Anybody who attends junior games know that refs get harrassed by teams all the time. I'm surprised that poeple are pretending to be surprised by it, come out from under the rocks you've been living under.
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Anybody who attends junior games know that refs get harrassed by teams all the time. I'm surprised that poeple are pretending to be surprised by it, come out from under the rocks you've been living under.
I heard that the Pike supporter was actually on the field of play!Who was the ref last night?Surely a strong referee should be assigned to these type of encounters ie.Pike V boro Balla V Pike.Not condoning irrational behaviour but it only encourages players and managers to be more out of control when a weak ref is in charge.
Anyone know who scored in Balla's 2-0 win over Ashling last night?
What Balla team played?
In my opinion if the Ref had taken to showing 1-2 yellows early in the game it would have settled it as a match,but he failed to book any player until 5mins into the second half.
As for the Alan Barry incident, I was fairly close to it and heard Barry been called a f**k**g w***er to which Barry retorted come onto the pitch and say that. At which point Barry proceeded over to the touch line with the aforementioned Pike man taking a step in. What ensued wasn't a fight more like Handbags as neither actually managed to land a Punch.
If the letter of the law was to be followed Barry would have been Red carded there and then for an attack(regardless of who started it) on a "Fan"(a la Trevor Brennan anyone?) The incident came up in the Pike committee meeting last night,and is I'm told being dealt with from the Pike point of view.
As for the game itself,Pike dominated for large spells,and deserved the win,although both Boro' goals were corkers. A good win for Pike considering.
Question, Doesn't this mean Barry is out of contention for the OT final this weekend? Surprised no one has mentioned it at all..
You say it like he strolled into the Penalty box and provoked the fight with Barry, which isn't the case,he walked I'd say 2 steps maximum onto the pitch,Barry did the majority of the movement towards the fight. End of the day Boro' were lucky to have only 2 sent off as mitre said..
alan barry is not the first player to carry on like that,players are well able to mouth off and shout abuse at other players and ref's when their standing on the sideline.i blame firstly the clubs because the officers are standing there watching all this going on doing nothing and secondly the ldmc who now attend alot more matches than ever are letting the clubs and players away with it
Alan Barry is a joke... Everytime i see the man play he's involved in some sort of bullsh*t like this.
He has a serious attitude problem. No need for that sort of carry on. Some anger management classes are well needed i think
Lads, lets face it, yes Alan Barry is hot headed, but he is for me the best striker in town, and in all fairness (provoked or not) I dont think the incident would have happened if the Pike supporter wasn't on the pitch (whether it was 1/2 steps or 10/20 steps) end of the day, he shouldn't have been on the pitch.
Now lets move on........is Alan Barry suspended now for the OT final next week??? or do Boro have a game fixed in between....
Only saw bits of the first half as i was involved with the small sided game on the top pitch.Both teams and I Stress both teams did not leave a very good impression on the schoolboy teams playing on the top. I agree that the ref was not up to it, head of refs there to watch match, but some guys were going down like they had been hit by an IED.What happened to respect for you opponents , their club and they game...i did not see the 2 nd half, but if what has been decribed here about supporters encroaching onto the pitch is correct, we might as well pack it it.. as for the aforementioned M.Quinn..
how could it of been 4-1 when the boro scored 2 goals in the 1st half???
as posted earlier by a pike supporter 2 superb goals..
from what i saw in the first half C.lynch and A.barry were giving you a lot of trouble...
if we had only 1 decent player wasn't a great result for you then...!
balla had reasonably full strength side with the exception of a keeper (dunphy was in goals) and didnt see earls either. two goals scored by lad that was up front with frank lee - not sure of his name. both goals came from aisling mistakes in first half but aisling, even though they played some decent football in the second half, didnt create enough chances. balla had several chances in second half and aisling keeper lade some good stops.
I was at the game last night as a nuetral.
To me the Referee is not the best but the only glaring mistake I noticed was not sending Alan Barry off and that Ape on the sideline out of the field.
The penalty was a penalty and the two sending offs were justified.
Granted the lad is not the strongest referee but partisan fans on both sides have to realise that just because 20 people on their sideline call for a fee kick or penalty does not mean the Referee must award it.
