Cork AUL 2009/10

**olachico** · 04/09/2009, 5:37 AM

Well as of now it looks like the pitches will be ok and the season will finally get under way - looking forward to the challenge of Premier A football - good luck to everyone and hope to see some of ye along the way!!

**Yoda01** · 04/09/2009, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by olachico

Well as of now it looks like the pitches will be ok and the season will finally get under way - looking forward to the challenge of Premier A football - good luck to everyone and hope to see some of ye along the way!!

luck has nothing to do with it Olachico

it's all about the preparation

but seriously hope ye all have a good sporting season and those who deserve to win it, shall. here's to the 09/10 season and all the posts we put up here!

**Innishvilla** · 04/09/2009, 2:43 PM

Originally Posted by littleman

Before I go,the new Aul ruling 'if you hav'nt got a pitch to play a game on or if your own is unplayable you have to play away ' it will be interesting to see what way that is dealt with this weekend if games are at risk with the weather

Can I just clear this up, are league matches now going down the route of cup games if your pitch is not playable due to weather/flood you give up the home advantage?

This seems extreme, I think it works great in cup games as "home" advantage is seen as that and now teams think long and hard before giving it up. But to lose home advantage in league games...

When we were pricing drainage in our pitches we had guys in that were seriously experienced, using a system that is used in most Premiership pitches, it looked awesome and cost an absolute fortune. Even they when asked about playability all they would guarantee was it would be playable 52 weeks a year but not 365 days a year (i.e. if we have a full day of torrential rain that no drains in Ireland can take).

Now we've put in some excellent drainage, so far the pitches are perfect despite the rain that has fallen, but to think you could loose home league games just because you were unlucky enough to have a home game the weekend of torrential rain seems severe... The teams based in the Farm will be in trouble as the groundsmen there are pretty quick to close the pitches!!!

I hope this rant is "wasted" as in I've mis-understood, the rule... When I read it early on on the AUL website I had assumed it was relating to pitches not being fit for play due to neglect rather than unplayable...

**pass&move** · 04/09/2009, 3:32 PM

Originally Posted by Innishvilla

Can I just clear this up, are league matches now going down the route of cup games if your pitch is not playable due to weather/flood you give up the home advantage?

I think the idea behind this is to stop some clubs that play all their away games at the start of the season (saying their pitch is unplayable) & then at the end have a good run of home games that could win a league for them.

The AUL say if you know your pitch is unplayable the week of the game you must acquire a pitch,if you cant then you play away but it will count as your home game. What happens if your opponents pitch is unplayable?

The easiest way out of this is to wait till match day then call it off,although you'll still have to pay the ref.

**pass&move** · 04/09/2009, 3:57 PM

Originally Posted by bellavistaman

i totally disagree we had to go to castletownroche last year, all the way down and they called it off, nothing has ever annoyed me as much, was a joke, i hope my team or any other team dont have to do that **** anymore.

You've misunderstood my point, we would never leave a team travel if our pitch was unplayable, usually we'd ring the night before,but this is not acceptable by the AUL this year,

What else can be done?

**pacman** · 04/09/2009, 8:30 PM

I remember a time when we wanted to call off a game and the AUL would not let us(because a certain AUL official drove past the pitch two days before and thought it looked ok).

Instead they said it was up to the ref. Low and behold both teams arrived up and the ref called it off.

**timmypav** · 04/09/2009, 9:59 PM

Lads, Best of luck to all for the weekend and season. Lets just hope the referees are fully focused on the games while this dispute is being resolved and enjoy the game as much as us.

**DCross06** · 04/09/2009, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by Nialler

Cashman's normally wait til 4 or 5 games in to the season so they can get an idea of who's who in each division. How ye looking Dcross. My prediction of ye winning the league look likely? many players in and out?

I'd say we wont be too far off, if we can avoid bad injuries, tight squad this year, losing Greg Kelly to Mayfield Seniors was a big loss, but you cant hold it against a fella wanting to play a higher standard, Tossy's gone back to the Glen and Fabio's gone too. We got in a few handy players though but well have to wait to see the commitment, they played well in the challenge games but the nitty gritty of the league is a different proposition, but heres hoping. How bout ye, much comings and goings?

**bogwarrior** · 04/09/2009, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by pass&move

I think the idea behind this is to stop some clubs that play all their away games at the start of the season (saying their pitch is unplayable) & then at the end have a good run of home games that could win a league for them.

The AUL say if you know your pitch is unplayable the week of the game you must acquire a pitch,if you cant then you play away but it will count as your home game. What happens if your opponents pitch is unplayable?

The easiest way out of this is to wait till match day then call it off,although you'll still have to pay the ref.

