First Division Run-In

[Nesta99]

Longford do not look beyond this weekend especially and then last day and in to playoffs. Grasp when the iron is hot, in form at the right time going in to playoffs. Forget about next season until next season, its alllllll about beating Cobh until that is done ok!! Enough of the distraction nr

[nr637]

Longford do not look beyond this weekend especially and then last day and in to playoffs. Grasp when the iron is hot, in form at the right time going in to playoffs. Forget about next season until next season, its alllllll about beating Cobh until that is done ok!! Enough of the distraction nr

I suppose the Longford team are a bit like the perimeter wall that was damaged recently. A bit like their season and now with the run-in it gets repaired! No distraction here Nesta99

[Stevie mac]

Lets all appreciate Dundalk for winning a very mediocre division. Im just so glad we won't play it next season. The season after I dont care

[ToberonaTornado]

Lets all appreciate Dundalk for winning a very mediocre division. Im just so glad we won't play it next season. The season after I dont care

You seen to understand the problem . You've gotta get out of that division before you end up in a repetitive rewind matrix kind of like hotel California & shels

Let's see what the off season brings but for right now come on dundalk c'mon the

[MoydowMonty]

Longford's play off dream is dead but the fact we were in a playoff race till the 2nd last game at all is commendable as the season looked dead 6 weeks ago. It has put a nice gloss on the season. A lot of people thought they would finish 9th or 10th and they're nowhere near that, so this is has been an acceptable season on the whole

[listowelceltic]

Congrats Dundalk. Deserving winners.

[legendz]

56 points was enough for UCD to finish 2nd last year. Currently the same number of points has them 4th with a game to go.
Cork won last year with 78 points and a comfortable gap. Dundalk have won in their penultimate game on 76.
2nd and 3rd have been stronger this season. Wexford and Treaty in head to head battle now for the final playoff spot next weekend.

[cobhlad]

Congrats to Dundalk, deserved champions over the course of the season. Hopefully the prize money helps sort out the away end…

Off to the play-offs for Cobh. In 2023 finishing 3rd was a huge success, whereas finishing 2nd two years later feels a disappointment, strange one. Bit more pressure this time as the highest ranked team. A go at the Premier is overdue, hopefully it comes soon.

[outspoken]

Congrats to Dundalk, deserved champions over the course of the season. Hopefully the prize money helps sort out the away end…

Off to the play-offs for Cobh. In 2023 finishing 3rd was a huge success, whereas finishing 2nd two years later feels a disappointment, strange one. Bit more pressure this time as the highest ranked team. A go at the Premier is overdue, hopefully it comes soon.

Don't know what the current prize money is but it used to be around 25k for winning the first division, ya wouldn't install a sink with that let alone do anything major with it

[Nesta99]

35k could build a toilet shedside or away section. Neither will happen, I wished they'd flatten that terrace and add it in to the bar space, people could drink while watching the game and have the Mono type stand run along the Carrick Goal for away fans.

[nigel-harps1954]

35k could build a toilet shedside or away section. Neither will happen, I wished they'd flatten that terrace and add it in to the bar space, people could drink while watching the game and have the Mono type stand run along the Carrick Goal for away fans.

Have often wondered something similar. Why they don't put in a small stand at that end for away fans and extend the home section all the way along the front of the stand.

[oriel]

Congrats to Dundalk, deserved champions over the course of the season. Hopefully the prize money helps sort out the away end…

Off to the play-offs for Cobh. In 2023 finishing 3rd was a huge success, whereas finishing 2nd two years later feels a disappointment, strange one. Bit more pressure this time as the highest ranked team. A go at the Premier is overdue, hopefully it comes soon.

Thank you kind sir, you should have a decent pay day next fri, hundreds of Dundalk fans travelling and loads staying over.

Ah don't get me started on away end, its a disgrace and embarrassing, still say and made point before Shels and Pats also offer not far off same, uncovered terrace for away fans, but at least they have a full view.

Its shocking at OP, toilets also and I personally even looked at an idea this year of a fan group paying for pizza's for away fans in FD home games as it was always going to be modest away crowds, but the club are not engaging with our group. We will still carry on regardless with building up a war chest, they may need us at some point.

Best of luck in play offs, history will tell us PD club will win, but would be great to buck the trend this season with a FD club making a surprise win, one less PD club for us to worry about next season !!!!!!

[oriel]

you seen to understand the problem . You've gotta get out of that division before you end up in a repetitive rewind matrix kind of like hotel california & shels

let's see what the off season brings but for right now come on dundalk c'mon the

town !!

[oriel]

35k could build a toilet shedside or away section. Neither will happen, I wished they'd flatten that terrace and add it in to the bar space, people could drink while watching the game and have the Mono type stand run along the Carrick Goal for away fans.

Thats the only solution, flatten it, extend lilywhite lounge to beer garden / coffee spot, build what Pats have behind that goal, semi - perm open seating (it was there for 2 games in 2014 season and looked great) still loads of space behind for cars to drive past to get to YDC - shed side for players gym / dressing rooms / canteen / parking.

[oriel]

Don't know what the current prize money is but it used to be around 25k for winning the first division, ya wouldn't install a sink with that let alone do anything major with it

In 2023 the figure was 36k for FD winners, not sure what Cork C got last year, or what this season will pay.

[outspoken]

Had overheard the bluffer Ainscough shortly before his departure telling someone he was planning on opening a beer garden in that area outside the Lilywhite, given how his attempt at a new disabled zone turned out maybe it's better he didn't get round to it.

[nr637]

Are the First Division Play-off Semi-Finals down for the following Friday 24th October!

[outspoken]

Are the First Division Play-off Semi-Finals down for the following Friday 24th October!

They usually start straight away yep

[Neish]

Longford's play off dream is dead but the fact we were in a playoff race till the 2nd last game at all is commendable as the season looked dead 6 weeks ago. It has put a nice gloss on the season. A lot of people thought they would finish 9th or 10th and they're nowhere near that, so this is has been an acceptable season on the whole

Fair play to longford they had a great last quarter of the season. I remember when Harps played Longford in Bishopsgate back at the start of September the LOI TV commentators kept chatting about Longford's playoff chances, at the time I thought these lads are very optimistic. Longford went on the win 4 of the next 5, Harps lost 4 drew one.

[De Town]

Fair play to longford they had a great last quarter of the season. I remember when Harps played Longford in Bishopsgate back at the start of September the LOI TV commentators kept chatting about Longford's playoff chances, at the time I thought these lads are very optimistic. Longford went on the win 4 of the next 5, Harps lost 4 drew one.

Plenty of ifs, buts and maybes for every team I'm sure, but our run of taking 2 points from Kerry, Harps and Wexford around the end of August/start of September has ultimately killed us I think. 3 very winnable games and we didn't win one of them....only for us to go and beat 4 of the top 5 after that. Funny oul game.