Your biggest hammering for a home game ?

**oriel** · 04/05/2007, 2:03 PM

Here`s a friday afternoon question. And a tough one appealing to your magnanimous side !

What was the biggest hammering you witnessed your team take at home in a domestic game ? This shouldn't just be a high scoring game, or a freak result, I`m looking for games where you just had to hold your hand up and say you were played off the park for 90 mins. Two spring to mind for me. 1983 v Athlone (who went on to win the lge that year) hammered Dundalk 4-0 in Oriel in an FAI cup replay. Denis Clarke, Noel Larkin, Michael O'Connor etc all in their prime. I even think they got a standing ovation at the end of the game, it was that good. Second one was 1989, Derry City (Lge Cup Final), again the score was 4-0, I think they won the treble this season, they didnt get a standing ovation, but still an excellent performance and one i remember well.

**osarusan** · 04/05/2007, 2:05 PM

remember Limerick losing 7-1 at home to Cork/Cobh one year, I think we even took the lead in the game.

**Mr A** · 04/05/2007, 2:07 PM

I remember a real 3-0 battering from Shamrock Rovers in the cup one year when we were just woeful from start to finish.

**lofty9** · 04/05/2007, 2:08 PM

We were 4 up at half time in that game vs Dundalk

Our's is fresh in the memory: 4 - 1 at home to Cork.

Just to balance it up we beat Cork 7 -2 at home around 88 and gave Galway a hammering 9 -1 at home. I think we beat Harps 7 - 2 at Finn Park too.

**Risteard** · 04/05/2007, 2:10 PM

I've already managed to forget Pats in the Setanta this year.
Can't remember how poor we were so i'd go for Slavia Prague.
The best team to come to the Cross imo.

**Danny** · 04/05/2007, 2:11 PM

4-1 at richmond v Finn Harps
Good friday about 4/5 season back.
Horrible horrible game and no pub to go to afterwards to get rid of the memories.

**razor** · 04/05/2007, 2:12 PM

Originally Posted by osarusan

remember Limerick losing 7-1 at home to Cork/Cobh one year, I think we even took the lead in the game.

It was Cork City in 93, I was there, ours would be when we lost 4-0 at home to Pats

**Steve Bruce** · 04/05/2007, 2:14 PM

Got hammered 4 nil by Distillery a few years ago.

Also got hammered 3 - 0 this year by Cliftonville. They are the two hammerings at home I can remember.

**Schumi** · 04/05/2007, 2:16 PM

5-1 v Cork, almost entirely in the second half.

**Mr A** · 04/05/2007, 2:26 PM

Thinking further on it- I think Cork's 2-0 win at Finn Park was the most comprehensively outplayed I've ever seen Harps at home.

**WeAreRovers** · 04/05/2007, 2:34 PM

Originally Posted by Galway Harps

I remember a real 3-0 battering from Shamrock Rovers in the cup one year when we were just woeful from start to finish.

I remember that but I also remember Rovers 1 - Harps 4 under that clown Collins.

KOH

**pineapple stu** · 04/05/2007, 2:48 PM

Originally Posted by Schumi

5-1 v Cork, almost entirely in the second half.

That's the obvious one, but I'd go for the 3-0 against Longford in Doolin's penultimate game in charge. You could see it coming from such a long way away in the game; we just had no fight at all at all. Longford were in the middle of their Cup double run, but were still a fairly average league side, which made the hammering all the worse.

**Schumi** · 04/05/2007, 2:53 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

That's the obvious one, but I'd go for the 3-0 against Longford in Doolin's penultimate game in charge. You could see it coming from such a long way away in the game; we just had no fight at all at all. Longford were in the middle of their Cup double run, but were still a fairly average league side, which made the hammering all the worse.

Thought of that one too but the original post mentioned being played off the park which happened more in the Cork game. We played ourselves off the park against Longford.

**Partizan** · 04/05/2007, 3:15 PM

Biggest wins:

We dished out some almighty beatings to Kilkenny, Monaghan & Finn Harps down through the years but my most abiding memory is the 7-2 pasting that we gave the inbreds (KK) in the Cup in 2004 and that after going 1-2 down in the first half. What a comeback

Biggest defeat:

Losing the opening game of the 1990/91 at home to St Pats, then reigning league champs 0-5. A shambles of a day, Paschal Keane, striker playing in goal and a half time fan protest over the sacking of Johnny Matthews.

That day was start of the decline.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 04/05/2007, 3:19 PM

Losing at home 5-1 to Cork was one of the best displays of football I've seen in this league. Hard to tell was it better/worse than the beating Shels gave us last year.

**Sam_Heggy** · 04/05/2007, 3:29 PM

Originally Posted by Galway Harps

Thinking further on it- I think Cork's 2-0 win at Finn Park was the most comprehensively outplayed I've ever seen Harps at home.

Yeah that was the first game of the season afaik and George O'Callaghan ran the show. One of the best performances against Harps at Finn Park.

Tbh ive seen too many hammerings for my own good, the game this season against Wexford where we lost 2-1 felt like a hammering.

**red bellied** · 04/05/2007, 3:31 PM

Originally Posted by Rogue Trader

I think Cork beat us 5-0 one year they were going for the league in the 90's but not sure about that.

That was when McNally was there resigned shortly afterwards. Game was on Sunday afternoon due to work starting on the new stand at the time. Worst hammering I ever witnessed Rovers being involved in, home or away was in the Showgrounds. Dundalk were the opposition in a league game, ended up seven or eight one. Think it was around 1987, open to correction.

**passerrby** · 04/05/2007, 3:32 PM

2 0 up againist galway and losing 5 2, painful many moons ago ..most surreal game was home to dundalk during the foot and mouth scare our best game ever won 5 1 an nobody there to see it.. i suppose nothings changed

**Sonic** · 04/05/2007, 3:33 PM

Lost 6-1 and 5-1 in two games arounf the same time to rovers a few years back as far as i can rememeber. One in the cup and league. Im sure we have been beaten by more back in the day but they stick out in my head!!