Irish Abroad 2009/2010

**tetsujin1979** · 07/08/2009, 4:24 PM

Good news and bad news before the new season starts

Bad news first, owing to increases in licensing costs for the host the site was with, I won't be able to update the existing site for much longer. I was told that the account was going to be closed on the 3rd August, but it's still running at the moment and I was able to update it this morning with the season's fixtures to date. However I don't know how long more I will be able to
You can view the fixtures to date here - http://www.chatsoccer.net/irishabroa...Details.xquery

On to the good news. Well, better news anyway.
Google have recently made server space available to host web applications for free using the Google App Engine here: http://code.google.com/appengine/
The downside of this is that all of the code I have written for the existing site (XML documents with XQuery scripts if you're interested) will have to be rewritten in Java and JSP. Not only this, but 3 seasons worth of data has to be uploaded to the server, and because of timeout settings imposed by Google, this has to be done manually, one game day at a time, instead of all at once.
I've started working on the code side of things first, and you can see some of the embryonic results so far here:
Date details: http://tetsujin1979.appspot.com/GameDayDetails
Club details: http://tetsujin1979.appspot.com/ClubDetails
Player details: http://tetsujin1979.appspot.com/PlayerDetails

Since this all has to be written from scratch, I've been able to add in some new stuff that I've meant to get around to for a while now, but due to restrictions on the XQuery implementation I was using, and just sheer laziness, I never did.

Hopefully I'll have it looking good as new, or at least not as crap as the old site, by the end of the month

I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly thank soccerc for all the help he's given me over the last 2 seasons in getting the site up and running. There's no way I'd have been able to do it without him.

**irishbaz** · 07/08/2009, 5:18 PM

Hi was just wondering how much it would cost to keep it running?

**irishfan86** · 07/08/2009, 5:40 PM

Thanks for the work you put in Tets, and thanks to Soccerc as well for his involvement.

**Stuttgart88** · 07/08/2009, 6:10 PM

Originally Posted by irishfan86

Thanks for the work you put in Tets, and thanks to Soccerc as well for his involvement.

Ditto

**Stuttgart88** · 07/08/2009, 6:11 PM

Championship starts tonight.

Quinn at Sheff United, Yeates at Boro. Anyone else likely to start the opening game?

Where is John-Joe O'Toole starting the season?

**Razors left peg** · 07/08/2009, 7:05 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Championship starts tonight.

Quinn at Sheff United, Yeates at Boro. Anyone else likely to start the opening game?

Where is John-Joe O'Toole starting the season?

Keith Treacy started for Sheff Utd too... and forced a good save from the keeper with his first touch

**Closed Account** · 07/08/2009, 7:56 PM

If I knew anything about

(XML documents with XQuery scripts if you're interested) will have to be rewritten in Java and JSP

, I'd offer to help you tets but unfortunately I don't.

Hopefully you can keep it running. Maybe ask the FAI for a bit of funding?

**Colbert Report** · 08/08/2009, 6:06 AM

Despite the industry of Yeates, who was comfortably his side's best player, Boro were unable to make anything out of their late possession as the game wound down towards a tame finish.

http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/...=ENG.2&cc=5901

**Closed Account** · 08/08/2009, 2:10 PM

Championship Starters
Cardiff
Kennedy
McPhail
Scunthorpe
Murphy
Byrne
Morris
Crystal Palace
McCarthy
Scannell(s)
Lee(s)
Plymouth
Judge(s)
Derby
Deeney(s)
O'Brien(s)
Peterborough
McKeown(s)
Frecklington(s)
Leicester
Logan(s)
Preston
St Ledger
Henderson(s)
Nolan(s)
Elliott(s)
QPR
Rowlands
Blackpool
Burgess
Clarke(s)
Reading
Tabb
Davies
Long(s)
Sheff Wed
O'Connor
Potter
Barnsley
Devaney
Macken
Adam(s)
Doncaster
Heffernan
O'Connor(s)

**eirebhoy** · 08/08/2009, 4:17 PM

The guy on SSN who's name escapes me said that Long was Reading's best player and he can't believe he didn't start. Said that Long needs to play or they don't know how Reading are going to score.

**WexCar** · 08/08/2009, 10:55 PM

not sure if this belongs here see'n as he hasn't declared for us (but as he is eligible) Barry
Maguire came on at half-time for FC Utrecht in their 1-0 win over RKC Waalwijk in 1st round of the Eredivisie.

**irishfan86** · 08/08/2009, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by eirebhoy

The guy on SSN who's name escapes me said that Long was Reading's best player and he can't believe he didn't start. Said that Long needs to play or they don't know how Reading are going to score.

So Long is joint favourite to win the Championship scoring title on Bet365 and didn't even start.

Good times.

**dr_peepee** · 09/08/2009, 9:56 AM

Could be a disciplinary thing from Rodgers to keep him on his toes... Long did throw a couple of strops under Coppell.

**tetsujin1979** · 10/08/2009, 12:59 AM

Irish Abroad for Friday, 7th August 2009: http://www.chatsoccer.net/irishabroa...ate=2009-08-07
Mark Yeates made his league debut for Middlesbrough. Good mate of mine is a big Boro fan, so I'll get updates on his progress at the Riverside this season
Keith Treacy made his league debut on loan for Sheffield

Irish Abroad for Saturday, 8th August 2009: http://www.chatsoccer.net/irishabroa...ate=2009-08-08
Alan Lee started the season as he finished the last, with a goal
Ben Burgess scored his first goal since last November
After two seasons on loan at Aldershot, Scott Davies made his league debut for Reading
Ian Harte scored the first penalty of the season
Barry Corr and Michael Collins were both sent off on the opening day of the season
Christy Fagan and Cian Hughton made their league debuts for Lincoln
Brendan Moloney scored his first goal in 17 months

Irish Abroad for Sunday, 9th August 2009: http://www.chatsoccer.net/irishabroa...ate=2009-08-09
Clinton Morrison scored his first brace since November 2007
John O'Shea played in his third consecutive Community Shield, which went to penalties for the third consecutive year, and lost for the first time

**tetsujin1979** · 10/08/2009, 11:02 AM

goals from the weekend's Championship games here: http://www.skysports.com/video/clips...482504,00.html
Irish interest starts around the 1 minute mark with Clinton's double

**Longfordian** · 11/08/2009, 7:45 PM

Dave Mooney with his first senior goal for Reading in the Carling Cup v. Burton. Also scored their fifth in a 5-1 win.

**tetsujin1979** · 11/08/2009, 9:41 PM

Originally Posted by Longfordian

Dave Mooney with his first senior goal for Reading in the Carling Cup v. Burton. Also scored their fifth in a 5-1 win.

Lovely finish from a tight angle at the near post for the first. Second was a tap in, after the keeper spilled a shot from Noel Hunt

**irishfan86** · 11/08/2009, 10:03 PM

Stephen Elliott scored for Preston against Morecambe, and Alan Quinn scored for Ipswich against Shrewsbury Town.

**zackmorris** · 12/08/2009, 1:57 PM

Word on the Dundee Utd forum is that Joe Collins impressed on trial and is due to sign a deal this week.

Niall McArdle is on trial at Hartlepool, Shane O' Connor made his Ipswich debut last night and Conor McCormack has been given the Number 15 jersey at Triestina this season.

Any idea where Michael Collins (formerly of Liverpool and Triestina) ended up?

**tetsujin1979** · 13/08/2009, 7:02 PM

Discssion of the impact of Steven Reid and Stephen Ireland (among other players) to their Premiership teams on the guardian's site here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...premier-league