Season review

[Sam_Heggy]

This should be interesting, just something we do on our forum at the end of every season:

Best atmosphere:
Best away day:
Best game:

Player of the season:
Young player of the season:
Player you would like your club to sign:
Worst Player:
Honourable mention:

Goal of the season:
Highlight of the season:
Lowlight:

Worst away day:
worst atmosphere:
Best chant:
Worst game:
Best fans:
Best ground:
Least favourite ground:

forum user of the year:
best newcomer:
funniest forumer:

Its just a bit of craic.

[Dalymountrower]

Best atmosphere: Drogs v Bohs when we won the league
Best away day: Galway
Best game: Drogs v Bohs

Player of the season: B Murphy
Young player of the season: Quigley
Player you would like your club to sign: Quigley
Worst Player: Barry Ferguson
Honourable mention: Clive Delaney

Goal of the season: Brennan v Cork last week
Highlight of the season: First half demolition of Pats in cup semi
Lowlight: 1-1 UCD v Bohs

Worst away day: UCD
worst atmosphere: UCD
Best atmosphere: Cork
Best chant: Rangers famine chant is good
Worst game: UCD V Bohs 1-1
Best fans: Cork
Best ground: Cork
Least favourite ground: Belfield Bowel

[BrayUnknowns]

Best atmosphere: 1-0 over Drogheda in the first round of games.
Best away day: 2-3 win over Galway in the League.
Best game: 4-3 win over Drogheda, last home game of the season for us.

Player of the season: Keith Fahey
Young player of the season: Mark Quigley
Player you would like your club to sign: Liam Burns
Worst Player: Cobh's reserve keeper, can't think of his name... Fennelly ?
Honourable mention: Tiham (spelling ?) Drog's striker....

Goal of the season: Kavanagh's volley in the cup replay against Dundalk.
Highlight of the season: Finishing 6th.
Lowlight: Cup loss to Galway United in the Carlisle, dreadful night.

Worst away day: Finn Harps
worst atmosphere: Cobh Ramblers
Best atmosphere: Derry City
Best chant: Bray fans at the big fat Leeds United fan on the hill, genius !
Worst game: Cup loss to Galway United in the Carlisle
Best fans: Derry City
Best ground: Tolka well the best surface for me anyway... Dayler for it's on great stand and the Cross for all-round facilities.
Least favourite ground: Ballybofey or United Park, both utter dives !

[brianw82]

Best atmosphere: Rovers v Shams, 2nd game when we beat them 2-1
Best away day: v Drogheda, last minute penalty to equalise. Fantastic.
Best game: Rovers v Derry, 0-0. Super game of ball, how it wasn't 4-4 I'll never know!

Player of the season: Fahey, closely followed by Owen Heary. For us, Cretaro.
Young player of the season: Coleman
Player you would like your club to sign: Joe Kendrick
Worst Player: Matt Judge
Honourable mention: Faz

Goal of the season: Fahey's goal v Bohs in the 2nd game of the season
Highlight of the season: Qualifying for Europe & Setanta, of course
Lowlight: Never-ending financial problems and negative media coverage

Worst away day: First game against UCD, horrid game, horrid conditions, the 1 game of the season where our players didn't give their all.
worst atmosphere: The Bowel
Best atmosphere: Dalymount
Best chant: "who ate all the pies?" at an obese Pats fan in our 2nd game against them in Richmond, it shut him up.
Worst game: Rovers v Cork, we were useless
Best fans: Derry
Best ground: Richmond is nice
Least favourite ground: The Bowel

forum user of the year: me
best newcomer: some foreign import
funniest forumer: me

[A face]

Best atmosphere: Setatna Cup Final v Glentoran
Best away day: Cobh Ramblers
Best game: Setatna Cup Final

Player of the season: Pat Sullivan
Young player of the season: Meyler looked as if he was going to be alright
Player you would like your club to sign: Joseph Ndo
Worst Player: This year you cant fault any of them
Honourable mention: Liam Kearney was much improved, Darragh Ryan was good when we saw him

Goal of the season: One of Dave Mooneys anyway
Highlight of the season: All Ireland Champions, no much else though
Lowlight: Arkaga for even existing

Worst away day: Limerick in the cup
worst atmosphere: A UCD game i'd say
Best chant:

They dont care about Matthews,
They dont care about fans,
Cork City Football Club,
its in the wrong hands

Its in the wrong hands,
Its in the wrong haa-aahh-aands
Cork City Football Clubs,
Its in the wrong hands !!!!

