FAI Junior Cup 2008/09

Originally Posted by limfan

Maybe.. but theyve brought in former limerick striker peter macarty and talks of a limerick young man liam costello.. Throw in ex coventry city reserve player joe o reagan and wycome wanderers academy kerry player luke burgess they are gonna be strong

I can confirm that sugrue and kerins have left Lisselton. Balancing who have left against who is joining, I dont think Lisselton will be as strong this year but that all remains to be seen...

It would be nice to see any Kerry team go a long way in the FAI but for me KDL teams are still a bit behind some of the top junior leagues around the country.

With Carrick having won it last year I dont know will the appetite be there this year so I'd wager on Killester - at a guess.....

its wide open this year the 3 top junior clubs in the country have all taken steps backwards. top 3 being killester have lost there crack strike force of last few seasons, carrick have failed to win any of there opening 3 league games in waterford and clonmel town are winning games in the tsdl but are nowhere near as strong as they have been over past few seasons

Originally Posted by tralee_dynamo

I can confirm that sugrue and kerins have left Lisselton. Balancing who have left against who is joining, I dont think Lisselton will be as strong this year but that all remains to be seen...

It would be nice to see any Kerry team go a long way in the FAI but for me KDL teams are still a bit behind some of the top junior leagues around the country.

With Carrick having won it last year I dont know will the appetite be there this year so I'd wager on Killester - at a guess.....

I agree it will that the new lads there time to get to know each other.....

Carrick remember beat 10 man kill celtic in xtra time so iid say a kerry team is 2 or 3 years from being a serious contender although u never kno..

Originally Posted by balls

its wide open this year the 3 top junior clubs in the country have all taken steps backwards. top 3 being killester have lost there crack strike force of last few seasons, carrick have failed to win any of there opening 3 league games in waterford and clonmel town are winning games in the tsdl but are nowhere near as strong as they have been over past few seasons

Who has left Killester?

Killester had a lot of unrest and defections in the summer. Mick Keogh gone to Coolock Town, Dave Lacey and Al Connors gone to Tolka Rovers, the Murphy brothers and Terry Corbally gone to Sheriff YC. 1 or 2 retired as well -That makes up half their squad from last season gone. They will still be strong as their Manager Joey "Not Arrogant" Graydon has been busy and drafted in 6 or 7 excellent replacements. That was after he did his usual -

Joey - "I'm leaving"
Committee - "Ah please stay"
Joey - "No"
Committee - "we'll double your wages"
Joey - "OK I'll stay"

Originally Posted by Dr Mad

Killester had a lot of unrest and defections in the summer. Mick Keogh gone to Coolock Town, Dave Lacey and Al Connors gone to Tolka Rovers, the Murphy brothers and Terry Corbally gone to Sheriff YC. 1 or 2 retired as well -That makes up half their squad from last season gone. They will still be strong as their Manager Joey "Not Arrogant" Graydon has been busy and drafted in 6 or 7 excellent replacements. That was after he did his usual -

Joey - "I'm leaving"
Committee - "Ah please stay"
Joey - "No"
Committee - "we'll double your wages"
Joey - "OK I'll stay"

you goin banking on them for your holiday this year too??

No way mate, once bitten twice shy!
And I backed Waterford today as well

Originally Posted by Dr Mad

No way mate, once bitten twice shy!
And I backed Waterford today as well

stick with the day job

Originally Posted by Dr Mad

No way mate, once bitten twice shy!
And I backed Waterford today as well

Well a Waterford team won the FAI Jnr Cup, should have backed them

carbury(sligo) should give a good account of themselves in the junior cup, a bit of luck needed in the draw as usual. they were a fairly useful side and have picked up a few players from abbey utd too. only three teams get out of the sligo/leitrim/roscommon section into the open draw. carbury, city utd, boyle celtic, manor rangers, ballinasloe town and castlerea celtic would be expecting to be there or thereabouts from our section. castlebar, westport, ballina should make it out of mayo too......how will pike fair this year?? always knocking on the door

Originally Posted by keith.henn

carbury(sligo) should give a good account of themselves in the junior cup, a bit of luck needed in the draw as usual. they were a fairly useful side and have picked up a few players from abbey utd too. only three teams get out of the sligo/leitrim/roscommon section into the open draw. carbury, city utd, boyle celtic, manor rangers, ballinasloe town and castlerea celtic would be expecting to be there or thereabouts from our section. castlebar, westport, ballina should make it out of mayo too......how will pike fair this year?? always knocking on the door

s+f utd will i think will come out of mayo too ... if they get the draw ......

Games to look for an upset this weekend!

