LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 16), Jun 13, 2014

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All games are 7.45 PM KO unless otherwise stated.

Premier Division

Friday, June 13th, 2014

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City - Tallaght Stadium - 8pm

Bray Wanderers v Bohemians - Carlisle Grounds

Limerick FC v UCD - Thomond Park

Athlone Town v Drogheda United - Lissywoollen

Sligo Rovers v Derry City - Showgrounds

Dundalk v St. Patrick's Ath. - Oriel Park

First Division

Friday, June 13th, 2014

Cobh Ramblers v Shelbourne - St. Colman's Park

Galway FC v Wexford Youths - Eamonn Deacy Park

Finn Harps v Longford Town - Finn Park - 8pm

General info

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer/

http://www.airtricityleague.ie/

Soccer Republic - Mondays at 11.05pm on RTÉ Two & RTÉ.ie.

Try out a game near you. Click a fixture link for stadium detals.

See club sites for ticket info:

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

NIMAN

Don't see us getting anything in Sligo tbh.

dfx-

Derry have an appalling record against Sligo home or away in fairness for two sides that should be much closer on paper, but they beat them in the League Cup didn't they..

Oat23

dfx- wrote: »

Derry have an appalling record against Sligo home or away in fairness for two sides that should be much closer on paper, but they beat them in the League Cup didn't they..

Beaten in the cup at home 1-0. Lost in the league up there 1-0 as well.

doncarlos

I'm shocked the big game of the night isn't being shown on RTE. Dundalk and Pats both play great football and this game has a massive role in how the league will go. A lot of pressure for both teams tonight not to lose. I'd happily take a draw. Hopefully Rovers and Cork will also finish in a draw and give Dundalk a bit of breathing room going in to the break.

Am I the only one that doesn't enjoy big games as much as I should? Always look forward to them but never enjoy them until I'm sure we've won or until the ref blows for the 90. Just a bag of nerves until then.

10green bottles

DonCarlos,don't worry-i'm pooing it too

:pac:

Gavin "shels"

Don't envy anyone having to sit on a bus today in this heat going to a long distance away trip, suppose it's one advantage to not being able to get off work!

GLaDOS

doncarlos wrote: »

I'm shocked the big game of the night isn't being shown on RTE.

Spain v Netherlands is on, going to hurt attendances as well.

First of 3 big games for Bohs where we need to pick up wins. Expect a tough game against Bray tonight.

Paz-CCFC

doncarlos wrote: »

I'm shocked the big game of the night isn't being shown on RTE. Dundalk and Pats both play great football and this game has a massive role in how the league will go. A lot of pressure for both teams tonight not to lose. I'd happily take a draw. Hopefully Rovers and Cork will also finish in a draw and give Dundalk a bit of breathing room going in to the break.

I'll gladly take that.

Am I the only one that doesn't enjoy big games as much as I should? Always look forward to them but never enjoy them until I'm sure we've won or until the ref blows for the 90. Just a bag of nerves until then.

It's all excitement and buzz in the run-up to them. And then on the day, it's terrifying. It's great if you go 1-0 up, but it's torture waiting for the ref to blow his whistle or for your team to score more. I can't relax unless City are 3-0 up.

Still, it's a fantastic rollercoaster of emotions and if you do win them, it's a great feeling altogether. It's certainly better than a boring mid-table finish!

mike65

I'm amazed the LOI didn't decide to take two weeks off, ie the group stages. Attendances are bound to be hit.

10green bottles

mike65 wrote: »

I'm amazed the LOI didn't decide to take two weeks off, ie the group stages. Attendances are bound to be hit.

Finishes tonight for two weeks.

That_Guy

Will be interesting to see attendance figures after this weekend especially since games are clashing with a huge fixture in the World Cup tonight.

Strangely looking forward to my first trip out to the Carlisle Grounds actually. Funnily enough, it's almost a year since Heary took charge and a renewed sense of optimism took over in this exact fixture....

It's anything but right now especially that we need to go out and perform otherwise Athlone in a few weeks will be playing on the mind over the mid season break.

Hammer Archer

Need a result tonight. Can see Athlone beating Drogheda and that coupled with a loss for us would mean they'd be 7 points behind us.
Though hopefully the two week break will be enough for the likes of Clarke and Ben Mohamad to return.

Omackeral

That_Guy wrote: »

Will be interesting to see attendance figures after this weekend especially since games are clashing with a huge fixture in the World Cup tonight.

Strangely looking forward to my first trip out to the Carlisle Grounds actually. Funnily enough, it's almost a year since Heary took charge and a renewed sense of optimism took over in this exact fixture....

It's anything but right now especially that we need to go out and perform otherwise Athlone in a few weeks will be playing on the mind over the mid season break.

Great day for a trip to bray. It's one of my favourite road (rail) trips to do. Again, World Cup viewership will hamper attendances, especially Spain v Holland. If we play like we did against Limerick, we could get 3 points.

uch

That_Guy wrote: »

Strangely looking forward to my first trip out to the Carlisle Grounds actually. .

Bring Shorts, a Raincoat, an umbrella and an overcoat & scarf, the only place I know in Ireland where you'll need them all in an hour and a half.

AgileMyth

NIMAN wrote: »

Don't see us getting anything in Sligo tbh.

Just seen our team. You'll win. Comfortably.

we've only got three subs too. Not sure what that's about

DrumSteve

Not a bad turnout for us at the carlisle.

DrumSteve

Bohs 1-0 up, peno for dinny.

Alright lads, park the ****ing bus.

DrumSteve

Dinny again...2-0!

DrumSteve

Think dinny is on for the hattrick their goalie is about to get sent off...

3-0!

DrumSteve

Dinny again! Though this time he causes an OG! 4-0

Omackeral

DrumSteve wrote: »

Think dinny is on for the hattrick their goalie is about to get sent off...

