April 1st/2nd Fixtures

**Longfordian** · 02/04/2016, 7:31 PM

Looks like Shelbourne angered them by having the cheek to score against them. So who's going to get the play off spot then?

**Lim till i die** · 02/04/2016, 7:53 PM

As I predicted First Division Champions 2016 Limerick FC played as poorly as possible today in an effort to help out the league.

Unfortunately shelbourne athletic just weren't good enough to capitalise. They have a couple of handyish players that with a bit of luck could move up to their parent clubs pats and bohs. Is it a pity for Irish football to see shels in the state they are now in? A mixture of nobodies and never will bes. Their support gets smaller every year. About 25 tweens in their Christmas clothes writing graffiti with a gold glitter pen one of them stole from their little sister. The saddest sight iv ever seen was their pitch invasion at 1 all. For the rest of their lives they will have to live with the stigma of having invaded a pitch during a game they lost 5 1. It was like watching the reaction of torquay fans if they scored a goal against barcelona. small time with a capital small.

So there you have it league. We did our best. We played terribly. And we still won 5 - 1.

First Division Champions 2016 Limerick FC clearly have their work cut out to give someone a result in the First Division.

I hope for the good of the game we manage it.

**patrickccfc** · 02/04/2016, 8:01 PM

What's the record points total and goals scored in the first division? Could be smashed if things continue like this.

Sean McGuire misses a penalty up in Sligo just now

**El-Pietro** · 02/04/2016, 9:02 PM

I dont want this to come across as a bitter post. We didn't do enough to win tonight. weak penalty from maguire and I think schlingermann had one save to make for the rest of the game. Every cross we made went right into his hands. Extremely frustrating to watch.

With that said...

As card happy as sutton was last night, the ref tonight refused to use his cards. At least for about the first hour. I'm all for refs letting games flow but there were some obvious professional fouls that he only have free kicks for including one for Healy just outside of the box.

The most agregious decision was when Karl Sheppard was taken down by Schlingermann as Shep tried to nick the ball past the keeper in the box. Now the view from the away section isn't ideal but I don't understand how it is possible for the ref to not send the keeper off in that situation. We were fuming before the missed penalty. As I said we didn't do enough to win the game but it would have been a different game if the last 35 minutes (plus stoppage) had been played against ten men.

sligo played well tonight. especially at the start of second half where they came at us quickly and put a lot of pressure.

Now I hope to get home before 2 am

**White Horse** · 02/04/2016, 9:04 PM

Finished up 0-0 in Sligo.

No easy games in this league, Sligo is a difficult place to go, we have a lot of travel to do.

What else will Caulfield say?

**El-Pietro** · 02/04/2016, 9:10 PM

are any of those statements untrue? They don't excuse our result but they are correct. Im starting to think the league is going to be pretty tight all the way through. With longford cut adrift early on. but I can see a series of results where everyone starts beating everyone else. no runaway leaders.

**White Horse** · 02/04/2016, 9:15 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

Im starting to think the league is going to be pretty tight all the way through. With longford cut adrift early on. but I can see a series of results where everyone starts beating everyone else. no runaway leaders.

I agree. Teams are better organised this year. There will be more draws and shock results that last year.

**strikeforce** · 02/04/2016, 9:17 PM

Originally Posted by White Horse

Finished up 0-0 in Sligo.

No easy games in this league, Sligo is a difficult place to go, we have a lot of travel to do.

What else will Caulfield say?

We got the 3 points up in the worst ground in the Country is what I think he would say.

**nigel-harps1954** · 02/04/2016, 9:19 PM

Get on Harps at 500/1 for the league now.

**White Horse** · 02/04/2016, 9:26 PM

Originally Posted by strikeforce

We got the 3 points up in the worst ground in the Country is what I think he would say.

No point if you can't follow it up with beating the bottom team though.

Nicking away wins is one thing. The test of champions is going to away grounds, outplaying teams, and coming away with three points.

Cork have yet to prove that they can do that consistently.

**redarmyfaction** · 02/04/2016, 9:44 PM

Originally Posted by White Horse

No point if you can't follow it up with beating the bottom team though.

