Pre-season friendlies

**nigel-harps1954** · 08/02/2013, 8:06 PM

Scratch that...2-0. McHugh with a second from the penalty spot.

**Battery Rover** · 08/02/2013, 8:42 PM

Final Score

Drogheda United 3 Athlone Town 0

Goals from Eric Foley, Gary O'neill and Declan O'Brien

**nigel-harps1954** · 08/02/2013, 8:43 PM

Final score Dundalk 0-2 Harps. Encouraging for Harps.

**peterpan** · 08/02/2013, 8:46 PM

[QUOTE=nigel-harps1954;1661252]So...judging by your statements, he can neither keep the ball at his feet comfortably, nor can he catch a football.

Yet..Cork only conceded 36 goals last season in the League, which only two teams bettered.

Corks record last season was down to a solid defence and hard working midfielders like Dugan that made us hard to break down, nults is a decent shot stopper ill give him that....but Pablo we will talk more a few weeks in!

**nigel-harps1954** · 08/02/2013, 9:16 PM

A defence always needs to have a good goalkeeper backing it up.

**luiz** · 08/02/2013, 9:54 PM

UCD 0 x 1 Mervue United. Really boring match, few chances, goal scored from a free kick.

**Dillonman** · 09/02/2013, 7:34 AM

Harps were well organised last night and deserved their win. We controlled the game in the first half and the slick short passing was a joy to watch. we just looked clueless up top until mulvenna came on. He then pulled a hamstring ten mins later. Richie Towell was a joy to watch last night and will be s star this season.

**Sam_Heggy** · 09/02/2013, 9:48 AM

Harps have played 6 in pre-season.

Won - 5, Drew - 1, Scored 24 and conceded 3.

All coming along nicely. Be nice to have that record after 6 played in the league......

**Dillonman** · 09/02/2013, 9:56 AM

Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy

Harps have played 6 in pre-season.

Won - 5, Drew - 1, Scored 24 and conceded 3.

All coming along nicely. Be nice to have that record after 6 played in the league......

Your players seem to know each very well, were most of them with ye last year? I'd say ye will be there or there abouts at the end of the season.

**oriel** · 09/02/2013, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Final score Dundalk 0-2 Harps. Encouraging for Harps.

Yes I'd think so, caught the second half, Harps passed the ball around very well, looked a decent outfit. Looked like a team who were together for a few weeks compared to us.

**Sam_Heggy** · 09/02/2013, 10:31 AM

There's about 14 or 15 of the squad from the end of last season where we went on the 10 or 11 game unbeaten run.
We've added some quality in the likes of Sean McCarron with players like Josh Mailey, Matty Crossan, Mark Forker, Jonny Bonner and Damien McNulty all very capable at 1st Division.

Very happy with the squad this season. We've probably around 30 players that could all come in and do a job in the side which is impressive on such a small budget.

**gormacha** · 09/02/2013, 11:48 AM

By all accounts Harps were impressive last night. A large squad of good first division standard would seem to set them in good stead for the season.

What will stand to them is the amount of pre-season they have in already. They've played six, whilst Waterford United for example, have yet to play at all.

**adamd164** · 09/02/2013, 1:13 PM

Cork City 2-0 Longford Town after 2 minutes!

**Longfordian** · 09/02/2013, 1:17 PM

I think our lads were more enthused about their post match team night out in Cork than the match itself. Still as long as it stays respectable and we don't get any injuries then fair enough.

**micls** · 09/02/2013, 1:54 PM

5-1 at half time. Daryl Kavanagh with a hattrick.

Different city team expected in the second half.

**patrickccfc** · 09/02/2013, 1:55 PM

Originally Posted by Longfordian

I think our lads were more enthused about their post match team night out in Cork than the match itself. Still as long as it stays respectable and we don't get any injuries then fair enough.

5-1 at half time.. gone past respectable now me thinks.. hat-trick for daryl kavanagh, ian turner and and own goal

**Longfordian** · 09/02/2013, 2:46 PM

Yep it's embarrassing now. Shouldn't be losing 6-1 even if it is only pre-season. A deserved pre-season three points according to some Cork lad on Twitter!

**patrickccfc** · 09/02/2013, 7:03 PM

Any city or ramblers fans know what the admission price is for the game on friday?

**Comic Book Guy** · 09/02/2013, 7:34 PM

I think its 5 euro in.

**El-Pietro** · 10/02/2013, 6:19 AM

Longford should be worried about their defence if yesterdays game is anything to go on. Kavanaghs third goal was a horribly one bad to concede. He was in the box, surrounded by defenders, took a shot that sorta went up in the air, only it came back to him with his back to goal (hes quite short, a defender should have won that ball). He was then able to take four touches and score from 7/8 yards.

Let me repeat this, it was a crowded penalty box, he won a ball that was in the air, and he had about 16 weeks to take the ball down, turn to face goal and shoot.

The most comedic goal was the own goal though, that was hilarious.