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A very good weekend for Rathkeale in the League; hard earned 6 points for them.
If i were to choose between the 2 (Rathkeale or Abbeyfeale) i'd have to stick with Abbey though, just think they're a better team.
I see Glin & Granagh was abandoned due to injury; hope it wasn't anything too serious...
Obviously u dont see a lot of games with that sort of comment about rathkeale and abbey. Id say their evenly matched tbh
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Originally Posted by skyhome
Sunday, April 15th
Riedy Cup Semi Final
Killeaney 2 Shountrade 3
Division 1 League Cup QF
Ballysteen v Feenagh, walkover to Ballysteen
Division 2 League Cup QF
Pallaskenry 0 Rathkeale B 2
Division 3 League Cup 1st Round
Broadford Utd Reserves 2 Ballingarry B 0
Premier Division
Athea Utd 0 Abbeyfeale Utd 6
Newcastle West Rovers 3 Broadford Utd 1
Ballingarry 1 Rathkeale 2
Glin Rovers v Granagh Utd abandoned due to an injury
Division 1
Newcastle West 1 Kildimo Utd 1
Abbeyfeale Utd B 1 Adare Utd 5
Breska Rovers 2 AK Utd 4
Division 2
Glin Rovers B 3 St Itas 1
Askeaton 3 Newcastle West Rovers B 4
Friday, April 20th
Richard Hogan Cup Final (et & pens)
Ferry Rangers V Pallaskenry 730pm, Clounreask (S. Hartnett, P. O’Connor, W. Fitzgerald, 4th official TBA)
Premier Division
Rathkeale V Shannonside 630pm (L. O’Connor)
Newcastle West Rovers V Carrig Celtic in Woodfield 630pm (P. Manning)
Broadford Utd V Abbeyfeale Utd 630pm (P. O’Brien)
Granagh Utd V Ballingarry 630pm (E. Noonan)
Athea Utd V Glin Rovers 630pm (J. Roche)
Division 2
St Itas V Knockaderry 630pm (P. King)
Shountrade V Askeaton 630pm (E. Barrett)
Saturday, April 21st (all at 2.30pm)
Youths Division 1 League Cup 1st Round (extra time & penalties if required)
Askeaton V AK Utd (J. Molyneaux)
Newcastle West Town V Broadford Utd in NCW AFC grounds (E. Barrett)
Youths Division 2 League Cup Semi Finals (et & pens)
Pallaskenry V Mountcollins (P. Manning)
Ballingarry V Granagh Utd (JP Murphy)
Sunday, April 22nd
Premier Division League Cup Quarter Final (et & pens)
Carrig Celtic V Abbeyfeale Utd 1130 (J. Roche)
Division 1 League Cup Quarter Final (et & pens)
AK Utd V Killeaney 1130 (E. Barrett)
Premier Division
Athea Utd V Rathkeale 1130 (P. O’Brien)
Shannonside V Newcastle West Rovers 1030 in Borrigone (T. Fitzmaurice)
Division 1
Feenagh V Ballysteen 1130 (S. Hartnett)
Newcastle West V Glantine 230 (P. O’Brien)
Abbeyfeale Utd B V Kildimo Utd 230 (J. Roche)
Division 2
Shountrade V Newcastle West Rovers B 230 (J. Molyneaux)
Askeaton V Glin Rovers B 230 (referee TBA)
Pallaskenry V Knockaderry 230 (E. Noonan)
Division 3
Broadford Utd Reserves V Creeves Celtic 11am (J. Molyneaux)
Ballingarry B V Athea Utd B 1130 (P. O’Donnell)
Friday, April 27th (all at 6.45pm)
Premier Division
Newcastle West Rovers V Abbeyfeale Utd in Woodfield
Division 1
Glantine V Breska Rovers
Adare Utd V Feenagh
Division 2
Ferry Rangers V Glin Rovers B
Rathkeale B V St Itas
Shountrade V Bally Rovers
Friday, April 20th
Richard Hogan Cup Final
Ferry Rangers 2 Pallaskenry 1
Premier Division
Rathkeale 4 Shannonside 0
Newcastle West Rovers 1 Carrig Celtic 1
Broadford Utd 1 Abbeyfeale Utd 1
Granagh Utd 3 Ballingarry 3
Athea Utd 1 Glin Rovers 5
Division 2
St Itas 5 Knockaderry 1
Shountrade 5 Askeaton 0
