LOI Fixtures Week 3 & 4 March 20-24th, 2015

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All games are 7.45 PM KO unless otherwise stated.

Premier Division

Friday, March 20th, 2015

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City - Tallaght Stadium - 8pm

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

Galway United v Drogheda United - Eamonn Deacy Park

Saturday, March 21st, 2015

Limerick FC v Longford Town - Jackman Park - 7pm

Bray Wanderers v Bohemians - Carlisle Grounds - 5.45pm

Sligo Rovers v Derry City - Showgrounds

First Division

Friday, March 20th, 2015

Cabinteely FC v Shelbourne - Stradbrook Rd

UCD v Athlone Town - Belfield

Waterford United v Finn Harps - RSC

Saturday, March 21st, 2015

Cobh Ramblers v Wexford Youths - St. Colman's Park

General info

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

http://www.sseairtricityleague.ie/

http://www.extratime.ie

Soccer Republic - Highlights show on RTÉ Two at 11.05pm on Monday nights.

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

See club sites for ticket info:

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

UCD AFC
Athlone Town
Shelbourne FC
Wexford Youths
Finn Harps
Waterford United
Cobh Ramblers
Cabinteely FC

NIMAN

I'd take a point at Sligo.

GLaDOS

Bray have had poor start to the season, so hoping we can extend our run and make it 9 points out of 9. Be great to get 3 wins on the trot before moving onto tougher fixtures against Dundalk and Rovers.

Gavin "shels"

Hopefully the pitch in Stradbrook is less of a health hazard tomorrow compared to week one.

dreamers75

Gavin shels wrote: »

Hopefully the pitch in Stradbrook is less of a health hazard tomorrow compared to week one.

Has it rained the last 2 weeks? Doubt its any better.


Would take a draw in Dundalk.

To Elland Back

Gavin shels wrote: »

Hopefully the pitch in Stradbrook is less of a health hazard tomorrow compared to week one.

There were 3 rugger bugger games on it the weekend we played them, but I don't think anything since. I really hope they sort out that pitch, because everything else is fine for the 1st division

Mushy

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Bray have had poor start to the season, so hoping we can extend our run and make it 9 points out of 9. Be great to get 3 wins on the trot before moving onto tougher fixtures against Dundalk and Rovers.

Bray will get chances like the last two matches, whether they take them or not is the big question. I'd still tip the scales in favour of Bohs either way.

dfx-

It's going to be a very physical niggly game I suspect tonight

CHealy

Big test for City tonight in Tallaght. Hoping for a similar team that started against Limerick but I fear we'll have Marky Sullivan up top on his own and we're in for a long night lobbing it up to him.

I'll go for a great 0-0 win for City.

anncoates

Bloodbath on the cards I'd say. Hopefully a game will break out during it

gimmick

Why no TV game? City away to Shams and SPA away to Dundalk are good ones to show.

dan1895

Galway one up already

doncarlos

Dundalk slightly on top here in the first half and probably deserve to lead. Pats down to 10 for two yellows which probably were yellows but it was always going to happen referee giving soft frees all night. I wouldn't be surprised to see another red.

dfx-

gimmick wrote: »

Why no TV game? City away to Shams and SPA away to Dundalk are good ones to show.

They're going to need to get the Bohs poet to fill instead of the highlights from the game in Tallaght..

Awful game, not helped by a fussy ref who took it as a personal insult if a quick free was taken.

Pighead

doncarlos wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised to see another red.

Good call! We played pretty bad tonight bar a 25 minute spell in the opening half but Pats indiscipline cost them dear. McCormack deservedly off for two clumsy challenges and I have no idea what Brennan was thinking. He makes a great tackle on Towell, ball goes out for a throw. Both men get up and Brennan pushes Towell. Straight red and game over. Good to see McMillan bag two. Hopefully he can kick on now. Gannon was atrocious tonight. Don't think I've seen him play worse. Anyway, top of the league once more. Bring on Sligo.

anncoates

doncarlos wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised to see another red.

