Clare Junior Soccer

[guvnor]

according to you all the good players are playing at Park now ! Was that not you getting up support for them at an earlier date !

Ya it was but I didnt say all the good players were playing at Park..I just asked whats happening with some of the big clubs in the CL.

[CousinSylDolan]

Lifford are probably the best club in Ennis now in terms of having consistent youths teams and a decent underage setup for the last few years.... Their involvment with Huddersfield is always a good way of signing up the young players in Clare too. Avenue are struggling cos they have never really done the work and they failed to sign any new players this year as they usually do... They have a young A team this year so if they keep it together they will always be there or there abouts.

Bunratty and to a lesser extent Newmarket simply suffered cos players got the urge to play in Limerick. A lot of players have won all there is to win in Clare and needed a new challenge. Its obvious the likes of Pike, Fairview and Park have benefitted from the addition af these lads... Bridge are still very hard beat and will always challenge for honours.... I mean they are 1 of only 2 teams to have beaten Park in 90 mins this season...the other being the current favourites for the Fai...

[cleansheetagain]

Lifford are probably the best club in Ennis now in terms of having consistent youths teams and a decent underage setup for the last few years.... Their involvment with Huddersfield is always a good way of signing up the young players in Clare too. Avenue are struggling cos they have never really done the work and they failed to sign any new players this year as they usually do... They have a young A team this year so if they keep it together they will always be there or there abouts.

Bunratty and to a lesser extent Newmarket simply suffered cos players got the urge to play in Limerick. A lot of players have won all there is to win in Clare and needed a new challenge. Its obvious the likes of Pike, Fairview and Park have benefitted from the addition af these lads... Bridge are still very hard beat and will always challenge for honours.... I mean they are 1 of only 2 teams to have beaten Park in 90 mins this season...the other being the current favourites for the Fai...

what kind of involvment have lifford got with huddersfield,

[CousinSylDolan]

what kind of involvment have lifford got with huddersfield,

They get coaches over for training weekends with the underage kids and some players get trials over there.

Not sure if its still up and running but it was 2/3 years ago.

[oldspice]

Lifford's links with Huddersfield wouldn't be nearly as strong as they were. It was mainly based on Declan Farmer, Huddersfield born but living in Clarecastle. Declan had been heavily involved with coaching Lifford teams (Along with Terry Considine) but had a falling out with the current powers that be there (Mick Kennedy etc.). Thay have since set up the Ennis Town Football Academy which is a coaching base for young lads from 5 years upwards. Their whole philosophy is based on the younger kids coming in and learning the very basic skills and enjoying playing football bithout there being a competitive edge. It builds upwards from there and later they become involved in teams. The whole set-up is being closely looked at by the FAI and by Pakie Bonner (Technical Director) in particular. Declan also spent the first half of this season coaching Kilkishen Celtic A in the CL 1st division but has recently left them to become first team coach with Limerick FC under Noel O'Connor.

[CousinSylDolan]

Avenue 2 1 Moher
Newtown 0 3 Rineanna
Lifford 2 1 Bunratty
Bridge Utd 6 0 Connolly
Newmarket 1 0 Cratloe....

[CousinSylDolan]

Bunratty B 4-3 Kilkishen A
Mountshannon 2-0 Tulla A
Shannon olympic A 1-0 kilmaley

Anyone know who scored for Special Olympic yesterday.

Is "Wreck-Head Rob" still the Oly manager.

[CousinSylDolan]

Jimmy houlihan scored for them.Rob McSherry will probably be in charge for next season too.

He is doing a fine job in fairness to him and they might challenge for promotion the way the table looks at the moment. Big one vs the Harps next week....

