LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 2 + 3), March 11-14

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All games are 7.45 PM KO unless otherwise stated.

Premier Division

Friday, March 11th, 2016

Shamrock Rovers v Wexford Youths - Tallaght Stadium - 8pm

Longford Town v St Patrick's Ath. - City Calling Stadium - 8pm

Derry City v Cork City - Brandywell

Bohemians v Sligo Rovers - Dalymount Park

Dundalk v Finn Harps - Oriel Park

Galway United v Bray Wanderers - Eamonn Deacy Park

Monday, March 14th, 2016

Finn Harps v Shamrock Rovers - Finn Park - 8pm

Cork City v Longford Town - Turners' Cross

St. Patrick's Ath. v Bohemians - Richmond Park

Bray Wanderers v Derry City - Carlisle Grounds

Sligo Rovers v Galway United - Showgrounds

Wexford Youths v Dundalk - Ferrycarrig Park - 8pm

First Division

Friday, March 11th, 2016

UCD v Cabinteely - Belfield

Waterford United v Limerick - RSC

Athlone Town v Shelbourne - Lissywoollen

Saturday, March 12th, 2016

Cobh Ramblers v Drogheda United - St. Colman's Park - 7.15pm

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
Longford Town
Galway United
Wexford Youths
Finn Harps
Bohemians

UCD AFC
Drogheda United
Limerick FC
Athlone Town
Shelbourne FC
Waterford United
Cobh Ramblers
Cabinteely FC

gimmick

Stupid fúcking "midweek" games. Seriously like, why?

OldMrBrennan83

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doncarlos

Patww79 wrote: »

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Fantastic. Huge car park.

The_Kew_Tour

Monday night actually suits me as my job now requires me to work late Fridays, so going miss fair few games his season sadly.

Hopefully good win in Derry after last week.

Paz-CCFC

gimmick wrote: »

Stupid fúcking "midweek" games. Seriously like, why?

I think this is the third season since we got promoted again that we have a midweek game just a few days after a trip to Derry. Then we have a trip to f*cking Dundalk just a few days after that. An absolute joke to have one team travelling 1,700km and play three games in a week. No other clubs except Derry and Harps have to make these kinds of trips. Things should be fixed where these long trips don't occur either side of a midweek match.

White Horse

Nothing like a trip to Wexford on a Monday night.

That_Guy

If the FAI didn't insist on the stupid mid season break, they could easily spread the games out more. It's stupid on their behalf.

I'm pretty sure that we play Cork in Dalymount on a Tuesday later in the season. Stupid stuff.

harpstilidie

Looking forward the the trip to Oriel tomorrow. Great to be back in the Premier!

Not expecting to take anything from the game but will enjoy the experience none the less.

That_Guy

harpstilidie wrote: »

Looking forward the the trip to Oriel tomorrow. Great to be back in the Premier!

Not expecting to take anything from the game but will enjoy the experience none the less.

Was listening to Ollie Horgan on the Extratime.ie podcast the other day. Last season he was very negative in regards their promotion chances and now, despite a good win over Derry, he was a bit negative in regards their chances in the Premier Division.

Hardly inspiring. What do fans think of him? It reminds me of when Heary under us said, "we're not expected to beat teams like Dundalk" which riled up a few fans for sure.

harpstilidie

That_Guy wrote: »

Was listening to Ollie Horgan on the Extratime.ie podcast the other day. Last season he was very negative in regards their promotion chances and now, despite a good win over Derry, he was a bit negative in regards their chances in the Premier Division.

Hardly inspiring. What do fans think of him? It reminds me of when Heary under us said, "we're not expected to beat teams like Dundalk" which riled up a few fans for sure.

He plays down our chances all the time which seems to work and if it's working it doesn't need fixed. He's all about hard work and commitment and having players that will do what's asked of them.

I'd say he was raging after getting praise from the guys on Soccer Republic on Monday night!

CHealy

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

I think this is the third season since we got promoted again that we have a midweek game just a few days after a trip to Derry. Then we have a trip to f*cking Dundalk just a few days after that. An absolute joke to have one team travelling 1,700km and play three games in a week. No other clubs except Derry and Harps have to make these kinds of trips. Things should be fixed where these long trips don't occur either side of a midweek match.

