it would be great to see a avenue/lifford final.but there is some tough teams left. i hope nof defeat in the cup derails their league run. what are the chances of getting our league game with nof pushed forward as we all know its penciled in for last game of the season if we can go on a run ourselves
avenue lifford would be a dreadful final for clare soccer. hopefully an underdog will upset the apple cart
Ya like it was last year. 3 nil. I'm sorry but a final should have 2 heavyweights in it. I'm all for the underdog but not in the final, sorry.a town derby is what will pull a big crowd for once.
plenty of well supported clubs in clare outside of ennis ... i'm sure tulla or bridge celtic would bring plenty of support to a cup final .. and since when have lifford become one of the heavyweights of clare soccer !!!Originally Posted by Wolverine
" football is a simple game "
interesting results at the weekend, just shows on any given day that any body is susceptible to getting beaten, fair play to the underdogs..
Im sure there will be another upset or 2 before the cup is lifted, tulla and lifford will be a good game, especially after great results on sunday..
odds for the cup/ league are about right as well. bookies are never ( usually!)wrong
A Town derby:Its not exactly Atletico and Real Madrid we are talking about.A under-dog would be great Bridge Utd would brings a great crowd again and Bridge Celtic aswel.It would be great for clare soccer.
would be great to see bridge c getting to final an beating avenue.they're oldest club in clare never won this trophy. Few good games between the two since that incident year or so back. Hard to see them win it struggling bit at the moment. winner of lifford an tulla to win it out.
bridge celtic /avenue final.dont think so.oldest club in clare sounds about right,have you seen their changing rooms..big pot but even a bigger spoon.
have you seen Avenue's facilities cause I didnt think they had any the last time I looked
the most succesfull & wonderful club in clare ... homeless .. having to rent facilities at lees road ... a sandy fairgreen / ruan two other pitches they had over the years ..
" football is a simple game "
Word on the street is Avenue might just have found themselves a new den. Good for the league if they have. The better the facilities in the better the standard of soccer.
On a seperate note......i'd just like to point out the fact that i have never seen or even imagined a sport or a league where 1 team has 13 games played and a rival team only 5, no matter what the circumstances.
Avenue were the best team last year by far, and ill take nothing away from them, but the league was over by christmas.
Newmarket have been great this year, and fair play to them, but the league is over before some teams have played half their games.
Teams have no interest in playing or training when there is nothing at stake. It all turns into a bit of a joke.
What happened to the exciting finishes come May/June for both the league titles and the relegation battles.
It happens in no other junior league in Ireland.
In fact if it happen in the Under 12 'C' camogie league there'd be an uproar.
ah yes those metal containers in ruan. pure bliss.its all abit of friendly banter lads no harm intended,seriously.i hope they bring the music back for the final.and maybe get live commentary on clare fm.its always the gaa that get the county final broadcast live on radio.why not the soccer final too.after all it is a county final too.a bit of exposure for our sport wouldn't do any harm
ah yes those metal containers in ruan. pure bliss.its all abit of friendly banter lads no harm intended,seriously.i hope they bring the music back for the final.and maybe get live commentary on clare fm.its always the gaa that get the county final broadcast live on radio.why not the soccer final too.after all it is a county final too.a bit of exposure for our sport wouldn't do any harm
remember them as well .. and usually bad memories of defeats to avenue on the pitch as wellleague should do their best to attract publicity for final no matter who is in it . this is the showpiece of clare soccer and agree with you clare fm should be approached about broadcasting game and let the public know if they refuse ..
" football is a simple game "
Yea Avenue are looking into playing in Rosleven...the old Doora Barefield gaa pitch...
I think you'll find that the league is far from over, there are 3 teams that can win it. There are still alot of teams in danger of relegation and no club wants that, so teams will be fighting for points right to the end. The fact that teams from Clare are progressing in the FAI and MJC in my opinion is a good thing for Clare soccer, granted it causes a disparity in the number of league fixtures played but in fairness to the league and the fixtures secretary what can they do, they can't expect teams to sit and wait for a team to exit the FAI and MJC so that teams can be on par on the number of games played in the league. Teams involved in latter stages of FAI and MJC know that the flip side of this is the may have to bridge a big gap in the league. I think it is a nice problem to have, successfully competing at a national level and then playing league games in what will probably be the better of the weather conditions. Add to that the fact that our winters seem to be getting harsher then cancellations of games is another inevitable but as clubs improve their pitches and facilities you will find that some grounds will be playable while others won't. Should all games be cancelled in this case to keep parity of games in the league. No it shouldn't, you prepare all week for a game and find that it is called off due to a blanket cancellation even though you know your pitch is playable so that teams can have the same number of league games played is in my mind just as detremental to the league.
This season we have had Avenue and Rock go well in the FAI and MJC, they have more games to play in the league than others but ask them would they change it that, I doubt it. Teams in Clare are now looking at FAI and MJC as competitions to compete in rather than fixtures to fulfill, remember they don't have to enter them if the sum of their ambitions is Clare League and Cup. Hopefully as Clare soccer progresses we will have more and more clubs competing at the latter stages of these competitions and achieve parity on games played in the league because Clare clubs are playing the likes of St. Micheal's and Pike Rovers regularly.
I'll update this next year.
Good post first. Agree that its good to see Clare league clubs playing in the latter rounds of national competitions and against the biggest junior clubs in the country. This can only make the clare league stronger in the future. Although it does leave clubs like Rock and Avenue well behind in games played this year, it should make other teams try to get to the later rounds which will then make for a tighter league in terms of games played.
It has nothing to do with getting to the later stages in the FAI or MJC, its how the league is run.
Just look at Pike who are still in both competitions and they have 13 league games compared to Avenue's 8 - how is this ?
are you suggesting that every other team in the division stop playing games just because Avenue and Rock stay in the cups a bit longer than others
Avenue were in the position last year of having way more games than anyone played and had even played some teams twice before other teams had played them once . I do not remember anyone complaining then . Now that the mighty Avenue are playing catch up its suddenly a big problem
Good post 'First'......and i understand where you are coming from.
I do believe the league and the fixtures secretary try their best and should be commended for this. I am not suggesting that games should be cancled on a weekly basis. I am merely highlighting the fact that the disparity in the number of league games played exists.
I do take on board your point regarding the harsher conditions and poor facilities adding to the problem. But no other Junior league has this problem. Is it simply a case of Clare Junior Leagues pitches been worse than every other leagues?
Surely some sort of solution can be found? A 2 game difference might be acceptable. But a 7 game difference is ridiculous.
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