Irish football this weekend, 20/21 March 09

SectionF

High definition reality on real grass with real boots for real supporters at real venues. Really.

20 Mar 2009 Bohemians :cool: 7:45 Shamrock Rovers Dalymount Park
20 Mar 2009 Bray Wanderers 7:45 Galway United Carlisle Grounds
20 Mar 2009 Derry City 7:45 Cork City The Brandywell
20 Mar 2009 Dundalk 7:45 Drogheda United Oriel Park
21 Mar 2009 Sligo Rovers 7:45 St Patrick's Athletic The Valley

Dublin derby could go any way but I'm hoping quality will out in the end.

RustySpoon

Any chance of posting 1st Division fixtures also?
Most footie sites are blocked.

GLaDOS

Mar 20 Limerick 37 v Athlone Town
Mar 20 Mervue Utd v Finn Harps
Mar 20 Sporting Fingal v Wexford Youths
Mar 20 UCD v Monaghan Utd
Mar 21 Longford Town v Kildare County
Mar 20 Waterford Utd v Shelbourne


Bohs v Rovers should be a cracker

CiaranC

Really not looking forward to going to Dalymount on Friday after last week, the comedown of standing in that dump will be brutal. It will probably piss rain too.

No idea what the result will be tbh

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RustySpoon wrote: »

Any chance of posting 1st Division fixtures also?
Most footie sites are blocked.

SectionF does that as a little joke, he never posts the FD fixtures.

ntlbell

CiaranC wrote: »

Really not looking forward to going to Dalymount on Friday after last week, the comedown of standing in that dump will be brutal. It will probably piss rain too.

No idea what the result will be tbh

I wouldn't be worried too much, we're f*cking awful atm.

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ScienceNerd wrote: »

Mar 21 Waterford Utd v Shelbourne

Correction :

Mar 20 Waterford Utd v Shelbourne

dsmythy

CiaranC wrote: »

Really not looking forward to going to Dalymount on Friday after last week, the comedown of standing in that dump will be brutal. It will probably piss rain too.

No idea what the result will be tbh

Don't worry, the weather should be dry.

SectionF

Des wrote: »

SectionF does that as a little joke, he never posts the FD fixtures.

Best foot forward and all that, Des.

stovelid

In fairness, it's hard to imagine anywhere More Real (tm) than the Connaught street side.

I can't call the result which has to be an improvement on last season.

I'd like to see Bradley (if fit) have a go in the middle, and let SR play wider. We will miss Maguire if he's not fit, but hopefully Twigg will look as bright as he did last week. If Dessie scores again, then maybe he'll earn the right to milk it in front of the fans. Maybe.

Elsewhere, Bray to bring Galway bandwagon down. Win for Dundalk, Draws at Sligo and Brandywell.

SectionF

stovelid wrote: »

In fairness, it's hard to imagine anywhere More Real (tm) than the Connaught street side.

Looks nice from a pitch width away

Here Setanta's previews roundup. Not a bad job at all...

stovelid

By the way, is The Valley another name for The Showgies?

Or was somebody compiling the championship fixtures at RTE before they did the LOI?

PDN

SectionF wrote: »

High definition reality on real grass with real boots for real supporters at real venues. Really.

I'm following the Drogs to Dundalk so the real grass bit is wrong.

ibh

PDN wrote: »

I'm following the Drogs to Dundalk so the real grass bit is wrong.

The good surface might encourage your lot to play some passing football!!:pac:

Goin to Oriel to hopefully see us get this season underway eventually with a home win. Sorta thinking it could be a draw but we really have to go for it. Looking forward to a big crowd this week again.

therecklessone

Des wrote: »

SectionF does that as a little joke, he never posts the FD fixtures.

Gloryhunting tbh.

GLaDOS

Des wrote: »

Correction :

Mar 20 Waterford Utd v Shelbourne

Good spot, fixed

everdead.ie

I reckon bray won't be good enough to bring the bandwagon down but it'll shake it i'd say a score draw

SectionF

PDN wrote: »

I'm following the Drogs to Dundalk so the real grass bit is wrong.

This is true. 'Mostly real grass' doesn't have the same ring to it.

gimmick

RustySpoon wrote: »

Any chance of posting 1st Division fixtures also?

There should be a first division thread tbh. It would save me having to wade through the mostly pathetic bitter ramblings that go on in there. Longford and Athlone fans are exempt from that though.