Its crazy, it really is. The team is going up to Derry today so should be refreshed for the game tomorrow, but by the time they are back in Cork after the game it could be 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, then a game against Longford on Monday. I know its a flogged horse but the teams in and around Dublin dont know how lucky they have it, its impossible to maintain any sort of away following for the regional teams.

irish_goat

Not in the slightest bit optimistic about going to the Brandywell tomorrow. Have a feeling Cork will absolutely dick us.

dfx-

gimmick wrote: »

Stupid fúcking "midweek" games. Seriously like, why?

I'm guessing to accommodate the midseason break and FAI cup weekends etc within the 34ish weekends between March-October.

irish_goat

dfx- wrote: »

I'm guessing to accommodate the midseason break and FAI cup weekends etc within the 34ish weekends between March-October.

Any reason the season can't just be a week longer though?

dundalkfc10

irish_goat wrote: »

Any reason the season can't just be a week longer though?

We have 3 midweek games this season (So far)

Wexford Away Monday
Bray at home on a Tuesday
Finn harps at home on a Monday

Madness they are making us go to Wexford and Harps come to us midweek!

Paz-CCFC

The clubs as a whole favour the shorter season, as it means lower wages. For most teams, the money saved from paying less wages would be more than what's lost from the lower crowd.

The mid-season break helps to fulfil legal requirements with regards to annual leave. We probably could have all annual leave after the season - eg, leagues with 52 week contracts tend to give the four weeks' of statutory leave in the off-season - but it'd have the same effect. And it'd just mean that we'd be finishing the league another week earlier, making the off-season even longer.


Have Derry installed the Trackchamp cameras in the Brandywell or will they not be bothering for the moment with the upcoming renovations? Bwin haven't listed this match (or any other LoI one) for live streaming yet.

irish_goat

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

Have Derry installed the Trackchamp cameras in the Brandywell or will they not be bothering for the moment with the upcoming renovations? Bwin haven't listed this match (or any other LoI one) for live streaming yet.

Apparently they have been. Will see if I confirm tomorrow.

Darkglasses

Rovers and Dundalk in 3 days. Keep it respectable at least please

Gavin "shels"

Away to Athlone tomorrow, anything short of a win and I'll be very concerned for us going forward! Handy enough this season with so few outside of Dublin away trips, half day tomorrow booked!

Oat23

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

Have Derry installed the Trackchamp cameras in the Brandywell or will they not be bothering for the moment with the upcoming renovations? Bwin haven't listed this match (or any other LoI one) for live streaming yet.

Derry v Cork is listed for video now, along with our game v Bohs, Galway v Bray & Shams against Wexford.

The other two games in Dundalk and Longford are listed for live in-play betting, but they haven't got the video sign beside them yet.

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OldMrBrennan83

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Paz-CCFC

Oat23 wrote: »

Derry v Cork is listed for video now, along with our game v Bohs, Galway v Bray & Shams against Wexford.

The other two games in Dundalk and Longford are listed for live in-play betting, but they haven't got the video sign beside them yet.

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Thanks Oat, I saw that alright after. I noticed in another thread that you were watching on full screen. Do you have a browser extension that allows you to do that or did you just zoom in manually? I tried using Flash Resizer for Firefox, but Bwin has the whole selection menu for the live betting as a flash item, so I can only resize that. Not the video within it.

Oat23

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

Thanks Oat, I saw that alright after. I noticed in another thread that you were watching on full screen. Do you have a browser extension that allows you to do that or did you just zoom in manually? I tried using Flash Resizer for Firefox, but Bwin has the whole selection menu for the live betting as a flash item, so I can only resize that. Not the video within it.

I'll PM you now.

edit: Anyone else who wants to know, send me a PM. Lets keep the thread clean.

SteelyDanJalapeno

PM here too please!

harpstilidie

Oat23 wrote: »

I'll PM you now.

Would you mind PM'ing me as well with the info?. I won't need it for a few weeks as I'll be at Oriel tomorrow and Sligo next Saturday but will be useful in the future.

Mushy

Is there a way of getting the stream without signing up? Or do you have to have money in the account to view a game?

pablomakaveli

Mushy wrote: »

Is there a way of getting the stream without signing up? Or do you have to have money in the account to view a game?

I tried it last week and unfortunately you need money in your account. Didnt want to put money in because it seemed the stream was just a small window on the page which didnt feel worth the 10 pound minimum id have to put in.