Worst game: To many to mention
Best fans: Any of the northern teams
Best ground: After the cross, Dalyer
Least favourite ground: Hate saying it ... Harps, too far

[WoodquayBoy]

Best atmosphere: v UCD on last day of season
Best away day: v UCD on last day of season
Best game: 2-2 v St Pats in Terryland in May

Player of the season: John Russell (UTD); Fahey (League)
Young player of the season: O'Shea (Utd); McGinn (League)
Player you would like your club to sign: Any big lumbering striker who knows where the goal is
Worst Player: Stephen O'Flynn (Utd) Pat McWalter (League)
Honourable mention:

Goal of the season: Vinny Faherty's chip of Alan Gough v Bray
Highlight of the season: Securing top flight status
Lowlight: losing 4-1 to Cobh

Worst away day: losing 3-0 to Sligo in Showgies
worst atmosphere: UCD on first visit
Best atmosphere: UCD on second visit!
Best chant: ''Don't wanna go home . . ' as sung in Belfield on Friday
Worst game: losing to Rovers 2-0 in March
Best fans: Shams/Cork/Derry
Best ground: The X
Least favourite ground: United Park/Ballybofey - complete holes
forum user of the year: Any of the Mods (bows respectfully)
best newcomer: Me!
funniest forumer: (Choke) Jebus (choke)

[Mr A]

Best atmosphere: Harps V Shamrock Rovers
Best away day: Cork City
Best game: H V Shamrock Rovers

Player of the season: Fahey
Young player of the season: Quigley
Player you would like your club to sign: Torres
Worst Player: Gerry Gill
Honourable mention:

Goal of the season: Tyrrell (V Bray?)
Highlight of the season: It being over
Lowlight: While it was happening.

Worst away day: Athlone in Cup, Sligo in League
worst atmosphere: Athlone in Cup
Best atmosphere: Harps V Shamrock Rovers
Best chant: Bye Bye Higgsy
Worst game: Harps V Sligo
Best fans: Shamrock Rovers
Best ground: Terryland
Least favourite ground: Turners Cross

forum user of the year: Ruben Sosa
best newcomer: thischarmingman
funniest forumer: bluebeard

[pineapple stu]

Bleagh.

That is all.

[Lim till i die]

Best atmosphere: Waherfurr at home (the second time)

Best away day: Dundalk (second time)

Best game: Limerick 1 Fingal 1

Player of the season: Tommy Barrett

Young player of the season: Jason Hughes

Player you would like your club to sign: Greg O'Halloran

Worst Player: One of those non-descript Wexford players

Honourable mention: To me for putting up with it all

Goal of the season: Gary Sheehan against Waherfurr

Highlight of the season: Beating Dundalk twice in Oriel, unreal.

Lowlight: Losing 1-0 in Wexford, inexcusable


Worst away day: Cork City in the League Cup, Wexford away in league

worst atmosphere: Cork City in the League Cup, Wexford away in league

Best atmosphere: Away from home?? Shels on the last day

Best chant: Someone shouting "Be sure to write a newspaper column about this Gill, you bottling ****" up in Oriel a few weeks ago was the best crowd moment of the season for me. The man visibly shrank before our eyes.

Worst game: Limerick 0 Athlone 0. Good grief.

Best fans: Limerick, of course

Best ground: Oriel Park

Least favourite ground: Flancare

forum user of the year: Me
best newcomer: Myself
funniest forumer: And I

[El-Pietro]

Best atmosphere: either Bray wanderers at home in the third round of games or else the Setanta Cup final
Best away day: one of the two trips to Derry where we won - 2-0 down 3-2 up and the setanta semi - TIMMMY!
Best game:Setanta Cup Final

Player of the season: Dan Murray/Pat Sullivan - Keith Fahey for league
Young player of the season: Tim Kiely for his header in Derry! - does Darren Murphy count? - Niall McGinn for league, to be fair Ive seen him 6 times this season
Player you would like your club to sign: Niall McGinn
Worst Player: Denis Behan has been very poor. Clive Delaney or Ibrahim Thiam Lyane
Honourable mention: Kearney has improved no end this year

Goal of the season: Denis Behan to win 3-2 up in Derry or else John O'Flynns lob against Cobh at the X
Highlight of the season: Setanta Cup semi and Final - fans and players sticking together
Lowlight: Arkaga - Finland (FC Haka)

Worst away day:Losing on penalties to Derry
worst atmosphere: away to Drogs in the Setanta cup 1-1 draw
Best atmosphere: from us - Shamrock Rovers when we were losing three nil in the league - other teams probably the Derry fans when they beat us on penalties - gutting though
Best chant: Two Nil Down, Three Two Up, City ****** the Derry up, with a Mooney Brace, and Behan Fires home (or a knick nack paddy whack give a dog a bone - whichever you prefer) Derry boys are s*** at home
Worst game: any of a number of games after we went into examinership
Best fans: Derry City/Glentoran
Best ground: Brandywell/Terryland - obv the Cross is the best!
Least favourite ground:

