Tonights Latest- Friday March 28th 2008

[ifk101]

2-0 to the Big Club. Penalty struck with a lot of conviction .

[Black and White]

Question: why was john kearneys wonder strike from the half way line for cobh in Drogheda last week chalked off??

[Réiteoir]

Forgot to post this earlier - seems the FAI are moving into the 21st Century

Football Association of Ireland
Press Release
March 28th, 2008


FAI purchase Referee Communication Sets

Irish referees will now be able to stay in constant communication throughout matches after the Football Association of Ireland purchased six Referee Communication Sets.

The headsets will enable all four match officials to keep in contact during matches and will be used at eircom League of Ireland fixtures beginning with this weekend’s games. Three of the purchased devices have been received, with a further three to follow within one month.

The Referee Communication Sets – each one containing headsets for the Referee, both Assistant Referees and the Fourth Official - will be used at three eircom League of Ireland fixtures tonight and two on Saturday night. The sets will be used during the following games this weekend:

Bohemians v Finn Harps
Bray Wanderers v St. Patrick’s Athletic
Derry City v Drogheda United
Cobh Ramblers v Cork City
Galway United v Shamrock Rovers


Pat Kelly, Manager of the FAI Referees Department, said that the sets will prove extremely valuable to referees: “These sets allow the four officials to keep in constant communication throughout matches. If, for example, an incident was to occur behind a referee’s back, the other officials can instantly communicate what happened. There are many other instances where these sets will be useful, be it flagging substitutions or communicating individual decisions.”

ENDS


Eoghan Rice
eircom League of Ireland Communications Executive
Football Association of Ireland
National Sports Campus
Abbotstown
Dublin 15

[Réiteoir]

Question: why was john kearneys wonder strike from the half way line 4 cobh in drawda last wk chalked off??

There was a Cobh player stood in the Drogs half - which isn't allowed under the Laws

(emailed MNS about this incident this afternoon incidentally)

[ifk101]

Question: why was john kearneys wonder strike from the half way line 4 cobh in drawda last wk chalked off??

Drogs player in the centre circle but otherwise the goal should have stood. But debatable ref decision.

[Black and White]

2nil pats...quigley

[Mr A]

Question: why was john kearneys wonder strike from the half way line 4 cobh in drawda last wk chalked off??

Probably because a Cobh player was in the Drogheda half before the kickoff.

[Boo_Boy]

Question: why was john kearneys wonder strike from the half way line 4 cobh in drawda last wk chalked off??

they cant have a non dublin club scoring the goal of the season

[Black and White]

Once again idiotic ref decision!it lucked perfectly alrite on MNS!!

[TonyD]

2nil pats...quigley

A "Classic" goal according to Tony O'Donoghue. Nice.

[Réiteoir]

Thought it was 2 - 0 to bohs.

The big club are playing Queenstown tommorrow

Queenstown - how quaint .

joey - Cork Village called - they're missing their idiot - so they asked can you come home straight away

[ifk101]

Munster 16 - Connaught 5.

Bradley OUT!

[Boo_Boy]

Forgot to post this earlier - seems the FAI are moving into the 21st Century

Football Association of Ireland
Press Release
March 28th, 2008


FAI purchase Referee Communication Sets

Irish referees will now be able to stay in constant communication throughout matches after the Football Association of Ireland purchased six Referee Communication Sets.

The headsets will enable all four match officials to keep in contact during matches and will be used at eircom League of Ireland fixtures beginning with this weekend’s games. Three of the purchased devices have been received, with a further three to follow within one month.

The Referee Communication Sets – each one containing headsets for the Referee, both Assistant Referees and the Fourth Official - will be used at three eircom League of Ireland fixtures tonight and two on Saturday night. The sets will be used during the following games this weekend:

Bohemians v Finn Harps
Bray Wanderers v St. Patrick’s Athletic
Derry City v Drogheda United
Cobh Ramblers v Cork City
Galway United v Shamrock Rovers


Pat Kelly, Manager of the FAI Referees Department, said that the sets will prove extremely valuable to referees: “These sets allow the four officials to keep in constant communication throughout matches. If, for example, an incident was to occur behind a referee’s back, the other officials can instantly communicate what happened. There are many other instances where these sets will be useful, be it flagging substitutions or communicating individual decisions.”

ENDS


Eoghan Rice
eircom League of Ireland Communications Executive
Football Association of Ireland
National Sports Campus
Abbotstown
Dublin 15

i'd say there waiting for pats & rovers to pay the fines so they can get the rest.

[Black and White]

they cant have a non dublin club scoring the goal of the season
Thats tru seen as doh ders another dublin club in the league dis yr!!

[ifk101]

Fair play to Harps they are still trying. (RTE)

[Réiteoir]

Drogs player in the centre circle but otherwise the goal should have stood. But debatable ref decision.

not really a debatable one - it's in black and white in the Lawbook - if there is a player stood in the oppo half then the kickoff will be retaken.

Nothing attached saying "in the opinion of the referee"

Just a shame that he was stood in the wrong half - yell you what though - he won't do it again

[Réiteoir]

Crowe 3-0

[Boo_Boy]

3-0 bohs

[Black and White]

Antone know if philly hughes is playing 4 shels 2nite...seeems 2 have gone way down hill since the middle of last season and released by us!!

[ifk101]

Bohs home and dry on a wet night.