Ford FAI Cup Semi Finals this weekend.

**Rovers Maniac** · 25/10/2009, 4:21 PM

Not sure why everyone is sore on them either, they're a good side, play good football. Kirby is class and i can see it being a very very tight final. You rarely see a team subbing players in a semi final to give them a rest with most of the second half left.

**gael353** · 25/10/2009, 4:24 PM

Originally Posted by gufc2000

Have some of the crowd gone home? The stand doesn't look as full as it did

what this game and the sligo waterford game proves is the lack of knowledge the media have of the first division. They simply havent a clue. on budgets, fingal would have the highest budget in the first division with Gannon their owner having given a personal garantee of a quarter of a million a year for the first five years. This is year two. Fingal CC provide the facilities so pretty much all that goes on staff budget. the teams that have the councils on their sides seem to be winning in the survival stakes.

edit:earlier the commentator and Rico asked "you'd wonder how good ucd are when fingal are five points behind"....now rico makes a comment on how there will be two good footballing teams in the prem when ucd and fingal go up

**superfrank** · 25/10/2009, 4:38 PM

What. A. Goal.

**FrOsTy** · 25/10/2009, 4:38 PM

Great goal...3-1 McCabe great free kick!

**superfrank** · 25/10/2009, 4:46 PM

Bray down to ten.

It was an ugly challenge by Deansy but I still think it shouldn't have been a straight red.

**gufc2000** · 25/10/2009, 4:46 PM

Deans off

**superfrank** · 25/10/2009, 4:48 PM

That was cracking play by Sporting but why was Skippy so far off his line?

**Buile Shuibhne** · 25/10/2009, 4:49 PM

franchise are a joke of a club, manufactured by the the FAI, purely because they are tied-in with their local county council Fingal.

They've absolutely no history, background or genesis in football.

Their home gates consist of freebies, maybe 50 paying home fans, and away fans.

With the split gate today, monitored by both clubs and the FAI, no freebies allowed in, they've been found out for having no support.

They are an embarrassment to the league and real clubs.

**Poor Student** · 25/10/2009, 4:54 PM

With all due respect, how's a club to start off only with no history or fans? Are the other 21 clubs the only clubs ever entitled to exist for the rest of history?

**brianw82** · 25/10/2009, 4:56 PM

At least Robbie Doyle didn't score.

**gufc2000** · 25/10/2009, 4:57 PM

Have Fingal plans to build a stadium?

**CSFShels** · 25/10/2009, 4:59 PM

Originally Posted by Poor Student

With all due respect, how's a club to start off only with no history or fans? Are the other 21 clubs the only clubs ever entitled to exist for the rest of history?

Null point. The same treatment wasn't given to Wexford and Kildare upon their arrival to the league.

**Buile Shuibhne** · 25/10/2009, 5:09 PM

Originally Posted by Poor Student

With all due respect, how's a club to start off only with no history or fans? Are the other 21 clubs the only clubs ever entitled to exist for the rest of history?

Dublin City evolved from Home Farm

Kildare County from Newbridge Town

Mervue have been playing in Connaught for x amount of years.

Wexford Youths from Wexford Youths

etc.. ect.

They then graduated to the League of Ireland.

Franchise were manufactured from nothing in a boardroom.

**Dunny** · 25/10/2009, 6:57 PM

Originally Posted by gufc2000

Have Fingal plans to build a stadium?

I think they have plans to build some kind of complex in Swords or Lusk or somewhere.

**The Lep** · 25/10/2009, 7:08 PM

Originally Posted by Brian Boru

Bray should definitely win later today.

Ye, of course they should

Originally Posted by Buile Shuibhne

franchise are a joke of a club, manufactured by the the FAI, purely because they are tied-in with their local county council Fingal.

They've absolutely no history, background or genesis in football.

Their home gates consist of freebies, maybe 50 paying home fans, and away fans.

With the split gate today, monitored by both clubs and the FAI, no freebies allowed in, they've been found out for having no support.

They are an embarrassment to the league and real clubs.

You know nothing about us , all you can come up with is the amount of fans or lack of history. I know you dont like us and thats fine but change the record. Have a look on our website to see what Sporting Fingal is involved with. Sporting Fingal fc is one of many projects on going and many more to follow from sport to education and community based projects.
This is only our second season and have reached the final of the FAI cup , did your team do that? How long before you won anything? ( yes i know we havent won anything yet ) Did you have instant large crowds and a successful history after your club was formed?
have you lost out on something due to Sporting Fingal?

Originally Posted by Dunny

I think they have plans to build some kind of complex in Swords or Lusk or somewhere.

Correct,

**MeathDrog** · 25/10/2009, 7:30 PM

Originally Posted by The Lep

Correct,

Top marks for clarity. It's either in Swords, Lusk, or 'Somewhere'.

**The Lep** · 25/10/2009, 7:33 PM

Inbetween

turvey avenue i think.

To go back on topic....

Yeeeeeeeeeesssss

Bring on Sligo and i know we can beat them

Respect to the Bray fans you are a decent bunch of supporters.

**Buile Shuibhne** · 25/10/2009, 7:52 PM

Originally Posted by The Lep

You know nothing about us , all you can come up with is the amount of fans or lack of history. I know you dont like us and thats fine but change the record. Have a look on our website to see what Sporting Fingal is involved with. Sporting Fingal fc is one of many projects on going and many more to follow from sport to education and community based projects.
This is only our second season and have reached the final of the FAI cup , did your team do that? How long before you won anything? ( yes i know we havent won anything yet ) Did you have instant large crowds and a successful history after your club was formed?
have you lost out on something due to Sporting Fingal?

There's nothing to know about you except that you are an invented entity of a franchise backed by the FAI. Your website just lists your newly and artificially created manifests.

History and honours have to be hard-earned and won, through progression and hard slog over time.

**The Lep** · 25/10/2009, 7:55 PM

Originally Posted by Buile Shuibhne

There's nothing to know about you except that you are an invented entity of a franchise backed by the FAI. Your website just lists your newly and artificially created manifests.

History and honours have to be hard-earned and won, through progression and hard slog over time.

you just get better.

**Brian Boru** · 25/10/2009, 8:00 PM

Originally Posted by The Lep

Ye, of course they should

I obviously knew nothing about the first division until this weekend. Yee are very good and the final is anyones game but hopefully we'll win. Waterford too are a very good team.

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