First Town friendly announced

**RockofGibraltar** · 14/02/2009, 1:09 PM

many heading to the game at 3?itll be a good test for us

**Town Legend** · 14/02/2009, 4:32 PM

Just seen on Bohs site we were beaten 3-0. Anyone at it able to post a report? Or teams?

**Longfordian** · 14/02/2009, 4:52 PM

Yeah, Bohs were much the stronger team as you'd expect they had all their big guns playing and they meant business. They were just back from a training camp and looked a good bit further on in their fitness. Missed the first goal but the last two were good long range strikes. We used 21 players including Stephen Gough who seems to be training with us again. It was a tough game on a heavy pitch and should do our lads good, they had do a lot of chasing after the ball. Ray Kenny played and looks in good nick still, played well. He was due to sign today apparently along with Jim Sheridan who came on as a sub. I have a team sheet here but I'm way too lazy to type out all the names. Mostly the same lads that played against Westport plus the few named above. Brian McCarthy came on for Bohs but one of our officials was saying he's still expected to be coming to us on loan according to Alan Gough.

**Town Legend** · 14/02/2009, 5:03 PM

Stephen Gough must be able to drive from Longford to Bray and back again with his eyes shut by this stage!!!

We still need to get in another striker or two. Bit bare up top. And if Sheridan, Gough and McCarthy sign we have lots to play in the back four!!! So strikers are the main priority now!!!

**Longfordian** · 14/02/2009, 5:08 PM

Forgot to mention Adrian Murphy picked up a foot injury as well. Going for an x-ray today or on Monday. So definitely a striker or two needed, problem is the money I suppose.

**Martinho II** · 14/02/2009, 7:17 PM

you can never accuse me of being lazy longfordian...

this is the teamsheet:

1.brendan murphy
2.tom king
3.stephen gough
4.ray kenny
5.andy bermingham
6.darragh concannon
7.liam lynch
8.carmine russo
9.derek glynn
10.adrian murphy
11.jason mccartney
12.jim sheridan
13.colm jinks
14.gary curran
15.michael lee
16.dean clarke
17.stephen brennan
18.craig tone
19.chris kelly
20.justin perrin
21.mark hutchison

glenn crowe scored from a lob for the first one.. sligoman would be delighted to see that 7 ex sligo rovers players were in the squad today..

did anyone see the new kit yet? the new home one reminds me of the old o neills jersey and the away one has yellow with a blue semi circle below the collar..

the jerseys didnt have flancare on them yet..

**Town Legend** · 14/02/2009, 7:32 PM

Good man Marty keeping me well informed from across the bigger pond!! Just need to get a striker or two signed now so we won't be left short.

**sligoman** · 14/02/2009, 7:35 PM

Not a bad result against a strong Bohs side. Missed Crowe's goal but the other two were great strikes.

Originally Posted by Martinho II

sligoman would be delighted to see that 7 ex sligo rovers players were in the squad today..

Ye are our B team Marty

**Town Legend** · 14/02/2009, 7:39 PM

Whats the story with McCarthy? Is he joining us on loan or staying with Bohs?

**Martinho II** · 14/02/2009, 7:41 PM

Originally Posted by Town Legend

Whats the story with McCarthy? Is he joining us on loan or staying with Bohs?

he played for bohs today but the word on the ground is that he will be signing for us on loan..

**Martinho II** · 14/02/2009, 7:42 PM

we were supposed to be playin shamrock rovers on tuesday night in flancare but our pitch is ruled out of action due to drainage... so instead we are playin sligo in ballinasloe...

its just in case people dont know.. it is a 7.30pm kickoff.. and was posted on the sligo forum earlier..
does anyone know directions to the ground???

**sligoman** · 14/02/2009, 7:49 PM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

does anyone know directions to the ground???

Ronnie B said the pitch is opposite Portiuncula Hospital. See Google maps, it's just a bit outside Ballinasloe by the looks of it.

**Town Legend** · 14/02/2009, 7:52 PM

Think its on the left hand side as you're heading for Galway. You'll see the gates to the pitch from the main road. Not fully sure now so better off checking google!!

**Longfordian** · 14/02/2009, 8:03 PM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

you can never accuse me of being lazy longfordian...

this is the teamsheet:

1.brendan murphy
2.tom king
3.stephen gough
4.ray kenny
5.andy bermingham
6.darragh concannon
7.liam lynch
8.carmine russo
9.derek glynn
10.adrian murphy
11.jason mccartney
12.jim sheridan
13.colm jinks
14.gary curran
15.michael lee
16.dean clarke
17.stephen brennan
18.craig tone
19.chris kelly
20.justin perrin
21.mark hutchison

glenn crowe scored from a lob for the first one.. sligoman would be delighted to see that 7 ex sligo rovers players were in the squad today..

did anyone see the new kit yet? the new home one reminds me of the old o neills jersey and the away one has yellow with a blue semi circle below the collar..

the jerseys didnt have flancare on them yet..

I actually meant to put in my previous post that Martinho would be along later to post it up, reliable as ever. I could see you studying it from the other side of the ground. I thought the same about the new home jersey, very similar to the one we were wearing in Kenny's time. I'm sure it'll look better when the sponsor and crest are on it but it's a little cheap looking in my opinion. Uhlsport are a company most associated with keepers' gear so I wonder if Alan Gough had a contact there or maybe Jacko Smyth who was there today and would be very friendly with some of our committee?.

**hollocaine** · 14/02/2009, 8:51 PM

Jim Sheridan was woeful. He looks like a fat Luke Hardy. He should really just stick to the film directing.

**Frank76** · 14/02/2009, 8:56 PM

I was just going to ask how Sheridan played for you? Looks like he hasn't changed then, I never seen him have a good game for us. How did Russo play? He used to have one great game and then go missing in the next. Likes to believe some of the hype around him but he's only a decent First Division player. You have 2 good ones in McCartney and Jinks though!!

**Longfordian** · 14/02/2009, 9:12 PM

It's hard to say how anyone looked really against a strong Bohs team but Russo didn't do an awful lot in his time on the field. Jinks showed some nice touches as did Craig Tone when he came on. As was said Sheridan looked way off full fitness. It's early days yet I suppose, we'll see how the other games go.

**Pauro 76** · 15/02/2009, 6:28 AM

Anyone have any pics from the game?

**Tallanted** · 15/02/2009, 9:03 AM

mccartney was poor and thats been nice.. Looks pacey but did nothing with it.. Dont think we got anything from that game.. Bohs never broke a sweat all game.. To be expected from championship winning side at full strength and not making many changes til late in the game