LOI final week.

10green bottles

Final week of matches in the LOI

Bray,Bohs & UCD jockeying for position for in terms off playoff positions.
Shamrock Rovers will be hoping for a win in Tallaght mixed with a Lims win in Derry for a push for a European spot(Cup final result pending)while Sligo will be hoping to finish in style with a win while also hoping that Dundalk lose or draw in Bray so that they can claim the runners-up spot to champions St.Pats!

Lots to play for so.

All matches have 7.45pm ko's.

Bray Wanderers v DundalkFC
Cork City v St. Patrick's Ath.
Derry City v LimerickFC
Drogheda United v Bohemian
Shamrock Rovers v Sligo Rovers
Shelbourne v U.C.D

Not to mention the 1st Div playoff fixture(2nd leg) in CityCalling Stadium where Mervue will defend a 1-0 first leg lead against Longford Town.

Longford Town v Mervue Utd. 7.45pm

Bookies bonanza

Captain Havoc

Booooooooooooooooo

dfx-

10green bottles wrote: »

Final week of matches in the LOI

And now, the end is near..

Omackeral

Can't wait for tomorrow night, Drogs away. A point and we're guaranteed safety. I actually have a mate of mine from Drogheda who was never into LOI before supporting Bohs the last two years. It'll be his first time watching in Hunky Dory's Park. Wonder will that feel weird for him. :P

Ronan|Raven

Oh lord me nerves.. Haven't done very well at all this season against Mervue. Genuinely don't know how it will go..

Zebra3

Thank f**k this crap is over for a few months. :mad:

The only thing that will cheer me up over the winter will be if someone gives Mathews a job.

Ronan|Raven

Zebra3 wrote: »

Thank f**k this crap is over for a few months. :mad:

The only thing that will cheer me up over the winter will be if someone gives Mathews a job.

Oh don't be so down, the First Division is great fun..

That_Guy

Heading up to Drogheda this evening. Quite nervous to be honest.

dreamers75

Still champions.

AgileMyth

Going all the way to dublin for an end of season dead rubber against mid table opposition.

Darkglasses

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

Oh lord me nerves.. Haven't done very well at all this season against Mervue. Genuinely don't know how it will go..

I'd be very afraid to be honest. They looked a heck of a lot better than ye when we played them. Tom King in particular was a beast.

Ronan|Raven

Darkglasses wrote: »

I'd be very afraid to be honest. They looked a heck of a lot better than ye when we played them. Tom King in particular was a beast.

Tom King was always handy enough, even back when he played for Longford.

Darkglasses

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

Tom King was always handy enough, even back when he played for Longford.

He's always given us a roasting (wexford youths)

dfx-

Should it remain 0-0 late on, a dodgy penalty for Longford or red card for Mervue would make things interesting..

Ronan|Raven

dfx- wrote: »

Should it remain 0-0 late on, a dodgy penalty for Longford or red card for Mervue would make things interesting..

Are you suggesting what I think you are suggesting?!

dfx-

Similarly a red card for Longford or debatable penalty for Mervue when 1-0 behind would also make things interesting

GLaDOS

All we need is a point, hope Drogs are thinking about the final next week and not concentrating on today. No hope of Shels doing us a favour. Hope Dundalk are sufficiently motivated to get 2nd to get something against Bray.

dfx-

AgileMyth wrote: »

Going all the way to dublin for an end of season dead rubber against mid table opposition.

Two teams that meekly surrendered their title ambitions long ago alright.

I'd be slightly worried for UCD..are they sleepwalking into a playoff. If Bray escape a playoff, there must be witchcraft going on there.

flas

I'm on my second poo of the day,the nerves are starting to get to me,well the nerves or the kebab from last night,but I'm nearly sure its the nerves!


C'MON THE TOWN

Ronan|Raven

flas wrote: »

I'm on my second poo of the day,the nerves are starting to get to me,well the nerves or the kebab from last night,but I'm nearly sure its the nerves!


C'MON THE TOWN

If it was the kebab shop in Longford it may not be the nerves

Lawrence1895

The last day of the season...

Gavin "shels"

End of season pints......

NIMAN

Another vital game for Derry, really need the 3pts to secure 4th spot and (Sligo willing) a Euro spot for next season.

dundalkfc10

Off to the pub now for a few before Bus leaves to Bray at 5.30

4 52 seater buses and the "shed crew" are going on the train (god help the people commuting/working on the trains and darts) with a good few driving

Should have 350 with us anyway, its great to see the crowds have stayed even when the league was over

Lawrence1895

Counting the hours...Swan Song

Pighead

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Off to the pub now for a few before Bus leaves to Bray at 5.30

4 52 seater buses and the "shed crew" are going on the train (god help the people commuting/working on the trains and darts) with a good few driving

Should have 350 with us anyway, its great to see the crowds have stayed even when the league was over

Thoughts will be with Tommy McConville after he passed away earlier today. An absolute legend for Dundalk and a few other teams in LOI. Too young to have ever seen him play but by all accounts he was one of the best to ever play in our league. RIP.

Hopefully Dundalk can get the victory to cement second place and finish off what has been an excellent season. Difference of €20000 in prize money between 2nd and 3rd so quite a bit at stake this evening. Six goal from Pat Hoban could also see him finish the season as top goalscorer!

Amirani

Can't believe we're going into this game still needing a result. We have to be confident of getting something out of Drogheda though.

Pighead

Nice summary of Tommy McConville's career on the Dundalk website for those not familiar with him. One of the great LOI defenders.
http://www.dundalkfc.com/tommy-mcconville-r-i-p/

kksaints

Mervue 1 up.

darragh16

kksaints wrote: »

Mervue 1 up.

