seeing as west utd have beaten 2 clare teams have any of yee seen them and if so do yee rate them?
Clare Soccer being played in the Summer??
"The Chairman of the Clare and district Soccer League Jim Madden has backed calls for the county's league to be played during the Summer as the fixture list was wiped out for the third weekend in a row.
"If you look at the success of the Mayo league you will find that some of their players are being considered for League of Ireland player status" he said.
"More and more players and officials are coming around to this way of thinking in that games could be played between midweek and Friday evening leaving the weekend free and making the sport more family friendly."
"If you look at the league of Ireland you will see games starting as late as 7.30pm and floodlights are seldom used and attendance figures have improved. It also cuts down on the risk of injury and the firm under footing will add to the skills of the game" Madden said."
This was reported on Clare Fm, any views?
Would it be good for the game or would players/teams be disrupted with local Gaa clashing?
Also with changing to Summer, wouldn't it be better to restructure the divisions or split into East/West Clare. If games are to be played on weekday evenings, travelling would be cut considerably with a split league .i.e North/South Tipp.
seeing as west utd have beaten 2 clare teams have any of yee seen them and if so do yee rate them?
thanks handyman do the where celtic colours?
They are not a good side really and have only got to the last 16 cos of a handy enough draw. Theie best player is the goalkeeper. He played well when the beat Newtown 2-0.
Here's the fixtures for next weekend...
Lynch Hotels Clare & District Soccer League Fixtures
Saturday 29/01/05
Gallivan Kennedy Youths League Section A
Newmarket: Newmarket Celtic V Bunratty
M.O`Halloran 2.00
Fairgreen: Turnpike Rovers V Bridge United
J.Stanford 2.00
Gallivan Kennedy Youths League Section B
Kilmhill: St.Pats V Kilkishen Celtic P.Gleeson 2.00
Sunday 30/01/05
Munster Junior Cup 4th Round
Nenagh: Nenagh Town V Newtown F.C. Tipperary Officials 2.00
Rinnanna: Rinnanna Rovers V Castleview (Cork)
Referee: D.McCarthy 2.00
Assistant Referees: P.Markham, M.O`Halloran
Note: In event of a draw 10 mins e/w extra time & penalty’s if necessary.
Maloney Hardware Shannon Premier Division League
Lahinch: Moher Celtic V Lifford A.F.C
P.Dunne 2.00
Bunratty: Bunratty A V Connolly Celtic
P.Cullen 2.00
Newmarket: Newmarket Celtic A V Avenue United A
P.Mulready 11.00
Sixmilebridge: Cratloe Celtic A V Bridge United A
A.Murphy 2.00
Clare Hire & Sales First Division League
Norrie Henceys: Tulla United A V Corofin Harps
P.Markham 11.00
Kilkishen: Kilkishen Celtic A V Shannon Olympic A
A.Murphy 11.00
Tiermaclane: Rock Rovers V Bunratty B
F.Coote 11.00
CBS Kilrush: Kilrush Rangers V Mountshannon Celtic
T.McInerney 2.00
Tiermaclane: Kilmaley United V Bridge Celtic A
M.O`Halloran 11.00
SEL Print Second Division League
Kilmhill: St.Pats A V Cratloe Celtic B
J.McCarthy 2.00
Kildysart: Kildysart Celtic V Tullycrine Celtic
J.McCarthy 11.00
Fairgreen: Hermitage V Bridge United B
P.Gleeson 11.00
Cooraclare: Cooraclare Celtic V Avenue United B
T.McInerney 11.00
Doolin: Burren United V Turnpike Rovers
J.Stanford 11.00
Suttons Lighting Third Division League
O`Briensbridge: Bridge Celtic B V Newmarket Celtic B
D.Brosnan 11.00
Shannon: Shannon Olympic B V St.Pats B
F.Coote 2.00
Kilkishen: Kilkishen Celtic B V Rinnanna Rovers B
P.Gleeson 2.00
Quin: Rhine Rovers V Tulla United B
D.Cunningham 2.00
Tiermaclane: Manus Celtic V Kilkee
D.Cunningham 11.00
Note: would all home teams ring in results immediately after games to Michael Lydon 065-6839349. Failure to do it will result in an automatic 30 euro fine.
Note: Any club seeking a free weekend must do so at least two weeks in writing to Michael Lydon for Consideration, also once fixtures appear in the paper under no circumstances will games be called off.
Originally Posted by handyman
Mike o malley the traitor left newmarket to join fairview.We all thought he was a newmarket man for life
Fair play to him for trying it out with a better team ..good luck to him
Thanks for that CousinSylDolan.
Lets hope we can actually get some games on this weekend.
I'm going stir crazy at the moment.
How do you manage to get the fixtures off Lydon so quickly ???
Handy to know though so keep up the good work.
I get the fixtures thru a friend who gets them off Lydon.
Its a disaster the weather alright these days. Its hard to keep temas training each week when there is no sign of a game cos of the weather....
So what do you all think of playing the league during the summer months??
From a playing point of view it would be great but I do feel the league would be severly weakened through loosing players to the GAA.
Its all well & good telling players to commit to either one or the other code but inevitably the GAA will win any war there.
Its a pity that it has to be like that but thats the way it is & it ain't going to change anytime soon.
