Connaught Cup 2008/09

**Westside142** · 13/05/2009, 12:05 PM

just a little footnote to show how sporting west are and not like some other teams,they were informed after the game by a member of the connacht fa that you can only use 3 subs from 5 which is 16 on the card but castlerea named 18 and i think brought on no.17 in injury time,west were told to object and go through the proper channels and they would get a replay,the words from the west manager,stick your replay were not w**tp**t,we got beaten by the better team on the day end of story.[/quote]

What do ye want, a medal.
If ye had larry, curley and mo from the westport match as officials you`d have cruised to victory,but you had no one to hide behind and were found out.
Justice was served!

**west awake** · 13/05/2009, 3:19 PM

Originally Posted by Westside142

just a little footnote to show how sporting west are and not like some other teams,they were informed after the game by a member of the connacht fa that you can only use 3 subs from 5 which is 16 on the card but castlerea named 18 and i think brought on no.17 in injury time,west were told to object and go through the proper channels and they would get a replay,the words from the west manager,stick your replay were not w**tp**t,we got beaten by the better team on the day end of story.

What do ye want, a medal.
If ye had larry, curley and mo from the westport match as officials you`d have cruised to victory,but you had no one to hide behind and were found out.
Justice was served![/QUOTE]get over it WESTSIDE,castlerea are champions,worry about beating an athenry team that west finished 16 points ahead of in the league,good luck in your connacht senior cup final,hope ye win,don't want to be hearing who's fault it is if ye don't

**Westside142** · 13/05/2009, 3:57 PM

Originally Posted by west awake

What do ye want, a medal.
If ye had larry, curley and mo from the westport match as officials you`d have cruised to victory,but you had no one to hide behind and were found out.
Justice was served!

get over it WESTSIDE,castlerea are champions,worry about beating an athenry team that west finished 16 points ahead of in the league,good luck in your connacht senior cup final,hope ye win,don't want to be hearing who's fault it is if ye don't

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Wer`e well over it but ye don`t seem to be, as you keep bringing westports name into your posts as though ye are saints and we don`t want your fake good wishes either.

**west awake** · 13/05/2009, 4:02 PM

Originally Posted by Westside142

get over it WESTSIDE,castlerea are champions,worry about beating an athenry team that west finished 16 points ahead of in the league,good luck in your connacht senior cup final,hope ye win,don't want to be hearing who's fault it is if ye don't

Wer`e well over it but ye don`t seem to be, as you keep bringing westports name into your posts as though ye are saints and we don`t want your fake good wishes either.[/QUOTE]the good wishes weren't fake,that was sarcasm

good luck in the super league!

**hoop4life** · 13/05/2009, 4:21 PM

westport wont have much challenge in super league with our first team gone unless it comes from manulla, erris, ballina. they should win it again and they'll be back again next season for conn cup which they haven't won for a while. this competition will be very open again next season

**paul_oshea** · 13/05/2009, 9:05 PM

over the last 5 years how has the conn cup gone in terms of which leagues have won it? Im assuming RandDL have won it twice now with ballinasloe and mayo twice as well is it? Who was the last galway side to win it?

**red metal** · 14/05/2009, 12:22 AM

Athenry won it 2 years in a row 2007/2008 and Abbey Utd sligo won it in 2006 ballinasloe won it in 2005 i think

**murty** · 14/05/2009, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

over the last 5 years how has the conn cup gone in terms of which leagues have won it? Im assuming RandDL have won it twice now with ballinasloe and mayo twice as well is it? Who was the last galway side to win it?

Last year Athenry , previous year Athenry , going back past five years it was carved up between Mervue Unitd and Hibernians on too many occassions , good to see it going around !

**murty** · 14/05/2009, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by Westside142

just a little footnote to show how sporting west are and not like some other teams,they were informed after the game by a member of the connacht fa that you can only use 3 subs from 5 which is 16 on the card but castlerea named 18 and i think brought on no.17 in injury time,west were told to object and go through the proper channels and they would get a replay,the words from the west manager,stick your replay were not w**tp**t,we got beaten by the better team on the day end of story.

What do ye want, a medal.
If ye had larry, curley and mo from the westport match as officials you`d have cruised to victory,but you had no one to hide behind and were found out.
Justice was served![/quote]

Just a point to the administrator , actually seeking info more like it . I am relativly new to this site and have been ticked off over a letter , in my humble opinion , no more "offensive " than the above quoted post re stirring things up , and more or less told to stick to football comments , which I have since tried to do . Where is the dividing line between acceptable or not acceptable ? Genuine question .

**the 12 th man** · 14/05/2009, 10:52 AM

Just a point to the administrator , actually seeking info more like it . I am relativly new to this site and have been ticked off over a letter , in my humble opinion , no more "offensive " than the above quoted post re stirring things up , and more or less told to stick to football comments , which I have since tried to do . Where is the dividing line between acceptable or not acceptable ? Genuine question .[/QUOTE]

Good to see you're still around,the dividing line I suppose is if I or the owner think something might or would likely provoke a flame war it's deemed not acceptable.

