Limerick Desmond League 2012/13

**skyhome** · 14/05/2013, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by fanaticfan

i agree with what everyone has said but i suppose rules are rules. so abbeyfeale dont get the game and rathkeale and abbeyfeale are out is it???? so its ballingarry and newcastle west in the final??

no rathkeale arent out yet as there gonna appeal the decision i would think. if munster decide desmond league are correct yea ballingarry get a by to the final

**fourfour3** · 14/05/2013, 11:17 PM

pointless abbey objecting so was it??

**super6** · 15/05/2013, 8:06 AM

How is it abbey wont get to the semi final? surely a bye straight to the final for ballingarry isnt correct. I dont know the ins and outs of the rules but it seems rathkeale played a player who is signed with the b team and this is illeagal. Abbey lodged an objection and win it, if this is the rule its simple, abbey go through and rathkeale are out. even tough its harsh id imagine the rule SHOULD be if he didnt play desmond cup with the B team it should be ok to play with the A team, but for some reason this rule exists, sour grapes from abbey too id say, as they were beat by an understrength rathkeale side and objecting because they had a B team player on the pitch.

**skyhome** · 15/05/2013, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by super6

How is it abbey wont get to the semi final? surely a bye straight to the final for ballingarry isnt correct. I dont know the ins and outs of the rules but it seems rathkeale played a player who is signed with the b team and this is illeagal. Abbey lodged an objection and win it, if this is the rule its simple, abbey go through and rathkeale are out. even tough its harsh id imagine the rule SHOULD be if he didnt play desmond cup with the B team it should be ok to play with the A team, but for some reason this rule exists, sour grapes from abbey too id say, as they were beat by an understrength rathkeale side and objecting because they had a B team player on the pitch.

lets get this sorted once and for all abbey cant get to the semi as there letter sent to the desmond league was thrown out due to there being no objection and the fact that they made a few mistakes in typing it up the desmond league threw it out. also they lost the game 1-0. now for rathkeale's part in all this no information on b team to a team was never sent to rathkeale and also never sent to at least 16 more teams involved in desmond cup. desmond league actually have no grounds to throw rathkeale out as this rule doesnt exist its a mistake by desmond league its not in any rule book, munster rules and fai rules state that as long as a player is registered and isnt cup tied he is entitled to play these rules over shadow desmond league rules, now thats what i was told this morning anyway

**super6** · 15/05/2013, 10:24 AM

well hopefully this will be all cleared up ASAP and ballingarry and rathkeale can play there semi final. Looks like the committee would want to sort this out at the end of the year on notifying clubs on rule changes.

**fanaticfan** · 15/05/2013, 10:27 AM

id say rathkeale wont win the appeal so waste of time really. abbey should get the right to play ballingarry in the semi final cause its not right to put a team into a big cup final on a bye

**Horan01** · 15/05/2013, 11:59 AM

Just heard there and apparently this was confirmed by a member of the Abbey committee also, that Abbey played a registered B team player during the mentioned game against Rathkeale & that's one of the reasons they are also being thrown out of the competition by the Desmond League.

**Langerdan007** · 15/05/2013, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by Horan01

Just heard there and apparently this was confirmed by a member of the Abbey committee also, that Abbey played a registered B team player during the mentioned game against Rathkeale & that's one of the reasons they are also being thrown out of the competition by the Desmond League.

This thing gets more complicated by the day!

**super6** · 15/05/2013, 1:02 PM

It gets better and better, abbey object to rathkeale playing an illegal player and they did it themselves!! cant wait to see the outcome of this

**super6** · 15/05/2013, 2:51 PM

confirmed both teams have been thrown out; but they can appeal so this could go on for a while !

**snafu** · 15/05/2013, 2:54 PM

Reading this is all very confusing.
Gonna wait for something official before commenting.

Remaining Fixtures in Premier Division Relegation battle

Newcastle West V Killeaney
Newcastle West Rovers V Shannonside FC
Glin Rovers V Broadford Utd
Killeaney V Abbeyfeale Utd
Ballingarry V Newcastle West Rovers

If Glin can beat Broadford, they will be safe and relegate both Killeaney and NCW Rovers

If Rovers fail to beat Shannonside this evening they will be relegated.

**fanaticfan** · 15/05/2013, 5:30 PM

i can see rovers being relegated tonight

Newcastle West V Killeaney HOME
Newcastle West Rovers V Shannonside FC AWAY
Glin Rovers V Broadford Utd AWAY
Killeaney V Abbeyfeale Utd AWAY
Ballingarry V Newcastle West Rovers HOME

**walkover** · 15/05/2013, 8:19 PM

NCW Rovers 4-1 Shannonside
Scorers for Rovers Brian Fallon, John Ed Harnett (2), Adam Collins

**fanaticfan** · 15/05/2013, 9:06 PM

great result for rovers tonight.. knockaderrys pitch seems to be doing the tricks for rovers.played 3 there and won 3.. relegation is going to go down to the final games i think

**Draper** · 15/05/2013, 11:36 PM

Glin ...............P17 Pts15
Kileaney .........P16 Pts13
NCW Rovers.....P17 Pts13

Glin: Broadford (H), Kileaney: NCW (A), Abbey (H), Rovers: Ballingarry (A).

Call it...

**fourfour3** · 16/05/2013, 11:07 AM

it depends on what teams turn up against the 3 teams. if all turn up the points should stay the same but what kind of broadford team will travel when they have nothing to play for.will newcastle give fringe players a run against kileaney and abbey with nothing to play for if they are definately out of cup. will ballingarry have hurling even though they will want to keep momentum for cup final. i think kileaney and rovers are going to find it hard though.

**snafu** · 16/05/2013, 11:14 AM

I cant see Killeaney getting anything against NCW on Friday night.

The final game for each of the teams is winnable.
I'm gonna go for each of the 3 teams to win their final game and Glin to stay up.

Fair to play to each team for giving it a right go and not throwing the towel in