Congrats to ferry on winning cup..it's a lovely cup to win sponsored by a great family..was in broadford last nite(missed first 25 mins)so can not really comment on that.. decent game of ball from what looked like 2 understrenght teams.,with every ball fought for so no one can accuse broadford of rolling over after there disappointing season..they finished first half v strong but Abbey had glorious chance from corner but hit cross bar from free header.. 2nd half Abbey were dominant team and deservedly went ahead but broadford equalised quickly after good build up play and great finish from young winger,though it was marginally off side but difficult call by ref who was a good bit back.. then came a big turning point in game when ref produced a 2nd yellow to Abbey midfielder for a noting challenge which happened in front of dressing rooms where I was situated..ref was close to this also so don't know where he got 2nd yellow from, looked like he didn't realise he was previously booked so had no option then but to follow through with red.. prob fair result in end but great credit to broadford for giving noting away soft..
Good to see there was a press night for the Hogan Cup Final as well, hopefully this will be an annual event and would be good if it was done for the Reidy Cup Final as well. Clubs that get to these finals generally wouldn't be in the spotlight much so anything to raise the profile of these clubs and the finals is welcome.
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Originally Posted by Johnnie C
Believe it is on next Wednesday night in Silver Dollar Newcastlewest
Rathkeale have won their last 2 games 7-0 (v Athea) & 8-0 (v Granagh)... Jesus... I know Granagh had hurling Sunday; still though, Broadford drawing with Abbey too on top of that, all going well for them! (Still fancy Abbey though :))
2 good points for Carrig v Broadford & Rovers over their last few games, still tight at the bottom though; going by recent results Athea looked goosed not sure of the other out of Carrig, Granagh & Shannonside to go down.
Out of interest does anyone know what the story with promotion/ relegation from/ to the Premier will be like when the 2 Newcastle West teams join next season (NCW AFC will almost certainly finish at least second) will it be 3rd from Division one promoted or only one team from the Premier to be relegated?
I know a few seasons ago something similar happened but I can't remember how it finished up!
Rathkeale B won Div 1 and could not get promoted. It was presumed 2nd and 3rd (Glin) would go up. But Carrig who finished 2nd last in premier argued it should be a playoff between themselves and Glin. The league decided it should be a playoff and Glin refused to play and Carrig stayed up. I remember the agm getting a bit heated that year. That’s my memory of how it went anyway
What about when shannonside was formed? How did shanagolden and foynes go with who went up or who went down that time
Big game again Friday nite in clounreask..u would fancy ratkeale after hammering rovers earlier in season.. have rovers ever won a major trophy??.. I think it will be easy path to final for ratkeale, I see the other semi final was totally one sided which is a pity, let's hope that this wknd is not the same score or something similar...
I was at the game Sunday. AK goalie was carried off after about 15 minutes so their centre forward went in. The first half was by no means a walk in the park but Abbeyfeale were always going to win. Both teams missed big chances but Abbeyfeale scored with the last kick of the half to go in 2 nil. AK never really came out second half.
Abbeyfeale were very impressive and will be hard to beat but i do think 7 nil was a bit harsh on them.
I fancy Rathkeale also but i dont think it'll be as easy as you might think. NCW Rovers were missing loads the last time they met and didn't even have subs.
Rathkeale v Abbeyfeale makes for a good final
I think that shanagolden were div 1 and foynes get relegated to div 1 in their last year so shannonside just started from there really!
