2023 FAI Cup

**outspoken** · 23/07/2023, 2:06 PM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

In actual fact there is one D24Saint . the Longford Arms Hotel but they never seem to be on ie booking.com.

AFAIK the Bar and carvery are open but they don't appear to be offering rooms as they are housing Ukrainian refugees.

**Philosophizer** · 23/07/2023, 2:12 PM

Originally Posted by total hoofball

Here below is Non-League vs LOI statistics since 2007. I'm counting 'A' Championship teams during 2008-2011 as non-league.. Penalty shootout outcomes are not counted as a result these are counted as a draw. PPG = Points per Game i.e. 3 points for win/1 point for a draw. GDPG = Goal Difference per Game

40 defeats in 41 games for Non-League teams in the past 5 FAI Cup seasons is pretty damning even considering results were not great 10-15 years ago

I would have to try find time to work through further season backwards and something similar for Premier Division vs First Division I feel may also tell a growing gap

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PPG	GDPG
2007	11	1	2	8	8	28	-20	0.45	-1.81
2008	10	1	1	8	4	25	-21	0.40	-2.10
2009	13	1	3	9	7	38	-31	0.46	-2.38
2010	11	0	2	9	6	30	-24	0.18	-2.18
2011	12	1	0	11	10	34	-24	0.25	-2.00
2012	12	1	1	10	10	29	-19	0.33	-1.58
2013	13	1	2	10	11	35	-24	0.38	-1.84
2014	9	0	1	8	4	30	-26	0.11	-2.88
2015	13	3	2	8	13	24	-11	0.85	-0.85
2016	12	1	1	10	6	39	-33	0.33	-2.75
2017	11	2	1	8	10	29	-19	0.63	-1.73
2018	10	0	0	10	7	47	-40	0.00	-4.00
2019	7	0	0	7	4	21	-17	0.00	-2.42
2021	9	1	0	8	5	32	-27	0.33	-3.00
2022	9	0	0	9	0	41	-41	0.00	-4.56
2023*	6	0	0	6	2	18	-16	0.00	-2.67

Fair play!
Clear trend in the last 5 years of LOI pulling away from non league.

**oriel** · 23/07/2023, 2:45 PM

Originally Posted by D24Saint

Looking forward to the trip to Longford it been a while. Looks to be a decent crowd travelling down with 570 away tickets sold. It�s s pity there is no hotel in the town anymore, I�m having to stay up the road in Roscommon.

Staying over, hotel job, on a school night, early round of the cup?????..............the good times must be back D24

Sure why not, enjoy it, can relax and have a few drinks, bit of grub etc now.

Looking forward to our game later at 5pm, pity its so damn wet, hopefully it will clear up a little.

**culloty82** · 23/07/2023, 4:36 PM

Is the last 16 draw this week?

**WoodquayBoy** · 23/07/2023, 4:41 PM

Tuesday evening on GameOn on 2FM apparently

**kksaints** · 23/07/2023, 4:47 PM

Johnny Kenny with miss of the season today.

**ger121** · 23/07/2023, 5:32 PM

Originally Posted by kksaints

Johnny Kenny with miss of the season today.

That really was unforgivable. Rovers struggling to break down a 10 man Dundalk with a number of players missing.

**Philosophizer** · 23/07/2023, 5:35 PM

Originally Posted by kksaints

Johnny Kenny with miss of the season today.

He could have his own miss of the season competition. Poor lad must have no confidence in front of goal at the moment.
But his general play and linking up is quite good when I�ve seen him. Just needs some goals to get his confidence back.

**sbgawa** · 23/07/2023, 5:36 PM

As soon as gaffney went off we were goosed

**joey B** · 23/07/2023, 5:57 PM

Great win for Dundalk,Rovers were abject though.....

**Kiki Balboa** · 23/07/2023, 6:10 PM

Titanic performance by Dundalk after the sending off. Boyle put in one of his best performances of his career - Muller picked a great time to come good.