Ronan|Raven

Sadly I have no one to ramble with. *sniff*

everdead.ie

The story so far
Bohs 1-0 Rovers
Byrne pen
Bray 1-2 Galway
Kavanagh Faherty,McBrien
Derry 0-0 Cork
Dundalk 1-0 Drogheda
Turner pen

All square in first division

everdead.ie

Mar 20 Limerick 37 v Athlone Town
Mar 20 Mervue Utd v Finn Harps
Mar 20 Sporting Fingal v Wexford Youths
Mar 20 UCD v Monaghan Utd 2-0
Mar 21 Longford Town v Kildare County
Mar 20 Waterford Utd v Shelbourne

The rest are all 0-0

eirebhoy

A brilliant half of football at Dalymount. The skill from the likes of Crowe, Ndo, Brennan and Cahill is too much for the defences. Great to see attacking football from both teams.

gimmick

3-0 Dundalk now.

Bohs' 2nd was an absolute peach. great work from Ndo, great through ball from Deegan, great pull back from Ndo, great finish from Byrne.

gimmick

City one nil up away to the jesters.

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Shels one up in Waherfur, we'll be three for three after this.

Ucd winning against mons, and fungal one up too

galwayrush

everdead.ie wrote: »

Mar 20 Limerick 37 v Athlone Town
Mar 20 Mervue Utd v Finn Harps
Mar 20 Sporting Fingal v Wexford Youths
Mar 20 UCD v Monaghan Utd 2-0
Mar 21 Longford Town v Kildare County
Mar 20 Waterford Utd v Shelbourne

The rest are all 0-0

Mervue went 1-0 up before half time.

galwayrush

Feck, Bray equalise against Galway United, penalty on 88.:(

dreamers75

Derry score twice in last minute.


Cork drogs fighting for last ?

galwayrush

Bloody hell, we gave away 2 penalties in the last 5 mins inc injury time, thankfully we saved one of them.

delta_bravo

On another matter, i noticed a small portion of rovers fans directing racist abuse towards Ndo. Disgraceful actions from those 'fans'

bohsman

What a performance. How do you like them apples Roddy?

Ronan|Raven

Bohsoz vs Shams was a brilliant match for the neutral. Deegan was immense delighted to see him getting on well.

bUILDERtHEbOB

Had a treble on Dundalk, Bohs and Derry, quite nerve wrecking tbf.

citytillidie

Derry game was a crap 90 min but a fantasic extra 3 mins :D:D:D

CiaranC

delta_bravo wrote: »

On another matter, i noticed a small portion of rovers fans directing racist abuse towards Ndo. Disgraceful actions from those 'fans'

What part of the Connaught were you in? The whole lot of us were directing abuse at him, but i certainly heard no racist abuse.

citytillidie

gimmick wrote: »

City one nil up away to the jesters.

We Jesters were only clowning around with you and let you lead with an offside goal until the 90th min

dreamers75

CiaranC wrote: »

What part of the Connaught were you in? The whole lot of us were directing abuse at him, but i certainly heard no racist abuse.

twas on tv and clearly audible, obviously you were in a different stadium so heard nothing or whatever is the rovers excuse these days.


Pats fans well a minority/majority whatever is the excuse for saying its only 1 and not a problem are going to slaughter him.

oddly he has played more minutes for Bohs this season than he did for Pats last season, 6 more games and he has played for Bohs more than he did for us in 2 seasons.

a **** of the highest order.

dfx-

About the only positive about Jason Byrne scoring is that it wasn't Glen Crowe

stovelid

dreamers75 wrote: »

twas on tv and clearly audible, .

Didn't hear it. What was the exact chant/sound that was made?


Joe has obviously deigned to honour Bohs with some consistent application. Good of him. A waster, basically.

Rovers made a decent enough showing until running out of steam, especially in the first half. Any of the missed chances for us may have altered things, but Baz also kept us in it, to be fair.

It's hard to look past Bohs again this season as they were pretty awesome in the second-half. You get the team you pay for, I guess. If the shit does hit the fan for them soon, I hope it will all have been worth it.

As for Byrne - trying to take Baz out and then shushing the away fans when you went off. Classy.

Pighead

Nice win for Dundalk. Could have scored six or seven. Sending off helped but we would have beat them anyway. Georgie and Turner were on top form while Singh was much better than his previous outings. Fabio almost scored against his old club with a belter that hit the bar. Another 4000+ crowd too.

