LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 31), Oct 13, 2012.

oldyouth

Well done to the real Rovers on winning the title. Best football played all season

monkey9

Oatesy23 wrote: »

To save on costs, could Shams just bring our trophy down with them on the bus in 2 weeks?

CHAMPIONS :D:D

What a day. Never a penalty or sendings off for either player but I couldn't care.

I've been clean of alcohol for a while but we'll see how long it takes me to crack tonight

Brilliant!!!

Today only, i hate yez!! But overall, fair play. Great set up you've got at the Showgrounds.

NIMAN

NIMAN wrote: »

Get on Rovers to beat us.

We are carrying a lot of injuries at present, lot of walking wounded and I can see a lot of guys getting rested for the Cup Final.

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People have been telling me for ages I know nothing about football, think its time I started to listen to them!!



Well done Sligo btw, full deserved, best team in the league.

GLaDOS

Evan McMillan, better than your best striker

Captain Havoc

Rovers losing 3-0 here. if it wasn't for the Germans the place would be empty. Thankully for them they're mostly drunk, it's not lively here at all.

monkey9

NIMAN wrote: »

People have been telling me for ages I know nothing about football, think its time I started to listen to them!!



Well done Sligo btw, full deserved, best team in the league.

Genuinely forgot there were other matches going on, just with the Sligo Pats match being on. I saw your post and logged onto Extratime.ie to see what was going in in Tallaght (I obviously realised you's were winning). But that is f*cking hilarious!!

applehunter

Shels 0 - 1 Cork

Vinny Sullivan

Oh, we do love playing in Tolka Park.

applehunter

0-2

The Prodigal Son.

ShamoBuc

applehunter wrote: »

0-2

The Prodigal Son.

Loving it!!

monkey9

I'm actually going to join this Matthews out campaign from Shels fans now. As a neutral, it's no fun when Shels fans agree with the Cork fans!

dreamers75

Well done sligo.

Would prefered to have lost the game to a screamer or scabby tap in rather than a moment of Hancock.


Cmon UCD

applehunter

1-2

Cassidy, as usual

applehunter

Pen to Shels

edit : 2-2

ShamoBuc

2-2 it just got interesting!!!

applehunter

Think Gimmick predicted 2-2

ShamoBuc

applehunter wrote: »

Think Gimmick predicted 2-2

That was just the 2nd half:D

monkey9

Cork got this the wrong way round!

applehunter

3-2

ShamoBuc

Shels were 14/1 before they scored their first, now look at them:mad:

ShamoBuc

Limerick were 1 up at home to Wexford.

Wexford won 3-1 and Limerick finished with 9!

ShamoBuc

City proved 2 things tonight.

First half they showed how good they can be.

Second half, they showed how much they want Matthews to stay:pac::pac:

dan1895

The money the germans are spending in tolka tonight should keep the club goin over the winter.

oldyouth

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Limerick were 1 up at home to Wexford.

Wexford won 3-1 and Limerick finished with 9!

Danny Furlong ended the season as the Division's top scorer with a hat trick tonight. For those that know the year Danny has had, it is some achievement. Fair play to you young man, I couldn't have done it

Omackeral

Sligo Rovers, Ian Barraclough and Mark Quigley all take a bow. You have been immense throughout the season. Two FAI Cups back to back and the natural progression to League Champions has now come to be. Looking forward to Sligo Rovers representing us in Europe next year, do yourself proud lads. Not for the 'League' or for all LOI fans but for SRFC and its environs. |I'd be dead proud to be a Sligo man tonight.

Simply put, one of the finest LOI teams I've ever seen.

Mushy

Good win for UCD tonight, think they deserved it on the balance of play.

ShamoBuc

http://www.uefa.com/

Lawrence1895

dan1895 wrote: »

The money the germans are spending in tolka tonight should keep the club goin over the winter.

They were all over the place, I didn't expect so many Germans in Tolka, but they all enjoyed themselves. I hope, some of them will come back, a great party that was :cool:

And of course, my congrats to Sligo

TangyZizzle

Germans were deadly. They cracked out every generic chant they could think of besides "who are ya," and "he fell over,". Wouldn't be surprised if the shop ran out of scarves either.

Mint Sauce

Omackeral wrote: »

Sligo Rovers, Ian Barraclough and Mark Quigley all take a bow. You have been immense throughout the season. Two FAI Cups back to back and the natural progression to League Champions has now come to be. Looking forward to Sligo Rovers representing us in Europe next year, do yourself proud lads. Not for the 'League' or for all LOI fans but for SRFC and its environs. |I'd be dead proud to be a Sligo man tonight.

Simply put, one of the finest LOI teams I've ever seen.

Hopefully there will be no let up against Drogheda and Shamrocks though.

Lawrence1895

TangyZizzle wrote: »

Germans were deadly. They cracked out every generic chant they could think of besides "who are ya," and "he fell over,". Wouldn't be surprised if the shop ran out of scarves either.

Some songs were a bit weird, singing about potato salad in the Bar, but never mind, they had a great time :cool:

dreamers75

Ventre apologised to O Connor after the game, i reckon Ventre was just a dumbass and didnt understand the rules of a hotball. Well i hope it was that if not hes some fcuking ****.

Murphy punched by a sligo fan during the pitch invasion according to the Star, dont understand that either......they won the league and dont recall Murphy being a dick ?

dan1895

That second half made me fall back in love with the real reds.

dfx-

That game in Tallaght was the least competitive game I've seen since..well..last night.

Douglas awarded Derry a penalty for a dive, like in the Setanta Cup. Nice to see him and Hancock keeping themselves in the game as ever.

