LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 31), October 12-13, 2013

Lawrence1895

NiallSparky wrote: »

Huge win for Bray. Wouldn't like to be a Shels fan right now.

Me neither...but I still won't turn my back on Shels.

Pighead

Poor fcuker in a blond wig in the Pats stand went bonkers after the second goal and fell and whacked his back. Last seen stumbling out of the ground with the guards helping him up the stairs.

Pats playing well after a nervy start. Sligo really bad last half an hour. Fair play to Pats. Worthy champions.

Gavin "shels"

I'd be lying if I was to say I didn't have a tear in my eye when I got a text off one of my mates saying Limerick were losing, then the next text was they were down to 10 men. Last time I go into town before the end of the season!

Gavin "shels"

gimmick wrote: »

Bray have Bohs and Dundalk and a 3 point advantage. Shells have Limerick and Ucd and a slightly better gd. Shells will prob need to win both to stay up I'd say?

Mushy

Absolutely buzzing with that result. Just to avoid automatic drop would be amazing. Cant see us catching UCD though cos of goal difference now, but bit more confident of taking Mervue or Longford.

Alfred Borden

Congrats to Pats and all the fans, great achievement and well deserved, look forward to playing yee next year!

Lawrence1895

Congrats to St.Pats from me as well

The_Kew_Tour

Best team won the league

BigBrownBear

Yeah congrats to the junkies. Deserved champs....was goin to say chumps...but I'd only be a dick head

NIMAN

Well done Pats, best team I saw play this season and deserved title.

Hopefully they will now take their foot off the gas v Derry in the next game to allow us to hold on to 4th spot.

That_Guy

Congratulations to everybody involved with St. Pats.

guinnessdrinker

Congrats to St Pats, if Sligo Rovers weren't going to retain the title then I am glad Pats have won it. Great footballing team and great supporters.

srfc19

Fair play to Pats. Deserved champions and no really unlikeable players (Bolger aside).

So disappointing, we lost or drew games this season that we would have won last year.

Still, I'll take 2nd place and and a 3rd Cup in 4 years.

GLaDOS

Congratulation Pats!

Amirani

Lars1916 wrote: »

Me neither...but I still won't turn my back on Shels.

Fair play. I sympathise, we looked dead and buried a few weeks ago.

We'll be going out to beat Bray next week. If you get 3 points against Limerick then you should give yourselves a good chance in the final game.

Congrats to Pats, they deserved to win it. I'm happy for Buckley too, he has a good approach to the game.

Lawrence1895

NiallSparky wrote: »

Fair play. I sympathise, we looked dead and buried a few weeks ago.

We'll be going out to beat Bray next week. If you get 3 points against Limerick then you should give yourselves a good chance in the final game.

Congrats to Pats, they deserved to win it. I'm happy for Buckley too, he has a good approach to the game.

A good chance to reach the relegation play offs, but that's all, I can ask for.

oldyouth

Congrats St Pats. The league table never lies

Oat23

Congrats to Pats. I didn't expect us to win it, but it was Shams I expected to see at the top, not Pats .

Amirani

oldyouth wrote: »

Congrats St Pats. The league table never lies

We finished level on points with Rovers a couple of years ago. Lost the league by 2 goals.

AgileMyth

No complaints. We haven't been anywhere near good enough to win the league this year. Congrats to Pats, best team over the course of the season.

Corholio

Fair play to Pats, probably best team we played at the Cross this season. 13 games unbeaten doesn't lie.

Almost a completely respectable team except for Bolger :P

ShamoBuc

BigBrownBear wrote: »

Yeah congrats to the junkies. Deserved champs....was goin to say chumps...but I'd only be a dick head

:pac:


It's fair to say they deserve the league this year. They are a good footballing side.
Enjoy the win.
Comhghairdeas

Shels in serious trouble now and it would be a pity to see them going down - if I'm honest, love playing them.

Lawrence1895

ShamoBuc wrote: »

:pac:


It's fair to say they deserve the league this year. They are a good footballing side.
Enjoy the win.
Comhghairdeas

Shels in serious trouble now and it would be a pity to see them going down - if I'm honest, love playing them.

Shels were always in trouble, since a certain manager was not shown the door earlier :rolleyes:

But it's always nice to see, how much Shels are liked, we have nice stewards down in Tolka

Seaneh

To celebrate Athlone's season I've decided to share this video.

Was done a few weeks ago at training.

The first team did a "crossbar challenge", someone hit the crossbar, can ya guess who?

Video here

secman

Delighted to see pats win the league , the stats back them as champions . Miss watching them since moving to Wexford , first saw them playing 50 years ago when I moved to Inchicore.

Madworld

Haapy to see Pats have won it.

They still can't win the cup though!!

red sean

Well done Pat's! Deserved champions. Played nice football all season.
I thought in the first 30 mins yesterday we could prolong our weak grasp on the title for another while, but Bolgers goal was a goal to win any league with. No complaints over the full season.
Enjoy for now, but we'll be back!

geeky

Well done pats. Consistently good through the year (aside from that 3-0 at Tallaght but they got us back for that) and a good approach to the game.

