European Football 2012

[DannyInvincible]

Yes! Pat's through.

[Fester]

It over yyyessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[Charlie Darwin]

Nice one Pat's.

[ger121]

Well done Pats. Another year and two rounds negotiated and it ain't over yet!

[bullit]

Brilliant stuff,well done Pat's

[abcd]

Congrats to Pats. As usual find a way to get the job done in Europe. Made heavy weather of it for 2nd round running but a decent reward for their efforts now with a game against Hannover.

AFAIK Ireland got the coefficient points from the extra time win for Shamrock Rovers last year so I'd imagine Pats will too. Not really bothered just pleased that there is at least one loi representative still in Europe.

[Terry]

Well Done Pats

[swinfordfc]

Well done to St Pats again ... have done the League proud...... again!

[paudie]

Great stuff again from Pats. Sounds like they ground it out. Is 11 home European games in a row unbeaten now?

Should be a decent payday if nothing else against Hannover.

[DannyInvincible]

It will count as a draw for the coefficient

The result counts as a win for the national co-efficient and counts as a round progression for the team co-efficient. Would only have counted as a draw if it had gone to penalties, irrespective of the shoot-out result.

[Charlie Darwin]

They don't half drag it out though, do they? They must think they get added bonuses for the 30 minutes of extra time.

[ger121]

Are Pats home or away 1st against Hannover? Would be great if the tie was still alive for the 2nd leg.

[CuanaD]

Tallaght next Thursday, is that right?

[DannyInvincible]

Apparently, Setanta have confirmed they'll be televising the first leg.

[bullit]

Tallaght next Thursday, is that right?

Yeah

Extratime earlier-

I know it is a bit early to talk about it but if Pat's can get a result here they will play Hannover next week. That first leg would take place in Tallaght Stadium as Richmond Park doesn't meet the UEFA requirements for the third qualifying round.

[paul_oshea]

are st pats the best example of slow consistent progression?! with all these draws and wins and team ranking improving they will eventually make the group stages and then if they win the league - the cl group stages obviously

[SkStu]

St.Patulations!! Great result! Hope you have a great time in Hannover in a few weeks time and continue to do the league proud!

And fair play for taking all that groundwork that Bohs did and running with it!!

[dong]

Well done to Pats. Great result for them.
As for us, we obviously paid the price for a shambolic ten minutes in the first leg. We were full of endeavour and effort tonight all over the park and all the lads can hold their heads high after that.
North's penalty miss was a huge moment and the fact they scored with what I honestly think was their only shot of the game shows the price you pay.
Packed Showgrounds and a great atmosphere. The European nights are really occassions to savour. Would be nice to win one at some stage.

[paul_oshea]

for pats home games in 2nd round uefa competitions whats their max capacity?looks like a very low turnout.not even half of sligo rovers attendance.

[DannyInvincible]

It's easy enough to feel sorry for ourselves through myopic bias and assume that just the Irish sides regularly fall victim to the hard-luck, so-near-yet-so-far stories whilst rarely anyone else does, but lower-ranked teams are hard done-by every year: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague...763/index.html

Poor Ordabasy had a penalty saved ten minutes from time before Rosenborg got their winner four minutes into stoppage time. More often than not, quality will shine through and the stronger teams will capitalise on the "luck" they've been able to create for themselves. Simply because they're more ruthless and have that edge when it comes to overall ability.

Anyway, congrats to Pat's and good luck against Hannover. Thank God there's at least one Irish team still flying the flag in Europe this year. Has been a pretty miserable showing otherwise.