Setanta cup Game 1

**seanfhear** · 28/02/2008, 5:40 PM

i saw the second half the other night and was quite impressed with the standard.As someone that has not seen much loi football in recent years due to living abroad Iwas impressed with the quality of play and especially the quality of the playing surface[summer football must be helping here because in the old days the pitches would be terrible at this time of year] The atmosphere in the ground seemeed very good as well.
Ithink there is an improvement in the eircom league and if they can improve the grounds perhaps the attendances might improve.I think if the irish league teams do not want to miss the boat then they should aboard as quickly as possible

**Sniffer** · 28/02/2008, 6:19 PM

Originally Posted by seanfhear

i saw the second half the other night and was quite impressed with the standard.As someone that has not seen much loi football in recent years due to living abroad Iwas impressed with the quality of play and especially the quality of the playing surface[summer football must be helping here because in the old days the pitches would be terrible at this time of year] The atmosphere in the ground seemeed very good as well.
Ithink there is an improvement in the eircom league and if they can improve the grounds perhaps the attendances might improve.I think if the irish league teams do not want to miss the boat then they should aboard as quickly as possible

I was minded of the sometimes shocking state of pitches in the bad old days by that Stan James ad showing a clip from Leatherhead v Brighton - I think - when Chris Kelly aka the Leatherhead Lip extracted the ball from the mire to fire home a bullet.

**dancinpants** · 10/03/2008, 7:17 PM

St Pats 0-1 Glens

Halliday on 5

EDIT: Pats 1-1 Glens

**dancinpants** · 10/03/2008, 7:24 PM

Originally Posted by Gareth

http://www.extratime.ie/fixtures/det.../111/10895/1/#

We have it immediately as it happens

Thompson playin midfield for Linfield?

**Gareth** · 10/03/2008, 7:25 PM

Positions are wrong. Clearly.

**dancinpants** · 10/03/2008, 7:30 PM

Originally Posted by Gareth

Positions are wrong. Clearly.

Just looked again. Theres wrong and theres wrong - Clive Delaney upfront, can ye imagine?

Still though, great service Gareth.

**dancinpants** · 10/03/2008, 7:30 PM

Linfield 1-0 Derry

**dancinpants** · 10/03/2008, 7:47 PM

2-0 Linfield.

We're woeful by all accounts.

**micls** · 10/03/2008, 8:08 PM

Delaney should have been sent off, nasty.

**Gareth** · 10/03/2008, 8:19 PM

Pats in trouble..

**micls** · 10/03/2008, 8:25 PM

Derry are shocking at the back tonight

**Gareth** · 10/03/2008, 8:32 PM

Jesus its gone very bad for the Eircom League clubs. Its worse in Inchicore now

**dancinpants** · 10/03/2008, 8:34 PM

3-2 Glens

**Gareth** · 10/03/2008, 8:35 PM

3-2

your so 5 minutes ago

**dancinpants** · 10/03/2008, 8:37 PM

Originally Posted by Gareth

3-2

your so 5 minutes ago

Eh?

**Gareth** · 10/03/2008, 8:38 PM

you editted your post

**Gareth** · 10/03/2008, 8:39 PM

3-3

**dancinpants** · 10/03/2008, 8:47 PM

2-1 Martyn

Lets see if we can do a Pats....

.... or not. 3-1

**superfrank** · 10/03/2008, 9:22 PM

Caught the second half of the match and thought it was very good. Both tems wanted to attack and could do it well even in the conditions.

Martyn's goal was very good but I was honestly surprised to see it go in. I thought it would be saved.

Also, I didn't think it was a peno. It seemed like a bit of running into each other.

**dancinpants** · 10/03/2008, 9:34 PM

Originally Posted by superfrank

Caught the second half of the match and thought it was very good. Both tems wanted to attack and could do it well even in the conditions.

Going by updates in our match chatroom it was all Linfield in the first half. Apparently the peno decision was terrible but I don't think too many Derry fans are going to argue with the result in fairness.