Limerick Premier Division 2007/08

[Philbert]

why are balla b team not left play prem end the day if they take second place then they are promoted. did fairview not have 2 teams in one division 1b or something.

Its the club's own policy not to allow the B team in the Prem as far as i know. And to be honest I cant really blame them.
Too many problems with it i think

[Roadend]

from watching afew of there games this season ive afew theories.there a handy team with afew handy players but i think the reasons there down the bottom of the league is as follows.
1.great facilities but a poor pitch which must be the most bobbly in town.they get plenty of chances but most end up hitting the corner flag as the ball just bobbles everywhere.

Spot on about the pitch, unfortunately with 3 junior teams and 20+ schoolboy teams the pitch(es) take a hammering.

[Philbert]

Thats what the bottom pitch was initially built for, to have the underage games and that.
That used to be a fine pitch about five years ago. Great facilities up there though in fairness

[see's it]

Thats what the bottom pitch was initially built for, to have the underage games and that.
That used to be a fine pitch about five years ago. Great facilities up there though in fairness

they were losing 3 nil tonight ,what did it finish?

[Green_Hoop]

Its the club's own policy not to allow the B team in the Prem as far as i know. And to be honest I cant really blame them.
Too many problems with it i think

Would be some sticky situations if Balla A had to play Balla B for the title...

Anyway Pike 4- Corbally 0 ,As has been said above,close for the opening 30-35 minutes Pike got a goal before half time(John Boyle),then one directly after the restart,after that Corbally died of death towards the end with a screamer from Davy O'Grady.

Pat Sheehan was saying that Balla have no game next thursday night,which will make them 5 games behind Pike,and that Balla can get Pike's last game held up until they have to play their last game.. A joke if you ask me.

[kingofkillteely]

[QUOTE=Green_Hoop;942971]Would be some sticky situations if Balla A had to play Balla B for the title...

No problem at all. They play twice at the start of the season and it's finished with then. Fairview B and C in 1b about 5 years ago and Mungret B and C in 4a last year are examples. Why should the B team play 1a next year if they get promoted? Whats the point?

[halo16]

i see pike beat corbally tonight. anybody know how the other games went?star v aisling?granville v regional?did star get relegated or are they still hanging in there?

[abbeyvale]

aisling beat star 6 4 star trailed one nil and two one but they lead 4 2 at one stage before collapsing...
regional beat granville 4 0
fairview lead wembley 3 1 didnt get a final score

Aisling 5-4 Star,
Aisling were 1 up after 10mins, and Star equalized on 30mins, only for Aisling to go 2-1 up just before the break through a peno.
Star then levelled 5 mins into 2nd half and then went 3-2 and 4-2 up with 20mins to go, but unfortunatly then scored an OG to let Aisling back into the game at 3-4.
Aisling then had a free kick 30yards out only for the Star keeper to fumble into his own goals, to make it 4-4.
With Star pushing for a winner as a draw was no use, they left gaps at the back and Aisling punished us at the death to make it 5-4 final score.
If only we had played like we did tonight for the whole season, then things would have been better I'm sure,,,,,,,,,,,ah well, Div 1A here we come.

[see's it]

Aisling 5-4 Star,
Aisling were 1 up after 10mins, and Star equalized on 30mins, only for Aisling to go 2-1 up just before the break through a peno.
Star then levelled 5 mins into 2nd half and then went 3-2 and 4-2 up with 20mins to go, but unfortunatly then scored an OG to let Aisling back into the game at 3-4.
Aisling then had a free kick 30yards out only for the Star keeper to fumble into his own goals, to make it 4-4.
With Star pushing for a winner as a draw was no use, they left gaps at the back and Aisling punished us at the death to make it 5-4 final score.
If only we had played like we did tonight for the whole season, then things would have been better I'm sure,,,,,,,,,,,ah well, Div 1A here we come.

is it defo relegation?

