LOI Fixtures (Weeks 29/30) Sept 26th-30th

spiralism

Great buzz down in lissywoolen tonight, 2000 there and you could just feel the excitement this team has brought... it's great to be back in the top flight, its a far cry from two years back when Brendan Place was manager, we were hopeless and there'd be less than 300 every week...good times are back hopefully, we waited fecking long enough!

overshoot

congrats athlone, good few years now in lower D1 so its great to see a team rise up from the doldrums (i need this reassurance dont take it away!). Plenty of long suffering fans savouring tonight i bet!

(edit-just seen on our forum, 17 years since ye were last in the top flight! definitely long suffering!)

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

we get to look over our shoulder to see Maervue sitting there 1 point behind... OH MERCY!

can you imagine if the one galway team comes into force next year and mervue get promoted.... now that would be interesting!

The_Kew_Tour

nice win again tonight..on a roll.

AgileMyth

Good first half. Awful second half. Shels are really really poor.

Congrats Athlone. Looking forward to a relatively short trip next year.

dfx-

Drogheda like blasting the ball over the bar from point blank range.

Game was drifting by as a pre-season game, Croly not making any changes, at least when Quigley came on, he created something.

gimmick

Seaneh wrote: »

The current record is less than 2k AFAIK, I'd expect a full house in Lissywollen tonight.

We had 4000 in the 1st division against Waterford for the 1st game as FORAS. And had 3000+ a good few times.

Anyway, congrats Athlone. Nice to see a new team in the premier. Still no love for Roddy mind!!

overshoot

gimmick wrote: »

We had 4000 in the 1st division against Waterford for the 1st game as FORAS. And had 3000+ a good few times.

Anyway, congrats Athlone. Nice to see a new team in the premier. Still no love for Roddy mind!!

yea we would have had something similar towards the end 04 & 07. definitely much higher than 2000

edit yep 5000 when we picked up the D1 title in 04

Zebra3

Crunch game tonight for us.

Drogheda missing a few through suspension and hopefully will have one eye on Sunday's semi-final.

We've players returning from injury/suspension as well, so hopefully at the very least a draw.

Another defeat and it's looking like curtains.

SantryRed

This is the biggest game of the season tonight. Lose and we are done.

GLaDOS

If we win and Bray lose, we're safe from automatic relegation mathematically. In the form we're in, it just might happen.

Omackeral

Just in Thomond here now, it's a cracker of a stadium! Proper LOI standard

BohsJohnny

Omackeral wrote: »

Just in Thomond here now, it's a cracker of a stadium! Proper LOI standard

Keep us up to date on how many Bohs fans are there tonight one of the buses got canceled due to lack of numbers sick i couldn't make it down.

Mushy

With some miracle a result can be got in Tallaght tonight.

Omackeral

BohsJohnny wrote: »

Keep us up to date on how many Bohs fans are there tonight one of the buses got canceled due to lack of numbers sick i couldn't make it down.

There's a good little crowd here from us, maybe 150-200. One of our boys is down with what looks like a serious head injury. Ambulance stretcher is on and all, game halted for 5 mins here. Looks bad.

Omackeral

Shane Murray gone off with the head injury. Hope he's ok.

NIMAN

The Derry misery continues at Dundalk, 2 down already.

GLaDOS

Shels winning, could be a big goal

Captain Havoc

20 yard shot from Dennehy turning in from the right, spilt by the Bray keeper, tap in for Quigley. Low attendance in Tallaght.

Hammer Archer

Praying Drogheda can get at least a draw. If not, I'd expect Shels to be above us on goal difference by Friday evening with Derry just going through the motions.
Players seem to have thought they were safe but could be in a playoff spot by the end of the week.

Edit: 2-2!

GLaDOS

Drogs make it 2-2. Shels bottling it it would appear...

Would bite your arm off for a draw in Limerick right now.

GLaDOS

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Would bite your arm off for a draw in Limerick right now.

Just as I ****ing say it

Pighead

Richie Towell cementing his player of the year award with a glorious hatrick. Back in second thanks to Cork holding Sligo to a draw.

AgileMyth

Can't figure out how we've become so **** so quickly.

We can wrap up our season nicely by ****ing up on Sunday too.

GLaDOS

Only watching MNS now, probably our goal of the season in McEvoy's second against Derry. They somehow managed to miss it.

Tallaght Saint

Just 2 wins needed now for us and that should be it wrapped up!

The_Kew_Tour

Decent result tonight.

Who was the 1fan who made it to Sligo?

Fair play to him.

Pighead

Tallaght Saint wrote: »

Just 2 wins needed now for us and that should be it wrapped up!

Don't think you're lot will do it. They'll draw against UCD and Sligo, beat Derry and then lose their final game to Cork. Meanwhile Dundalk will win their three remaining games to pinch the title. Sorry about that.

Pighead

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Decent result tonight.

Who was the 1fan who made it to Sligo?

Fair play to him.

It wasn't Cork Tom anyway! He was in Oriel Park this evening.

Gavin "shels"

GOD DAMMIT!

