Some comparison with the second round draw this year and last
Copenhagen/Vaduz/Zurich as against KA/KuPS/Gzira (Dudelange faced them instead after beating Pat's)
Hard to see anything other than a second round wipeout there. Pat's the only chance really. Maybe Vaduz are comparable to KuPS?
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https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Yeah it did seem like the second round was a whole lot more stacked with quality this year vs the previous couple. I guess that the big difference is that Dundalk were seeded last year meaning the second round opponents weren't as good.
Derry get through one round they'll be ranked at 5.500 next season which was the cut off for being seeded this year in the champions league first round. That second round dray is an absolute stinker for them because getting through a second round could have made such a massive difference to them if they were to be in the champions path.
One of the better draws we could have gotten. Still and all wouldn't have huge confidence in us, but more of a fighting chance than had it been Gent or Brondby.
FC Vaduz a blast from the past. Are we the last loi side to have played them until now?
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Longford are the only LOI side they’ve ever played.
While looking at their past European opponents I noticed in 2015 they played against Swiss side FC Thun. I’d have thought UEFA rules would’ve stopped them from being able to play Swiss sides but it’s an interesting quirk to the draw. Could potentially be the only time two teams from the same league have played each other in European qualification? Surely in the modern era anyways
Paaatrick's Agletic
They've also played Basel. They're in as Liechtenstein Cup winners, not through the Swiss league, so they're not kept apart that way.
Two German league sides (Dortmund and Chemnitz) met in the first round of the 1990/91 UEFA Cup, but Chemnitz had qualified from the East German league, which had been disbanded in the meantime
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