Anyone know of any team who has benefitted from this?! We were the other side of the coin last year with all away games left at the end of the season. In any case i think it's pot luck, especially for successful teams. You have so many cup games you simply try and fit in a league game when ever you can. That has definately been the case with Kinsale the last number of years. We would have loved a few home games in our run in but to no avail. That's the way the cookie crumbles.

**littleman** · 05/09/2009, 12:36 AM

The reason behind it was to prevent clubs tryin to pull a fast one by sayin they had a pitch sorted an in reality they hadnt or it just wasnt up to Aul standard(long grass,cows/horses ect ect an I speak form experience).Also rather than clubs admiting their pitch wasnt ready an needed to play away games an would rather play away games till it was,they would wait till the day of the game an just say the pitch was unplayable.We all know of clubs who have done it,an would of tryed it again if it wasnt fior the new rule.

Personally speaking I think any club that travels to a game in the Aul an the ref calls it off because the pitch is unplayable should get the result.Clubs should have a bit more respect for travelling sides,notin worse than knowin all week the weather is ****e an knowin when you get there all ya here is "it lashed out of the heavens for the last half hour".We have all had it done to us.

Enough of that now though.

Best of luck to each an every club this season in the league an cups.Their will be plenty of attention on the Aul now we are the Oscar champs so lets all do our best to prove we are just as good as anything else out there on our day.

Lastly,I'm delighted that Park FC will be the first club to avail of the new dressing rooms because in fairness it was always great to use theres an have a shower before the drive home,win lose or draw

.Its kind of fitting that our furthest opponents will be the first to use the facilitys.Hope the game befits the occasion...............

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**pass&move** · 05/09/2009, 7:17 AM

Originally Posted by littleman

Personally speaking I think any club that travels to a game in the Aul an the ref calls it off because the pitch is unplayable should get the result.
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Sorry now weeman but how could you justify this?

**pass&move** · 05/09/2009, 3:56 PM

Grattan Utd 2 - 0 Park Utd, Grattan off to a winning start, 3 points in the bag.

**JRyno** · 05/09/2009, 5:07 PM

De Courcey Albion 2-3 St. John Boscos

Didnt make this one but albion were missing 6 regular starters... All in all i hear it was still a good performance... Ah well, next week roll on...

**pacman** · 05/09/2009, 6:51 PM

Good win for the Gratts. I await littlemans match report.

Any other results from today?

**casilles** · 05/09/2009, 7:20 PM

Coachford 0-2 Blarney St Ath

good result down there for us, tough place to go, Jp and Paul hogan the scorers

**rebelhead** · 05/09/2009, 7:23 PM

Originally Posted by pacman

Good win for the Gratts. I await littlemans match report.

Any other results from today?

Ballyvolane 3-0 against ballincollig

**olachico** · 05/09/2009, 7:45 PM

Blackstone 1 - 2 Macroom - report to follow later or tomorrow

**bluey** · 06/09/2009, 1:18 AM

premier
kinsale 1-1 leeside
Great first half in faieness to both tean. 2 good goals well taken in the end. second half very sloppy. all midfield. said other day 4 missing, in end it was 3. B team keeper in goals had fantastic game. both teams ended up 10 men. both sent with 20seconds to go. i know im leeside but kinsale centre half head buttted our player. not on no matter what. head butt is a disgrace and i would say same if it was 1 of our players. we are all on bout refs lately. ref today done good job and gave some v good agvantages to both teams.

**littleman** · 06/09/2009, 7:11 AM

We won 2 nil so first game out we have to be very happy.Those of us in the Prem all know that Park are a real tough team to play home or away so a win an a clean sheet is a massive bonus. Forgive me for not puttin a match report but Barry Peelo watched the game an hes doin the write up on it an it will be an impartial one,which is always better.

Only thing I will say is that as well as any team can defend very very well,am I thought we were top rate on the day you cannot defend a little peice of individual special skill by a player,an the Park lad with the over head kick that hit the bar was that .

We have won a game not a league so we aint gettin carried away,its a start but a promising start.

**Nialler** · 06/09/2009, 8:53 AM

I HATE ELECTRIC PICNIC. We have a squad of 25, 16 very good players, 6 decent and the odd couple that just train with no interest in playing. We had 11 players yesterday for game against Churchvilla. We had 11 players at electric picnic. 3 on hols and 1 "sick".

Churchvilla were exactly as I expected, GAA players with a couple of talented young footballers that are no doubt being prepared for GAA. We went 1 up after half hour, they centred and equalised (Love when that happens), stroke of half time their big "full forward" scored a header from a corner. Second half they scored on the break. In fairness they were the better team but when they come to Monard and face our first team they'll be in for a better contest. Roll on corkbeg next week. As far as I know there is no stupid music festival to worry about so we should be back at full strenght.