Whats the story with Division 3? 3 Teams on 31 points, I heard there would be play offs, have they been played? Ferry Rangers and Knockaderry go down to division 3, no surprises with the way their seasons went.
I see on the gaa website their is senior games this wknd, will it effect the title an relagation battles for many teams?
Whats the story with Division 3? 3 Teams on 31 points, I heard there would be play offs, have they been played? Ferry Rangers and Knockaderry go down to division 3, no surprises with the way their seasons went.
they where not a joke when they dumped Glin A and Abbey A out of the Fai cup,ok they lost to Abbey A in the Munster junior beat Athea and lost to Rathkeale B on Penalties in the Desmond Cup. might be one of the largest towns in west limerick but not bad for the parish of Askeaton/Ballysteen to have three teams and Ballysteen to win Division 3 and Askeaton A to win Division 2 not bad at all or sorry its a joke
There was a 3 way play-off played about a month or 2 ago, all in Clounreask... Ballysteen beat both NCW Rovers B & Broadford B to win Division 3 and NCW Rovers B beat Broadford B to finish second and get promoted to Division 2.Originally Posted by Kolo_Yaya
Well lads. Who's gonna get relegated?
Athea and Killeaney if Carrig beat Newcastle this evening, which they probably will since Newcastle West have championship football tonight.
Can't see Killeaney getting points off Abbey tonight, but Newcastle West might on Sunday presuming Abbey will already have the league won tonight.
Ncw beat Carrig 6 2 tonight to hold onto their premier status, think Athea and kileaney lost, abbey are champions and will go down to last day for relegation
Newcastle Rvrs 2-1 Rathkeale
Newcastle AFC 6-2 Carrig
Ballingarry 4-2 Athea
Abbey 3-1 Killeaney
Some I heard.
Abbeyfeale champions. Ncw AFC safe. Athea relegated. Between Carrig and killeaney on Sunday to stay up. Who do ye guys think will join Athea in division 1? I'm gonna go for killeaney to get relegated
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The premier league trophy is back where it belongs. everyone knows that abbeyfeale have consistently been the top team in the Desmond league over the last 5 years. A mixture of terrible referees and jealousy from the referees over the years is the only reason that trophy cabinet isn't full to the brim. Consistently play the best football in the league, have the best facilities and get the furthest in national competitions, that speaks for itself. How long will we have to wait for the likes of Athea and killeaney to get floodlights...ha. With the best coaching staff in the league in place now I can see abbeyfeale dominating the league for many years to come.
Well done to Abbey on a fine season. Wudnt be getting excited about the floodlights though snafu, schoolboy league is changing to summer soccer how long before junior football follows, I'd think playing surface in athea and killeaney better than abbeys
Division 2 League Cup Final: Knockaderry 1 Granagh United 1 (Knockaderry won 4-2 on penalties) Very good game to watch from two committed teams. Knockaderry the better side in normal time with Granagh on top in extra time. Rob Egan was awarded the man of the match trophy.
Well done to Abbey on winning the league, best team over the course of the season but that's an awful silly post from snafu.
Abbey have been nowhere near the best team over the last 5 years and have been in contention for relegation with 2 games to go in 2 of the past 4 seasons.
Also your comments regarding referees is very much invalid as every referee in the league does their best to help them especially John Roche who should never be allowed to referee any Abbey game as he's basically an Abbey man!
Your final point regarding the facilities/floodlights is probably your stupidest point. What's the point having floodlights when yer playing surface is 1 of the poorest in the league, especially after rain. Glin, Ballingarry, Killeaney, Ncw Rovers, Broadford, Athea, Clonreask, Rathkeale, Bally Rovers, Askeaton all have better playing surfaces that Abbey and that's the most important thing when talking about facilities! Actually bar Carrig then Abbey is the worst playing surface in the Premier. And I won't even mention little Billy's sandcastles in each goalmouth.....
Well said crazy lady. Have 2 agree with u 100%
Crazy Lady... That's the best post Iv ever seen on here. Can do nothing but clap my hands in agreement with you .. Abbey pitch is terrible. Full of sand..
On soccer news. Carrig beat broadford 4-3 this morning but it was no good for them as they were relegated because killeaney beat shannonside 3-2. Killeaney got two penos and shannonside keeper sent off.
Rathkeale B 4 up at half time league wrapped up... Excellent season the double is done and the 1st B team to my knowledge to win Div 1... Still the Desmond cup final to go aswell
Ya rathkeale a fine team to be fair. Pity they can't go up to the premier. Is it definitely 2nd and 3rd going up or would Carrig play 3rd place in division 1 to see if they stay in the premier
I know that in the Clare and Limerick city leagues they have had play-offs when this has happened before. Does the Desmond league have a rule in place for when this happens? Surely a play-off is the best way to sort it out.
I think its 2nd and 3rd that go up
Congratulations to Abbey on winning the league. Potentially a great season for them within the next few weeks. However that was an outstanding post from Crazy Lady... Hit the nail on the head on a number of points. Well done to Killeaney on staying up, aided by some curious decisions from the referee on the final day.
With the season having just come to an end it may be a little bit early, but looking forward to next season what changes can the league put in place to ensure a more competitive league and interesting league..?
A few personal suggestions...
Firstly and most importantly a master fixture list which allows every club and player to know exactly who and when they are playing and all fixtures to be kept accordingly. Not this nonsense of playing one week and then nothing for 3/4 weeks.
Move the league cup to midweek in Clonreask before xmas, allowing every club to play under lights.
Bring forward kick off times to 11 and 2 (would rather 10:30).
Play the first four league games, Thursday, Sunday, Thursday, Sunday.
Extend winter break to allow pitches time to recover and players to enjoy xmas and new year.
Or do you think the league will be big enough to eventually switch to the summer in a few seasons time?
Any one have anything else they can think of?
A master fixture list does come out, printed in Observer at start of season but once the cup competitions start and games are called off for various reasons it's not adhered to as much. Playing league cup games at Clounreask like District League do at Jackman is an interesting idea alright.
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