FAI Junior Cup 2013/14

[swinfordfc]

Who did Ballina Town get?

[Aldo]

5th Round Draw .

01. St Peters ( West Meath) v Westport United ( Mayo) .
02. Moyle Park (Donegal) v Carew Park or Moyross Celtic (Limerick AUL) .
03. St Michaels (Tipperary) v St Pauls Artane (Dublin) .
04. St Brendans Park (Kerry) v Carrick United (Waterford ) .
05. Crumlin United (LSL) v Avenue United (Clare) .
06. Glen Celtic (Cork AUL) v Newtown Celtic .
07. Portlaoise or Valley Park (Dublin) v Geraldines or Summerville (Limerick Aul) .
08. Galbally (Tipperary) v Hibernians (Waterford) .
09. Wilderness (Tipperary) v Braysil (Wicklow) .
10. Ballaghadereen (Roscommon) v Clonmel Town (Tipperary) .
11. Hill Celtic or Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick Aul) v Glengoole (Tipperary) .
12. Buncrana v O’Devaney Dunard or Sheriff YC (Dublin AUL) .
13. Collinstown FC or Mid Sutton Shalke v Janesboro or Pike Rovers (Limerick AUL) .
14. Ballymun Utd (Dublin AUL) v Moyne Celtic .
15. Lexilip Fc (LSL Kildare) v Kingswood Fc (LSL Dublin) .
16. Fairview FC (Cork ) v Ballisodare Utd (Sligo) .
17. Liffey Wanders (LSL Sunday) v College Corths (Cork) .
18. Newcastle West (Limerick) v Ballymoe FC (Roscommon) .
19. Grange Utd (AUL Sunday) v Hospital Crusaders/Kilmallock (Limerick) .
20. Weston Villa/Regional (Limerick) v Kerrykeel 71 FC (Donegal) .
21. Crettyard Utd (Carlow) v Quigley Points Swifts (Donegal) .
22. Boyle Celtic (Sligo) v NUI Galway (Galway) .
23. Castleisland/Abbeyfeale Utd (Des) v Ballina Town (Mayo) .
24. Thurles Town (Tipperary) v Blarney Street Ath (Cork) .
25. Mervue Utd (Galway) v Evergreen(Kilkenny)/New Ross Cel (Wexford) .
26. Killarney Celtic (Kerry) v Maynooth FC (LSL Sun) .
27. Strand Celtic (Sligo) v Mayfield Utd (Cork) .
28. Freshford/Thomastown FC (Kilkenny) v Douglas Hall B FC (Cork) .
29. Duleek FC (Meath) v Greenwood FC (Cork) .
30. Park Celtic (LSL Sun) v Aileach FC (Donegal) .
31. Trin Celtic (Meath) v Corrib Rgs (Galway) .
32. Firhouse Clover (LSL Sat) v Fort Rangers (Kilkenny) .

[republican]

5th Round Draw .

01. St Peters ( West Meath) v Westport United ( Mayo) .
02. Moyle Park (Donegal) v Carew Park or Moyross Celtic (Limerick AUL) .
03. St Michaels (Tipperary) v St Pauls Artane (Dublin) .
04. St Brendans Park (Kerry) v Carrick United (Waterford ) .
05. Crumlin United (LSL) v Avenue United (Clare) .
06. Glen Celtic (Cork AUL) v Newtown Celtic .
07. Portlaoise or Valley Park (Dublin) v Geraldines or Summerville (Limerick Aul) .
08. Galbally (Tipperary) v Hibernians (Waterford) .
09. Wilderness (Tipperary) v Braysil (Wicklow) .
10. Ballaghadereen (Roscommon) v Clonmel Town (Tipperary) .
11. Hill Celtic or Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick Aul) v Glengoole (Tipperary) .
12. Buncrana v O’Devaney Dunard or Sheriff YC (Dublin AUL) .
13. Collinstown FC or Mid Sutton Shalke v Janesboro or Pike Rovers (Limerick AUL) .
14. Ballymun Utd (Dublin AUL) v Moyne Celtic .
15. Lexilip Fc (LSL Kildare) v Kingswood Fc (LSL Dublin) .
16. Fairview FC (Cork ) v Ballisodare Utd (Sligo) .
17. Liffey Wanders (LSL Sunday) v College Corths (Cork) .
18. Newcastle West (Limerick) v Ballymoe FC (Roscommon) .
19. Grange Utd (AUL Sunday) v Hospital Crusaders/Kilmallock (Limerick) .
20. Weston Villa/Regional (Limerick) v Kerrykeel 71 FC (Donegal) .
21. Crettyard Utd (Carlow) v Quigley Points Swifts (Donegal) .
22. Boyle Celtic (Sligo) v NUI Galway (Galway) .
23. Castleisland/Abbeyfeale Utd (Des) v Ballina Town (Mayo) .
24. Thurles Town (Tipperary) v Blarney Street Ath (Cork) .
25. Mervue Utd (Galway) v Evergreen(Kilkenny)/New Ross Cel (Wexford) .
26. Killarney Celtic (Kerry) v Maynooth FC (LSL Sun) .
27. Strand Celtic (Sligo) v Mayfield Utd (Cork) .
28. Freshford/Thomastown FC (Kilkenny) v Douglas Hall B FC (Cork) .
29. Duleek FC (Meath) v Greenwood FC (Cork) .
30. Park Celtic (LSL Sun) v Aileach FC (Donegal) .
31. Trin Celtic (Meath) v Corrib Rgs (Galway) .
32. Firhouse Clover (LSL Sat) v Fort Rangers (Kilkenny) .