Corholio

Great to see Forrester being called into the Irish squad for the friendlies, hopefully he won't just be in the preliminary one.

monkey9

Corholio wrote: »

Great to see Forrester being called into the Irish squad for the friendlies, hopefully he won't just be in the preliminary one.

Delighted for him. I'd say he is just in the prelim, but he has a chance at least to impress O'Neill. He may even surprise him.

Oat23

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I tried it last week and unfortunately you need money in your account. Didnt want to put money in because it seemed the stream was just a small window on the page which didnt feel worth the 10 pound minimum id have to put in.

You could add £10, then turn it over by betting it on some lock, like betting on a game where Bayern/Barca/Madrid are 4:0 up with 10 minutes left or something.

Then you can withdraw it whenever you want. That's what I plan to do.

red bellied

Oat23 wrote: »

I'll PM you now.

edit: Anyone else who wants to know, send me a PM. Lets keep the thread clean.

I sent you pm earlier about bwin, thanks.

GLaDOS

Wondergoal from Kurtis Byrne for Bohs, rubbish game other than that

OldMrBrennan83

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Captain Havoc

Slow here in Tallaght.

Lovely Bloke

Athlone :rolleyes:

Captain Havoc

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Athlone :rolleyes:

What happened?

OldMrBrennan83

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Oat23

Patww79 wrote: »

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You'd think they would have realised the floodlights had gone missing sooner.

Mars Bar

Galway United 3-0 up on Bray

EDIT: And 4-0. Got the 4th almost immediately after the 3rd!

CSF

I don't think we are really in a position to complain about floodlights. Annoying to waste the trip all the same.

Darkglasses

Thought we could have snatched a draw against Rovers there, far better performance this week. Not clinical enough, very frustrating.

Zebra3

CSF wrote: »

I don't think we are really in a position to complain about floodlights. Annoying to waste the trip all the same.

Yep. Glasshouses and all that.

Did Athlone get a PD licence yet take money off people without issuing tickets/receipts?

ollaetta

Darkglasses wrote: »

Thought we could have snatched a draw against Rovers there, far better performance this week. Not clinical enough, very frustrating.

Ye had the better chances for sure. 2-0 flattered Rovers to be honest. Very sluggish, slow one paced build up. Another long frustrating season in store.

ben.schlomo

Great night in Terryland, Bray were shocking bad, unfit, disjointed, no effort, all the hallmarks of a classic LOI mercenary team. We could have had six, maybe seven against them. Great start for us, top and a Connacht derby next up.

doncarlos

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Great night in Terryland, Bray were shocking bad, unfit, disjointed, no effort, all the hallmarks of a classic LOI mercenary team. We could have had six, maybe seven against them. Great start for us, top and a Connacht derby next up.

Very very poor against Dundalk last week. As bad as Limerick were at the start of last season. So much for them being a surprise package.

Handy enough win for Dundalk tonight. Harps tried to play a bit of football and looked fit but just beaten by a better side. They could easily stay up

ben.schlomo

doncarlos wrote: »

Very very poor against Dundalk last week. As bad as Limerick were at the start of last season. So much for them being a surprise package.

Handy enough win for Dundalk tonight. Harps tried to play a bit of football and looked fit but just beaten by a better side. They could easily stay up

Only surprise was just how bad they were.

NIMAN

Great result for us tonight v Cork. Thought it was a nailed on away win.

But we played well, showed plenty of heart and think we deserved the points.

Thought Cork were disappointing. If they are to be the big challenge to Dundalk, the leagues over

chopperbyrne

Two things to take from tonight's match. Unless things massively improve, Rovers are winning nothing this year.

Wexford won't get relegated.

dfx-

Oddly slow but intense and physical game tonight. A lot of aerial contests. Rovers are carrying Drennan since last June, Shaw should be starting in front of him. Struggled with a four man midfield.

Mushy

doncarlos wrote: »

Very very poor against Dundalk last week. As bad as Limerick were at the start of last season. So much for them being a surprise package.

Handy enough win for Dundalk tonight. Harps tried to play a bit of football and looked fit but just beaten by a better side. They could easily stay up

My hope is that last year it took 6 games for a goal, let alone a point. Still worrying signs though. Cookes fondness on Drogheda players who got relegated is never good.