3-0!

Why was he sent off Steve? Cracking result in the making.

GLaDOS

Omackeral wrote: »

Why was he sent off Steve? Cracking result in the making.

Took Dinny out through on goal. Definite foul, thought he was offside though.

DrumSteve

Omackeral wrote: »

Why was he sent off Steve? Cracking result in the making.

As above, dinny was clear through, about as clear a sending off as Ive seen in a while. Goalie took him clean out.

DrumSteve

5-0 for bohs now bucko

Oat23

Odhiambo sent off about 5 minutes after he was brought on. Just leave.

Seaneh

Athlone are winning 5-0.

What the absolute f*ck?

kksaints

Seaneh wrote: »

Athlone are winning 5-0.

What the absolute f*ck?

Drogs are bad, very very bad.

Draw up in Oriel. Ok result for us. Looks like Cork are the big winners this week 1 up in Tallaght.

Omackeral

Athlone 6 Drogheda 0

De town trying to upstage The Netherlands.

Darkglasses

Bizarre decision at Galway tonight. Youths forward was obviously pulled down in the box when running clear on goal, ref blew and pointed to the spot. Goes and has a chat with the lineo and gives a hop ball.

We watched the tape back, penalty was the obvious decision. Look forward to finding out what the ref said to the players. Penalty looked completely obvious.

That being said, it's not quite as unbelievable as the Athlone - Drogs scoreline. Holy ****. That is baaaaad.

NufcNavan

Worst result I can ever remember as a Drogheda fan, been following them since 2002.

The_Kew_Tour

Will just have to settle for the 2 tonight

oldyouth

Darkglasses wrote: »

Bizarre decision at Galway tonight. Youths forward was obviously pulled down in the box when running clear on goal, ref blew and pointed to the spot. Goes and has a chat with the lineo and gives a hop ball.

We watched the tape back, penalty was the obvious decision. Look forward to finding out what the ref said to the players. Penalty looked completely obvious.

That being said, it's not quite as unbelievable as the Athlone - Drogs scoreline. Holy ****. That is baaaaad.

There are many threads here about how to "fix" our league but , IMO, the biggest flaw is the standard of officials. The shilte on display in the 1st division has to be seen to be believed. I don't care if wrong decisions balance themselves out during the year, it's pure muck

Darkglasses

oldyouth wrote: »

There are many threads here about how to "fix" our league but , IMO, the biggest flaw is the standard of officials. The shilte on display in the 1st division has to be seen to be believed. I don't care if wrong decisions balance themselves out during the year, it's pure muck

The ref was fine otherwise in my opinion, that linesman made a few questionable decision but nothing major otherwise. That was a bizarre moment though, still waiting to hear from the players or management what the reason given was.

overshoot

longford were pretty poor tonight, we were much worse. A cracker of a free the difference. In saying that they were the only ones who looked like scoring anyway.

fair play to the longford players getting in on the sign for Oisin (the lad who fell of a balcony in Santa Ponsa - Harps u19 player)

Photo from Chris McNulty

Seaneh

Athlone winning 6-0. Who'd of thunk.

GLaDOS

Every time drogs play I get more annoyed bohs lost to them

uch

oldyouth wrote: »

There are many threads here about how to "fix" our league but , IMO, the biggest flaw is the standard of officials. The shilte on display in the 1st division has to be seen to be believed. I don't care if wrong decisions balance themselves out during the year, it's pure muck

Same tonight in Tallaght, Ref was shíte, Robinson should have been sent off ( possibly twice ) Big lad in midfield for Cork was lucky to stay on too, ref blowing for free's which looked a bit soft then gives free's the opposite way, feckin baffling, don't get me wrong, take nothing away from Cork, they were very disciplined and fully deserved their win but as oldyouth says the standard of officiating is diabolical, and thats coming from a retired ref.

Omackeral

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Every time drogs play I get more annoyed bohs lost to them

Yeah but they'll keep us out of the relegation play-off, God bless them.

DrumSteve

That was the best weve played in ages tonight. Was like watching the 2008 team play at times.

dfx-

Cork well worth their win, Rovers absolutely clueless how to go about attacking when Healy was marking Finn. Same old story. Very physical approach early on, thought the early booking would see a lower influence on the game.

How Dan Murray escaped a booking I don't know.

Again though, Cork made the last half hour so much more difficult for themselves by retreating so deep like Limerick and Derry did, wasting time getting 5 mins of injury time instead of just three. What is it with time wasting in the league. Cork were in command of the game until they got panicky and started wasting time.

Hammer Archer

Athlone ain't down and out yet. 1 point for us from Athlone, Bray and Limerick is awful.

dreamers75

Disappointing draw in Dundalk, should have won the game.

dfx-

DrumSteve wrote: »

That was the best weve played in ages tonight. Was like watching the 2008 team play at times.

It would appear that Bohs' problem this season is that half of their games have to be played at home:pac:

DrumSteve

dfx- wrote: »

It would appear that Bohs' problem this season is that half of their games have to be played at home:pac:

Its almost like watching a different team tbh.

anncoates

Not a chance of even top 3 if we don't improve at home. That was fcuking muck against a limited but organised Cork side who well deserved win.. Croly is choking a highly decent team of players.

Not bad attendance for a head to head with Spain Netherlands game About 3k there I would have thought. Cork brought about 150 I'd say and were in good voice.

dundalkfc10

dreamers75 wrote: »

Disappointing draw in Dundalk, should have won the game.

How can you say Pats should have won, We easily had twice as many chances as Pats and dominated for large periods

civis_liberalis

Gavin "shels"

Really needed a win in Cobh to set us up nicely, at the rate we're going I'd take 3rd for a playoff