Teams from rural areas would be decimated meaning that the Shannon & Ennis teams would win everything.
I would be all for summer soccer. I dont see the Gaa as being the main problem though. I think the fact the Fai and Munster Junior Cups would still be played from Sept to May would make it a 12 month season for some of the Premier clubs who go well in these competitions. If all counties changed to summer soccer it would be fine as these competitions could change too but unless they do it would not work.
result from clare league 1st div
Lads,
A few shocks around so in the league games yesterday.
Munster Junior
Rineanna 1 Castleview 1
Castleview won 5-3 on pens.
Prem
Newmarket 2 Avenue 0
Bunratty 4 Connolly 2
Cratloe 3 Bridge Utd 1
1st div
Rock Rvs 2 Bunratty B 3
Kilmaley 4 Bridge Celtic 1
Shn Oly 2 Kilkishen 0
I'll post next weeks fixtures as soon as I get them.....
Lynch Hotels Clare & District Soccer League Fixtures
Saturday 05/02/05
Gallivan Kennedy Youths League Section A
Bunratty: Bunratty V Turnpike Rovers
J.Deniffee 2.30
Sixmilebridge: Bridge United v Lifford A.F.C.
A.Murphy 2.30
Gallivan Kennedy Youths League Section B
Kilmhill: St.Pats V Hermitage
J.Stanford 2.30
Lahinch: Moher Celtic V Kilkishen Celtic
P.Gleeson 2.30
Sunday 06/02/05
Maloney Hardware Shannon Premier Division League
Lahinch: Moher Celtic V Newmarket Celtic A
P.Dunne 2.00
Ruan: Lifford A.F.C. V Connolly Celtic
P.Cullen 2.30
Fairgreen: Avenue United A v Newtown A
P.Markham 11.00
Rinnanna: Cratloe Celtic A V Rinnanna Rovers A
M.O`Halloran 11.00
Bunratty: Bunratty A V Bridge United A
M.O`Brien 2.30
Clare Hire & Sales First Division League
Norrie Henceys: Tulla United A V Bunratty B
A.Murphy 11.00
Scariff: Mountshannon Celtic V Shannon Olympic A
F.Coote 2.30
Tiermaclane: Rock Rovers V Kilmaley United
F.Coote 11.00
O`Briensbridge: Bridge Celtic A V Kilrush Rangers
A.Murphy 2.00
Corofin: Corofin Harps V Kilkishen Celtic A
D.McCarthy 2.30
SEL Print Second Division League
Sixmilebridge: Bridge United B V St.Pats A
P.Markham 2.30
Fairgreen: Hermitage V Cratloe Celtic B
P.Gleeson 2.30
Doolin: Burren United V Avenue United B
T.McInerney 11.00
Tullycrine: Tullycrine Celtic V Turnpike Rovers
J.Stanford 11.00
Suttons Lighting Third Division League
Newmarket: Newmarket Celtic B V Kilkee
D.Cunningham 11.00
Shannon: Shannon Olympic B V Tulla United B
P.Gleeson 11.00
Kilkishen: Kilkishen Celtic B V Newtown B
D.McCarthy 11.00
Kilmhill: St.Pats B V Bridge Celtic B
J.Stanford 2.30
Tiermaclane: Manus Celtic V Rinnanna Rovers B
D.Brosnan 11.00
Lads some very bad news from yesterdays fixture between Cratloe B & St Pats in Kilmihil.
The referee Johnny McCarthy who I'm sure alot of you will know collapsed during the match & died.
I haven't got all the details yet but on behalf of everybody here & involved with Clare Soccer I'd like to offer my deepest sympathies towards his family & friends.
Last edited by Pauliwallnuts; 31/01/2005 at 11:12 AM.
Lads,
Its just been on Clare Fm that all games have been called off this coming weekend Feb 5/6 as a mark of respect to John McCarthy who died suddenly on Sunday....
Lads ,
Obviously ye have some knowledge of the Clare Soccer Scene , but do any of yous know a guy called Frank Woods? I used to work with him!
CHeers
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
I remember a Frankie Woods was a manager of Under 18 teams in Ennis about 7/8 years ago. He was involved with Cloughleigh in Ennis.
He would have been manager when Barry Ryan was in goals for Cloughleigh. Barry has since gone on to play for UCD and Shamrock Rovers in the LOI. He was also banned for 6 months for drug use of course.
Would that be the same Frankie. Small stocky lad with a tight haircut... Sound man....
I have not seen or heard of him in about 5/6 years...
Proper order too. Its very sad as Johnny was a young man.
Yeah thats the guy and thats the team he was in charge of alright. He is very proud of that team. I believe they did well in the FAI Youths cup at the time.
Do you know was Frankie any good on the pitch himself?
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
He has been working in Dublin during that time. He has only just moved back to Ennis and is working in Limerick.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Dont know about Frankie as a player but he did coach that Cloughleigh team to an Fai Final. They won about 3 of the games on pens and Barry Ryan was outstanding for them. Home Farm beat them in Shannon in the final easily enough.
However the same year Bunratty won 4 of the 5 trophies in Clare. They beat that Cloughleigh team 5 times in 5 meetings. The only competition they did not meet in was the Fai. Bunratty won 24 of 24 league games that season....
It was the 95/96 season I believe.
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