One all at half time.

Pats getting a hammering, 3-0 Cork City!

The_Kew_Tour

Boom boom boom

kksaints

Longford now 2-1 up. We have got 1 back in Cork aswell. Looks like Bray are heading for the playoff.

Edit: 3-2 in Cork now.

Amirani

Bohs survive, thank ****. We made it hard enough for ourselves there.

overshoot

where did derry pull that one out of? :eek:

kksaints

Longford now 3-1 up.

kksaints

3-2 Longford. Mervue get a goal in the last few seconds to bring it to penos. I love LOI playoffs some legendery moments from them.

Amirani

Mervue missed their first 2 penos, Longford scored both. This is over.

Amirani

That's that. Longford win the shootout 3-0. Some game.

kksaints

Yep its over. Longford through to the playoff final where they will play Bray.

cson

Gotta say, fair play to a group of about 50/60 Shels fans who sang non stop for pretty much the second half. You only sing when you're winning eh? :pac:

dreamers75

We pay our own fines :)About 4 grand right there

Load of arse conceding 4 ****ing goals but we were never gonna beat the LOI record of 8 goals conceded so **** it.

Champions.....

HAHHAHAHAHAH shels **** off and die please

Lawrence1895

dreamers75 wrote: »

We pay our own fines :)About 4 grand right there

Load of arse conceding 4 ****ing goals but we were never gonna beat the LOI record of 8 goals conceded so **** it.

Champions.....

HAHHAHAHAHAH shels **** off and die please

Nice pyro show there, tbh

Oat23

dreamers75 wrote: »

HAHHAHAHAHAH shels **** off and die please

No need for that..

Seaneh

Is it wrong that I actually hope Longford get promoted so that there's an El Classico De La Midlands next year?

dan1895

dreamers75 wrote: »

We pay our own fines :)About 4 grand right there

Load of arse conceding 4 ****ing goals but we were never gonna beat the LOI record of 8 goals conceded so **** it.

Champions.....

HAHHAHAHAHAH shels **** off and die please

Just won your first league since the 90's and can't stop thinking of Shels, bless.

Hope you get Moldovan opposition in Europe, worked out well for ya the last time.

dreamers75

Oat23 wrote: »

No need for that..

Highly unlikely you will find any sympathy towards shels from any pats over the age of 25.

Fairly sure my "**** off and die" comment sums up our feelings for them. But thats irrelevant really, a cracking season of LOI football was had by all.

Well by me and other pats fans and Dundalk fans and ummmm others possibly.

St. Patrick's Athletic 33 21 8 4 56 20 71
Dundalk 33 21 5 7 55 30 68
Sligo Rvrs 33 19 9 5 53 22 66
Derry City 33 17 5 11 57 39 56
Shamrock R 33 13 13 7 43 28 52
Cork City 33 13 7 13 47 50 46
Limerick 33 11 9 13 38 46 42
Drogheda U 33 8 14 11 44 46 38
UCD 33 8 6 19 45 73 30
Bohemian 33 7 8 18 27 47 29
Bray Wndrs 33 7 6 20 33 66 27
Shelbourne 33 5 6 22 25 56 21

Lawrence1895

Oat23 wrote: »

No need for that..

I just ignore stuff like that

dan1895

The soccer forum's resident drunk.

gimmick

21 goals scored at Turners Cross in the last 4 home games. Entertainment.

kksaints

I wasnt at the Pats match tonight but I wouldnt have been surprised if there was a stadium-wide renedition of "Lets all laugh at Shelbourne". But anyway enough about those minnows.

We were the best team through out the season and with the exception of tonight our greatest strength was our defence. O' Brien and Bermo were the best full-backs in the league. Kenna and Browne were extremely reliable and Price did fairly well when he needed to slot in. Clarkie did a fantastic job aswell and recovered from some early season jitters. Midfield was great aswell Russell, Bolger and Brennan did super jobs and McFaul, Gannon and Forrester slotted in fine when needed. Byrne was wonderful and Kavanagh was a excellent signing. Flood was also a big surprise this season with how good he was for us, Fagan didnt kick on as I thought he would but got some very useful goals, same could be said for Jake Kelly who did very well with his few opportunities. I must admit Im extremely excited about the Champions league matches next season hopefully they will be played in Richmond Park and that I'll get a ticket:D. Gonna be a fascinating league next season aswell.

Anyway best way to sum up this season for us is with one word. CHAMPIONS!!!!

dreamers75

kksaints wrote: »

I wasnt at the Pats match tonight but I wouldnt have been surprised if there was a stadium-wide renedition of "Lets all laugh at Shelbourne". But anyway enough about those minnows.

We were the best team through out the season and with the exception of tonight our greatest strength was our defence. O' Brien and Bermo were the best full-backs in the league. Kenna and Browne were extremely reliable and Price did fairly well when he needed to slot in. Clarkie did a fantastic job aswell and recovered from some early season jitters. Midfield was great aswell Russell, Bolger and Brennan did super jobs and McFaul, Gannon and Forrester slotted in fine when needed. Byrne was wonderful and Kavanagh was a excellent signing. Flood was also a big surprise this season with how good he was for us, Fagan didnt kick on as I thought he would but got some very useful goals, same could be said for Jake Kelly who did very well with his few opportunities. I must admit Im extremely excited about the Champions league matches next season hopefully they will be played in Richmond Park and that I'll get a ticket:D. Gonna be a fascinating league next season aswell.

Anyway best way to sum up this season for us is with one word. CHAMPIONS!!!!

I love that post

We didnt lose a game Russell Bolger and Brennan started in midfield. Every game bar one we had more shots on goal than the other team.

We won the league as worthy winners, we played ball always.