LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 15), May 30-Jun 3, 2014

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All games are 7.45 PM KO unless otherwise stated.

Premier Division

Friday, May 30th, 2014

UCD v Bray Wanderers - Belfield

Bohemians v Dundalk - Dalymount Park

Drogheda United v Limerick FC - United Park

St. Patrick's Ath. v Derry City - Richmond Park

Cork City v Athlone Town - Turners' Cross

Sunday, June 1st, 2014

Sligo Rovers v Shamrock Rovers - Showgrounds - 3pm

Monday, June 2nd, 2014

Dundalk v UCD - Oriel Park

St. Patrick's Ath. v Drogheda United - Richmond Park

First Division

Friday, May 30th, 2014

Waterford United v Cobh Ramblers - RSC

Shelbourne v Galway FC - Tolka Park - 8pm

Wexford Youths v Finn Harps - Ferrycarrig Park - 8pm

Saturday, May 31st, 2014

Longford Town v Shamrock Rovers - City Calling Stadium

Monday, June 2nd, 2014

Cobh Ramblers v Longford Town - St. Colmans Park - 3pm

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014

Shamrock Rovers v Waterford United - Tallaght Stadium

General info

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Shamrock Rovers FC
St Patrick's Athletic
Sligo Rovers
Bray Wanderers
Cork City
Derry City
Drogheda United
Dundalk FC
UCD AFC
Limerick FC
Athlone Town
Bohemians

Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne FC
Wexford Youths
Longford Town
Finn Harps
Galway FC
Waterford United
Cobh Ramblers

dan1895

Really looking forward to Shels v Galway tomorrow. Massive game for both teams. El Presidente will be in attendance.

dan1895

Oh, and its not on in Finn Park

UnleashTheBeast

Are Dylan Connolly and Ryan Robinson out because of international duty?

dan1895

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

Are Dylan Connolly and Ryan Robinson out because of international duty?

As far as I know the international game is on at the same time. So they're out. Big loss.

Ebbs

Sunday kick offs...hate it. Unless you're focusing your whole bank holiday around them they're just pointless. Needless to say I'm bitter as I'll miss it.

1st day of open season on out of contract NI/English players so I doubt we'll see any new faces straight away. Big potential for a new face or two for the Tuesday game in Waterford.

Neither team in very good form but still getting points on the board. Im guessing a poor spectical and a narrow win either way, probably a Sligo win, especially if we emulated how we played against Bohs.

Darkglasses

Ebbs wrote: »

Sunday kick offs...hate it. Unless you're focusing your whole bank holiday around them they're just pointless. Needless to say I'm bitter as I'll miss it.

I like them for the early kick-off though, much easy to travel cross-country in the day than starting the journey at 10.00 pm.

Gavin "shels"

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

Are Dylan Connolly and Ryan Robinson out because of international duty?

Both out, delighted for Dylan, supposedly played a stormer last night and set up the first goal!

Hopefully Galway fielding a full team on Tuesday that went to ET will go to our advantage!

That_Guy

Really can't see us doing anything of note against Dundalk tomorrow.

dreamers75

Bolger in front of back 4 and Brennan on pitch please.

Hammer Archer

Place to be for goals is Belfield tomorrow (seriously). The last 7 games between UCD and Bray have yielded 37 of them, including 3-5 in the game at the Carlisle this season and 4-5 in last season's game in Belfield.

Cue a 0-0 draw tomorrow.
Really need a result tomorrow. Great time to play Bray as they've got a few suspensions. Could really do with Clarke and Ben Mohamad back though.

dfx-

huge game in Sligo, a draw would suit Rovers better. Sligo really need to win.

Rovers are not exactly freescoring, so one goal should do it for the home side.

CHealy

Anything less than a Cork City win would be a disaster for us. Would be hoping to batter Athlone to claw back some of that goal difference on Dundalk, but in 2 out of the last 3 games we've gone 2 nil up within 20 mins, and thats been that.

