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    Friendlies 2022

    Confirmed pre-season fixtures:

    January
    12: Clonakilty v Cobh Ramblers
    15: Fairview Rangers v Shamrock Rovers
    15: Killarney Celtic v Cork City
    16: Galway United v Finn Harps
    18: Cobh Ramblers v Dundalk
    18: UCD v Cork City
    22: Cobh Ramblers v Waterford
    22: Cork City v Midleton (MSC)
    22: Shelbourne v Galway United
    22: Shelbourne v Wexford
    26: Athlone Town v Sligo Rovers
    29: Athlone Town v Drogheda United
    29: Cork City v Finn Harps
    29: Shelbourne v UCD
    29: Shamrock Rovers v Wexford

    February
    2: St. Patricks Athletic v Wexford
    5: Athlone Town v Shelbourne
    5: Shelbourne v Drogheda United
    11: Sligo Rovers v Athlone Town
    11: Cork City v Shelbourne
    11: Shamrock Rovers v St. Patricks Athletic (President’s Cup)
    11: UCD v Wexford


    Home club not confirmed yet in some cases
    Last edited by hollocaine; 08/01/2022 at 10:33 PM.

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    What's the story with Shels having 2 matches same day a couple of times there?

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    Quote Originally Posted by EAFC_rdfl View Post
    What's the story with Shels having 2 matches same day a couple of times there?
    Think its common enough,think Rovers done it a couple of times last season.....
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    I see the presidents cup between pats and rovers may also serve as the Champions Cup semi final. For a competition that’s only ever taken place once, the reputation of that tournament has well in truly been dragged through the mud since it’s inception

    https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football...petitions-one/
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract View Post
    I see the presidents cup between pats and rovers may also serve as the Champions Cup semi final. For a competition that’s only ever taken place once, the reputation of that tournament has well in truly been dragged through the mud since it’s inception

    https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football...petitions-one/
    Id see it as a very practical solution. I don’t think the appetite is out there for two games between the sides in Tallaght before the season starts proper.

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    why are bohs doing all their friendlies behind closed doors? bizarre.

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    Quote Originally Posted by D24Saint View Post
    Id see it as a very practical solution. I don’t think the appetite is out there for two games between the sides in Tallaght before the season starts proper.
    I’d agree with you there it definitely suits the clubs but from the competition organisers point of view, it’s basically 2 clubs saying yeah we’re not bothered playing in your semi final so one of us will just play the final. It’s essentially changing the format of the competition seen as the NI teams will presumably still play their semi, unless they decide to use the result of a league game between the two to decide who plays the final
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract View Post
    I’d agree with you there it definitely suits the clubs but from the competition organisers point of view, it’s basically 2 clubs saying yeah we’re not bothered playing in your semi final so one of us will just play the final. It’s essentially changing the format of the competition seen as the NI teams will presumably still play their semi, unless they decide to use the result of a league game between the two to decide who plays the final
    It will be interesting to see how it’s presented. I’d say the compromise will be that the match will be labelled as the unite semi final & the winner will be awarded the presidents cup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jd2793 View Post
    why are bohs doing all their friendlies behind closed doors? bizarre.
    Carbon footprint reasons.
    Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.

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    Quote Originally Posted by D24Saint View Post
    It will be interesting to see how it’s presented. I’d say the compromise will be that the match will be labelled as the unite semi final & the winner will be awarded the presidents cup.
    Yeah could well be that way. I reckon it’ll cause havoc with websites that record appearance/goal stats with some likely to double up for this game(s)

    Given the history of the cup winners being a top 2 club in the league for the last 7 years, we might see this whole scenario more often going forward unless they permanently change the format again
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jd2793 View Post
    why are bohs doing all their friendlies behind closed doors? bizarre.
    Yeah it’s a strange one, even with covid regulations being currently at 50% of capacity, LOI friendlies tend to have an absolute maximum of 100 people when played on an Astro somewhere which most are. The week before the first game of the season when clubs tend to play their final friendly in their stadiums there’s healthier attendances but still well less than 20% of capacity
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    Clonakilty 0-7 Cobh Ramblers result from other night. Few players from Cork City gone to Cobh this season.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract View Post
    Yeah it’s a strange one, even with covid regulations being currently at 50% of capacity, LOI friendlies tend to have an absolute maximum of 100 people when played on an Astro somewhere which most are. The week before the first game of the season when clubs tend to play their final friendly in their stadiums there’s healthier attendances but still well less than 20% of capacity
    Keeping trialists as much under wraps as possible to minimise the chances of a raiding hoard from Tallaght, especially if strikers!?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nesta99 View Post
    Keeping trialists as much under wraps as possible to minimise the chances of a raiding hoard from Tallaght, especially if strikers!?
    Possibly, but given how small the LOI is, it’s likely that word would get out anyways purely from the opposition players even. A funny one that springs to mind from last season was pats playing cork in a friendly and naming 'trialist' in the starting 11 in their match updates, while cork announced Ronan Murray as a goalscorer for pats which let the cat out of the bag and forced pats to follow suit with their update
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nesta99 View Post
    Keeping trialists as much under wraps as possible to minimise the chances of a raiding hoard from Tallaght, especially if strikers!?
    Ah if they are on trial at Bohs its only because we've passed

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    If only Dan Cleary was still at Dundalk

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract View Post
    Possibly, but given how small the LOI is, it’s likely that word would get out anyways purely from the opposition players even. A funny one that springs to mind from last season was pats playing cork in a friendly and naming 'trialist' in the starting 11 in their match updates, while cork announced Ronan Murray as a goalscorer for pats which let the cat out of the bag and forced pats to follow suit with their update
    On the topic of trialists getting poached after friendlies Derry played Cliftonville in Solitude last year.

    Cliftonville had a Gerard Storey in their lineup as a trialist who played suffficiently well to be signed within a few days - by Derry.

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    https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/s...acilities.html

    article about the rovers friendly in Limerick.

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    It's a very good facility down in Fairview. Harps played them in the FAI cup there last summer. It's clever the way they built their seating area into the side of the clubhouse.
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