thing is the one season he gets picked he's off working in the states

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ya thinking about setting a trap to sink it in cobh, so we'll have a tourist attraction down here for good.

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Seems to be alot of things sinking in Cobh at the minute :D:D

Harry Goulding has been one of the best players in the Aul for the past 4 or 5 years an yet couldnt get a look in on the Aul panel.Now finally whan he gets called up hes in America with work,,,,but dont worry hes back in 2 weeks.

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Seems to be alot of things sinking in Cobh at the minute :D:D

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its a cork thing;)

Well Saturday we have the good fortune:rolleyes: to play Newmarket Celtic from Clare in the Senior Cup.I know little of them other than they obviously won the Clare league last year to be in the Senior Cup an thats it.This Cup is a strange one all jokes aside an Im not sure if its a good or bad thing to progress in it with all the junior competitions we have to play yet.But all the same irrelevent of competition its a home game an as usual we will give 110%.

In a way we are lucky that we have a get out of jail card so to speak,if we win great but if we didnt then at least we have the added bonus of not being knocked out of one of the competitions we would like to do well in.

This will be only our 5th game of the season so we are still a little away from what we would regards as our normal standard but with players now returning on a weekly basis its getin a little easier.Management will have the opertuinity to look at a few players no doubt so all we can do is wait for the ref to blow his whistle an get on with it,,,,,,,,,,,,,

On the local front there are some tricky games for the Premier sides in the cups,Kinsale an Bally sticks out but I'll go with Kinsale on this. Leeside may be in for a surprise in Glen Celtic,they knocked Avondales Junior Prem side out in the last round an will be well up for this game.Bella,its time to step up to the plate,Blarney Street to beat if you can.Wilton should come through an Innish ye are goin well so Kanturk will have to play well to go through.Park should ease through,Villa may struggle away to Mayfeild,Glenthorn will have a tough game against Richmond too .But no doubt there will be a shock,there always is.

The Killer B's have a rescheduled game on Sunday mornin against Watergrasshill an they will fancy addin to the good start they have had.


If I had to pick a shock exit it would be one from either Kinsale.Leeside,Glenthorn or Villa.Very tricky games for those sides in fairness as the teams they play are will fancy there chances.

Best of luck to all.