Europa League (inc Pats and Derry)

dreamers75

17:30Valletta? - ?St. Patricks
20:00Derry City? - ?FC Skonto Riga

Cmon the saints!!!

stovelid

Go Derry.

SectionF

Good luck Pats and Derry.

ecoli

Derry got good news four of Riga's starting players refused visas and cant play

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0722/derrycity_skontoriga.html

Nalz

Great news for Derry!

Best a luck to both clubs

theteal

i feel it's a big ask for the saints today but i'm staying optimistic, we should have put the tie to bed in Inchicore last week. one piece of inspiration can do it for us. . .i just can't see who it's gonna come from (big Jamie on the end of a set piece????)

pablomakaveli

Good news for Derry. I reckon they should win.

Pats might have it more difficult but i see no reason why they can't win.

Good luck to both.

fh041205

ecoli wrote: »

Derry got good news four of Riga's starting players refused visas and cant play

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0722/derrycity_skontoriga.html

Anyone know exactly why they were denied visas? I can't remeber the Irish government ever doing that to a visiting team.

Also does that mean that in an international game, we could deny loads of players visas on the same grounds as above? Sounds like a can of worms being opened to me.

Best of luck Pat's and Derry tonight.

fh041205

dreamers75 wrote: »

17:30Valletta? - ?St. Patricks
20:00Derry City? - ?FC Skonto Riga

Cmon the saints!!!

Aertel says 16.30 and 19.00 for kick off times?!?!?

dreamers75

yeah i posted times from livescore.

sd08

I'd expect Derry to win tonight, not sure about pats but I say they could pull it out.

djpbarry

theteal wrote: »

i feel it's a big ask for the saints today but i'm staying optimistic, we should have put the tie to bed in Inchicore last week.

Pats will get a few opportunities this evening – the important thing is that they take them. Regardless of the woeful season so far, losing to Maltese opposition is simply unacceptable. If they keep their composure and keep things tight, they’ll be fine.

fh041205 wrote: »

Anyone know exactly why they were denied visas?

It’s nonsense according to the Times:

SPECULATION THAT Derry City’s Europa League opponents Skonto FC would field minus four players who had been refused visas by the British Embassy has baffled their English manager Paul Ashworth ahead of tonight’s trip to the Brandywell.

“I’ve no idea where this story has come from,” he said yesterday, insisting the squad which faced Derry in Riga last Thursday night was available to face Stephen Kenny’s men this evening. “We’ve travelled with the same squad and I am not aware of any problems in relation to visas,” he insisted.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0723/1224251144785.html

dreamers75

Rogers, Gavin, Harris, Partridge, Stevens, Maher, Byrne, O'Connor, Ryan, Guy, O'Brien


team and no internet in the stadium for commentary

Sparks43

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/st-pats-live-commentary


not broadcasting yet but still 20mins to go


COME ON PATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no live streaming unfortunatly and ive been searching all week:mad:

curry-muff

Being a harps fan i hate saying this but good luck to derry :P

secman

HT VAlletta 0-0 Pats

Cooooooomon the Saints

Secman

secman

Saints 1 up 81min gone

Ryan sent off on 79 min

Secman

fatgav

livescore.com says 1-0 Pats!!!!


Edit: Declan O'Brien with the goal.

djpbarry

Pats down to 10 men but 1-0 up.

:eek::eek::eek:

Gavin "shels"

Some response, who needs 11 players.:D

secman

89 min still 1 up


Secman

djpbarry

Injury time....

Bob the Seducer

Fabio's as good as two anyway!

secman

YEEEES Beauts

1 nil to 10 men super saints

Secman

djpbarry

All over.

Pats go through to get humiliated by some Russian lads.

dreamers75

Over 1-0 Saints :D:D:D

Bob the Seducer

Delighted!!! now, if only we could get some more players fit for the next round...

dreamers75

Partridge is going to destroy Jan Koller :pac:

Gavin "shels"

djpbarry wrote: »

All over.

Pats go through to get humiliated by some Russian lads.

Who have they got in the next round?

bohsman

Nice one Pats, hopefully Derry can get a result aswell.

Bob the Seducer

Krylia Sovetov, finished sixth in Russia last season

dreamers75

FC Krylia Sovetov Samara

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Krylia_Sovetov_Samara

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samara,_Russia

PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara (RUS)
Colours : Blue / White
Website : http://eng.kc-camapa.ru/
Stadium : Metalurg Stadium
Capacity : 33000
Last Season : 6th
City : Samara,
Travel: Flight from Frankfurt / Moscow

Bob the Seducer

Koller and Jarosik... easy!

stovelid

fatgav wrote: »

livescore.com says 1-0 Pats!!!!


Edit: Declan O'Brien with the goal.

Could this be termed a junkie intervention? :pac:

Congrats to Pats.

Helix

well done pats!

FreeOSCAR

Half Time up the Brandywell...0-0

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/derrycitychat/2009/07/23/DCFC-V-SKONTO-RIGA

For anybody who wants to listen to the 2nd half commentary

eirebhoy

Very well done Pats and Derry are 1 up as well!!

Motherwell are winning 5-0 after half an hour.

FreeOSCAR

Kevin Deery in Europe AGAIN!

Bob the Seducer

I see on aertel Pat's are playing Dinamo Zagreb in the next round, I'd like to see RTE try and cover that game, they might find it difficult...

monkey9

Absolutely delighted with the Saints win. Brilliant result!!

chopperbyrne

Derry match just finished 1-0 too.

Good night for Irish football.

SectionF

Great stuff Pats!

Look what you've achieved! :eek:

Anto McC wrote: »

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Then all LoI grounds would be full this weekend. RTE and SKY would have a bidding war (worth millions) for the rights to show 2 LoI games a week. All the leagues best players would stay here to play their football. On the streets of Dublin, Cork, Galway etc people would be leaving their barstools walking outside the pub taking off the Liverpool, Man Utd, Celtic jerseys and burning them in the middle of the street, then they'd be making a bee-line for their nearest sports shop to buy a LoI jersey. JP McManus and other such investors would be racing to buy a Irish club and pump millions into them. Trapatoni would tell the plastic paddys to f*ck off and would be calling Murphy, Healy, Deegan into the Irish squad and not only would we qualify for the world cup but we'd win it. Oh i do lament, if only Bohs had won.

FreeOSCAR

Bob the Seducer wrote: »

I see on aertel Pat's are playing Dinamo Zagreb in the next round, I'd like to see RTE try and cover that game, they might find it difficult...

Playing there FC Krylia Sovetov Samara...

Derry and CSKA Sofia aswell.

Bob the Seducer

Lets see how long it takes them to realise Bohs are the ones who would have been playing Dinamo in the CL if they had got through last night... Errortel strikes again!

stovelid

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Derry match just finished 1-0 too.

Good night for Irish football.

I think that screws up our home match with them in a fortnight now.

Congrats to Derry all the same.

ArmaniJeanss

Did the 'Visa Four' play in the Derry/Riga game in the end?

FreeOSCAR

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Did the 'Visa Four' play in the Derry/Riga game in the end?

Sure did.

monkey9

The trip to Sligo on Sunday is gonna be great!!

smashey

I was at the Brandywell tonight and Derry thouroughly deserved the victory. Riga barely threatened apart from the first ten minutes of the second half.

Oh, I was sitting behind the Riga fans. All four of them.

cournioni

Well done Pats and Derry! Keep the Irish flag flying high in Europe!

SectionF

Well done both. Pity we couldn't make it three out of three.