Limerick Desmond League 2012/13

[PatRooney]

Rathkeales Youths team is mainly made up of their under 16 team with 2 or 3 youths playing aswel.. so if there is a 16s game on the same morning as a youths game then they are in trouble to fill a team straight away.. If Rathkeale had 11 players for the trip to killarney im sure they would have travelled but whats the point of travelling down there with 8 or 9. Boyblue you must not know Rathkeale AFC very well so because anytime they need to get a bus to a match they always have to pay their own way. the walkover wasnt given because they were playing a better team.. and why would the desmond youths consider Dublin Auls as a better team.. thats a ridiculous statement.. As for people not believing that Rathkeale struggle for numbers at this age.. why do ye think they didnt enter a youths team in the league?

[Langerdan007]

Its not just Rathkeale though - youths in the whole league is gone poor numbers wise but its been coming for a number of years!!
Its nigh on impossible to keep lads interested it seems these days

@HaveIt - thats a good point on the reports and the Observer is good to print most of what they get - I try and do reports for our Junior games but I'm not at all the games for both teams - I can see why its not done though - at underage in most clubs there is a core of maybe 2 or 3 running the whole the show - in some cases i'd say parents have never been to a match to see their child play - pushing sport to a kid from 8-13/14 at home I think is vital - lot harder to develop this laissez faire attitude that a majority of young lads have nowadays

Kilcornan Youths were a fantastic team last season and have been up along but with a number going over age and a few moving there's no team this year and not for the foreseeable future either i'd say - Outside of NCW, Abbey and the other teams with big towns you might see a 4 or 5 team Youths division very soon!

[fanaticfan]

Some games should go ahead tomorrow over the weather being good today and yesterday. Tough game for ncw tomorrow. It would be nice for another Desmond win in the fai junior cup along with broadford

[nathanbrown]

Anyone else on here think penalties are "nothing but pure luck"?
Sorry but I cant agree....

I agree with you Draper. Its not all luck, there is an element of luck but theres an element of luck to soccer in general. Like anything else if you practice enough you will score more. Keepers do need a bit of luck but can have an effect on the penalty taker. Look at Pepe Reinas record with penalties, that cant be put down to pure luck. Same with RVP taking them, I think he is the best penalty taker in the premiership along with Balotelli. Not that im comparing them to desmond league players.

[Desmonder]

There used to be great battles in Youths with Rathkeale, Broadford, Glin Rvs, Abbey, Askeaton and so on. As Haveit correctly said, couldn't wait to see if you got a mention in Observer! Used be fierce competition within own team for places! Maybe am just looking back through rose tinted glasses, but those were the days! Also, play well with Youths on Saturday and get the call up for B or even A team on Sunday! Be proud as punch!

[western gale]

Saturday, December 8th

FAI Youths Cup 2nd Round
St Brendans Park 5 Newcastle West 1

Munster Youths Cup 3rd Round
Adare Utd V Abbeyfeale Utd off

Youths Division 2 League Cup Quarter Finals
Carrig Celtic 1 Creeves Celtic 5
Ferry Rangers 1 Bally Rovers 1 aet, Bally won 5-4 on pens
St Itas V Askeaton off

[Draper]

Munster Junior Cup 4th round

Kileaney:0 3:Broadford Utd.
Mattie O'Sullivan, Sean Downey, Alan Fitzpatrick.

[western gale]

Sunday, December 9th
FAI Junior Cup 5th Round
Villa FC V Newcastle West 2pm

Munster Junior Cup 3rd Round
Killeaney 0 Broadford Utd 3

Division 1 League Cup 1st Round
St Itas 4 Kilcornan 1

Premier Division
Abbeyfeale Utd 3 Newcastle West Rovers 0
Rathkeale 4 Glin Rovers 1

Division 1
Rockhill Rovers 2 Kildimo Utd 3

Division 2
Broadford Utd B 0 Feenagh 1
Ballysteen 1 Abbeyfeale Utd B 0
Pallaskenry 2 Rathkeale B 1

Division 3
Kilcornan B 0 Knockaderry 5
Ferry Rangers 0 Ballingarry B 4

Division 4
Newcastle West Rovers B 2 Shannonside B 6 (in Shanagolden)
St Itas B 0 Bally Rovers 5 (in Ballyhahill)
Glin Rovers B 4 Feenagh B 0

[western gale]

Sunday, December 9th

FAI Junior Cup 5th Round
Villa FC 3 Newcastle West 2

[western gale]

Sunday, December 16th

Munster Junior Cup 3rd Round (et & pens)
Newcastle West V Newcastle West Rovers 1130 (P. O’Connor)

Reidy Cup QF (et & pens)
Rockhill Rovers V Rathkeale Reserves 2pm (T. Fitzmaurice)

Richard Hogan Cup 2nd Round (et & pens)
Feenagh V Abbeyfeale Utd B 2pm (P. King)

