QuoteFancy Town to get past Galway, will need to make hay in first leg. A one off game against Waterford, anything could happen. Blues definitely hot favs to reach the promotion/relegation decided though.
SSE Airtricity First Division Play-Off Semi-Finals
First Leg
Wednesday, October 26
Treaty United vs Waterford FC ? Markets Field, 7:45pm
Longford Town vs Galway United - Bishopsgate, 7:45pm
Second Leg
Saturday, October 29
Waterford FC vs Treaty United ? RSC - 7:45pm
Sunday, October 30
Galway United vs Longford Town ? Eamonn Deacy Park ? 4pm
SSE Airtricity First Division Play-Off Final
Friday, November 4
Winner of Play-Off 1 vs Winner Play-Off 2, Venue TBC, 7:45pm
Promotion/Relegation Play-Off Final
Friday, November 11 SSE Airtricity First Division Play-Off winner vs 9th Place in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division, Venue TBC, 7:45pm
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Fancy Town to get past Galway, will need to make hay in first leg. A one off game against Waterford, anything could happen. Blues definitely hot favs to reach the promotion/relegation decided though.
I definitely couldnt cast an opinion on Galway from last night as we were 30 mins late as bus broke down on N84 Castlebar junction and we had to walk 15 mins! I only saw two goals. But going by the form in last few games I too would fancy us.Originally Posted by outspoken
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
I?ll be very surprised if Waterford aren?t in the Premier next season.
Same. Expecting a Waterford v Galway playoff final and a Waterford v UCD/Finn Harps relegation-promotion final.
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Wasn't there myself but that was a back up town team last night
All the form says Waterford but the play offs are a strange beast,wouldn’t be surprised to see Longford get through or promoted….
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The one off finals are more in favour of a surprise.
I'd be in favour of all playoff rounds being over two legs. If Waterford advance to take on UCD or Finn Harps, that would be three high profile end of season home games, if all rounds were over two legs.
Is there a reason for clubs wanting the one off finals? They seem to be forgoing an opportunity to have bumper home crowds.
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A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
They changed it for the covid year and didn’t change it back,I’d be in favour of the 2 legged final aswell but if it has to be one leg I’d give it to the first division team,reward them for having a better season than the bad team in the premier division….
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You would highly fancy Waterford to progress past Treaty.
You would also think that Galway United would have too much for Longford over two legs, but I wouldn't be too confident. Of the 4 teams in the play offs, Galway United probably have the least momentum. Our form has fallen off a cliff since July or August time when we were right in the title race.
We beat Longford easily at home, but they've also beaten us twice in Flancare this year, so it's definitely not an easy one to call.
On paper, we should really be beating this Longford team but confidence is low and we've very out of form at the moment. Longford will certainly fancy their chances, especially playing at home first where they've done well against us this season.
There is probably a realisation among our fans that Caulfield won't be sacked because he has another year on his contract, but supporters are starting to turn against him now and if we crash out of the play offs at the first stage for a second season in a row, he should be sacked, because that is a gross underachievement.
roddy collins you're a flanker you're a flanker!
Two Town wins, one Galway win and a draw is the head to head record I think? We won't be feeling inferior but it could go either way. If I'm being brutally honest a valiant defeat in the play off final would be ok with me. If we go up I couldn't see it being any different to our last season in the Premier. Nice for a few weeks until you're losing all your games and crowds are plummeting.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
That's correct. Neither team wanted to show their hand last night ahead of the play off. We made 9 changes from the previous week, 4 academy players made their first team debuts, one of them was just 16 years old.
No way will Longford Town have any inferiority complex, they have beaten us well twice at home this year, and they were well deserving winners on both occasions. They will fancy their chances, they will be considered "outsiders" in the tie and there will be a lot of pressure on us not to mess up another play off tie.
The arse well and truly fell out of our season this year, there's not a great deal of optimism or expectation among our supporters that we'll go up through the play off, but going out at the first stage again would be disastrous.
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roddy collins you're a flanker you're a flanker!
Waterford owner Andy Piley has announced this evening, all season ticket holders will be offered a free ticket to the home leg of the play off against Treaty Utd. Fantastic gesture from the club.
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Definitely a lovely chap
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Longford allowing ST holders in for free as well.
Great gesture from clubs. Any play off I attended as an ST holder in the past there was none no such gestures.
Absolutely madness that the final itself is a one off game. Cash strapped clubs leaving good money on the table, not to mention it definitely suits the 1st Div team as a one off game.
Yeah I also don't like that fact that the 2 one-legged games are at neutral venues. The FD playoff in particular should be played at the home of the higher seeded team.
There should be at least some weight additional weight put on where you finish in the division. The final few games of the league would have had something on the line if they were playing for a seeding which would carry through more than the first round of the series.
Anyone else on here think it should two up and two down rather then one, and then the playoffs
"Now jump up there and stuff that son of a bitch in the basket, chief"
My preferred option for the playoffs would be:
PD 9th v FD 4th and FD 2nd v FD 3rd.
I won't split hairs over it though. The current system gives many clubs something to play for. If clubs see merit in the finals being over two legs, all they have to do is vote in favour of it!
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A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
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