Originally Posted by carrick hoops
Looks like Carrick will be at 'home'. Another away trip for Celtic.Carrick United will face the winners of the quarter-finalists, Castlebar Celtic and St. Michaels FC while Dublin's Corduff will await the winners of Clonmel Town and defending champions, Killester United.
Assisting with the draw was of the FAI Junior Council Secretary, Dennis Cruise and Republic of Ireland, Junior and Amateur International manager, Gerry Smith.
FAI Umbro Junior Challenge Cup Semi-Final Draw
Carrick United v Castlebar Celtic/St. Michaels FC
Corduff United v Clonmel Town/Killester United
Dates and Venues to be decided
Not even Carrick can beat this Killester team and I wish them luck. It will make for a great final if its Killester and Carrick. Probably the two best junior sides around.[/QUOTE]
Is it just me or are carrick a bit over-rated?? came to limerick last year and got beat by a bad corbally team 5-0.. and this year 3-1 by ashling???
Hate to say I told you so but Killesters name on it again this year.
Ross Carrick (regular centre half) was away on his own stag I believe.
No disrespect to the other semi finalists but if Killester can get past Corduff (which is by no means guaranteed) then they have it in the bag.
Ah well at least the fortnight in the sun paid for by my winnings will make up for it for Dr Mad (beats Kilmuckridge).
Is it just me or are carrick a bit over-rated?? came to limerick last year and got beat by a bad corbally team 5-0.. and this year 3-1 by ashling???[/QUOTE]
i fairness there was a bit of a problem behind the scenes last year and they was even a doubt they would take the field that day ,i would put it down to a freak result.but fron what iv seen of carrick the last 4/5 years thay are definetly overated and discipline always seems to let them down
I hate to say I told you so, but I TOLD YOU SO!
Micka and Lacey are like olympic sprinters and can even play a bit of ball
Ross(Centre half) was away on his stag, half the team had booked to go but didnt, but then thats the type of commitment the Killester boys have.
Corduff V Killester will not be in Haddon Park.
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Well done Celtic, a scrappy enough match which Celtic did enough to edge. Celtic lost Stevie Ryan (centre half) and Mick Wallace (keeper) in 2nd half but both replacements did well, McNicholas making a very good save to keep Celtic in the front.
St Michaels keeper made a wonderful save before the corner which lead to the goal.
Very impressed with Pricey and Bourkey.
Another tough trip ahead for us but if its for us this year it wont pass us
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Commiserations & congratulations to ‘Town on a spirited yet eventually fruitless display yesterday. While Killester were probably worthy winners I don’t think it’s because they were the better team on the day – just that they have a couple of top class strikers who scared the bejaysus out of the Town centre halves and eventually made hay! I thought apart from what we knew beforehand to be a suspect centre of defence the rest of the team more than matched their Killester counterparts with the centre of midfield particularly impressive. But of course it’s hitting the back of the net that counts and apart from the goal Town didn’t have any other clear-cut chance while Killester had at least 3. Best of luck to Killester for rest of competition because despite a couple of idiotic posts last week about them being ‘kicked up and down the pitch’ by ‘Town there wasn’t a bit of dirt by either team yesterday.
(Good to be able get in close to the pitch for the game yesterday – definitely gives a better buzz to the game – should be kept like this.)
Firstly congratulations to Killester on their win and best of luck in the semi's. As for being the better side, thats highly debatable. I thought the first half the two sides were fairly evenly matched and that "good spell" that Town had in the second half lasted for 25 minutes, a period of time in which Killester were camped in their own half and hanging on by their fingertips. If Town had taken their chances then it was game over but if never was and Town paid the price for not making the most of their domination. Killesters two speed merchants up front are frightningly quick and will be a handful for any defence. However to offer a glimmer of hope to the other remaining sides, their defence is slow- evidenced by the fact that our centre forward( not exactly linford christie) outran them all day. Any remaining side with genuine pace up front could cause mayhem for the back four. All over for another year for Town but the magic thing about football is that we get to try again next year.
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Some of you may be interested in this. The penalties from St Michaels v Crumlin.
"It's impossible to make a man understand something when his livelihood depends on him not understanding" Upton Sinclair
Utd are getting motivational sessions,and talks on getting in the right frame of mind before big games from the great Sean Kelly, seems they are not going to make the same mistake as last time when they were only worried about playing Killester in the final and overlooked the fact they had to beat St John Bosco in the semis first ....i have a feeling they will do it this year
Does Sean Kelly know anything about health and safety matters.If he does maybe he should have a wee talk to the Carrick management team. Castlebar Celtic be prepared;
Load of cods wallop....Killester WILL win this one....3-0 i am predicting!!!
Best of Luck to Celtic from Ballina. Fly the Mayo flag with pride!
Last edited by Fireball; 28/03/2008 at 1:53 AM.
Is this the Sean Kelly that won the Tour De France
Their's only one Dinny Pop's.
what do you mean by this??
Only guessing but would assume he’s referring to their ability and quite regularly desire to turn every game into a niggly and bad tempered scrap. It’s is always disappointing to see this as they are probably the best team I have seen over the last 5-6 years not to have won an FAI without having to resort to at times questionable antics. Maybe they’ve learned from their previous big cup matches where the indiscipline of one (in particular) or two players has cost them. I would still tip them – but more so if ‘Fizzy’ was back alongside Dil – what’s the latest there.
When Carrick played Redcastle they wanted an earlier kick off time.When Redcastle refused Carrick said that it was for health and safety reasons.They said that their members had to go to work the following day.Arriving home late after a long journey could make them a liability at work the next day.I wonder how many of them go to the pub at night and go to work the following day.That would be more of a health and safety matter.They should have been home in good enough time.because they never bothered to come in for tea and sandwiches which were provided by Redcastle.They also wanted to have the gate receipts counted at half time.And to finish it off they made a complaint to the Inishowen Football League Committee about their fans getting heckled.What nonsense.Cmon Castlebar, do us a favour.
Not to sure bout Fizzy. Still recoverin from meningitis. Hopefully he wil be back
You say what nonsense. Out you come with this comment. Maybe its true i dont know. But for you to say Cmon castlebar do us a favour, now thats nonsense. How can castlebar do you favour??
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