[abbeyvale]

Premier League Table
Pike Rovers......... 20 / 50 (Max Pts 56)
Ballynanty Rovers 17 / 40 (Max Pts 55)
Fairview Rangers 19 / 39 (Max Pts 48)
Regional United.... 20 / 38 (Max Pts 44)
Janesboro............20 / 35 (Max Pts 41)
Aisling Annacotty 20 / 32 (Max Pts 38)
Wembley Rovers..20 / 26 (Max Pts 32)
Carew Park......... 20 / 19 (Max Pts 25)
Summerville Rovers 20 / 17 (Max Pts 23)
Corbally United.... 20 / 16 (Max Pts 22)
Granville Rangers... 19 / 14 (Max Pts 23)
Star Rovers.......... 21 / 10 (Max Pts 13).........RELEGATED

Remaining Games
Aisling(2)- Balla,Granville,
Balla(5)- AISLING,CORBALLY,JANESBORO,Fairview,Summerville
Carew Pk(2)- GRANVILLE,WEMBLEY,
Corbally(2)- STAR,Balla
Fairview(3)- BALLA,Granville,Regional,
Granville(3)- AISLING,FAIRVIEW,Carew,
Janesboro(2)-PIKE, Balla,
Pike Rvs(2)- WEMBLEY,Janesboro
Regional(2)- FAIRVIEW, Summerville
Star Rvs(1)-Corbally,
Summerville(2)-BALLA,REGIONAL,
Wembley(2)-Carew,Pike,

Fixtures
Thursday 15th May (18.45)
Granville 0-4 Regional
Aisling 5-4 Star
Wembley 2-3 Fairview
Corbally 0-4 Pike

Sunday 18th May (10.30)
Corbally v Star

Thursday 22nd May (18.45)
Granville v Fairview
Pike v Wembley
Summerville v Regional

[abbeyvale]

unlucky alan,at least ye gave it yer best and didnt go down without a fight

Yeah, I will be very interested to see what Whitestripe has to say about the game, and as it was said tonight in our dressing room after the game, it wasn't becasue we lost tonight that we got relegated, it was other poor results during the season..........

[abbeyvale]

is it defo relegation?

Yep, unfortunatly for us............but it was a formality after losing at home to Wembley & Granville and drawing at home to Summerville in the last few weeks, coz with all due respect to those teams, if you can only pick up 1pt from those 3 home games, you dont deserve to stay up.........best of luck to the other teams involved and may the best team/s stay up......

[no17 fan]

Yep, unfortunatly for us............but it was a formality after losing at home to Wembley & Granville and drawing at home to Summerville in the last few weeks, coz with all due respect to those teams, if you can only pick up 1pt from those 3 home games, you dont deserve to stay up.........best of luck to the other teams involved and may the best team/s stay up......

hard luck abbey best of luck to ye next year
do summerville a favour and give it a good go against corbally

[glendale]

Yeah, I will be very interested to see what Whitestripe has to say about the game, and as it was said tonight in our dressing room after the game, it wasn't becasue we lost tonight that we got relegated, it was other porr results during the season..........

if star had played like they did tonight all season would have been in with a fighting chance of staying up. left winger shane (dont know second name) looked a quality player. would you say lack of fitness caught up with ye in last 20 mins?

[summervilleman]

hard luck abbey best of luck to ye next year
do summerville a favour and give it a good go against corbally

Yeah abbeyvale..Have a good hop off of corbally on sunday and win yere last game,,,,do us a favour as welll,Will meet ye for drinks if ye beat them!

[Abbey Road]

Sure why not, first rule would be every club has to wear white socks..

Ah,the memories!!!

[KevB76]

fairview lead wembley 3 1 didnt get a final score

Final score Wembley 2-3 Fairview.

Wembley had an attempt cleared off the line and the follow up came off the underside of the cross bar. Shane Clarke narrowly missed another chance when Fairview keeper came off his line, Clarke just got there before him and lobbed the ball over him but hit the top of the crossbar and over. Good game

[abbeyvale]

hard luck abbey best of luck to ye next year
do summerville a favour and give it a good go against corbally

I do know we are missing a few players for Sunday's game v Corbally, myself included, but we'll still have 11 players out there and they'll give it their best I'm sure.

[abbeyvale]

Am star got relegated finishing last....... playing well in the second last match of the season isnt going down without a fight

I agree, like I said, we weren't relegated just by one game, it was our other results that caught up with us in the end.

[abbeyvale]

if star had played like they did tonight all season would have been in with a fighting chance of staying up. left winger shane (dont know second name) looked a quality player. would you say lack of fitness caught up with ye in last 20 mins?

Again, I agree, fitness did tell in the end, and it wasn't the first time that happned us this season.
Shane Waters was our left winger yesterday evening, and yes he is a class act, when he turns up, he is a Star lad all his life, and was signed by Limerick 37 U-21's last season, and then re-signed with us when their season finished.
He has missed quite a few games this season, but whhen he plays and is in that type of form, he really is unstoppable.......he could have been the difference if he had played all our games this season......but now we'll never know.