The third placed team in Division One will go up provided its not Abbeyfeale United B, in which case second bottom of the Premier Division would stay up I'd imagine.Quote:
Originally Posted by sexyfootball
Looks like the 'dream' final between ratkeale and Abbey is on after last night's semi final.. I was one who thought rovers would be well beat but I was v wrong.. it was a game rovers shud have won and will def feel aggrieved by poor decisions by officals on the night..rovers played the better football and is one ratkeale got away with.. looking forward to decent final between two normally good footballing sides..on a separate note, this is my 5th Desmond league game going watching this season and in 3 of them the officials had poor games and got big decisions wrong on the day..I know it's difficult job as you are normally on your own with players mouthing at u but when 3/4 officials on duty no excuse for error in my opinion..
I wouldn't say should have won, but they could have won it.Quote:
Originally Posted by southern kid
Rovers missed their penalties rather than Rathkeale saving them and I reckon if they had kept their shots on target then they'd have won it as Kevin Mee would've saved (and did save) more than Carmody.
Rovers are a young footballing side but Rathkeale have experience and that won out in the finish.
Would agree with both of ye. Rovers will feel they left it behind them alright, lack of experience probably cost them on the night. On the officals i felt the 2nd yellow for rovers player was harsh and at a vital time as they were getting on top in midfield. Ref did make a big call overruling his linesman for Rovers 2nd goal but according to people i spoke to with a better view he got it spot on .
Wasnt it even more convoluted with a complication of Glin and Kildimo ending up with the same points on the last day - with no distinct 2nd place I thought the league was trying to make it a 3 way playoff between those 2 and CarrigI thought both Glin and Kildimo refused to play and in the end that both went upQuote:
Originally Posted by last man back
Big test Friday night for both ratkeale and Abbey, both with tough away games.. if rovers produce last wks form it will be big test, and ratkeale could struggle if broadford are up for game, broadford have had v poor season for there standards so surely they will aim to finish on high and test themselves for next season..was impressed when I seen most of there game v Abbey.. think it could be 2 draws and all will be level after wknd again..
Rathkeale had a good win away to Broadford and abbey winning 4-1 against Rovers. Rovers with 7 B team players. Seems like their players have given up already this season
Friday, May 11th
Riedy Cup Final
Shountrade 1 Ferry Rangers 0
Premier Division
Glin Rovers 0 Granagh Utd 1
Newcastle West Rovers 1 Abbeyfeale Utd 4
Broadford Utd 0 Rathkeale 2
Division 1
Killeaney 2 Breska Rovers 1
AK Utd 1 Kildimo Utd 2
Saturday, May 12th
Youths Division 1 League Cup Final
Askeaton 2 Broadford Utd 3
Sunday, May 13th
Premier Division League Cup SFs
Rathkeale 3 Granagh Utd 0
Glin Rovers 0 Abbeyfeale Utd 2
Division 2 League Cup SFs
Bally Rovers 1 St Itas 6
Glin Rovers B 2 Rathkeale B 0
Division 3 League Cup SFs
Carrig Celtic B 0 Creeves Celtic 5
Athea Utd B 2 Broadford Utd B 5
Premier Division
Carrig Celtic 2 Ballingarry 1
Shannonside 4 Newcastle West Rovers 4
Division 1
Kildimo Utd 1 Killeaney 0
Ballysteen 3 AK Utd 0
FIXTURES
Thursday, May 17th
Premier Division
Carrig Celtic V Abbeyfeale Utd 7pm (P. O’Brien)
Friday, May 18th
Division 1
Newcastle West V Killeaney 7pm (G. O’Connor)
Division 2
Ferry Rangers V Newcastle West Rovers B 7pm (P. O’Donnell)
Saturday, May 19th
Youths Division 1
Broadford Utd V Newcastle West Town 230 (W. Fitzgerald)
Division 2 League Cup Final (et & pens)
St Itas V Glin Rovers B, 730pm, Clounreask, (T. Fitzmaurice, E. Barrett, P. O’Brien 4th Official TBA)
Sunday, May 20th
Premier Division