Roar

Doolin on the radio this morning, sayign that shipping late goals is a hang over from last year, that he hasnt had enough time with the players, that their mentality isnt right, every excuse he could think of.

this was the same cork city that came out of examinership to win the setanta cup and finished the season on a high, but doolin reckons that all their problems this year is down to last year.

i'm sick of the whinging bollix already.

SectionF

MNS, MNS what's the score?
MNS, what's the score? :pac:

An absolutely brilliant performance in a thriller of a match puts the knockers in their place and gives the lie to the shameful message of that programme.

Could have knocked four past them if it hadn't been for a superb performance from the second best keeper in the league.

Pighead

At the start of the season I stated that N'Do was "washed up". Having just watched a recording of last nights excellent game I'd like to retract that ridiculous remark. Jesus, he was fantastic in the second half. Would have given him the MOTM but in fairness Deegan was impressive as well.

CiaranC

dreamers75 wrote: »

twas on tv and clearly audible, obviously you were in a different stadium so heard nothing or whatever is the rovers excuse these days.

I didnt hear anything. (Unlike Pats, we bring fans to matches so its difficult to hear everything that goes on).

Lad on our forum says some kids were imitating a spurs song about Sol Campbell or something. Disgraceful. That **** pisses me off more than hooliganism.

bohsman

stovelid wrote: »

Didn't hear it. What was the exact chant/sound that was made?


Joe has obviously deigned to honour Bohs with some consistent application. Good of him. A waster, basically.

Rovers made a decent enough showing until running out of steam, especially in the first half. Any of the missed chances for us may have altered things, but Baz also kept us in it, to be fair.

It's hard to look past Bohs again this season as they were pretty awesome in the second-half. You get the team you pay for, I guess. If the shit does hit the fan for them soon, I hope it will all have been worth it.

As for Byrne - trying to take Baz out and then shushing the away fans when you went off. Classy.

Rovers played some good stuff by times alright, some very promising bursts through the middle. As for Jayo, from my view it looked as if he was going for the ball and Murphy made the most of it.

SectionF

bohsman wrote: »

As for Jayo, from my view it looked as if he was going for the ball and Murphy made the most of it.

Definitely. I don't think the ref even saw it, as he was running back up the field. He was far too excitable all night, and overall it wasn't a dirty game.

HalloweenJack

Crazt last few mins at the Carlisle.

McCabe's first peno was perfect. Right in the corner, Ryan had no chance. His second he went the exact same way. He didn't get it right in the corner and Ryan was alert enough to get down. Both were penos. First was handball, second was a blatant foul.

It was a cracking game last night. The first three goals were all very well worked. Galway deserved something but they'll be happy with a point when they almost lost it. Bray should be happy with a point. I don't really think we deserved to win it.

stovelid

bohsman wrote: »

Rovers played some good stuff by times alright, some very promising bursts through the middle. .

Bradley looked very bright for us and perhaps should be moved into the middle. His free was a peach and may have unsettled you with another inch. But no team in the division could have lived with Bohs at times last night. The title must be a certainty, barring any off-the-field disasters.

Great advert for the derby and the league though. Without the two goalies, there could have been another 3-4 goals.

CiaranC wrote: »

Lad on our forum says some kids were imitating a spurs song about Sol Campbell or something. Disgraceful. That **** pisses me off more than hooliganism.

Bebo gobshites.

eirebhoy

Wouldn't it be great if MNS put together a 10 minute of highlights of last nights televised game? All MNS show is the chances on goal and the 10 seconds leading up to those goals. It would be a great advertisement for the league if they showed the passing moves involving Crowe's intelligent back heals, Ndo's skill, etc. Goalscoring chances aren't everything and to be perfectly honest MNS's video highlights are terribly boring. They also fail to show any replays and even though the games are televised with live commentary they'll probably cut that out again and present it as a news report.

If I had a blank DVD spare I'd be putting together the highlights myself now to show those that don't watch the game in this country. That 90 minutes flew in because of the football on show.

Finally, he had a very tough game against Ndo but I was impressed again with Simon Madden at right back for Rovers. He's really good on the ball and he also put in a few good tackles last night. Ndo was left free a lot of the time when Bohs had the ball and it's up to the likes of Bradley to be covering for Madden in those situations.

GLaDOS

Cracking Derby We played well but Rovers were unlucky to hit the post twice in the first half and I think if either had gone in it would have been a different match. Barry Murphy had an absolute cracker of a game.