Rovers badly missed Byrne and Gaffney. Burke looks very poor, although Burt was very good when he came on. You'd feel a bit sorry for Kenny. If he just scored, he would be a hell of a player. You could imagine him somewhere else banging in goals. Sean Maguire stuff before landing at Cork you would be hoping.

Feel if the game was played for another hour, Rovers still wouldnt score though.

**Calcio Jack** · 23/07/2023, 6:22 PM

Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa

Titanic performance by Dundalk after the sending off. Boyle put in one of his best performances of his career - Muller picked a great time to come good.

Rovers badly missed Byrne and Gaffney. Burke looks very poor, although Burt was very good when he came on. You'd feel a bit sorry for Kenny. If he just scored, he would be a hell of a player. You could imagine him somewhere else banging in goals. Sean Maguire stuff before landing at Cork you would be hoping.

Feel if the game was played for another hour, Rovers still wouldnt score though.

Don�t feel sorry for Kenny at all � from day one with us he�s missed a string of chances and tonight summed him up� also he gives off an attitude of arrogance/self pity which needs to be stamped out�. Hope he comes good but needs to very quickly�. Anyway hopefully we can struggle over the line in the league but doubt we will..,, then Bradley needs to figure how to rebuild and bring in the right players ( aside from Clarke last Summers signings haven�t performed- ie Kenny and Burt who was beyond useless again today).

**culloty82** · 23/07/2023, 6:46 PM

Will Longford-Pats be the first tie of the weekend which will require extra-time?

**Kiki Balboa** · 23/07/2023, 7:05 PM

Originally Posted by Calcio Jack

Don�t feel sorry for Kenny at all � from day one with us he�s missed a string of chances and tonight summed him up� also he gives off an attitude of arrogance/self pity which needs to be stamped out�. Hope he comes good but needs to very quickly�. Anyway hopefully we can struggle over the line in the league but doubt we will..,, then Bradley needs to figure how to rebuild and bring in the right players ( aside from Clarke last Summers signings haven�t performed- ie Kenny and Burt who was beyond useless again today).

Thought Burt was dangerous when he came on. Burke - what has happened to him? Just injuries? Was awful tonight. For a lad with some Irish caps, he should be much better.

**Longfordian** · 23/07/2023, 7:08 PM

Originally Posted by culloty82

Will Longford-Pats be the first tie of the weekend which will require extra-time?

No. No it will not. Oh well, good effort from Town.

**TonyD** · 23/07/2023, 7:14 PM

Originally Posted by Longfordian

No. No it will not. Oh well, good effort from Town.

Yeah, nervy enough for long spells, though we were always on top, but Longford always looked capable of getting something, which transpired. We got a couple of breaks then, with the peno and the sendings off. The result the main thing, and it�s great to get through. Great to get Joe Redmond back on the pitch too.

**Jack B** · 23/07/2023, 7:15 PM

We were poor for a lot of the game but things went enjoyably mental in the last 15 minutes or so.

**Shearer** · 23/07/2023, 7:23 PM

Longford have a serious disciplinary problem, 9 red cards after today which includes ones for Gavin Peers and Stephen Henderson. These things start at the top.

**Calcio Jack** · 23/07/2023, 7:23 PM

Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa

Thought Burt was dangerous when he came on. Burke - what has happened to him? Just injuries? Was awful tonight. For a lad with some Irish caps, he should be much better.

I actually thought Burke was one of our better performers�.. and Burt added zero �. That�s the joy of football we all have an opinion and we�re all always right !!

As for Burke not being his best season and tonight a rare start ( down to injuries) so he�s never really got going this season �. We could do with him hitting his stride for league run in

**Longfordian** · 23/07/2023, 8:27 PM

Originally Posted by Shearer

Longford have a serious disciplinary problem, 9 red cards after today which includes ones for Gavin Peers and Stephen Henderson. These things start at the top.

Fair enough comment. Jack Brady's been sent off twice alone. I haven't seen all the red cards but it is an obvious issue.