Longford 1-2 Cork City

[max power]

Re: The seats to the left [or lack of]
When will that section be finished, I've been going away matches in Longford for a good three years or so and while I have seen the vasrt improvements that area seems neglected, finish it off lads and you'll have a cracker of a stadium.!

if that is the area beside the tunnel, there are plans afoot for that area but they all depend on the old euro being splashed by the gov

corporate boxes etc are to be put into that area, one area will be a room for live tv, like a studio with pitch outlook, but these plans are a long way off as the ground has to be covered and the lights replaced first.


i got good photos of the flags and banners and the support and some of the game as well, these will be on your site later today or early tomorrow.

[ccfcman]

corporate boxes etc are to be put into that area, one area will be a room for live tv, like a studio with pitch outlook, but these plans are a long way off as the ground has to be covered and the lights replaced first.

I'm not being cheeky here but corporate boxes , surely this would be for the Flancare Transport fat cats?

[max power]

I'm not being cheeky here but corporate boxes , surely this would be for the Flancare Transport fat cats?

we hope to bring extra sponsors on board in the coming weeks and months. also a group of away fans could rent a box with food and drink for the evening and sit back and enjoy.

a weekend stag or party as well. also away board members and vip bar as well, its a move forward for an el club and it would be perfect for underage international as we all know how the faireland like their comfort at matches.

[max power]

Max, do you know what the story is with regard to a camera at the game last night? Was it TV3 or do you pass the footage onto TV3?

Thanks.

that was our camera and we always send the highlights to tv3, BUT they don't always show them. i can get a copy of the game if you wanted it to show in the horseshoe.

[Colm]

great noise by the cork fans, yee did the club proud

As always. It was actually by far our smallest away support of the season (along with Derry) but we still made plenty of noise and colour.

On the moving ends issue, I thought it was a bit much to be honest as we've stood in that end many times before but that said it wasn't a big deal having to move either. We told the stewards to fcuk off and stayed where we were but then Hanley came over and was probably the most pleasant opposition chairman we've come accross so we moved.
I think it was good that there was only a smallish crowd of us there and that we were all so completely sober because if we had our usual Dublin or Waterford they wouldn't have had a hope of moving us and some people might not have taken too kindly to being told to move!!
As Tiktok said aswell, that end did look like it was about to fall down alright!

On the game itself, I thought we played some great football in the first half but in the second we really sat back and the players seemd content with the 2-0.
Doyler, Kearney, Georgie, Greg and Gamble were all absolutely superb. However, just like last Friday it was a great team performance and I don't think you could say that anyone had a particularly bad game.
The two goals were bizarre, the first was a header from Benno which I think crossed the line before the keeper got a touch but Doyler made sure of it anyway.
Similarly, the second was from Georgie but I think Doyler definately got the tough on that one.
Highlight of the match for me was Georgie's piece of skill when taking a corner, I can't describe it but those who were there will know what I'm on about.

Finally, fair play Pat Dolan and thanks for you kind words of thanks to the travelling fans at the end of the game. Five wins in a row now and in second place and to think that only a month or so ago there were a few muppets doubting him.

[DolansWaistcoat]

A few muppits doubting us?

Colm biy it was more like the whole cast of seasame street and the muppit show thrown in for good measure.

[Fair_play_boy]

Also note that your meeting behind the goals with the Longford Chairman, Jim Hanley, was cordial and you moved when asked. Well done, DFC take note.

Nice point. And good to see that not all EL managers are so seeryous.

[Colm]

It wasnt the best of evenings and to all ye longford fans make sure the chip van is in working order the next time were up there. No curry chips at half time. An absolute travesty at any ground

We were forced to take their 'c'mon the town' sign as compensation!

[Colm]

Its coming along nicely. How is the championship tree?

It grows a branch everytime we win a game!

[tiktok]

You get the black gloves and i'll get the bodybag

Lads, kids read this.
Could you keep your sexual preferences to pm please

[Colm]

Good to hear. Gary Redz ate a branch off it though last night so we ll have to have a chat with him Italian style on Friday. You get the black gloves and i'll get the bodybag

Disrespecting the championship tree is unacceptable especially considering he's the one who brought it into the car in the first place. This cannot wait until friday, he will have to be sorted at the dog track tomorrow!

[Colm]

Yes, i think under the cover of darkness we shall launch a pre emptive strike against the usurper. We shall attack him with nail bombs and after this beat him to a pulp with our iron bars until he is dead. Then we shall use our gloves and lift the body into our bodybag. The tree shall not take such disrespect and the heathen shall be cast into hell

Yes, and then we can feed him to the greyhounds on which we have placed bets in order to give them that extra spring in their step!