[Dodge]

Best atmosphere: Home v Elfsborg
Best away day: Away to Elfsborg
Best game: Either of the Elfsborg games

Player of the season: Fahey
Young player of the season: Quigley
Player you would like your club to sign: Brain Murphy
Worst Player: Joe O'Cearuill
Honourable mention: Jaroslav Bialek

Goal of the season: Fahey v bohs
Highlight of the season: The Elfsborg games
Lowlight: the various debacles surrounding Keane, Ndo, O'Neill, Dempsey and the team just fading

Worst away day: UCD
worst atmosphere: UCD
Best atmosphere: Again?
Best chant: Dontcha wish your striker was mark Quig-ley? (Never actually sung at a game…)
Worst game: 1-0 defeat to galway
Best fans: Limerick
Best ground: Olympic Stadium Berlin
Least favourite ground: Tolka

forum user of the year: Mr A
best newcomer: Can't think of any.
funniest forumer: Jerry the Saint

[Mr Maroon]

Best atmosphere: Finn Harps home/ UCD away
Best away day: UCD - GUFC
Best game: GUFC 2-2 Pats

Player of the season: John Russell (Utd); Fahey (League)
Young player of the season: O'Shea (Utd); McGinn (League)
Player you would like your club to sign: Kaka
Worst Player: Stephen O'Flynn
Honourable mention: Seamie Conneely

Goal of the season: Vinny Faherty vs Pats
Highlight of the season: Staying up!
Lowlight: The league-wide financial problems

Worst away day: Sligo with the Leech incident
worst atmosphere: probably when we lost to UCD at home
Best atmosphere: Finn Harps home/ UCD away
Best chant: "Lets all do the Willy Fury dance" or "Thank you very much for taking Leechy"
Worst game: footballing wise, away to UCD!
Best fans: All the Utd fans at UCD
Best ground: the Cross and Terryland
Least favourite ground: Showgies

[niallsparky]

Best atmosphere: Drogs Away
Best away day: Cork
Best game: Bohs 2-1 Rovers

Player of the season: Owen Heary
Young player of the season: Niall McGinn
Player you would like your club to sign: Keith Fahey
Worst Player: Mark Mukendi
Honourable mention: Galway. Great job staying up.

Goal of the season: Fahey's against us.
Highlight of the season: Apart from winning the double? Whitewashing Rovers.
Lowlight: Eh, getting knocked out of the League Cup?

Worst away day: UCD
worst atmosphere: UCD
Best chant: "We sold it 2 times! We sold it 2 times, that bit over there, we sold it 2 times.......We'll sell it again..." - you get the drift.
Worst game: Bohs .v. U.C.D. 2 weeks ago.
Best fans: Cork
Best ground: Turner's Cross
Least favourite ground: Belfield Bowl

[Aaron]

Best atmosphere: Home v Linfield, great night
Best away day: Away v Harps when Morrison scored 2 crackers
Best game: Home v Harps in the 2nd game

Player of the season: Keith Fahey
Young player of the season: Niall McGinn
Player you would like your club to sign: Jay O'Shea
Worst Player: Anthony Fennelly
Honourable mention: Gerard Doherty, has been outstanding for us all season

Goal of the season: Fahey v Bohs in the first game of the season
Highlight of the season: Hopefully yet to come
Lowlight: Losing to Linfield at the sewer

Worst away day: Linfield Away
worst atmosphere: Liffeys Pearse at home
Best chant: We love you!!!
Worst game: Cork, Setanta Semi's
Best fans: Cork
Best ground: Cork
Least favourite ground: Windsor Park

forum user of the year:
best newcomer:
funniest forumer:

[Martinho II]

Best atmosphere:this friday night for sean pruntys testimonial
Best away day: beating dundalk in oriel
Best game: first game of the season when we beat fingal 5-1

Player of the season: Neil Gallagher
Young player of the season: Andy Bermingham
Player you would like your club to sign: Eric Lavine again!
Worst Player: robbie farrell
Honourable mention: Stephen Gough

Goal of the season:Goughs lob against mons
Highlight of the season: Sean Prunty Testimonial
Lowlight: Being subject of bookies enquiry re mons town game

Worst away day: monaghan away
worst atmosphere: waterford home
Best chant:runnin down the wing longford town will sing iarliath davoren
Worst game: Longford Town 1 Monaghan five
Best fans: Sligo
Best ground: Showgrounds
Least favourite ground: limericks ground

forum user of the year: pauro seven (hes my brother!)
best newcomer:cant rremember name but burko(ltfc) you know who you are!)
funniest forumer:[/QUOTE]sligoman for his sarcastic remarks

[sligofan4ever]

