Yeah, was hoping no-one would mention that!
Makes you wonder at how Cork, Galway and Waterford are in the First Division to see us and Longford in the last couple of years (and I'm including how well Longford have started this season in that)
Yeah, was hoping no-one would mention that!
Makes you wonder at how Cork, Galway and Waterford are in the First Division to see us and Longford in the last couple of years (and I'm including how well Longford have started this season in that)
Ha!
Take that Derry. No-one beats us 7-0*, as Bohs found out that time.
* - well, except for those couple of times we lost 7-0
All results going Drogs way tonight - hopefully we can capitalise tomorrow
Drogheda United in this together
Thought we were as good as we've been this season for about an hour (with Harps aiding us granted) until Harps ball kicked in and the game was a foul-laden mess for half an hour.
Scrappy enough affair overall. We had the better of the first half and had some impressive attacking moves. The last half hour of the game was a mess , nothing but niggly fouling. It’s great to get the three points but I don’t really enjoy watching us this season so far. We are definitely a work in progress.
UCD looked very Donegal in that strip tonight, Harps also in green shirts - thats some common ground!
I generally dislike any focus o referees after a game but jaysus it was ropey stuff in Oriel. Im very glad Dundalk went 2-1 up straight after that 'peno'. Yellows and reds were soft too but when on a yellow and ye tug back a jersey its a booking even if there is a man covering. Duff should have more experience than to mouth his way t a second yellow though. Hard to see Bradley sending off but f he did kick out then you are giving the ref the chance for some more attention.
1st half was really dull. Second half flew by.
Excellent win for Rovers against an albeit limited Bohs team - could of easily scored more in what was our easiest outing in years against them
"We would just like to take this opportunity to thank our feeder club for their willingness to be so accommodating".
Better from Pats tonight up until the second goal, the game got a bit sloppy after that with all the changes being made. We have to stick with a midfield 3 of Forrester, O’Reilly and McCormack from now on.
Big game against Derry next week which should bring another big crowd of 4,000+, looked like over 3,000 there tonight.
UCD were awful in the first half - everything that could go wrong did - but Derry were just sublime and kept going. Could well have been 9 at least.
Much harder game next week, Pats away is always oh **** for me but will see what happens.
Bradley was getting pulled and grabbed the whole way across the pitch and eventually McLaughlin blew for a foul but the two players ended up on the ground and Bradley definitely had a kick at him. I was hoping it wasn’t seen and McLaughlin missed it but the linesman didn’t. Couldn’t complain with the red really.
It was funny seeing Duff losing his cool but Shels reacted better in the second half. We were poor enough overall so delighted to come away with the points.
Bohs were very poor 2 nil.at half time flattered them. About as comfortable derby as there has been in many a year
008 must be under serious pressure now but hopefully lambert who managed to get himself a full time job in bohs when his hospitality business was in freefall will sit tight. Bohs are a joke these days to a point where I feel sorry for the actual football fans there who aren't in the right on woke movement
I don’t think anyone left happy with the ref although wouldn’t have complaints with the cards. The drama made up for the lack of quality from both sides. Can’t really argue with the result with Dundalk finishing their chances and us not doing the same.
The thing that annoyed me most is the having to hang around after the game for “several minutes” as the announcer put it. Hemmed in by Gardai and stewards. Its not just Dundalk that do this. Happens away fans at Tolka too. I’ve a bee in my bonnet about how games are policed. Searched going into Tolka on Monday. Getting fed up with it. Much easier to go to the pub or the cinema on a Friday night instead of being made to feel like a criminal for going to a match. Maybe I’m getting too sensitive in my old age.
If all fans behaved themselves and didn't bring flares and smokebombs into games there would be no need for those security measures. Unfortunately they are needed to try avoid further incidents like we have seen in last year or so.
I thought a Derry fan said UCD would be no pushovers yesterday?
Doesnt seem a life time ago when going in to shops or cinema in Northern Ireland you got searched so maybe I just accept it more than I should at games. But as said if there was no need it wouldnt be done. While not in your face being constantly on camera in in pubs or cinema doesnt appeal either. Tolka and Oriel exits are both on the same side of the ground so presumably the main reason for staggering the exit of fans. Where'd be the point of segregation in the grounds and then allowing fans to mix immediately after in big numbers.
And despite being complete muck all year, playing a shocking brand of ball, there is every chance of finishing 9th. The Finn Harps team are as bad as I've seen in recent memory and Ollie may struggle to pull off his annual miracle this time around
Shels are the Dublin version of Harps.
Conversely the entrances are on the same side of the ground yet there was no problem mixing on the way in. While you might be on camera in the pub or cinema you’re not held there against your will unless the wife brings you to a ****e film that she wanted to see.
To elaborate on the main reason you’ve suggested. The main and obvious reason is that it is assumed that fans of both teams can’t behave in a responsible or law abiding manner if let out on the road at the same time. There is an assumption that you are or could be a criminal just because you go to a match. It’s not for me anymore. Never thought I’d miss the days of a few hundred people at a first division match in Tolka. Queue jokes that I won’t have to miss them for much longer.
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