Jimmy is a match winner on his day to be fair....
I'm surprised they got him out of Paddy Power's for the game though

[CousinSylDolan]

Lynch Hotels Clare & District Soccer League Fixtures
Saturday 26/02/05

Gallivan Kennedy Youths League Section A
Bunratty: Bunratty V Turnpike Rovers
J.Deniffee 2.30


Sixmilebridge: Bridge United V Lifford A.F.C.
P.Sutton 2.00


Gallivan Kennedy Youths League Section B
Kilkishen: Kilkishen Celtic V Moher Celtic
M.O`Halloran 2.30

Kilmhill: St.Pats V Hermitage
T.McInerney 3.00


Sunday 27/02/05
Maloney Hardware Shannon Premier Division League
Coonagh: Cratloe Celtic A V Bunratty A
P.Sutton 11.00

Ruan: Lifford A.F.C. V Rinnanna Rovers A
P.Mulready 11.00

Fairgreen: Avenue United A V Newtown A
P.Cullen 11.00

Kilmaley School: Connolly Celtic V Moher Celtic
P.Markham 11.00

Newmarket: Newmarket Celtic A V Bridge United A
J.Deniffee 2.30


Clare Hire & Sales First Division League
Scariff: Mountshannon Celtic V Bunratty B
D.McCarthy 11.00

Shannon: Shannon Olympic A V Corofin Harps
P.Dunne 2.30


Tiermaclane: Rock Rovers V Kilmaley United
M.O`Halloran 11.00


O`Briensbridge: Bridge Celtic A V Kilkishen Celtic A
D.McCarthy 2.30



SEL Print Second Division League
Sixmilebridge: Bridge United B V Hermitage
P.Dunne 11.00

Coonagh: Cratloe Celtic B V Turnpike Rovers
T.McInerney 2.30



Kildysart: Kildysart Celtic V St.Pats A
A.Murphy 11.00


Tullycrine: Tullycrine Celtic V Burren United
F.Coote 11.00




Suttons Lighting Third Division League
Kilkishen: Kilkishen Celtic B V Shannon Olympic B
D. Brosnan 11.00


Ballycasey: Newtown B V Rhine Rovers
D.Cunningham 11.00



Lahinch: Ennistymon Town V Bridge Celtic B
P.Gleeson 2.30



Kilmhill: St.Pats B V Kilkee
J.Stanford 2.30




Tiermaclane: Manus Celtic V Newmarket Celtic B
M.O`Halloran 2.00

[CousinSylDolan]

Ya the morning kick offs are killing him.Newmarket had a good win yesterday against cratloe do u know who scored?

Yeah that small lad that plays on the wing!!!!!!!!!!! Crock they call him.

[oldspice]

Does anyone know the logic behind having afternoon kick-offs at 2.30 this Sunday? Surely with Ireland v England (Rugby) at 3.00 it would have made sense to bring all games forward a little. Maybe have refs doing two games close to each other so that they could ref one at 11 (if not 10.30) and the other at 1.00 or 1.15? I know that a few lads on our squad are not too anxious to play. Anyone else had any feedback?

[CousinSylDolan]

Clare Cup First Round
Ennistymon Town V Newtown B
Tullycrine Celtic V Cratloe Celtic B
Newmarket Celtic B V Bridge Celtic B
Shannon Olympic B V Kilkee
Cooraclare Celtic V St.Pats B
Manus Celtic V Avenue United B
Hermitage V Burren United
Kilkishen Celtic B V Kildysart Celtic
Rhine Rovers V Rinnanna Rovers B
Bridge United B V Tulla United B

St.Pats A & Turnpike Rovers (Byes)

Games to be played Sunday 6th March 2005


Clare Cup Second Round
Cooraclare Celtic or St.Pats B V Bridge United A
Kilrush Rangers V Newtown A
Lifford A.F.C. V Avenue United A
Connolly Celtic V Bridge United B or Tulla united B
Newmarket Celtic A V Hermitage or Burren United
Tullycrine Celtic or Cratloe Cel B V Bridge Celtic A
Tulla United A V Bunratty A
Turnpike Rovers V Rinnanna Rovers A
Shannon Olympic A V Kilkishen Celtic A
Corofin Harps V Kilkishen Cel B or Kildysart Cel
Bunratty B V Shannon Olympic B or Kilkee
Ennistymon Town or Newtown B V Moher Celtic
Rock Rovers V Cratloe Celtic A
St.Pats A V Mountshannon Celtic
Kilmaley United V Manus Celtic or Avenue United B
Rhine Rovers or Rinnanna Rovers B V Newmarket Celtic B or Bridge Celtic B

Second Round games to take place on March 6th & March13th 2005


Anyone got any predictions???????? Lifford vs Avenue is a big local derby.

[OpenGoal]

lifford vs Avenue is certainly the tie of the round, but there may be a few shocks. Tulla A might upset bunratty A, & Rock rovers vs Cratloe A is not as cut and dry and their league positions might suggest. I'd tip Bridge Utd, Bridge Cel, Newtown, Rinnena Rvs and Moher as definites.

[oldspice]

[QUOTE=OpenGoal]lifford vs Avenue is certainly the tie of the round, but there may be a few shocks. Tulla A might upset bunratty A, & Rock rovers vs Cratloe A is not as cut and dry and their league positions might suggest. I'd tip Bridge Utd, Bridge Cel, Newtown, Rinnena Rvs and Moher as definites.[/QUO

A few bold predictions there Opengoal. I wouldn't say Newtown will have it all their own way away from home and Moher could find themselves up against it, particularly if Ennistymon come through to make it a local derby. They have to be favourites of course but stranger things have happened!! What about the bottom game in round 2 though ... Four 3rd division teams - a great chance for one of them to go a long way in the cup.

[OpenGoal]

shannoon olympic b have a great draw.good chance for an inform team all be it the 3rd division

Shannon Olympic B are in great form at the moment, and will probably get the better of Kilkee at home. The might find Bunratty B too strong though, who themselves have a small bit of form in their recent 4-3 win over kilkishen in div 1.

[OpenGoal]

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A few bold predictions there Opengoal. I wouldn't say Newtown will have it all their own way away from home and Moher could find themselves up against it, particularly if Ennistymon come through to make it a local derby. They have to be favourites of course but stranger things have happened!! What about the bottom game in round 2 though ... Four 3rd division teams - a great chance for one of them to go a long way in the cup.[/QUOTE]

Good point about Ennistymon, OldSpice, are they strong this year? Last I checked they were close to the top of Div 3. Newtown arent as strong this year as they have been in recent years, but Kilrush seem t have capitulated altogether. Their record in div 1 makes poor reading!

[devilfish]

I'm tipping Bunratty B to come through a few rounds and cause some upsets along the way. They are by far and away the best 1st division team when they can get their best 11 out and have a very experienced management team behind them. Olympic will do their usual huffing and puffing until it comes down to the "must win" games and lose them. Their squad isn't strong enough to complete a league or cup success. They can only hope for the top teams taking points off each other.

Newtown will cruise through against Kilrush. the only hope the home team have is their terrible pitch. When are teams going to sort this problem out??? Is there any ambition amougst these clubs????

[OpenGoal]

I'd have to side with Handyman here, not in so strong terms perhaps, but bunratty B seem to be one of the weakest teams in division one from the table I'm looking at. Historically, Olympic have blown alot of good chances to go up at the end of the season but they look good this year. The defence has definately closed up.

In my opinion Div.1 will be contested by Tulla, Bridge Celtic & shannon olympic.

[devilfish]

You're having a laugh Handyman, there's no way that the specials will beat Bunratty B twice in one season, its unheard of. From what I'm hearing, ye'll be in big trouble this weekend against the Harps. Missing players and lads on the sauce the night before letting their team-mates down. I'd love to see Olympic get promoted, the management team deserve a shot at the big title and maybe players like Houlihan etc will stay in the top division for a change.

[CousinSylDolan]

What a load of nonsense.The league table tells its own story.Olympic have beaten the best of the first divison and these were must win games.Bunrattys management have combined experience of about half a season.When will they be getting their best 11 out?Are they missing players?Is anyone injured?Are they saving the best 11 for the second division next season?They will lose to Olympic twice this season.They will be lucky to beat Olympic b in the cup unless they play some of their best 11.Not so long ago they didnt even have 11

No sure where you get your info Handicap but its a bad sign when Special Oly A have not beaten Bunratty B the last 4/5 times they have met. They seem to be the 2 form teams in the division at the moment though and a meeting of the 2 would be interesting although I cant see how you predict a double for Oly.....

Seen as you are so updated with info on Bunratty when exactly did they not have 11 players???????? With your in-depth knowledge of the club you may be able to back up your earlier point!!!!!!!!!! Clown.....