Sporting Fingal v Bray Wanderers

Pineapple stu

Pure Cork wrote: »

So will the Prem.

At least I won't have to watch the likes of UCD and Finglas twice next season.

Why would you watch Finglas? Do you live there? what league are they in? AUL?

dizzywizlw

I'm rootin for Sporting in this one, I reckon they'll be safe mid-table enxt year and all

Gavin "shels"

DSB wrote: »

If Derry are reformed as a new debtfree club, will they not have a bigger budget than us?

Wouldn't that mean they'd have to start in the A League?

dizzywizlw wrote: »

I'm rootin for Sporting in this one, I reckon they'll be safe mid-table enxt year and all

I reckon they could get a European place tbh, they're bascially a Premier Division team and add in the few players that they're suppose to be bringing in, it could be shocking.

Paulw

Wet start to the day, but hopefully it will clear up for the game tonight.

Gavin "shels"

Paulw wrote: »

Wet start to the day, but hopefully it will clear up for the game tonight.

Was like a monsoon from about 4am till 6am, gotta hate the oul velux windows.:mad:

This was posted on the RTE website at 1pm so not sure if it's still happening

DART services are suspended between Dún Laoghaire and Bray due to flooding on the line at Sandycove.

Dublin Bus will accept rail tickets.

No doubt yous have a supporters bus to Bray anyway.:rolleyes:

Paulw

It's not unusual for that part of the line to flood.

I'll be driving, so not too worried.

I'd actually be more concerned about the state of the pitch.

CHD

What time is kickoff tonight? How much are tickets? Will it put me asleep?

Paulw

CHD wrote: »

What time is kickoff tonight? How much are tickets? Will it put me asleep?

7:45pm

Not sure.

Unlikely. It should be a decent game of football to watch, especially if the conditions are anyway decent.

Gavin "shels"

CHD wrote: »

What time is kickoff tonight? How much are tickets? Will it put me asleep?

7:45

Probably 10 for a student and 15 for an adult.

Lamper.sffc

Heading out to this soon. Really looking forward to the game. Hopefully the rain stays off.

GLaDOS

Once again, this is on TG4

SantryRed

I feel so dirty wanting Fingal to win.

Gillington

Any team news?

GLaDOS

How the hell did Bray not score there!

They've started brightly but Fingal look dangerous on the break, good game so far

VinylJunkie

The 10 or so Franchise muppets seam to be having great craic :rolleyes:

CHD

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

What a header from the keeper!

CHD

Wow you couldnt make this up. Wow

SantryRed

Chris O'Connor you idiot. What was he even trying? Rediculous. I'm happy anyways sadly

The Volt

New low for the league of Ireland. They must have even less fans than UCD.

Sheepy99

wats de score

The Volt

Sheepy99 wrote: »

wats de score

Finished 2-2. UCD and Fingal make promoted. About 200 fans between them

Sheepy99

200 fans altogether at the match :O?

dyl10

Football players win games, not fans.

Congratulations to Fingal.

Sheepy99

go on the fingal ..but they're goin down sunday

HalloweenJack

Voltwad wrote: »

They must have even less fans than UCD.

Even less than Dublin City?

Paulw

Fingal brought more fans tonight than Bray did to the last game.

Great win for Fingal. O'Connor was the hero and villan tonight. The cause of both Fingal goals, and the scorer of one for Bray.

Quint

No LoI fan can laugh at anyone for having poor crowds.
As much as I hate them, well done fingal, deserved to go up.

Ferris_Bueller

Congratulations fingal, best squad if players in the division IMO and deserved to go up, if things go right for them I can see them being very successful in the future. Big if though...

Gavin "shels"

Least the FAI's Genesis report was well worth it, something about a greater spread of teams, now half the premier is based in Dublin.:eek:

Pineapple stu

Voltwad wrote: »

New low for the league of Ireland. They must have even less fans than UCD.

Thats Impossible.

You havent a clue what your are talking about Volty.

Pineapple stu

Voltwad wrote: »

Finished 2-2. UCD and Fingal make promoted. About 200 fans between them

Proves my earlier post correct

Pineapple stu

Sheepy99 wrote: »

go on the fingal ..but they're goin down sunday

Ye, we are going down to Tallaghfornia and then the Europa

Lamper.sffc

Gavin shels wrote: »

Least the FAI's Genesis report was well worth it, something about a greater spread of teams, now half the premier is based in Dublin.:eek:

Gav. Tut tut tut. Your better than that.:)



Hard luck to Bray but if you cant put the ball in the back of the net, you dont deserve to win matches

GLaDOS

If Bray could finish they would have walked the match! But Fingal did what was required, so fair play and Congrats.