Ballingarry V Newcastle West Rovers 11am (P. O’Connor)
Broadford Utd V Athea Utd 1130 (J. Roche)
Granagh Utd V Shannonside 1130 (T. Fitzmaurice)
Rathkeale V Glin Rovers 1130 (P. King)
Division 1
Killeaney V Abbeyfeale Utd B 230 (P. O’Brien)
Adare Utd V Glantine 1130 (L. O’Connor)
Newcastle West V AK Utd 230 (J. Roche)
Kildimo Utd V Feenagh 1130 (P. Manning)
Breska Rovers V Ballysteen 1130 (G. O’Connor)
Division 2
Knockaderry V Ferry Rangers 230 (JP Murphy)
Askeaton V Bally Rovers 1130 (E. Noonan)
Division 3
Athea Utd B V Broadford Utd Reserves 230 (J. Molyneaux)
Ballingarry B V Creeves Celtic 230 (S. Hartnett)
Friday, May 25th
Division 3 League Cup Final (et & pens)
Broadford Utd Reserves V Creeves Celtic, 730, Clounreask (Provisional, to be confirmed)
Division 1
AK Utd V Killeaney in Kilcornan 7pm
Ballysteen V Adare Utd 7pm
Abbeyfeale Utd B V Newcastle West 7pm
Glantine V Kildimo Utd 7pm
Feenagh V Breska Rovers 7pm (to be confirmed)
The relegation battle in division 1 looks to be getting very tense and tight now following todays result, with breska winning, glantine drawing, while ak feenagh, ballysteen lose and abbey giving a walkover. so i would presume the league would look a bit like this now. Who would ye fancy to stay up with 3 games left?
5. ak 19
6. ballysteen 17
7. abbey B 16 (is the rule still there you lose 3 pts due to walkover?)
8. feenagh 15
9. breska 14
10. glantine 14
Abbey will be deducted 3 points. Glantine and Feenagh will go down
be very good news for those in and around the relegation zone if abbey are deducted, wont get easier for them now with ncw next upQuote:
Originally Posted by Cruyff
Abbeyfeale United B and Athea United should be ashamed of themselves, especially Athea giving their second of the season. They’ve been a joke this season, a Premier team quite literally throwing in the towel whilst in a relegation battle is farcical.
As for AK United, they got 7 lads together and played around an hour and got beat 10-1 by Newcastle West AFC.
Fair play to them for actually having the stones to put together some form of a team unlike others, but with that said they’d want to take a look at themselves considering they carry themselves like football was founded in Kilcornan.
Rant over.
so judging by this rant, and points deductions due to walkover, athea are relegated to division 1? am i correct in saying so shearer or is that rule gone???? oh and according to the website ncw only beat ak 6-1? dunno whats going on there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
Yeah they’ll be deducted three points and subsequently won’t be able to stay up.
It was 10-1 from what I’ve heard. The scores seem to be put incorrectly anytime a big win occurs.
defo 10-1 i know couple of lads from either team and that was the score. imo i would scrap the 3 game walkover rule, so if you dont play 3 your kicked out, reduce it to 2, to try and get teams to play more often without giving away needless points, like for instance, if abbeyfeale B somehow won today they wouldnt have been in with a chance of getting relegated, but now they are in with a chance thanks to breska winning and glantine drawing
Well said!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
It's bad (but understandable) when you have a B team to give a walk over on occassion (players away, injured missing etc.) but for a first team to do it is terrible... especially in the Premier... I presume there are fines in addition to the points deduction??
The Desmond League should change its name to the Never Ending League, started in August Last year and we're nearly in june , so is July the only month of the year with no games ie a 11 month season?? FFS
Unless your top of your league most fellows sick of it.
Injuries , holidays, Limerick Hurling match all reasons for walkovers yesterday. Atheas main focus is intermediate Football this year , might as well get used to walkovers with summer soccer going head to head with Football & Hurling next year.