st michaels v st pauls artane is surely the tie of the round. been a long time since saints played a top aul side in cooke park. should get a serious crowd in cooke park for that 1. when are ties being played?

[Fairkop]

st michaels v st pauls artane is surely the tie of the round. been a long time since saints played a top aul side in cooke park. should get a serious crowd in cooke park for that 1. when are ties being played?

are st.pauls considered a top aul side?sherrif,kilbarack,o devaneys,maybe ballymun,st.kevins.

[KUFCMan]

ST Pauls beat us 2-0 in the lasr round,after we had beaten them 4-0 earlier in the season both away for us.Theyve definately improved and have a good all round team ,with current Junior International Conor Dillon at the back and a sprinkling of experienced players throughout the team.They are a top 6 team in our League AUL Prem A and should give ST Michaels a good game.

[Aldo]

Any Date for when the 5th round is to be played ?

[KUFCMan]

RESULT

Janesboro 0-3 Pike Rovers

Any more results in Limerick?

[Second]

RESULT

Janesboro 0-3 Pike Rovers

Any more results in Limerick?

Tame enough game..
balla won 4 nil.
Kilmallock won 1 nil
carew won 4-2 aet
geraldines v summerville abandoned for fighting. .

[Fairkop]

Tame enough game..
balla won 4 nil.
Kilmallock won 1 nil
carew won 4-2 aet
geraldines v summerville abandoned for fighting. .

tame is putting it mildly tbh,very poor match lightened up only by tierneys performance in the second half.pikes experience of these games won out in the end and they should have won by more.janesboro are miles off winning an fai.

[new blood]

tame is putting it mildly tbh,very poor match lightened up only by tierneys performance in the second half.pikes experience of these games won out in the end and they should have won by more.janesboro are miles off winning an fai.

boro very disappointing there so called big players done nothing all game in the end they were lucky to only lose by 3 pike number 10 was best player on pitch followed closely by pike number 6 in my opinion

[thomas72]

A lot of money lost today paddy power cleaned up

[new blood]

Boro got out of the game exactly what they put in nothing at all !!!! below average performances from the entire team

[mrman]

it was a below average performance from both Boro and Pike, Boro were harmless, Tierney was the best player on the pitch, shane clarke never turned up and I cant see Pike or any Limerick team winning the Fai this season, the management team of the Boro have to be questioned too, they had no 2nd plan

[Treaty Gooner]

Agree with newblood on the game but very much with hightackle - without a strong defensive display, Pike would've been in trouble. Great games from Neville, Mullins, Enright, Hartnett, Boris, Carroll and Tierney. The other 15 players on the pitch were average, bar maybe Hurley for Boro. Showed great heart and 1st time he's ever shown himself as a good Boro man for me.

[hotspur]

it was a below average performance from both Boro and Pike, Boro were harmless, Tierney was the best player on the pitch, shane clarke never turned up and I cant see Pike or any Limerick team winning the Fai this season, the management team of the Boro have to be questioned too, they had no 2nd plan

Would you have one listen to yourself.poor performance from pike? Ill bet Holly is having one good laugh off of you.he apparently cleaned up.he might even buy you a pint if you bump into him.

[hotspur]

Oh by the the way mrman who else have you seen outside limerick.??

[TopperHarley]

Pike will take some stopping this year!

To say it was a poor game is clueless...both semis last year were exactly like this..Top team canceling each other out...was nothing in it til the first goal and when the Boro keeper dropped the ball for the second it was game over as going 3 at the back v Pike is a recipe for disaster.

Taught Enright was the beat player on the park.

[faceoff]

Pike will take some stopping this year!

To say it was a poor game is clueless...both semis last year were exactly like this..Top team canceling each other out...was nothing in it til the first goal and when the Boro keeper dropped the ball for the second it was game over as going 3 at the back v Pike is a recipe for disaster.

Taught Enright was the beat player on the park.

Agree Topper Pikes back 4 were excellent. Young mullins Jason I think started a bit nervous but he got to grips with it as the game wore on.Had a tough job in marking Shane Waters but in fairness to him over the 90 minutes he came out on top.Shane Clarke was well marshalled by P Mullins and Colm Enright and as you said Colm was very good I thought Pikes midfield of Boyle and OShea were outstanding.they never let ogorman or lyons get their foot on the ball.Tierney and hartnett wete their usual self busy as bees especially Tierney who was outstanding Collins was playing well until he had to go off injured and Seamus Carroll was outstanding all through the 90 mins.Why Janesboro played clarke up top on his own was baffling.Will take a very good side to stop on yesterdays second halfs performance. Well worth the 5.if AOB was at the game im sure he would say the Mullins was exceptional. I heard also the reason he went off was his missus went into labour at the game and gave birth shortly later.cingrats to both him and his missus.