[Troy.McClure]

I thought that it was a horifically boring match (although I did manage to miss both of Citys goals). Too much hoofing in the 2nd half which was a shame because when we play the ball to feet we rip through teams. Hoofing a ball to an uninterested JOF does nothing besides give away posession. 'Protecting the lead' means keeping the ball and not letting the opposition have the run of play IMO. Still though, its 3 points and not sexy football that matter at this stage.

I like the sound of the corporate boxes though, I recon that the 20 of us could prob rent them out, we'd probably get better amplification for our ref abuse if it has a covered balcony part + we wouldnt have to freeze our @sses off!

[Stadler]

This sounds like another one of those 'pat ourselves on the back for making it to an away match' thread, but anyway.

brilliant stuff


its now mathametically possible to win the league and its also ACTUALLY possible we can win the league

eh..stadler,aswad,euphoria

never said it wasn't mathematically possible, but don't let that get in your way now will you. Still don't think it's actually possible btw.

Pipe down people ..... take each game as it comes. If we lose on Friday ... the árse will fall out of it and Stadler and co. will be in full flight again. We'll be the worst team in the league we should hang our heads in shame for even thinking that we could win.

We are still behind and Bohs can still ACTUALLY do it aswell !!

once again the 'if you don't agree with me then you can bugger off' brigade strikes.

Football, and forums, are all about opinion. I don't think we will win the league. I think we will be doing well to take second place from Bohs. Is there something wrong with this opinion? I don't think so. Some of ye see a half-full glass and think it's overflowing. Personally I think we need to work harder to fill the glass up. I'm ecstatic about the fact that we've won five games on the trot and can't remember the last time we did that (though a quick glance at City Edition tells me we won eight in a row around this time in '98) but you have to look at the opposition as well. Two of the teams we played are the worst two in the top flight and possibly the worst two 'Premier' Division sides since Monaghan United a few years back and the other three games were against teams with more than one eye on the Cup Final. If we win against Pats on Friday then even better but let's see how we do against Derry and Shels next week. In fact, let's see how we do in the remaining seven matches this season before we decide anything.

[Colm]

This sounds like another one of those 'pat ourselves on the back for making it to an away match' thread, but anyway.

With an attitude like that you'd be outraged at what Dolan said to us at the end of the game last night!

Anyway, none of us need to pat ourselves on the back because there's a sizable number of people on here who have been at as many away games as possible, go on the buses, went on 1/2/3 of the European trips etc. We all know who goes and who doesn't and obviously you don't.
I actually hate, no despise, people like you who look down their noses at those who make the effort to travel to games.
If you couldn't be arsed going to any away games fine, none of us care but don't come out with that sh!t.

I know lads, I'm worse for responding to the fool but I couldn't let that one slide.

[niamh]

quite a few ppl deserve credit for pure effort though so let all the begrudgers shag off!
*pats Colm on his funny colored head*

[patsh]

If one can believe anything that Spillage reports, it seems that Matthews showed his miserable, begrudging cnut form again last night.

I wasn't at the game but did Longford "dominate the whole game"?
He (supposedly) went on to say that "Cork....are supposedly challenging for honours"... what a pr*ck and
City "didn't hurt us"...
Oh yeah? 2 points in two seasons from us, 20 taken by us. How much more hurt does he want?

and then "Typical Pat Dolan team.....reward only from set pieces". ????? Is he for real? How may goals have we scored from set peices this season out of the 40 that City have scored?... 5 or 6?

Well Matthews, this shows you to be yet another whinging, jealous, petty little Dub. G'way ya l@nger

[Fair_play_boy]

This sounds like another one of those 'pat ourselves on the back for making it to an away match' thread, but anyway.

Stadler, from time to time, I wonder how people can get themselves banned in this forum. That didn't happen in your case.

. . . let's see how we do in the remaining seven matches this season before we decide anything.

Groan. What a ludicrous idea, even for you. There will be no possibility of speculating at that point, because we will know our final position.

[Fair_play_boy]

. . . I know lads, I'm worse for responding to the fool but I couldn't let that one slide.

. . . . .

[daveh]

W'eve scored a fair few goals from set pieces alright patsh,but i cant understand what matthews means.I doubt he'd be complaining if longford scored from a corner or a free,theyve only scored something like 20 goals so theyre not exactly playing champagne football themselves.How can he say we didnt hurt them either?Even though I wasnt there myself, 2-0 up inside 30 minutes would cause any opposing team some harm.