Poor old KB. He's just misunderstood.

ollaetta

dfx- wrote: »

They're going to need to get the Bohs poet to fill instead of the highlights from the game in Tallaght..

Awful game, not helped by a fussy ref who took it as a personal insult if a quick free was taken.

Thought the pitch didn't help either. Very bumpy.

The_Kew_Tour

Happy enough with result for Cork. 2 tough away games out of the way. Win Tuesday will set us up nicely.

That_Guy

Pity Bohs aren't at home tomorrow. Could have diverted the water protesters to Dalyer.

dreamers75

Not sure WTF happened but we had 9 men after an hour and barely a bad tackle in the game. Finn kicked Brennan and the ref gave out to Bolger It was that type of night.

Dundalk kept giving us the ball and we were well in the game then I dont know what Mc Cormack was thinking, I know Massey a pro but turning your back when a player jumping to head a ball is not a clever thing to do, could have done himself some serious damage. I didnt teach him that!


We played the random card generator tonight and lost badly. Decent crowd at it, Dundalk were beatable tonight. Once we started putting over Gartlands head it was nailed on hilarity would happen next.


Funniest moment of the night was me shouting at Towell calling him a **** as he is asking the lino not to send off brennan as he never touched him.....lino tells ref to send him off :pac:

Pighead

dreamers75 wrote: »

Not sure WTF happened but we had 9 men after an hour and barely a bad tackle in the game. Finn kicked Brennan and the ref gave out to Bolger It was that type of night.

Dundalk kept giving us the ball and we were well in the game then I dont know what Mc Cormack was thinking, I know Massey a pro but turning your back when a player jumping to head a ball is not a clever thing to do, could have done himself some serious damage. I didnt teach him that!


We played the random card generator tonight and lost badly. Decent crowd at it, Dundalk were beatable tonight. Once we started putting over Gartlands head it was nailed on hilarity would happen next.


Funniest moment of the night was me shouting at Towell calling him a **** as he is asking the lino not to send off brennan as he never touched him.....lino tells ref to send him off :pac:

Random card generator? I suggest you watch the highlights on Monday night. Two clear yellow cards for McCormack. He was having a nightmare against Horgan anyway. Couldn't deal with him. Also Bolger is a moany ****er. Spent about five minutes shouting at Forrester. Thought poor Chris was going to cry.

dreamers75

Pighead wrote: »

Random card generator? I suggest you watch the highlights on Monday night. Two clear yellow cards for McCormack. He was having a nightmare against Horgan anyway. Couldn't deal with him. Also Bolger is a moany ****er. Spent about five minutes shouting at Forrester. Thought poor Chris was going to cry.

So why wasnt Finn booked for kicking Brennan on the half way line? Why wasnt Gannon booked when Forrester roasted him. We didnt even get a free for the Finn kick.

Again randon card generator, I dont moan about LOI refs as we both have to deal with it and some days it goes for you and others it doesnt.

dreamers75

Also solid debut for O Malley didnt do anything wrong for any of the goals or in general.

Pighead

dreamers75 wrote: »

So why wasnt Finn booked for kicking Brennan on the half way line? Why wasnt Gannon booked when Forrester roasted him. We didnt even get a free for the Finn kick.

Again randon card generator, I dont moan about LOI refs as we both have to deal with it and some days it goes for you and others it doesnt.

Didn't see Finn's kick and a yellow for Gannon would have been harsh. Think I remember you moaning about the ref after Rovers beat you's a couple of weeks ago. Pats have a discipline problem. Tell Bucko to sort it out.

conroym7

Easy win for Dundalk tonight.

We never had to leave 1st gear and the St Pats self destruction handed us the win.

Bucko must have had the players fired up for this one, but it backfired massively. Such an unprofessional display, I'd be more worried about the players behaviour than the refs if I was a Pats fan.

Great for DMcM to get a brace, the first was a lovely connection. Good crowd aswell.

