League of Ireland in Europe 2017

[brendy_éire]

Domino effect - basically it came down to the fact that AEL Limmosol also play in Larnacas stadium (apparently).

Wasn't that basically the same issue as with Levadia? How come they weren't made to use an alternative ground?

[El-Pietro]

Wasn't that basically the same issue as with Levadia? How come they weren't made to use an alternative ground?

I'm not sure, but this was dictated by UEFA. They put out a list of fixtures that would be moved in the event of... we were waiting on two Moldovan sides to win, if that had happened no switch and we'd all be off to Cyprus next week and I wouldn't be trying to figure out what to do with the flights I booked for the first leg... Tel Aviv in September maybe?
Then the first Moldovans lost to fecking Fola Esch, the second lot held out against Sarajevo, beat them on pens, but the first lot couldn't beat a Lux side, at home.

[El-Pietro]

Tickets flying out the door for the second round - almost certainly another sell out this Thursday - with the Pats league game sandwiched in between. We could have 13-15k people at the cross in 8 days. Potetnially more but the hurlers are playing in the Munster final is on Sunday so many will head to Thurles for that.

[pineapple stu]

How many were at Dundalk v Linfield in Holland?

A few hundred. Mostly locals

Around 2000 according to the Dundalk website.

Ah, foot.ie...

[Calcio Jack]

Home Farm v Racing Club Paris , about 2/300

Not sure where you got that figure from.... I was at that match in Tolka and there was a decent crowd of a few thousand - remember that was back in the 70s when decent crowds still attended matches- albeit if I remember correctly there was a small enough crowd at the cup final when HF won.

HF drew that match 1-1 but got hammered in the away leg.

[oriel]

Rovers played at least one euro match in Tolka at the start of the KRAM protest in Aug / Sep 1987, possibly a Cypriot side, not sure what the attendance was but it was hugely effected by the boycott. I have vague memories watching a report from RTE on this.

[DannyInvincible]

Video of Maguire's third goal for Cork against Levadia: https://twitter.com/brianrohancork/s...61464608763908

[Dalymountrower]

Not sure where you got that figure from.... I was at that match in Tolka and there was a decent crowd of a few thousand - remember that was back in the 70s when decent crowds still attended matches- albeit if I remember correctly there was a small enough crowd at the cup final when HF won.

HF drew that match 1-1 but got hammered in the away leg.

Was at it too Paris Fans flight was cancelled, was a financial disaster for Farm,
The cup final that year had an unexpectedly good attendance of 10 k, compared to say the Rovers v Galway final 10 years later which attracted 2, 000 fewer fans.

[oriel]

Tickets flying out the door for the second round - almost certainly another sell out this Thursday - with the Pats league game sandwiched in between. We could have 13-15k people at the cross in 8 days. Potetnially more but the hurlers are playing in the Munster final is on Sunday so many will head to Thurles for that.

Was the Levadi game a sell out though? I thought I read somewhere that this was the second highest attendance of the season with slightly more at the Dundalk game earlier in the season? Nothing takes away from a brilliant attendance mind.

[White Horse]

Was the Levadi game a sell out though? I thought I read somewhere that this was the second highest attendance of the season with slightly more at the Dundalk game earlier in the season? Nothing takes away from a brilliant attendance mind.

May have something to do with UEFA rules. I wouldn't be surprised if the capacity was reduced.

[sidewayspasser]

Was the Levadi game a sell out though? I thought I read somewhere that this was the second highest attendance of the season with slightly more at the Dundalk game earlier in the season? Nothing takes away from a brilliant attendance mind.

6314 was the attendance announced by the PA, about 400 less than the Dundalk game. There were definitely a few single empty seats here and there. From where I was sitting (Derrynane), I couldn't see whether Levadia filled the away section or how much space was left there.

[legendz]

The Cork City and Shamrock Rovers managers should have no problems getting their players motivated for this next round. Along with progressing with their clubs, players with ambitions of getting moves to the Championship will want to put themselves in the shop window by getting the opportunity to perform in ELQ3.

[DannyInvincible]

Some video footage of the goals and main chances from Derry's 4-1 loss to Midtjylland in Sligo: https://www.facebook.com/derrycityfc...6268684823906/

[Ezeikial]

I cannot keep up my self imposed Bradley-watch exile after reading his post match quotes:
"I felt they were very arrogant after the first game over there - they talked like they were the better team and that we got a lucky goal"

I hope they did not say they battered Rovers.

[sbgawa]

Thanks for your interest as always

[Charlie Darwin]

I cannot keep up my self imposed Bradley-watch exile after reading his post match quotes:
"I felt they were very arrogant after the first game over there - they talked like they were the better team and that we got a lucky goal"

I hope they did not say they battered Rovers.

They did batter us in Tallaght, to be fair. As in they pumped the ball up to the big men and when that didn't work they two-footed Trevor Clarke. If Cork City weren't playing a game at the time they'd have been appalled.

[Nesta99]

Bradley must have been chatting to geysir after the game!

[micls]

It was a sellout of tickets we were allowed to sell. Different capacity rules for Europe. Same amount next week

[Briuk]

Has any irish team ever beaten a cypriot one?

[pineapple stu]

Cork did about ten years ago anyway.

And also back in the day when Cypriot clubs were crap.

Edit - rsssf.com is your bible for stuff like that.