Nicking away wins is one thing. The test of champions is going to away grounds, outplaying teams, and coming away with three points.

Cork have yet to prove that they can do that consistently.

Cork were outplayed tonight, we are better than out table position, a lot of players new to the league, it will take a while to adjust.

**TheBoss** · 02/04/2016, 9:45 PM

I was half listening to 98fm at about 10 and it came to sport section of the news and they seem to living in a different universe when it comes to the League of Ireland, I have absolutely no idea how they even got this wrong.

"Just the one game in the Airtricity League Premier Division tonight, it ended Sligo Rovers 2, Bohemians 3"

Just for the record the last time Bohemians won 3-2 at the showgrounds was in 1961.

**ger121** · 02/04/2016, 9:49 PM

Watched a bit of the Limerick game on the Shels live stream. They are gonna walk the 1st Division. About the only thing Limerick don't have is a Sponsor. Thought with how things have gone since the move to the Markets Field that wouldn't be an issue?

Good win for us and badly needed. Sets us up for our annual beating of Rovers in 2 weeks time

**strikeforce** · 02/04/2016, 9:53 PM

Originally Posted by White Horse

No point if you can't follow it up with beating the bottom team though.

Nicking away wins is one thing. The test of champions is going to away grounds, outplaying teams, and coming away with three points.

Cork have yet to prove that they can do that consistently.

Listen fella, your preaching to the converted. Seems like he sets up the team totally different for home and away games. You saw how pumped up we were against you. Why cant this be the case every away day...... No lessons learnt, just excuses.

**atfconline** · 02/04/2016, 9:56 PM

Originally Posted by TheBoss

I was half listening to 98fm at about 10 and it came to sport section of the news and they seem to living in a different universe when it comes to the League of Ireland, I have absolutely no idea how they even got this wrong.

"Just the one game in the Airtricity League Premier Division tonight, it ended Sligo Rovers 2, Bohemians 3"

Just for the record the last time Bohemians won 3-2 at the showgrounds was in 1961.

That's actually how the U17 game finished there today.

**Redzer** · 02/04/2016, 9:57 PM

Originally Posted by TheBoss

I was half listening to 98fm at about 10 and it came to sport section of the news and they seem to living in a different universe when it comes to the League of Ireland, I have absolutely no idea how they even got this wrong.

"Just the one game in the Airtricity League Premier Division tonight, it ended Sligo Rovers 2, Bohemians 3"

Just for the record the last time Bohemians won 3-2 at the showgrounds was in 1961.

Yeah I heard that myself on the way home from the Showgies and said WTF, April fools was yesterday lads.

**TheBoss** · 02/04/2016, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by patrickccfc

What's the record points total and goals scored in the first division? Could be smashed if things continue like this.

Sean McGuire misses a penalty up in Sligo just now

Points
(3 for win) - 77 [Cobh Ramblers 2007]
(2 for win) (If 3) - 41 (56) [Drogheda United 1990/91]

Points per game
(3 for win) - 2.73 [UCD 1994/95]
(2 for win) (If 3) - 1.83 (2.72) [Derry City 1986/87]

Goals
73 [Cork City FORAS Co-op 2011]

Goals per game
2.5 [Derry City 1986/87]

**roversforever** · 02/04/2016, 10:21 PM

Not every penalty is a sending off. It was a stonewall penalty but i think the ref got it right....the ball was gone towards the corner flag, he wasn't going to score.
Thought we played well tonight, plenty of heart and effort. No chance of Cork winning the league. They haven't improved since last year. Still well drilled but not very exciting going forward. Maguire has started the season well but tonight i didn't see any improvement in him since he left us. Cork will always be difficult to beat but it takes more than that to win a league. Hopefully things starting to look up for us now.

**mcgonigle** · 02/04/2016, 10:49 PM

Looks like nobody is going to win the league this year. Everyone is awful, worst standard ever, should we just pack it up now? Maybe give Limerick both titles?

**Charlie Darwin** · 02/04/2016, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by mcgonigle

Looks like nobody is going to win the league this year. Everyone is awful, worst standard ever, should we just pack it up now? Maybe give Limerick both titles?

The real question is could Nobody do what Rovers and Dundalk failed to do and win it three times in a row?