Today's fixtures (13/10)

Sligo have apparently sold over 5,000 tickets for their game vs Pats. Not bad for a town of 20,000 people!

Hopefully today marks the last League of Ireland fixtures SD Galway or Mervue will ever play. How fitting that they take each other on at Fahy's Field.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Premier Division
3:45 p.m. Sligo Rovers v St. Patrick's Athletic (live on RTE2)
7 p.m. Dundalk v Bohemians
7 p.m. Shamrock Rovers v Derry City
7:45 p.m. U.C.D v Drogheda United
8 p.m. Shelbourne v Cork City

First Division
7:45 p.m. Athlone Town v Waterford United
7:45 p.m. Finn Harps v Longford Town
7:45 p.m. Limerick FC v Wexford Youths
7:45 p.m. Mervue United v SD Galway

Sam Maguire cup will be making a visit to Finn Park this evening. Donegal All Ireland winning team are special guests of Harps tonight.

Also a draw at 11/5 in Finn Park is well worth a few quid.

Bohs 10/11 vs Dundalk seems high given Dundalk's situation.

Salthill are 4/1 against Mervue tonight which indicates that Mervue have reallly underachieved this season. I think Pats can win in Sligo 3/1 to keep the title race alive for another week.

I like the camera set-up at the Showgrounds (with the ones behind the goals) but does anyone else find the lines on the pitch hard to make out?

Also, if SD win tonight it must be the only time they'd have won 3 in a row.

Great occasion in Sligo today by the looks of things...2-0 now

Pats need a goal before h-t, surprised that Russell is not playing for them as their midfield are very poor.

Enjoyable game with a good atmosphere. (After last week's dreary Cup semi's). Sligo looking good.

Quite the comeback. Now, can Pats win it?

Nasty end to it, Venture O'Connor sent off, bit of bad feeling over a drop-ball situation it looked like. Sligo lucky enough to win it, but I thought it was a penalty.

Derry 2-0 up in Tallafornia.

3-0 now, Barry McNamee with his first senior goal just a minute into the second half.

Limerick one up from a tracey penalty, but captain pat purcell, collecting the First Division trophy in an hour, has been given a straight red!

Limerick, never easy ;)

Youths equalize!! Furlong with the goal

FT scores from tonights matches:

Dundalk 2-2 Bohs
Shamrock Rovers 1-3 Derry
UCD 1-0 Drogs
Shels 3-2 Cork

Harps 1-0 Longford
Limerick 1-3 Wexford
Mervue 0-0 SD Galway
Athlone 2-3 Waterford

Harps were miles ahead of Longford tonight. By far and away the better team. Longford will really struggle in the play-offs.

Really great game of football though in Finn Park. Great viewing, which is a relief after how bad we were in Galway last week.

Nice way to round off the season.

Can we go back to winter football? At least then the season will start in July. :)

The less said about that second half in Tolka the better. On another note, it was an abysmal home attendance, even for Shels. Felt like entering the UCD bowl except with much worse facilities!

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Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Harps were miles ahead of Longford tonight. By far and away the better team. Longford will really struggle in the play-offs.

Really great game of football though in Finn Park. Great viewing, which is a relief after how bad we were in Galway last week.

Nice way to round off the season.

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That was very much our second team. We used four u19s and one of them was only 16. Though I don't disagree that we'll struggle anyway, I wouldn't judge it on last night.

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Originally Posted by Longfordian

That was very much our second team. We used four u19s and one of them was only 16. Though I don't disagree that we'll struggle anyway, I wouldn't judge it on last night.

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Average age of Harps starting team last night was 23, including a full debut for 17 year old Cathal McDaid who started left wing.

You had a slightly weaker side out last night, but by no means was that a second team.

Hope, Shaw, Purdy, Lee, McDonagh, Crawley, Skelly, Gillespie, Collins. None of those played and would more than likely be in our first choice team. Bermingham would be there or thereabouts. Our u19s aren't very good by national standards either.

FAI site credits Paul Malone (not Furlong) with Youths' first goal last night. Is that right?

http://inform.fai.ie/Statsportal/Fix...&matchID=10923

Could have sworn it was the #9 shirt, Jackman PA said as much.

ForzaForth thought it was Malone too

First time I saw the side show bob lookalike from Derry, Mcnamee looks a
really really good prospect.

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Originally Posted by cornflakes

ForzaForth thought it was Malone too

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This actually does kind of matter, because with the hat-trick Furlong is the clear top scorer in the league this year, but with just two he's tied on 13 with Kevin McHugh and Sean Maguire. Anyone else at the match on Saturday have an idea?

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Originally Posted by codology

First time I saw the side show bob lookalike

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Quigley was in Sligo celebrating the league title!

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Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter

This actually does kind of matter, because with the hat-trick Furlong is the clear top scorer in the league this year, but with just two he's tied on 13 with Kevin McHugh and Sean Maguire. Anyone else at the match on Saturday have an idea?

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Apparently, Furlong and Mick Wallace have said that it wasn't Furlong's goal and the referee has confirmed it (so I'm told anyway). That means it's a three way tie (although RSSSF's top scorer lists always include play-off goals). Fair play to Furlong and Wallace if this is the case. As someone said on facebook, 'Irish politician in honesty shocker'!!

Good to see it resolved so easily if that's the case.

Means Kevin McHugh ends up joint top scorer in the division in his testimonial year with Harps.