1/4 draw: League Cup

[De Town]

The draw for the quarter finals of the League Cup takes place today at 1pm.

The draw will be an open draw, with no more regionalisation.

the Teams Left are:

Longford
Cork
Pats
Shels
Drogs
UCD
Waterford
Derry/Galway (playing this Sunday)

[Peadar]

The draw for the quarter finals of the League Cup takes place today at 1pm.

My prediction for how the draw will pan out...
Longford v Derry/Galway
Cork v UCD
Pats v Shels
Drogs v Waterford

[De Town]

My prediction for how the draw will pan out...
Longford v Derry/Galway
Cork v UCD
Pats v Shels
Drogs v Waterford

I think it will go like this

Longford v Pats
Cork v Derry/Galway
Drogs v UCD
Shels v Waterford

[patsh]

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see

Derry v Longford
City v Waterford
SPA v $hels
Drogheda v UCD


But maybe I'm cynical?

[kevincronin2000]

i agree with you patsh.
who will see the draw live?
all these fcukin draws are fixed ,even remember palermo

England
Holland
Ireland
(egypt)

any way i hope it is i'd love to get the blues home or away.
Is it true its live on www.fai.ie

[pete]

Draw will be...

Derry v Longford
City v Waterford
Drogs v UCD
Shel$ v Pats

[De Town]

Is it true its live on www.fai.ie

Doubt it. The fcukers will fix it anyway to try and get one of the Dublin teams to win it

[brandy86]

Just heard that we have Drogheda at home if we beat Galway.

[bluemovie]

Any idea of the rest of the draw? Where can I find out?

[pineapple stu]

Just heard that we have Drogheda at home if we beat Galway.

This happened for the Second Round as well. Is it beyond the FAI to actually organise the draw and its announcement properly?! Nothing on the FAI website yet.

[brandy86]

Cork v Longford
Shels v St Pats
UCD v Waterford
Derry/Galway v Drogheda

[pineapple stu]

Best possible draw, I think!

Worst for Waterford, of course, especially in their predicament...

[De Town]

fcuk that anyway!

2 trips to Cork in 2 weeks.

[patsh]

Oh well, I was being cynical......


Not a bad draw for us, I suppose....could have been UCD!....

[bluemovie]

3 away games in this competition so far.

[jofyisgod]

Not a bad draw for us, I suppose....could have been UCD!....

Good enough draw. It's at the X remember, a lot could depend on the outcome of the league match.

[Poor Student]

How do gate receipts break down in this competition?

I'm sure Waterford fans will be annoyed with the lack of a financial boost with the UCD draw. I'm pleased to get them. As good as we could have hoped for.

Btw the League Cup section on FAI.ie has not been updated since well before the format of the competition was finalised before the 1st round draw.

http://www.fai.ie/staticarticle.asp?hlid=242203

"eircom League Cup format for 2005

The competition will be played on a knock-out basis from start to finish with the Kerry League and Mayo League again receiving invitations to compete. The First Round will comprise 8 matches and 8 byes.

The four clubs in European competition (Shelbourne, Cork City, Bohemians and Longford Town) will receive byes due to their heavier fixture programme. The remaining 20 clubs will be divided into two pools of 10 clubs each on a geographical basis with four ties being drawn from each pool and with the remaining two clubs in each pool receiving a bye. Thereafter, the competition would continue on open draw knock-out basis."

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I know it's not the most prestigous competition but FFS that's months out of date.

[Dee75]

60/40 is the breakdown

[Conor H]

A nice soft draw for us.

[BohDiddley]

Shels v St Pats

Is John McDonnell practising his right hook for the tunnel?