St. Patricks FC v Corbally Utd
Janesboro v Caledonians
Mungret Regional v Pallas Utd

Originally Posted by Easy Easy

Games to look for an upset this weekend!

St. Patricks FC v Corbally Utd
Janesboro v Caledonians
Mungret Regional v Pallas Utd

I would be very surprised, fair enough corbally are playing poor enough in the premier but so are pats who are in 2a!!! Extremely surprised if the 'boro or mungret go out even tho its the cup, think they are just too strong for the respective teams and especially with them both at home.

FAI Junior Cup (Limerick Area) 1st Round
St. Patricks FC 0-3 Corbally Utd
Aisling/Annacotty 4-3 Kennedy Park
Pike Rovers 9-0 Shelbourne
Janesboro 3-2 Caledonians



FAI Junior Cup (Limerick Area) 2nd Round
Park FC 5-0 St. Pauls FC
Weston Villa v Hyde Rangers......................NO RESULT YET
Charleville v Bruff Utd...............................NO RESULT YET
Dromore Celtic 2-0 Kilmallock FC
Carew Park OFF Star Rovers FC
Trinity Rangers v Castle Rovers FC.............NO RESULT YET
Abbey Rovers OFF Wembley Rovers
Glenview FC 0-6 Summerville Rovers
Knockainey FC v Meanus FC.....................NO RESULT YET
Mungret Regional 8-2 Pallas Utd
Ballylanders FC v Newport Town FC...........NO RESULT YET
Kilfinane Forest v Hospital Crusaders FC.....NO RESULT YET
Shannon Town 3-0 Prospect Priory FC
Granville Rgs 11 (eleven)-1 Hill Celtic
Regional Utd 6-4 Athlunkard Villa FC
Lisnagry FC v Croom Utd.........................NO RESULT YET
Polonia Luimni 2-4 Knocklong FC
Caherdavin Celtic 1-2 Geraldines FC
Herbertstown 2-1 Coonagh Utd
Parkville 1-8 Ballynanty Rovers

Anyone have any other results from this morning?

Shannon 3 Prospect 0
Was not as easy as the scoreline suggests it flattered Shannon a bit to be honest Prospect played the better football , but tried to walk the ball into the net. Shannon are a big side and play to their strengths by hoofing the ball up to the centre forward to see can they get a flick on and it worked for 2 of their goals the other been a penalty a bad decision by the ref to be fair as the ball seemed to play the hand.
How Prospect did not score is amazing on another day they could have had at least 5 but it's all about taking chances . Shannons weakness is there defense they will eventually leak goals midfield is good got a few pacy players.

Dromore 2 Kilmallock 0!!
Kilmallock should have won by 4 or 5 and let in two poor goals from set pieces!!
Just cant take our chances!!

Originally Posted by abbeyvale

FAI Junior Cup (Limerick Area) 2nd Round

Herbertstown v Coonagh Utd


Anyone have any other results from this morning?

Herbertstown 2 Coonagh Utd 1

Coonagh will be disappointed to have lost as they were on top for most of this game. Herbertstown's first goal was from a ball into the box which should have been cleared (nice first time finish from the No. 7 though), whilst the second was an own goal after a quick break away following a handball incident for which Coonagh felt they should have been awarded a penalty. Coonagh did score with a penalty late on (Niall Hogan), but could not turn their territorial dominance and possession into goals.

Quick shout out to stand-in keeper Dave O'Connell who pulled off one of the best saves a lot of us have ever seen to divert a mis-judged pass-back onto a post. Outstanding reflexes and great footwork allowed him to get across, but it was still an amazing save ...

Hi just looking to see if any1 knows anything about st.mochtas, LSL division 1a. We have them in the next round of the junior cup. I know bout their history but are they still as good as ever???

FAI Junior Cup (Limerick Area) 2nd Round
Trinity Rangers v Castle Rovers FC
Carew Park v Star Rovers FC
Abbey Rovers v Wembley Rovers
Janesboro v Holycross FC
Pike Rovers v Moyross Utd
Murroe v Aisling/Annacotty
Corbally Utd v Fairview Rangers FC

FAI Junior Cup (Limerick Area) Teams through to 3rd Round
Park FC
Dromore Celtic
Summerville Rovers
Mungret Regional
Shannon Town
Granville Rgs
Regional Utd
Geraldines FC
Herbertstown
Ballynanty Rovers
Knocklong FC
Knockainey FC
Newport Town FC
Hospital Crusaders FC
Croom Utd
Hyde Rangers
Bruff Utd

Some results from today's 2nd Round games still missing, will update once received.

Originally Posted by abbeyvale

Anyone have any other results from this morning?

Polonia Luimni 2-4 Knocklong FC