Richard Hogan Cup QF (et & pens)
Ferry Rangers V Kilcornan B 2pm (P. Manning)

Premier Division League Cup 1st Round (et & pens)
Newcastle West Rovers V Ballingarry 1130 (D. O’Gorman)
Shannonside V Broadford Utd 1130 (G. O’Connor)

Division 1
St Itas V Askeaton 1130 (S. Hartnett)
Adare Utd V Glantine 1130 (J. Molyneaux)
Athea Utd V Old Mill 1130 (P. O’Donnell)

Division 2
Carrig Celtic B V Ballysteen 230 (P. O’Brien)
Broadford Utd B V Newcastle West B 230 (J. Roche)

Division 3
Ballingarry B V Athea Utd B 230 (B. Nash)

Division 4
Feenagh B V Shannonside B in Shanagolden 1130 (E. Barrett)
Newcastle West Rovers B V Glin Rovers B 230 (C. Dalton)

[fanaticfan]

How can newcastle rovers be playing ballingarry and ncw afc on sunday? Rovers must be some team to play two games on same day

[Draper]

How can newcastle rovers be playing ballingarry and ncw afc on sunday? Rovers must be some team to play two games on same day

Squad rotation system lol....

[Horan01]

Missing from the above list is:

Weekly Observer Premier Division
Rathkeale V Carrig Celtic 1130 (D. O’Gorman)

[dutchie]

Rathkeales Youths team is mainly made up of their under 16 team with 2 or 3 youths playing aswel.. so if there is a 16s game on the same morning as a youths game then they are in trouble to fill a team straight away.. If Rathkeale had 11 players for the trip to killarney im sure they would have travelled but whats the point of travelling down there with 8 or 9. Boyblue you must not know Rathkeale AFC very well so because anytime they need to get a bus to a match they always have to pay their own way. the walkover wasnt given because they were playing a better team.. and why would the desmond youths consider Dublin Auls as a better team.. thats a ridiculous statement.. As for people not believing that Rathkeale struggle for numbers at this age.. why do ye think they didnt enter a youths team in the league?

In my day Rathkeale used to take players from all neighbouring clubs and made them successful,then they got a few from The county division as they were promised the sun moon and stars from a prominent Limerick county official but these days they cant seem to attract these players,maybe because all grounds have come up to scratch and players can see through the bull.... that they are promised,but numbers are down in every club,the days of 4/5 clubs battling for the league is well gone.

[western gale]

LEAGUE CUP DRAWS

Premier League Cup Q/Fs
Carrig Celtic v Newcastle West Rvs/Ballingarry
Glin Rvs v Rathkeale
Newcastle West v Killeaney
Shannonside/Broadford Utd v Abbeyfeale Utd

Division 1 League Cup Q/Fs
Glantine v Old Mill
Athea Utd v St Itas
Adare Utd v Breska Rvs
Rockhill Rvs v Kildimo Utd

Division 2 League Cup Q/Fs
Ballysteen/Broadford Utd B v Granagh Utd
Feenagh v Creeves Cel
Newcastle West B v Carrig Cel B/Abbeyfeale Utd B
Rathkeale Reserves v Pallaskenry

Reidy Cup S/Fs
Breska Rvs v Bally Rvs/Abbeyfeale Utd B
Rockhill Rvs/Rathkeale Reserves v Broadford Utd B

Hogan Cup S/Fs
Glin Rvs B v Carrig Cel B
Creeves Cel/Abbeyfeale Utd B/Feenagh v Kilcornan B/Ferry Rngs

[fanaticfan]

Sunday, December 16th

Munster Junior Cup 3rd Round (et & pens) Newcastle West V Newcastle West Rovers HOME

Reidy Cup QF (et & pens) Rockhill Rovers V Rathkeale Reserves 2pm HOME

Richard Hogan Cup 2nd Round (et & pens) Feenagh V Abbeyfeale Utd B 2pm AWAY

Richard Hogan Cup QF (et & pens) Ferry Rangers V Kilcornan B 2pm HOME

Premier Division League Cup 1st Round (et & pens) Shannonside V Broadford Utd 1130 AWAY

Division 1 St Itas V Askeaton 1130 HOME
Adare Utd V Glantine 1130 DRAW) Athea Utd V Old Mill 1130 HOME

Division 2 Carrig Celtic B V Ballysteen 230 AWAY
Broadford Utd B V Newcastle West B 230 HOME

Division 3 Ballingarry B V Athea Utd B 230 DRAW

Division 4 Feenagh B V Shannonside B in Shanagolden 1130 DRAW
Newcastle West Rovers B V Glin Rovers B AWAY

[thomas72]

Carew park v Newcastle west or newcastle rovers. MJC

[The1]

Carew park v Newcastle west or newcastle rovers. MJC

Neenagh Town/Celtic vs Broadford Utd

[fanaticfan]

What about ballingarry

[fanaticfan]

Ballincollig or College Corinthians v Ballingarry “A”