The Referee made mistakes last night but you could name at least four players on each side who made as many mistakes over the 90 minutes.
Carroll was best Boro player but Alan Barry also tried hard until he lost the plot.
John Boyle was Pike s best with O'Grady also very good (imo)
lads in all fairness this is the 2nd time this year alan barry has fought with a supporter at a game happened when they played summerville aswell:mad:
from what i can see if Alan Barry spent the whole 90 mins focused on the match and not the side line just imagine how many goals he might score ?????? and its just as well he does not play at a higher level it would be tough to jump into a stand to have a go a someone that said a mean thing to him!!!! he needs to grow up
lads heres wat was said fact/ a so called pike supporter screamed for phillip purcell to SNAP ALAN BARRYS SHIN BONE THE NEXT TIME /barry said something back like watdid u say the supporter repeated hes horrowing words so barry said something back at which point the madman entered the field with fists raised towards barry, barry did well in not hitting him and iwas only 3 feet from this supporter iwas terrified cause my son started crying i had to move away any1 who was near will tell this story lads iwatch pike along time but cant condone this behaviour against a player who done nothing to provoke this and also it will be along time before i bring my son to a pike game just hope he keeps playing football after seeing this hes even afraid that a supporter can come onto the pitch to attack aplayer and get away with it
thought both teams lucky the game not abandoned.fact is another ref might have picked up the ball and headed home givena so called pike supporter encroached the pitch in a threatening manner.good 3 pts for pike but could have lost it didnt understand why conny played left full he looked injuredfrom start and both goals came from his side.amazed at all the pikeys on here slagging off barry given that if he was available tomorrow pike would head the Q TO SIGN HIM.have to say i think both managers conduct a disgrace.
Your some Boro' fan, for such a "hard" man that Alan Barry is,he didn't get a single punch in. Its no body but Alan Barry's fault for getting sent off. Plenty of players on both sides were getting abuse. He as has happened in the past(and will surely happen again) reacted. And was lucky to get away with a Yellow,any attack on a outside spectator regardless of the circumstances is a straight red.
May I ask what your age is(mental or otherwise) that has you name calling people "Casper"...Really shows your level there.
Pike dominated the second half,not even sure if Bennis was tested, once they pulled level. They had a few great chances to make it 4/5-2 with Wall's and Boyle's two standing out in my mind.
Great turn around unsurprisingly for Boro' from their heavy loss recently to AA.
Fighting with spectators is out of order, even if your man was acting the idiot.
Fact of the matter is every player gets that sort of abuse at some stage and part of being a player is being able to deal with it.
Barry's a joke... Should be hit with a hefty ban.
according to tonites local Alan Barry is available to play this weekend
small report about last nights game,also mentioned this weekends final but not much really
In relation to the game last night. there are a lot of people that could point fingers and a lot that could recieve them. Most of the junior football in town is not a good advertisment for kids and that honest......
there are only a few refs that are strong enough to handle the big games, that will allow players talk to them and not be swayed.
Pitches that are not enclosed do not help either as most of the pike supporters spent most of the time on the pitch (a yard or 2) as with most pitches that are not closed. Maybe they should look at setting standard for the premier level if they want full controll.
Both were bad form, player and supporter. As said this is not the school ground and should not have happened. Plenty from the sidelines giving both players abuse, nothing new there then.
It happened. it shouldn't have happened, but what needs to be done by all involved and the ldma is how they can stop this happening again, ref, pitch, player v's fan...
now back to the football. Good honest effort by both teams with good football being played in patches.
Boyle was man of the match.
Luckily enough i have never received comments like that. Fortunately its been more like, "jesus, what a player"... and "great performance again"
But ya i can understand where you're coming from...You must get it alot.:cool::cool:
Seriously though, you cant honestly condone Barrys behaviour? Never mind the fan... Everyone knows he's an idiot
it's not just this either. I've seen him act like an absolute prik more than once. Prob a great bloke off the pitch, but on it is another thing
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Any Fixtures Scheduled this week/next week,I know theres none Sunday because of the OT match? Balla must have a game or 3 next week or so?