Saying that I'm sure Athlone will be on a high after grabbing the win against UCD, so it might be alot tougher than I imagine in my head.

Anything can happen. I love this league.

gimmick

To batter them would be nice, but I have an awful feeling that a 0-0 is going to happen. So would be happy with the 3 regardless of how.

anncoates

Looking forward to the trip even though I reckon we'll be lucky to get a result the way we've been playing.

Gavin "shels"

Micky D coming to Tolka.

GLaDOS

Comfortably Dundalk victory

BOHtox

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Comfortably Dundalk victory

Dundalk (-2) is 5/1 in places

Zebra3

Need a win, don't expect one.

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monkey9

dreamers75 wrote: »

Bolger in front of back 4 and Brennan on pitch please.

Definitely time we started naming these two in the starting eleven again.

kksaints

monkey9 wrote: »

Definitely time we started naming these two in the starting eleven again.

Brennan is starting and Bolger is on the bench. Lynch drops to the bench.

doncarlos

Bohs well on top in Dalymount but losing 1-0. If Dundalk don't up their performance we could lose this match.
On a sad note an elderly fan and a kid were jumped by Bohs fans before the game. 20 or so. Class acts walked past guards and attacked people who weren't able to defend themselves. Also one turnstile open before the game and 50 Dundalk fans still hadn't gotten in by the time the goal was scored in the 8th shambles. Not a great start to the night

Omackeral

Fully convinced they're hiring these referees from mental institutions.

Jelle1880

1-0 Cork, about f*cking time

kksaints

5-1 for us. Fagan Hattrick.

Hammer Archer

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Place to be for goals is Belfield tomorrow (seriously). The last 7 games between UCD and Bray have yielded 37 of them, including 3-5 in the game at the Carlisle this season and 4-5 in last season's game in Belfield.

Cue a 0-0 draw tomorrow.
Really need a result tomorrow. Great time to play Bray as they've got a few suspensions. Could really do with Clarke and Ben Mohamad back though.

Oh FFS.

GLaDOS

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Comfortably Dundalk victory

Football genius me

doncarlos wrote: »

On a sad note an elderly fan and a kid were jumped by Bohs fans before the game. 20 or so. Class acts walked past guards and attacked people who weren't able to defend themselves.

That's fúcking horrible, hopefully the scumbags are caught

Zebra3

We need our internationals back.

Badly.

Ronan|Raven

Zebra3 wrote: »

We need our internationals back.

Badly.

not at all. The longer the better.

BOHtox

doncarlos wrote: »

Bohs well on top in Dalymount but losing 1-0. If Dundalk don't up their performance we could lose this match.
On a sad note an elderly fan and a kid were jumped by Bohs fans before the game. 20 or so. Class acts walked past guards and attacked people who weren't able to defend themselves. Also one turnstile open before the game and 50 Dundalk fans still hadn't gotten in by the time the goal was scored in the 8th shambles. Not a great start to the night

Were the Bohs lads under the age of 18 roughly by any chance?
Absolute cretins and I know all Bohs fans condemn their behaviour!


On the pitch I thought Dundalk were cruising. Never had to leave first gear. Towell is some player, probably the best in the league. Any idea as to how much he's on a week? He's the next one on the plane I imagine

dreamers75

Brennan started tonight and we won well, no coincidence that.

2 goals we conceded were soft.

10green bottles

BOHtox wrote: »

Were the Bohs lads under the age of 18 roughly by any chance?
Absolute cretins and I know all Bohs fans condemn their behaviour!


