2015 FAI Senior Cup

**Redzer** · 01/06/2015, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by ForzaForth

Longford through 4-3 on pens

Probably the ref's fault harps lost. Right Nidge?

**nigel-harps1954** · 01/06/2015, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by Redzer

Probably the ref's fault harps lost. Right Nidge?

Neil Doyle. Enough said. Longford have some balls to be calling Harps a dirty side.

Tony Cousins admitted after the game that the better side lost tonight. Harps hit the post three times.

Nevertheless, a very entertaining game. An FAI official in the ground said "If you were a neutral coming into the ground tonight, you'd have trouble picking out who were the Premier Division side".

**Joe Dixon** · 01/06/2015, 10:54 PM

Well i'm sure you'll want to be off now and celebrate your moral victory.

**Sam_Heggy** · 01/06/2015, 10:59 PM

Taking into account that there was over 1500 gallons of water pumped off the pitch today, Finn Park was in decent shape.

On the match itself, Harps dominated for about 100 of the 120 mins tonight but couldn't finish off a poor Longford side.

We were guilty of over playing the ball in the final third, lacking composure and just not being creative enough in front of goal.

I'm not going to blame the ref, we had enough chances without needing his help. I will agree with Nigel though, Longford were extremely lucky to see out the game with 11 men and weren't shy of leaving the foot in.

**Town Legend** · 02/06/2015, 12:22 AM

Maybe after Friday nights match we took a leaf out of Harps book about leaving a foot in.....

**nigel-harps1954** · 02/06/2015, 9:40 AM

Originally Posted by Town Legend

Maybe after Friday nights match we took a leaf out of Harps book about leaving a foot in.....

So, what you're really saying, is it's okay to do so after all? It's incredible the amount of people walking out of Finn Park last night saying that Longford were the dirtiest team they'd seen in Finn Park in years.

**outspoken** · 02/06/2015, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

So, what you're really saying, is it's okay to do so after all? It's incredible the amount of people walking out of Finn Park last night saying that Longford were the dirtiest team they'd seen in Finn Park in years.

Lol. Harps disciplinary record is awful in recent years and if this was any other league in the world Harps would be fined for their disgraceful surrounding of match officials and starting full on brawls.

**Keen2win** · 02/06/2015, 10:14 AM

Can we stop conversing with Harps fans now? They are irrelevant.

**Town Legend** · 02/06/2015, 11:09 AM

Haha come on Nigel, it's only Harps fans who think everyone else is a dirty team and they themselves are angels on the field. The thing with supporters apart from majority of Harps fans is that they don't try and cover up dirty play by their team. As proved last night on SR, the Harps defender went in way over the top and deserved the red whereas Harps fans will still no doubt defend him. Now I wasn't at last nights game but from reports (harps fans, which I'll take with a pinch of salt) Lorcan Shannon was lucky to stay on the pitch with an alleged punch been thrown. Now if that was the case it should of been a red. If it were a Harps player, no doubt he didn't throw it!!

Now, let's all just move on. Neither team would of wanted a replay, never mind extra time with two big games coming up for both clubs. I don't know how the pitch held up, from what I heard it cut up a good bit, that coming from a Harps fan. Hopefully the heavy pitch didn't take too much out of them.

**Charlie Darwin** · 02/06/2015, 12:56 PM

Ah well, could be worse. Stephen Rice could have been there smiling.

**MattB11** · 02/06/2015, 1:03 PM

Great game last night at Finn park and decent atmosphere harps were on top for the 120 minutes came agonisingly close on a few occasions, fair play to Longford in getting through on the lottery that is penalties hope they do well in it and have a decent league campaign, we move on to a much more important game in Athlone on Friday.

**Longfordian** · 02/06/2015, 1:04 PM

Or laughing. The fiend.

**Martinho II** · 02/06/2015, 4:09 PM

our record for penos under Tony Cousins tenure is excellent. last time we lost a peno shootout was against Sporting Fingal in the Leinster Senior Cup in his first game in charge of us in 2010!

**JC_GUFC** · 02/06/2015, 5:02 PM

Anyone know when the draw is on?

Pity Harps went out as a tie pitching them against Sheriff could have settled who the dirtiest team is once and for all.

**Mr A** · 02/06/2015, 5:21 PM

Jeez, Galway finally get through a few games without a sending off and now we get jokes about discipline.

Next Bray will be telling people how to spend grant money while Drogheda and Bohs issue a joint presentation on playing the property market.

**Dodge** · 02/06/2015, 5:51 PM

Originally Posted by JC_GUFC

Anyone know when the draw is on?

July during the FAI AGM in Sligo.

**DRDoc** · 03/06/2015, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

An FAI official in the ground said "If you were a neutral coming into the ground tonight, you'd have trouble picking out who were the Premier Division side".

Changed that for you, An FAI official in the ground said "If you were a neutral coming into the ground tonight, on a Bank Holiday Monday, in this type on weather, you'd have trouble convincing anyone you were sane"

**nr637** · 03/06/2015, 8:35 AM

Bernard_D � 3 days ago on RTE Sport Forum

Well Cobh Ramblers have now been knocked out of the FAI Cup, the League Cup and the Munster Senior Cup by non-league teams. Is this a record for a LOI team???

Anyone know?

**pineapple stu** · 03/06/2015, 8:50 AM

Don't know about that, but do know that another record that's gone is that we've never been knocked out of the FAI Cup by a non-league team before.

I think there's one or two others left, but can't think of who offhand (bar the obvious like Cabinteely). Any takers?