Alfred Borden

hope shels stay up, always had a soft spot for them

Gavin "shels"

Raf32 wrote: »

hope shels stay up, always had a soft spot for them

If Paul McLoughlin is the ref for any more of our matches we're doomed.

SantryRed

****ing joke,

Still don't know what their penalty was given for. Free kick into our box cleared by the first man, and he gives a pen for something behind it.

Second goal, BLATANT handball by O'Brien to control the ball in the lead up to it.

But look, a point takes us off bottom, so it's a crucial point at least. Can hopefully pick up another point away to Derry on Fri.

dfx-

Bray continue to look like a side who know they're doomed, Waters aside.

Could really do with a Shels win in Derry..

10green bottles

Pighead wrote: »

It wasn't Cork Tom anyway! He was in Oriel Park this evening.

Grabbed a chat & a photo with the living legend at half-time! :P

Dundalk won fairly handy in the end despite a quite nervous start.

Derry's Rafter was in on goal early,he looked to be be tripped by Dundalk keeper Cherrie,ref Graham Kelly blows up & books Rafter for a dive!! Could have went the other way-Pen for Derry,Cherrie sent off!!
After that it was a Towell masterclass and Chris Shields played his part too.Towell got the match ball and MOTM but for me Shields was KING!

Yet again i have to complain about the standards of reffing in the leauge.Kelly was terrible tonight,but at least he was terrible for both sides.

Dundalk go second,and we get some wee belief here that we can still win this LOI

European football guaranteed for DundalkFC next year.Well done to all at the club.Huge achievment.

gimmick

Pighead wrote: »

It wasn't Cork Tom anyway! He was in Oriel Park this evening.

Tom The Gom!

Gavin "shels"

gimmick wrote: »

Tom The Gom!

Tom the c**t!

Zebra3

dfx- wrote: »

Could really do with a Shels win in Derry..

You could really do with a Shels win in Derry? :eek:

We've scored 7 goals away from home in 14 league games this season so don't bet on it.

We played a lot better last night with players returning from injury against a depleted Drogheda side and were quite fortunate to get a draw.

If Bray can keep up their current run, it may be enough.

For a play-off versus..???

Lawrence1895

Zebra3 wrote: »

You could really do with a Shels win in Derry? :eek:

We've scored 7 goals away from home in 14 league games this season so don't bet on it.

We played a lot better last night with players returning from injury against a depleted Drogheda side and were quite fortunate to get a draw.

If Bray can keep up their current run, it may be enough.

For a play-off versus..???

A scoreless draw maybe?

Zebra3

Lars1916 wrote: »

A scoreless draw maybe?

I'll take three of them, please.

Lawrence1895

Zebra3 wrote: »

I'll take three of them, please.

I wouldn't complain about an away win, but matches involving Shels seem to have their own rules these days :rolleyes:

That_Guy

Catching up on MNS. Arguably Bohs' best goal of the season and the camera's didn't capture it. Pathetic.

Pighead

That_Guy wrote: »

Catching up on MNS. Arguably Bohs' best goal of the season and the camera's didn't capture it. Pathetic.

Camera malfunctioned. Bit harsh to call it pathetic.

dan1895

Pighead wrote: »

Camera malfunctioned. Bit harsh to call it pathetic.

Its pathetic that there is only ever one camera. Never get to see another angle of anything on that show.

overshoot

dan1895 wrote: »

Its pathetic that there is only ever one camera. Never get to see another angle of anything on that show.

ah but they make up for it with excellent close up shots :v

Pighead

dan1895 wrote: »

Its pathetic that there is only ever one camera. Never get to see another angle of anything on that show.

Hardly MNS's fault that RTE can't afford to give them a decent budget. Personally I think it's a decent highlights programme and I'm just glad that they haven't completely ignored the league. Can't remember them ever missing a goal before either so one mistake can be forgiven.

Zebra3

Pighead wrote: »

Hardly MNS's fault that RTE can't afford to give them a decent budget.

Isn't it the FAI who pay for the programme?

dfx-

Zebra3 wrote: »

You could really do with a Shels win in Derry? :eek:

We've scored 7 goals away from home in 14 league games this season so don't bet on it.

OGs, penalties, red cards...anything will do..

10green bottles

Zebra3 wrote: »

Isn't it the FAI who pay for the programme?

No.The FAI have an agreement with RTE.Simple law-You show LOI for 5 years LOI VIA MNS you get Ireland intenational coverage FOR 5 YEARS.
Thats coming to an end end of 2013.
MNS has been a huge succsessfor RTE SPORT.Maybe i'm biased because i'm a fan of LOI & MNS but i reckon it has been good for the leauge.

doncarlos

Tallaght Saint wrote: »

Just 2 wins needed now for us and that should be it wrapped up!

Pat's need to drop points in three of their last four matches. Not going to happen.
Pat's have been the best team over the course of the season so they fully deserve the title in my opinion.

Pighead

doncarlos wrote: »

Pat's need to drop points in three of their last four matches. Not going to happen.
Pat's have been the best team over the course of the season so they fully deserve the title in my opinion.

Loser talk!