Best atmosphere:Last game of the season against Bray
Best away day:The 3-1 win over Cobh
Best game: Our 0-0 draw against Derry, closesly followed by the 3-3 draw with Drogheda

Player of the season:Keith Fahey, Raf Cretaro for us
Young player of the season:Niall McGinn
Player you would like your club to sign:Joe Kendrick
Worst Player:Matthew Judge
Honourable mention:Anto Murphy

Goal of the season:Keith Fahey vs Bohs
Highlight of the season:Rovers qualifying for Europe
Lowlight:Financial problems and poor media coverage

Worst away day: UCD
worst atmosphere:UCD
Worst game:0-0 draw early in the season with UCD
Best fans: Derry
Best ground:Brandywell and Turners Cross
Least favourite ground:Balleybofey, pitch is terrible.

[rambler14]

Best atmosphere: Cobh Ramblers vs Cork City(1st game)
Best away day: St Pats 0-3 Ramblers
Best game: Best game of football was Ramblers vs Bray (2nd game), lovely football by both sides in a game wrecked by the referee.

Player of the season: Keith Fahey
Young player of the season: Niall McGinn
Player you would like your club to sign: Keith Fahey........I hear he's leaving, potential transfer window signing!
Worst Player: Ibrahima with Drogheda and of course Anthony Fennelly purely because of his terrible performence vs Derry!
Honourable mention: Daryl Kavanagh

Goal of the season: Fahey vs Bohs.
Highlight of the season: Premier Division football.
Lowlight: Match Fixing! and losing 5-0 o City.

Worst away day: No such thing!
Worst atmosphere: Ramblers vs Sunderland
Best chant: He's young, he's hung, he's Ramblers number 1, James McCarthy, James McCarthy!
Worst game: Ramblers 0-0 UCD
Best fans: Derry
Best ground: Tolka for some reason i love it there, BRING BACK TOLKA!
Least favourite ground: Finn Park............What a hole!, €20 in there is a joke!

Forum user of the year: Rambling Along
Best newcomer: Rambling Along
Funniest forumer: Jebus

[Youths4Ever]

Best atmosphere: Dundalk at home
Best away day: Cork City in League Cup Semi
Best game: Cork City in League Cup Semi

Player of the season: Pasty Malone
Young player of the season: Gavin Doyle
Player you would like your club to sign: we don't sign them
Worst Player: cant think of any
Honourable mention: David Cassidy

Goal of the season: Gavin Doyle v Longford
Highlight of the season: reaching league cup final
Lowlight: Limerick walking out of game

Worst away day: Kildare away
worst atmosphere: Kildare away the first day or Longford second day
Best chant: Shoes off if you love the Youths
Worst game: first away game v Kildare
Best fans: Derry City
Best ground: Oriel Park & Turners Cross
Least favourite ground: Jackman Park

[holidaysong]

Best atmosphere: Celebrations in Oriel Park on Saturday night.
Best away day: Beating Waterford 1-0 in the RSC.
Best game: Beating Athlone 7-0.

Player of the season: David Cassidy
Young player of the season:Tiernan Mulvenna
Player you would like your club to sign: Killian Brennan
Worst Player: Dessie Baker
Honourable mention: Paul Marney (up front is the only position he hasn't played for us)

Goal of the season: Paul Crowley against Waterford.
Highlight of the season: The reaction to Limerick's equaliser in Tolka.
Lowlight: Shelbourne beating Waterford in the RSC last week.

Worst away day: Monaghan when they equalised in the last minute.
worst atmosphere: Bohemians in the League cup.
Best chant: Shoes off if you love the Youths when I was at the League Cup Final.
Worst game: 0-0 in Morton Stadium against Fingal.
Best fans: I'm liking the Limerick fans recently.
Best ground: The RSC is looking good these days.
Least favourite ground: Jackman Park.

[CSFShels]

Best atmosphere: Away against Dundalk
Best away day: I love going to Oriel even if I hate the ground.
Best game: 3-1 win against Dundalk

Player of the season: Quigley
Young player of the season: Quigley
Player you would like your club to sign: Sheehan
Worst Player: David Freeman
Honourable mention: James Keddy

Goal of the season: Darren Forsythe against Longford
Highlight of the season: 3-1 win out in Oriel.
Lowlight: Saturday at home to Limerick

Worst away day: Monaghan. Only for us. Lovely club though.
worst atmosphere: Athlone
Best chant: the Robbie Doyle molesta 1
Worst game: 0-0 vs Dundalk the 2nd time around.
Best fans: Dundalk or Wexford
Best ground: I like Flancare Park.
Least favourite ground: Morton Stadium

forum user of the year: Haven't been around long enough to say
best newcomer:
funniest forumer: