Clare Junior Soccer

**CousinSylDolan** · 02/09/2005, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by hacker

is there any truth in the rumour jim twoomey has left bunratty...

Jim is working 2 jobs at the moment so has stepped down as manager...

**CousinSylDolan** · 02/09/2005, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by Clifford

well while we are on the rumour trail, any truth in that bunratty were supposed to meet with jim madden after they played avenue to talk about pulling out of the league???????????????????????????????????????????? ????

hopefully this is not true, as all the effort in the past decade will be wasted, but if it is please note that 3 or 4 bunratty players would be very welcome at avenue???????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????

No truth in this...

I wonder what the next Bunratty rumour will be?

Maybe we will try this one....
"The Bunratty back 4 and keeper have secured transfers to top junior side Fairview Rangers after keeping a clean sheet vs Avenue last Tues."

Put that out on the street there lads and see how far it travels

**CousinSylDolan** · 02/09/2005, 1:44 PM

Originally Posted by hacker

no dis-respect cousin syl but did jim not know he was working 2 jobs a few weeks ago when he took over..are u going to take over the reins now..if so best of luck with the season...also i hear clem got shown the door at newmarket no fear of him going to bunratty is there..

No.

More chance of Pope Benedict arriving at Rat-town with his shin-guards in hand...

**shelbourne1904** · 02/09/2005, 3:02 PM

Originally Posted by hacker

no dis-respect cousin syl but did jim not know he was working 2 jobs a few weeks ago when he took over..are u going to take over the reins now..if so best of luck with the season...also i hear clem got shown the door at newmarket no fear of him going to bunratty is there..

Is that true that Clem is gone from Newmarket??

**CousinSylDolan** · 05/09/2005, 8:06 AM

Lynch Hotels Clare & District Soccer League Results
Sunday 04/09/05
Maloney Hardware Shannon Premier Division League
Bunratty A 2 Rinnanna Rovers A 1

Bridge Celtic A 5 Lifford A 0

Newtown A 1 Avenue United A 2

Newmarket Celtic A 0 Bridge United A 0

Cratloe Celtic 2 Mountshannon Celtic 1

First Division League Cup Section A
Corofin Harps 1 Burren United 2

Moher Celtic 2 Avenue United B 2

First Division League Cup Section B
Shannon Olympic A 3 Hermitage 1

Rock Rovers 0 Kilmaley United 5

Second Division League Cup Section A
Lifford B 6 Cooraclare Celtic 0

Third Division League Cup Section A
Newmarket Celtic B 1 Manus Celtic 3

**CousinSylDolan** · 05/09/2005, 8:07 AM

Lynch Hotels Clare & District Soccer League Fixtures
Sunday 11/09/05
Maloney Hardware Shannon Premier Division League
Bunratty: Bunratty A V Cratloe Celtic M.O`Brien 5.30

Scariff: Mountshannon Celtic V Avenue United A
P.Mulready 11.00

Sixmilebridge: Bridge United A V Newtown A
P.Cullen 11.00

Lees Road Pitch 2 Lifford A.F.C. V Rinnanna Rovers
J.Deniffee 11.00

First Division League Cup Final
Lees Road Pitch 4: Shannon Olympic A V Burren United
Referee: D.McCarthy 11.00
Assistant Referees: J.Stanford, D.Cunningham

Note: In event of a draw 10 mins e/w extra time and penalties if necessary.

Second Division League Cup Section A
Lees Road Pitch 4: Kilrush Rangers V Turnpike Rovers

Referee: J.Stanford 1.30
Assistant Referees: D.McCarthy, D.Cunningham

Note: In event of a draw 10 mins e/w extra time and penalties if necessary.

Note: would all home teams ring in results immediately after games to Michael Lydon 065-6839349. Failure to do it will result in an automatic 30 euro fine.

**old boy** · 05/09/2005, 9:29 AM

Originally Posted by leftie

I'll admit there are people at Olympic who strongly hate Newtown. Personally I don't count myself as part of that group. I have friends on the Newtown team so perhaps I am an exception. Rivalry existis on the field sure and noone gloats better than Newtown sure

but I'd rather be battling against someone I know so I can partake in some good old fashioned slagging rather than some bunch from out west.

Newtown B have been a long way off Olympic B in recent seasons so it is good to see them sort themselves out so that the rivalry may mean something this year. I'm pretty confident we'll be there or thereabouts again this year so it'd be nice to see the derby games be real 6 pointers for a change.

leftie ... any truth to rumour olympic b have been promoted to 2nd division ... rumours going round that somebody has pulled out of second dvision and olympic being promoted as they finished 3rd last year

**old boy** · 05/09/2005, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by hacker

old boy yes that is true since so many teams pulled out olympic b went up........

nothing personall ... but this about sums up clare league

you play 2 shield games in 3rd division and suddenly u get promoted to 2nd division... !!! is it only olympic b that are going up !! should clare league not be adressing problem of so many teams pulling out of leagues / shields

**leftie** · 05/09/2005, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by old boy

is it only olympic b that are going up

i think it is only olympic b but what's even stranger is that apparently lifford just started a b team this year and they go put straight into division 2. anyone else know if that's true or what the reasoning is behind it?

**First** · 05/09/2005, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by shelbourne1904

Is that true that Clem is gone from Newmarket??

True , personality clashes , but fair paly he gave it a go , still some great news on the return of the limerick exiles!!!!

**old boy** · 05/09/2005, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by hacker

in fairness old boy 3 teams pulled out of the 2nd division last year which should have meant that 3 teams should have went up automatically and since we finished third we taught we would be up only to hear we had to play fourth from bottom in a play off {lost}...so the reason olympic went up was because we finished third last year...which is only fair

not having a go at olympic .... fair enough you are going up

but it does defeat purpose of promotion / relegation if clare league keep changing rules every year... as said earlier they should be trying to work out why all these teams keep pulling out of league

**old boy** · 05/09/2005, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by leftie

i think it is only olympic b but what's even stranger is that apparently lifford just started a b team this year and they go put straight into division 2. anyone else know if that's true or what the reasoning is behind it?

heard lifford b were going into 3rd division

**old boy** · 05/09/2005, 11:49 AM

anybody got any news on fai draw yet

**leftie** · 05/09/2005, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by old boy

heard lifford b were going into 3rd division

Well they're playing in the 2nd division shield. But then I suppose we've seen that doesn't mean much.

As for rule changing, I don't think it was a case of that more along the lines of replacing a team that dropped out with the next most eligible team. I'm sure if any team was relegated from the 2nd division last year they would've been given the place.

You are right about one thing though, something needs to be done about all the teams pulling out. Where are all the players going?

**Kicks** · 05/09/2005, 1:54 PM

Very surprised that bunratty b pulled out. All their hard work from getting out of the third division and into the first just thrown away. Surely the team that they had last year would have had a decent chance of getting back into the first division. Bunratty are one of the biggest clubs in clare but they can't get the players to form a b team. Even the a team have lost a lot of players. What's going on at bunratty that everybody wants to leave.
As for Olympic they should have stayed in the third division and battled it out to win the league or at least to win promotion on merit. Coming 3rd in the league and then losing a play off final only to have promotion given to them by default is no achievment. They''ll most likely struggle in the 2nd division anyway seeing as how they were'nt able to win a place in the division on the field.

**Murphman** · 05/09/2005, 2:41 PM

Originally Posted by old boy

anybody got any news on fai draw yet

FULL F.A.I DRAW ON CLARE LEAGUE.COM

**shelbourne1904** · 05/09/2005, 4:00 PM

What else can they do??Its a logical thing to keep the number of teams in each league in order??

**Clifford** · 06/09/2005, 9:20 AM

Originally Posted by leftie

Well they're playing in the 2nd division shield. But then I suppose we've seen that doesn't mean much.

As for rule changing, I don't think it was a case of that more along the lines of replacing a team that dropped out with the next most eligible team. I'm sure if any team was relegated from the 2nd division last year they would've been given the place.

You are right about one thing though, something needs to be done about all the teams pulling out. Where are all the players going?

lifford are supposed to be playing 2nd division shield and playing in the 3rd division.
i think lifford asked to play 2nd div shield and this suited clare league.

**old boy** · 06/09/2005, 9:50 AM

Originally Posted by Clifford

lifford are supposed to be playing 2nd division shield and playing in the 3rd division.
i think lifford asked to play 2nd div shield and this suited clare league.

sounds a bit strange when 3rd division shield also had 2-4 teams pulling out of competion

it would be a nice one if lifford won 2nd division shield & then had to paly in third division.... it makes a joke of shield & clare league

**leftie** · 06/09/2005, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Clifford

lifford are supposed to be playing 2nd division shield and playing in the 3rd division.
i think lifford asked to play 2nd div shield and this suited clare league.

Sorry, I was going on second hand information and really just wanted clarification so I could reconfirm my source is a muppet. Sounds like they are doing well in it too judging by the result against Cooraclare.

So who is in the 2nd division then? Just when I was starting to get to grips with all the 3rd division pitch location they go and do this to us.