Lamper.sffc

VinylJunkie wrote: »

The 10 or so Franchise muppets seam to be having great craic :rolleyes:

Add two zeros on to that.

GLaDOS

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Add two zeros on to that.

0010 is the same number man :pac:

bohsman

Went past the finglas - bray game on the bus, didnt look as if there were anywhere near 1000 there. Gonna be handy for me to get to the 2 games living in northwood, probably not going to enjoy the car crash as much as I did the dublin city one tho.

Col200sx

What a finish to that game:D

Had Bray been able to take their chances it would've been a different score altogether.

Great finish from the keeper, but but what was he doing before he was robbed of the ball.

Now fair enough it may have been a free for a high leg, but jaysus what was he doing putting himself in that situation.

Hero to villian in 30 seconds:rolleyes:

SligoBrewer

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Add two zeros on to that.

When have had an attendance of 1000 when you people had actually pay to get in?

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Hard luck to Bray but if you cant put the ball in the back of the net, you dont deserve to win matches

If you don't have a sustainable club model, you shouldn't be in existence.

Paulw

SligoBrewer wrote: »

If you don't have a sustainable club model, you shouldn't be in existence.

Well, thankfully Sporting Fingal do have a sustainable club model, that is working very well.

Now, we just have to look forward to next season. Nothing left except the cup next weekend.

bohsman

Paulw wrote: »

Well, thankfully Sporting Fingal do have a sustainable club model, that is working very well.

Would that be the same one that worked so well for Shels, Bohs, Rovers, Drogs, Cork, Derry, Leeds etc? Is examinership mentioned in fingals business plans?

Paulw

bohsman wrote: »

Would that be the same one that worked so well for Shels, Bohs, Rovers, Drogs, Cork, Derry, Leeds etc? Is examinership mentioned in fingals business plans?

Come back in 5 years time and ask that question.

Sporting Fingal have a long term plan, and I can't see them having financial problems for a long time to come, unlike the clubs you mentioned.

antomorro-sei

The bitterness in this thread is unreal :eek:

Lamper.sffc

VinylJunkie wrote: »

The 10 or so Franchise muppets seam to be having great craic :rolleyes:

Lamper.sffc wrote: »

Add two zeros on to that.

bohsman wrote: »

Went past the finglas - bray game on the bus, didnt look as if there were anywhere near 1000 there. Gonna be handy for me to get to the 2 games living in northwood, probably not going to enjoy the car crash as much as I did the dublin city one tho.

SligoBrewer wrote: »

When have had an attendance of 1000 when you people had actually pay to get in?

Of course we didnt have 1000. But i just thought, since we are exaggerating attendances, I might as well give it a go:D

bohsman

antomorro-sei wrote: »

The bitterness in this thread is unreal :eek:

Theres plenty of teams in Dublin they could have invested in, currently in the league or at lsl level but for whatsoever reason Seery and fingal need to make up their own clubs. Nothing against either club tbh, dont care if theyre still in existence in 5 years or not, just feel investing in shels or home farm or whatever would have made a lot more sense. Did dublin really need another club?

antomorro-sei

bohsman wrote: »

Theres plenty of teams in Dublin they could have invested in, currently in the league or at lsl level but for whatsoever reason Seery and fingal need to make up their own clubs. Nothing against either club tbh, dont care if theyre still in existence in 5 years or not, just feel investing in shels or home farm or whatever would have made a lot more sense. Did dublin really need another club?

Fully agree tbh. There's no way Dublin needed another club! Far too many as it is. Pats, Rovers, Bohs, UCD, Fingal, and Drogs and Dundalkkk are in the Greater Dublin Area. That pretty much only leaves Cork and Sligo that ain't in the Dublin area.

I just think some of the posts here are a bit over the top.

bohsman

And they do have a great stadium, another santry siro massacre would be nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A5S4KorpE0

Paulw

antomorro-sei wrote: »

Fully agree tbh. There's no way Dublin needed another club! Far too many as it is. Pats, Rovers, Bohs, UCD, Fingal, and Drogs and Dundalkkk are in the Greater Dublin Area.

Well, if you include Dundalk and Drogheda, you might as well include Bray, Kildare County, Wexford Youths, Waterford, Athlone, etc (since they're not much further from Dublin than Dundalk is).

Clubs form where there is a population base and money. Simple as that.

Either way, that's all politics.

Lamper.sffc

bohsman wrote: »

And they do have a great stadium, another santry siro massacre would be nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A5S4KorpE0

Bring it on

Paulw

Sometimes, the pictures say it all.





















At the end of the day, the game was settled on the pitch. People debating what teams should/shouldn't be in the league means very little to the teams already there. It should be more about the football.