On the pitch I thought Dundalk were cruising. Never had to leave first gear.
Towell is some player, probably the best in the league. Any idea as to how much he's on a week? He's the next one on the plane I imagine

Cough,splutter,choke!! Wages? Whats that?
Richie gets the haircut of his choice paid by the club every week and thats that :cool: Some player he is alright although Bohs fans didnt like the way he celebrated his fine strike

BOHtox

10green bottles wrote: »

Cough,splutter,choke!! Wages? Whats that?
Richie gets the haircut of his choice paid by the club every week and thats that :cool: Some player he is alright although Bohs fans didnt like the way he celebrated his fine strike

My mate and I were applauding the strike as were a few around me but that quickly turned to "Fúck off Towell ye cúnt" when he came over to us

grenache

Good result for Super Blues tonight, don't know what's gone wrong with Drogs lately, is that 14 goals conceded in 3 games?! Crazy stuff.

The result didn't flatter Limerick either, we actually looked like the home team. Galbraith coming back has made a massive difference.

dundalkfc10

Great win last night but on the way into the away end after we got off the bus, about 30 Bohs "fans" came from the same end as the entrance and attacked about 100 Dundalk fans! They obviously attacked the wrong bus but how the gardai/stewards never seen it, until it was over il never know

As for our fans with the smoke bomb, will you ever f""k off

gimmick

Hard fought 1-0 against a terrible but dogged Athlone side. My god it was an awful game. Athlone were poor but we were not much better. A great header won it but there was nothing else.

I was happy that JC changed things at ht as the 451 was not working. Lehane was excellent when he came on.

UnleashTheBeast

Brilliant performance from our players at Tolka Park, a scoreline like that was coming against a decent side.

First half was relatively even, with Shels probably having more possession. Shels scored two really nice long range efforts, we scored a looping header and a header from a corner. I thought psychologically, Shels coming from behind twice would work against us but boy was I wrong. Second half was totally different, we owned it and blitzed Shels. Our strikers hassled and harried for every ball, never gave Shels a minutes peace. Despite a few breakaways it was a relatively comfortable half for us it must be said. Conneely could have scored a hat-trick of headers.

Jake Keegan's goal was phenomenal.

Mars Bar

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

Brilliant performance from our players at Tolka Park, a scoreline like that was coming against a decent side.

First half was relatively even, with Shels probably having more possession. Shels scored two really nice long range efforts, we scored a looping header and a header from a corner. I thought psychologically, Shels coming from behind twice would work against us but boy was I wrong. Second half was totally different, we owned it and blitzed Shels. Our strikers hassled and harried for every ball, never gave Shels a minutes peace. Despite a few breakaways it was a relatively comfortable half for us it must be said. Conneely could have scored a hat-trick of headers.

Jake Keegan's goal was phenomenal.

I heard that the fans were chanting USA after Keegan scored!

Gavin "shels"

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

not at all. The longer the better.

You lot still have Cousins in charge, calm down...

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

Brilliant performance from our players at Tolka Park, a scoreline like that was coming against a decent side.

First half was relatively even, with Shels probably having more possession. Shels scored two really nice long range efforts, we scored a looping header and a header from a corner. I thought psychologically, Shels coming from behind twice would work against us but boy was I wrong. Second half was totally different, we owned it and blitzed Shels. Our strikers hassled and harried for every ball, never gave Shels a minutes peace. Despite a few breakaways it was a relatively comfortable half for us it must be said. Conneely could have scored a hat-trick of headers.

Jake Keegan's goal was phenomenal.

Having seen Galway 3 times this season they look the best side in the League now since they've managed to start scoring. Our defending was pish poor, Murray in goals had a shocking game and we're badly missing Connelly and a few of the lads who aren't 100% fit still.

Mars Bar wrote: »

I heard that the fans were chanting USA after Keegan scored!

They were also chanting "United".......baffled the majority of Tolka Park!

dundalkfc10

https://vine.co/v/MpAAjlannF6

Richie Towell's goal Friday

CSF

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

Brilliant performance from our players at Tolka Park, a scoreline like that was coming against a decent side.