Sometimes I get it wrong but more than likely I tend to head off something before it gets out of hand.

Regards

12 th man

**Westside142** · 14/05/2009, 2:48 PM

Just a point to the administrator , actually seeking info more like it . I am relativly new to this site and have been ticked off over a letter , in my humble opinion , no more "offensive " than the above quoted post re stirring things up , and more or less told to stick to football comments , which I have since tried to do . Where is the dividing line between acceptable or not acceptable ? Genuine question .[/quote]

Whats all the squealing about.You had plenty to say after the quarter final against westport.You were letting on you were some sort of neutral observer,but you saw enough to defend the indefensible that day.
I made a point that west utd had got too much cover from the officials that day and were out on a limb in the final,do you want sympathy for it.

**historynut** · 16/05/2009, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by murty

Are they really Connachts oldest soccer club ? Galway Rovers date back to 1937 and I think UCG ( now NUI, G) have records going back to at least 1906 . When were Castlerea formed ? Is Donald Egan still involved with the club ? "hooda " or something like that he was called inthe very early 90s .

In Frank Lynch's history of Athlone Town, there first opponents were Castlerea who had also been founded by Oliver Coote some 5 years earlier, though I suspect this was a misprint and was 5 months earlier. But the point being soccer was played in Castlrea in 1880's.

**murty** · 18/05/2009, 2:29 PM

Originally Posted by the 12 th man

Just a point to the administrator , actually seeking info more like it . I am relativly new to this site and have been ticked off over a letter , in my humble opinion , no more "offensive " than the above quoted post re stirring things up , and more or less told to stick to football comments , which I have since tried to do . Where is the dividing line between acceptable or not acceptable ? Genuine question .

Good to see you're still around,the dividing line I suppose is if I or the owner think something might or would likely provoke a flame war it's deemed not acceptable.

Sometimes I get it wrong but more than likely I tend to head off something before it gets out of hand.

Regards

12 th man[/quote]

Thank you for your reply .

**murty** · 18/05/2009, 2:35 PM

Originally Posted by Westside142

Just a point to the administrator , actually seeking info more like it . I am relativly new to this site and have been ticked off over a letter , in my humble opinion , no more "offensive " than the above quoted post re stirring things up , and more or less told to stick to football comments , which I have since tried to do . Where is the dividing line between acceptable or not acceptable ? Genuine question .

Whats all the squealing about.You had plenty to say after the quarter final against westport.You were letting on you were some sort of neutral observer,but you saw enough to defend the indefensible that day.
I made a point that west utd had got too much cover from the officials that day and were out on a limb in the final,do you want sympathy for it.[/quote]
Some sort of neutral observer , what is that ? Squealing ...... can I not ask a genuine question , turns out I got a reply , with which I am happy about , now as regards footballing matters ....can we move on . The best team won the Connacht Cup , they beat West in the final which I was at as , on the day , a supporter of West United because they are from the league I play in end of .

**Leveller** · 20/05/2009, 8:39 AM

Originally Posted by Westside142

just a little footnote to show how sporting west are and not like some other teams,they were informed after the game by a member of the connacht fa that you can only use 3 subs from 5 which is 16 on the card but castlerea named 18 and i think brought on no.17 in injury time,west were told to object and go through the proper channels and they would get a replay,the words from the west manager,stick your replay were not w**tp**t,we got beaten by the better team on the day end of story.

What do ye want, a medal.
If ye had larry, curley and mo from the westport match as officials you`d have cruised to victory,but you had no one to hide behind and were found out.
Justice was served![/quote]

Indeed it was.

**Battery Rover** · 20/05/2009, 9:30 PM

Originally Posted by historynut

In Frank Lynch's history of Athlone Town, there first opponents were Castlerea who had also been founded by Oliver Coote some 5 years earlier, though I suspect this was a misprint and was 5 months earlier. But the point being soccer was played in Castlrea in 1880's.

Orlando Coote founded Castlrea Celtic in 1882 as far as I know. I have a programme somewhere from the game between Athlone and Castlrea to mark the 100th year

**TheRealMuller** · 20/05/2009, 11:16 PM

Originally Posted by historynut

In Frank Lynch's history of Athlone Town, there first opponents were Castlerea who had also been founded by Oliver Coote some 5 years earlier, though I suspect this was a misprint and was 5 months earlier. But the point being soccer was played in Castlrea in 1880's.

Could be wrong but read that crea celtic are the second oldest team around!!!

**Leveller** · 21/05/2009, 8:39 AM

There are alot of claims as to who is the oldest club, when was Castlerea "officially" founded. Football was being played in westport long before its "official" foundation.