Barry Molloy marked Finn out of the game last year in Tallaght and this time took him out of the game. Conor Powell going into central midfield as a result was a real bonus for anyone who was there. :pac: He was also the attacking midfielder, playmaker, centre half and defensive holding midfielder at different times. He also started at left back and then left wing in the first half.

A midfield of Gannon (right back) - Rice - Powell (left back) in central midfield was funny.:pac:

born2bwild

dan1895 wrote: »

The money the germans are spending in tolka tonight should keep the club goin over the winter.

They were great crack tonight.
Shels played brilliantly in the second half - For possibly the only time this season Mathews selected the strongest team available and let them play.
If he had done that all along Shels would be challenging for the league.
He didn't and they're not.
Easy from a distance...

CSF

That was nice. Was talking to a taxi driver in Liverpool today, told me to back Cork HT/Shelbourne FT.

shanec1928

dreamers75 wrote: »

shanec1928 wrote: »

5.5k tickets sold finishes up today thats for our last two home games.

Bring your wellies tomorrow

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Corholio

born2bwild wrote: »

They were great crack tonight.
Shels played brilliantly in the second half - For possibly the only time this season Mathews selected the strongest team available and let them play.
If he had done that all along Shels would be challenging for the league.
He didn't and they're not.
Easy from a distance...

Not sour grapes or anything, sounds like ye had a great second half, but there's nothing I've seen of the Shels squad that would convince me they would be in anyway challenging for the title.

CSF

Corholio wrote: »

born2bwild wrote: »

They were great crack tonight.
Shels played brilliantly in the second half - For possibly the only time this season Mathews selected the strongest team available and let them play.
If he had done that all along Shels would be challenging for the league.
He didn't and they're not.
Easy from a distance...

Not sour grapes or anything, sounds like ye had a great second half, but there's nothing I've seen of the Shels squad that would convince me they would be in anyway challenging for the title.

Can't really disagree with you there, our front 6 is of that quality, but behind that, no. Shortall is the only one for me there who is of that level. If we can get some new defenders, a keeper and a manager who understands how tactics work, we will do well next year. Our front 6 of Conan, Paddy Kavanagh, Dawson, Cronin, Casso and Philly has so much potential if we learn how to play the ball from the back.

southlouth type

Mushy wrote: »

Good win for UCD tonight, think they deserved it on the balance of play.

Thought it was one of the worst games i have seen in years tbh . Both teams where dire . We had a goal ruled out for nothing and ucd got a peno for nothing after the player was at least 2 yards offside . Maltese officials where poor :eek:Missing our entire midfield didnt help either but hopefully they will be back next wk v sligo . We owe them one in the league and would love to finish ahead of pats in second , think its deserved for this group of players ....

CSF

Cork matchfixing scandal?

Omackeral

^^^
What's all this then?

CSF

Ah I'm only messing, given the hassle the Cork lads gave us over losing a 2 nil HT lead.

That said, the Cork lads certainly weren't busting a gut to turn it around, but I'd be more inclined to put that down to a ****ty attitude.

Omackeral

Thank god! For a second there I thought Shelbourne and Cork fans were gonna be bitching at each other on the internet. Thankfully it's not the case, never has been and never will be!!

Peppa Pig

southlouth type wrote: »

Thought it was one of the worst games i have seen in years tbh . Both teams where dire . We had a goal ruled out for nothing and ucd got a peno for nothing after the player was at least 2 yards offside . Maltese officials where poor :eek:Missing our entire midfield didnt help either but hopefully they will be back next wk v sligo . We owe them one in the league and would love to finish ahead of pats in second , think its deserved for this group of players ....

The ref was a bit quick to blow the whistle when the goalie dropped the ball. Penalty was a stonewaller, although there was a suspicion of offside before he got it. But the linesman on that side had a good game, he was even putting his flag up and waving for fouls which none of ours seem to do. (Match officials were Maltese)
I'd have preferred Fabio to have been allowed to take his chance rather than the red card.
All in all, Drogs were poor but UCD looked good

gimmick

We were awful last night yet found ourselves 2 up. Should have been a cruise from there. We just didn't show for the 2nd half. Shells celebrated like they won the league though. Minnowism alive and well.

Mathews in!

Paz-CCFC

gimmick wrote: »

We were awful last night yet found ourselves 2 up. Should have been a cruise from there. We just didn't show for the 2nd half. Shells celebrated like they won the league though. Minnowism alive and well.

Mathews in!

We'd be celebrating as well, if we were 2-0 down and won 3-2.

AgileMyth

What a way to win the league. Delighted it went to 2 all. Just winning it 2 nil would be boring.

Best team in the league and it hasn't been close. Top since April, only one defeat all season. Deserved champions.

CSF

gimmick wrote: »

We were awful last night yet found ourselves 2 up. Should have been a cruise from there. We just didn't show for the 2nd half. Shells celebrated like they won the league though. Minnowism alive and well.

Mathews in!

Paz has it summed up there so that I don't have to

The_Kew_Tour

Meh about last night. Met few German lads after the game Friday and was joking that they should pop along to Tolka.

Low and behold they made it.

At least I made few new friends if nothing else after shocking weekend for Ireland and City.

Great comeback though by Shels.

Zebra3

born2bwild wrote: »

They were great crack tonight.
Shels played brilliantly in the second half - For possibly the only time this season Mathews selected the strongest team available and let them play.
If he had done that all along Shels would be challenging for the league.
He didn't and they're not.
Easy from a distance...

Ah, come on...... :rolleyes:

Anyway good comeback last night. At least a p*** poor home season ended on a positive note. Think we picked up 15 out 45 available points in Tolka this season. :mad:

And of course, congrats to Rovers on their 3rd league title, fully deserved. A long time coming, but the club looks to be geared up for the future. Maybe even some of that prize money and UEFA cash can be spent on roofing over their new seating.

Dare I say it, model club?