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Shearer, you've a real chip on your shoulder about Kilcornan, I'd love to know who p1ssed you off there. I've always been quick to defend Kilcornan and AK. They made the move to try and amalgamate with Adare to make a better club, Adare pulled out at the last minute but Kilcornan stuck with it. I think any team who think soccer was invented by them wouldn't be willing to make those changes. I don't know why they dont just go back to being Kilcornan again. I always thought the more natural amalgamation there was with Kildimo or Askeaton or Pallaskenry, 3 very close clubs who struggle every year
I am friends with one of their players, he told me recently that they only have a panel of about 14 this year and there was 3 of them going to America and 1 in Mexico. They had 2 lads taken off injured in the Desmond cup semi, so I can understand how they are struggling for players. And as you say, they showed some balls to go out and play and continue into the second half.
I can'y understand the Athea situation though, surely a club with 2 teams could pull 11 players out of somewhere
[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]Nathan, I willback you up on that a right chip by the lucks of things. Fair Play to AK fortrying to field a team yesterday.
I think most teams in the league struggled yesterday with the hurling nevermind the poor teams that had 2.30 kick offs.
Newcastle Division 1 to lose by the looks of things after results the weekend,
Glantine and Feenagh to go down, Breska will come good in the last few games.
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Fair point about the length of the season Abbeyman - the weather did not help this winter with plenty games lost - also this season the league agreed all teams had to play the last 4 games at the same time which has delayed the finish somewhatQuote:
Originally Posted by Abbeyman
Summer soccer will stop matches (you'd hope) from being lost to the weather but going head to head you'll likely lose teams rather than having lots of walkovers in time - with evenings available for matches though it should be possible for both to exist - FFS once inter county kicks in there's no club games for weeks or months
I know the weather was partially to blame, but to be honest there were some weeks where games could have went ahead but was still called off in a blanket cancellation, if you look at our league compared to the district, they mainly only have league and relegation play offs, although pike having to play 9 more league games can see the league going to mid to late june. also to the point with abbeyfeale and athea giving walkovers, there from regions in Limerick where hurling isnt really that strong and are more concentrated on football, so to say that Limerick Hurling match was a reason for some people giving walkovers, thats a joke
There was some "minding" their pitches alright at times, tough one for the league, if they dont have a blanket call off and teams travel and the ref calls it off they'll be savaged as well - damned if you do.........
Thursday, May 17th
Premier Division
Carrig Celtic 0 Abbeyfeale Utd 5
Friday, May 18th
Division 1
Newcastle West 1 Killeaney 1
Division 2
Ferry Rangers 3 Newcastle West Rovers B 3
Saturday, May 19th
Youths Division 1
Broadford Utd 3 Newcastle West Town 0
Division 2 League Cup Final
St Itas 1 Glin Rovers B 0 aet
Sunday, May 20th
Premier Division
Ballingarry 1 Newcastle West Rovers 1
Broadford Utd V Athea Utd, walkover to Broadford Utd
Granagh Utd 5 Shannonside 3
Rathkeale 3 Glin Rovers 0
Division 1
Killeaney V Abbeyfeale Utd B, walkover to Killeaney
Adare Utd 1 Glantine 1
Newcastle West 10 AK Utd 1
Kildimo Utd 4 Feenagh 1
Breska Rovers 4 Ballysteen 0
Division 2
Knockaderry 1 Ferry Rangers 2
Askeaton 2 Bally Rovers 3
Division 3
Athea Utd B 1 Broadford Utd Reserves 1
Ballingarry B 1 Creeves Celtic 0
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Originally Posted by nathanbrown
Reel yourselves in there, boys. I'll be the first to applaud a club for doing well, but if you're going to single me out as having a chip on my shoulder with regard to AK United then there's a whole pile more on this forum you could do the same to as this is not their first time being the centre of discussion.Quote:
Originally Posted by runinglate
I hold AK United to a higher standard than others of the same level considering the investment that's gone in recent seasons with just a second-place finish in Division Two and two Desmond Cup Semi-Finals in three seasons to show for. Fair play to them for getting even that much success thus far, but when you're doing silly things like taking photos with your new manager holding up a jersey outside a local hotel being flanked by new signings along with photos of one of players with his name and number on the back then you're inviting criticism.