[AlanOB]

There's a full play-by-play report (by Tom Rooney) on Junior Soccer Portal so I'll just add some of my own tactical observations:

- Apart from TopperHarley above, I've yet to hear anyone give Colm Enright the credit that he deserves for his performance yesterday. In fact, in reference to Shane Clarke's lack of impact on the game, I overheard two Pike fans say that "Mullins had him in his pocket". Enright was the blocker on the day and was in contact far, far more often with Shane. Time and time again he got the foot in for the interception or won the aerial challenge. He was fantastic.

- Boro did two things well in the first half - firstly, they effectively man-marked John Tierney (through Aidan Hurley), something I've been calling for time and time again here. Secondly, they channeled their play down the left through Shane Waters in an obvious attempt to target Pike right full Jason Mullins. Jason committed three fouls in the first 25 minutes on Shane, incurring a yellow card. The decision by the Boro management to take Shane off that side and put him up front at 0-2 was a mistake (although in their defence they were being screamed at by Clarke about how he was "on his own up there" minutes earlier).

- Pike were also targeting Donnan at right full, and Cian Collins got in behind him a number of times. He was unlucky to have an effort cleared off the line by Lee O'Mara. Shame for the lad that his hamstring went. Still, his replacement Boris made the difference, scoring one and making two.

- The aforementioned change of shape from Boro happened at 0-2, and struck me as a bit haphazard. At first it looked like a 4-4-2, with O'Gorman dropping back from the 10 position into midfield, sub Nash going left wing and Waters joining Clarke up top. Within minutes, however, it had switched to a 3-4-1-2 system, with left full Harkin going into the middle with Hurley, and O'Gorman back in the 10 position (this time behind two strikers). This meant that striker-by-trade Declan Nash was covering a flank by himself. Pike targeted it, and it was no surprise when the third came from a free kick from that side.

- Either side of Boris' opener, Boro had a one-on-one opportunity that they spurned. James Hayes was sent clean through by a lucky richochet in the first half and the disappointing Mike O'Gorman should have benefited from a loss of possession by Jason Mullins early in the second half. Neither could convert.

- Pike also deserve a lot of credit for the way they pressed in midfield and prevented Boro from creating passing sequences.

[faceoff]

There's a full play-by-play report (by Tom Rooney) on Junior Soccer Portal so I'll just add some of my own tactical observations:

- Apart from TopperHarley above, I've yet to hear anyone give Colm Enright the credit that he deserves for his performance yesterday. In fact, in reference to Shane Clarke's lack of impact on the game, I overheard two Pike fans say that "Mullins had him in his pocket". Enright was the blocker on the day and was in contact far, far more often with Shane. Time and time again he got the foot in for the interception or won the aerial challenge. He was fantastic.

- Boro did two things well in the first half - firstly, they effectively man-marked John Tierney (through Aidan Hurley), something I've been calling for time and time again here. Secondly, they channeled their play down the left through Shane Waters in an obvious attempt to target Pike right full Jason Mullins. Jason committed three fouls in the first 25 minutes on Shane, incurring a yellow card. The decision by the Boro management to take Shane off that side and put him up front at 0-2 was a mistake (although in their defence they were being screamed at by Clarke about how he was "on his own up there" minutes earlier).

- Pike were also targeting Donnan at right full, and Cian Collins got in behind him a number of times. He was unlucky to have an effort cleared off the line by Lee O'Mara. Shame for the lad that his hamstring went. Still, his replacement Boris made the difference, scoring one and making two.

- The aforementioned change of shape from Boro happened at 0-2, and struck me as a bit haphazard. At first it looked like a 4-4-2, with O'Gorman dropping back from the 10 position into midfield, sub Nash going left wing and Waters joining Clarke up top. Within minutes, however, it had switched to a 3-4-1-2 system, with left full Harkin going into the middle with Hurley, and O'Gorman back in the 10 position (this time behind two strikers). This meant that striker-by-trade Declan Nash was covering a flank by himself. Pike targeted it, and it was no surprise when the third came from a free kick from that side.

- Either side of Boris' opener, Boro had a one-on-one opportunity that they spurned. James Hayes was sent clean through by a lucky richochet in the first half and the disappointing Mike O'Gorman should have benefited from a loss of possession by Jason Mullins early in the second half. Neither could convert.

- Pike also deserve a lot of credit for the way they pressed in midfield and prevented Boro from creating passing sequences.

Read 2 posts above you.Im sure you would agree that Pike had no need for concerns regarding Mullins as you posted previously. By the way forgot to mention Gary Neville s save from Thonas Clarke.It was unreal how he got down to it.Is FAI on again next week??