White Horse

Pighead wrote: »

Didn't see Finn's kick and a yellow for Gannon would have been harsh. Think I remember you moaning about the ref after Rovers beat you's a couple of weeks ago. Pats have a discipline problem. Tell Bucko to sort it out.

It did see the Finn kick. He was late, went over the ball, and caught the player. It was a definite yellow.

However, there were many examples of fouls on Dundalk players being ignored. McMillan was being constantly fouled and the ref kept ignoring it.

I thought the ref was very poor.

However, he was right with both sendings off. It could even be argued that McCormack deserved a straight red.

10green bottles

McMillan was kicked from top to toe!! I had all my money on Bolger to be the first to go tbh,he got away with a lot of crap tonight.Bucks is winding Pats too tight before matches i reckon.Ref was poor but Pats players wound him up.Great attendance in Oriel tonight,long may it continue.

ShakerMaker91

had a feeling Cork and Rovers would cancel each other out might be heading to the Limerick/Longford game this evening hopefully we'll see a few goals as both teams need to start racking up the points

dreamers75

conroym7 wrote: »

We never had to leave 1st gear and the St Pats self destruction handed us the win.

if you dont see how easy it was for 9 men to get to your goal and cause you issues, your going have an interesting season.

miroslavklose

Pighead wrote: »

Didn't see Finn's kick and a yellow for Gannon would have been harsh. Think I remember you moaning about the ref after Rovers beat you's a couple of weeks ago. Pats have a discipline problem. Tell Bucko to sort it out.

Pats were ridiculously physical against Rovers. 3/4 of their back four were booked for ridiculous fouls. And I was surprised Bolger stayed on the field after screaming in the ref's face in the first half the getting booked in the second. I assumed it was an anomaly because Buckley had anticipated Rovers being very physical, but it was a odd approach from a team who'd waltzed to the title two years ago playing attractive football. It's strange because when they actually just focus on playing football they're the best team in the league to watch.

conroym7

dreamers75 wrote: »

if you dont see how easy it was for 9 men to get to your goal and cause you issues, your going have an interesting season.

We must have been at a different game because 9 men never troubled Dundalk at all.

Pats had a good spell when they went to 10 men but only managed to test Rogers once from a forester long range effort.

If you don't see how unprofessional your players where last night and how much they let you down, your in for an interesting season.

White Horse

dreamers75 wrote: »

if you dont see how easy it was for 9 men to get to your goal and cause you issues, your going have an interesting season.

But they didn't get to our goal??

Dundalk play an open and expansive style of football. They push the full backs up the park and both Towell and Finn attack all the time.

This leaves Chris Shields to cover a huge amount of ground.

The opposition will get chances. However, this is the style of football that made us champions and gets 4,000 people into the ground.

anncoates

White Horse wrote: »

However, this is the style of football that made us champions and gets 4,000 people into the ground.

You'll look back at these posts on about 3 years with a fond mixture of nostalgia and complete cringe.

dfx-

ollaetta wrote: »

Thought the pitch didn't help either. Very bumpy.

It would've been if either side used the pitch. Both sides were playing for corners and throw ins and then working it back to their keeper. Not complaining about the point though, it's the sort of attitude missing last season.

anncoates

The pitch usually improves as the season gets into the spring although it's as poor as I've seen it before.

Last night was a match we'd have been ambushed in during the last two years. Team just needs to settle a bit now. Happy with the season so far.

GLaDOS

Lovely sunny day for Bray

Will be interesting watch it turn bitter and rainy as we approach kick off :pac:

That_Guy

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Lovely sunny day for Bray

Will be interesting watch it turn bitter and rainy as we approach kick off :pac:

If it does I'll be huntin' you down laddy.

Omackeral

Scoreless at the Carlisle Grounds. Scrappy game. Bohs having the better of it. Can't believe it's not raining in Bray..

DrumSteve

Decent goal there by Adam. 1 up for the bohs.

miroslavklose

White Horse wrote: »

But they didn't get to our goal??