First half was relatively even, with Shels probably having more possession. Shels scored two really nice long range efforts, we scored a looping header and a header from a corner. I thought psychologically, Shels coming from behind twice would work against us but boy was I wrong. Second half was totally different, we owned it and blitzed Shels. Our strikers hassled and harried for every ball, never gave Shels a minutes peace. Despite a few breakaways it was a relatively comfortable half for us it must be said. Conneely could have scored a hat-trick of headers.

Jake Keegan's goal was phenomenal.

We were missing a large amount of players. It took it's toll unfortunately

dundalkfc10

 Aaron Henry  ‏@aaronhenry5 2m
Shamrock Rovers fans throwing fireworks on the pitch. 4 arrested by Guards
from Sligo

Gerard ‏@GerardGrimes11 4m
Sligo announcer just said "If there's anymore flares, the game will be abandoned"

1-0 Shamrock Rovers at HT,

Zebra3

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

 Aaron Henry  ‏@aaronhenry5 2m
Shamrock Rovers fans throwing fireworks on the pitch. 4 arrested by Guards
from Sligo

Gerard ‏@GerardGrimes11 4m
Sligo announcer just said "If there's anymore flares, the game will be abandoned"

1-0 Shamrock Rovers at HT,

Another lucrative day for the FAI.....

kksaints

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

 Aaron Henry  ‏@aaronhenry5 2m
Shamrock Rovers fans throwing fireworks on the pitch. 4 arrested by Guards
from Sligo

Gerard ‏@GerardGrimes11 4m
Sligo announcer just said "If there's anymore flares, the game will be abandoned"

1-0 Shamrock Rovers at HT,

Shams fans have done that before in Sligo. Almost certain they did it at the last match of the season in 2012 when they scored.

dundalkfc10

kksaints wrote: »

Shams fans have done that before in Sligo. Almost certain they did it at the last match of the season in 2012 when they scored.

Game was stopped for 5 mins after they scored. Surely its time their away fans started getting banned for away games

anncoates

Put that on fcuking twitter, Keane.

10green bottles

anncoates wrote: »

Put that on fcuking twitter, Keane.

Alan Keane™ ‏@keano47 May 11
Only 1 rovers that's sligo rovers 5 years all trophys **** anyone else's that think they are rovers #rentapitch #zzzzzzz

Some egit alright.

Sligo will put up a hell of a scrap v Dundalk in the FAI cup on Friday night,their league season is as good as over.

miroslavklose

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Game was stopped for 5 mins after they scored. Surely its time their away fans started getting banned for away games

There are a bunch of gob****es who do things like this every now and then but that's just ridiculous. I know the children of Dundalk are still scarred for life after a few lads ran on the pitch in Oriel last month and might never recover, but we have to keep these things in perspective.

Terrific win for Rovers in Sligo, ten points better off than this time last year. I just hope with a bit of confidence we can get back to playing some of the football we were in the opening weeks.

dundalkfc10

miroslavklose wrote: »

There are a bunch of gob****es who do things like this every now and then but that's just ridiculous. I know the children of Dundalk are still scarred for life after a few lads ran on the pitch in Oriel last month and might never recover, but we have to keep these things in perspective.

Terrific win for Rovers in Sligo, ten points better off than this time last year. I just hope with a bit of confidence we can get back to playing some of the football we were in the opening weeks.

Throwing flares on the pitch, several pitch invasions (at least 3 this season already) If your clubs not punished properly, you will keep attracting these clowns!
I know in Oriel, supporters have started pointing out trouble makers (pics, videos etc...) to the club and bans have been handed out to a few from the Shed, About time your clubs fans started doing the same.

miroslavklose

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Throwing flares on the pitch, several pitch invasions (at least 3 this season already) If your clubs not punished properly, you will keep attracting these clowns!
I know in Oriel, supporters have started pointing out trouble makers (pics, videos etc...) to the club and bans have been handed out to a few from the Shed, About time your clubs fans started doing the same.

How do you know my club doesn't ban fans? You'd swear we were the only club that have a handful of idiots who do stupid things every now and then.