Pride Fighter

Delighted that we won the league. Still buzzing a day later.

10green bottles

The FAI realy are a laughing stock.Relegation threatened sides will be shouting for Mervue.

Enda Cunningham
‏@endacunningham
FAI reiterate Mervue Utd will not compete in either division of LoI next season despite qualifying for play-offs. See Sentinel tmrw.

https://twitter.com/endacunningham/status/389815506255228928

The tweet has prompted somewhat of an angry response on Twitter.Mervues Tom King leading the charge.

Tom King ‏@tomkingston29
FAI!!! Why bother having rules when you clearly bend them to suit your own agenda??? #Clueless]

Corholio

10green bottles wrote: »

The FAI realy are a laughing stock.Relegation threatened sides will be shouting for Mervue.



https://twitter.com/endacunningham/status/389815506255228928

The tweet has prompted somewhat of an angry response on Twitter.Mervues Tom King leading the charge.

It's a joke really.

Another magical escape for Bray.

CSF

As awful as that is, this isn't new news is it?

simongurnick

Crazy to change the rules on the fly. Huge achievement from Mervue to come from junior football to this point in the space of a few years, but at the end of the day, there isn't room for 2 or 3 teams from Galway. Could be short term pain for long term gain.

10green bottles

Neil Yadolahi going all Maradona for Bohs 92nd min equaliser V DundalkFC in Dalymount park on Saturday night.

dfx-

Corholio wrote: »

It's a joke really.

Another magical escape for Bray.

Regardless of the Galway 3 club problem, Bray cannot ever be relegated, I'm pretty sure it's in UEFAs regulations or something.

Mushy

dfx- wrote: »

Regardless of the Galway 3 club problem, Bray cannot ever be relegated, I'm pretty sure it's in UEFAs regulations or something.

I'll take that right now!

Bit of a horrible situation for the players to be in. They'll prob win that playoff now.

dan1895

Its not like the FAI don't have history of picking and choosing teams. Merit doesn't seem to come into it.

gimmick

I'm lost.

Mervue will play Longford in the first part of the play off still, yes?

And if they win promotion, they do not get promoted?

dan1895

gimmick wrote: »

I'm lost.

Mervue will play Longford in the first part of the play off still, yes?

And if they win promotion, they do not get promoted?

Not only will they not get promoted, they won't be back in the first division either.

gimmick

But we all knew that they were not going to be around next year anyway, no?

Would it not be better to give the play off spot to Waterford in that regard?

overshoot

gimmick wrote: »

But we all knew that they were not going to be around next year anyway, no?

Would it not be better to give the play off spot to Waterford in that regard?

iv always been more of a fan of clubs earning their place, waterford didnt (not that merit matters a whole lot in the league)

i wonder are mervue reconsidering their position in the new galway? (or were they just forced into it and now have some leverage/publicity)

Seaneh

Even if Mervue won the playoffs and got promoted and stayed in the league, they'd on;y have 50 people at their games an would be bust by the mid season break.

They are a junior club with a junior clubs support base, trying to carry on as a semi-professional set-up is stupid.

They decided to pull out of the league for a good reason, they should realise that reason won't change and just stick to it.

dan1895

gimmick wrote: »

But we all knew that they were not going to be around next year anyway, no?

That was my understanding too but the FAI shouldn't be coming out with this sort of stuff at this stage of the season. Just wait until its over.

And if Mervue want to continue in the league they should be allowed to so long as they meet licensing requirements.

overshoot

dan1895 wrote: »

That was my understanding too but the FAI shouldn't be coming out with this sort of stuff at this stage of the season. Just wait until its over.

And if Mervue want to continue in the league they should be allowed to so long as they meet licensing requirements.

i disagree on the first point, they should be informing clubs of the structure of the league before now even, the amount of teams, therefore games (nevermind divisions) etc has a massive impact on clubs budgeting. clubs will already be looking into signing players etc, especially in D1 which is already finished

agreed on the second though, like it or not, mervue are where they are now due to their on pitch performance, the earned their place in the league through the A championship and playoff v Kildare County. They may have crap support but have lived within their means, and put a (amateur?) product on the pitch which has made a mockery of more traditional clubs like waterford & harps. clubs shouldnt be discredited for that.

also quick question, did mervue actually decide to pull out or were they told your out but you can have a seat at the Galway FC table?

dan1895

overshoot wrote: »

i disagree on the first point, they should be informing clubs of the structure of the league before now even, the amount of teams, therefore games (nevermind divisions) etc has a massive impact on clubs budgeting. clubs will already be looking into signing players etc, especially in D1 which is already finished?

See what your saying. I think the format should be known a full year in advance so all clubs know what they're playing for and budget accordingly. But this is the FAI and foresight isn't exactly one of their strong points.

AgileMyth

Goodbye Shels. It'd take a miracle (or weird FAI decision) to save them now.

Of course weird FAI decisions aren't exactly a rarity.

born2bwild

A weird FAI decision that benefits Shels?

Mushy

Oh boy that's a huge result. I'm gonna be on edge all day Friday.

ShamoBuc

Tough for Shels.

Lawrence1895

I'm gutted, good night