Dundalk play an open and expansive style of football. They push the full backs up the park and both Towell and Finn attack all the time.

This leaves Chris Shields to cover a huge amount of ground.

The opposition will get chances. However, this is the style of football that made us champions and gets 4,000 people into the ground.

I'd never describe the game Dundalk play as "open". They play a possession-based game that allows the full-backs to push forward, yes, but that doesn't mean it's open. Open is going hell-for-leather in attack and leaving yourself vulnerable to counters, but generally Dundalk are very well-organised in defence to ensure that doesn't happen. They don't take an awful lot of risks, because they're good enough at holding onto the ball that they don't need to. Pats are the same. The only team I'd consistently describe as "open" is Martin Russell's UCD.

BOHtox

My Dad as well as a load of other fans were let in for free last night in the Carlisle. Big crowds on the stroke of kick off and just after it and the stewards just said go in for free. It's sad to see when LOI clubs are on their knees and don't even have the basic infrastructure to deal with a couple of hundred away fans.

Omackeral

BOHtox wrote: »

My Dad as well as a load of other fans were let in for free last night in the Carlisle. Big crowds on the stroke of kick off and just after it and the stewards just said go in for free. It's sad to see when LOI clubs are on their knees and don't even have the basic infrastructure to deal with a couple of hundred away fans.

They ran out of adult tickets when I was at the kiosk. I hung on a couple of minutes while they went to get more but it's a bit silly for that to happen, you're right. Any number for the attendance at it?

BOHtox

Omackeral wrote: »

They ran out of adult tickets when I was at the kiosk. I hung on a couple of minutes while they went to get more but it's a bit silly for that to happen, you're right. Any number for the attendance at it?

Maybe that was the problem too and it was lost in translation somewhere along the way but the steward told him and others he could just enter for free. This was a good five/ten minutes after kick off and I'd say and he had been queuing for a while.

Gavin "shels"

Cabinteelys pitch is as bad as it looked in the pictures...

doncarlos

Gavin shels wrote: »

Cabinteelys pitch is as bad as it looked in the pictures...

As bad as Oriel is, the pitch is still better than a lot of grass pitches in the country. Derry's and Rovers' bad this season too.

Hammer Archer

Gavin "shels" wrote: »

Cabinteelys pitch is as bad as it looked in the pictures...

Out of interest, what was the home crowd like in Stradbook on Friday?

NIMAN

doncarlos wrote: »

As bad as Oriel is, the pitch is still better than a lot of grass pitches in the country. Derry's and Rovers' bad this season too.

The Brandywell pitch is always poor at this time of the season, but improves dramatically around May time once the weather picks up.

You have to remember too that the Brandywell is a council-owned pitch and as a result it is used constantly by the local junior leagues right throughout the winter months, so it never gets rested, with constant games while the weather is bad. No pitch is going to be good under those conditions.

CHealy

NIMAN wrote: »

The Brandywell pitch is always poor at this time of the season, but improves dramatically around May time once the weather picks up.

You have to remember too that the Brandywell is a council-owned pitch and as a result it is used constantly by the local junior leagues right throughout the winter months, so it never gets rested, with constant games while the weather is bad. No pitch is going to be good under those conditions.

Same as Turners Cross, owned by the MFA used all year round but its like a carpet at the moment. The sooner the Brandywell is redeveloped the better for Derry City.

10green bottles

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Out of interest, what was the home crowd like in Stradbook on Friday?

1186 i seen on their Twitter iirc

Gavin "shels"

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Out of interest, what was the home crowd like in Stradbook on Friday?

10green bottles wrote: »

1186 i seen on their Twitter iirc

Think it was that on Extratime.ie ye. Hard to estimate the Shelbourne crowd but it was sizeable, 300+. I would have said 800 max at the match tbh, and I'd imagine a large chunk of the home crowd was freebies. Not to mention they were giving out student tickets to anyone who looked under 30!

That_Guy

The absolute state of Jackman Park on Soccer Republic.