LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 5), March 24-26

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All games are 7.45 PM KO unless otherwise stated.

Premier Division

Thursday, March 24th, 2016

St. Patrick's Ath. 0-4 Dundalk

Saturday, March 26th, 2016

Galway United v Bohemians - Eamonn Deacy Park

Finn Harps v Longford Town - Finn Park - 8pm

Bray Wanderers v Sligo Rovers - Carlisle Grounds

Wexford Youths v Derry City - Ferrycarrig Park - 5pm

First Division

Saturday, March 26th, 2016

Cabinteely v Waterford United - Stradbrook Rd

Shelbourne v Drogheda United - Tolka Park

Athlone Town v Limerick - Lissywoollen

Cobh Ramblers v UCD - 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

Pighead

4-0. That's a paddling! Poor old Pats.

Q/ But where are all the goals going to come from this season now that Richie has gone?.

A/ Everywhere.

kksaints

4-0 was somewhat harsh but Dundalk deserved their win. Even enough first half although we gifted them a goal but we struggled when Fagan went off and collapsed once the second goal went in. Surprised Kilduff is starting for Dundalk Macmillan is a better player imo.

White Horse

I thought Pats general play was good, Timlin looks a good addition and Fagan is always dangerous.

However, they are not going to win anything with a central midfield like that. It was very static and offered the centre backs very little protection.

Dundalk didn't need to do too much to get their four goals.

doncarlos

I actually thought Pats were phenomenal in the first half and easily the best side I've seen in the league this season. I commented to one of my friends at half time that they would win the league but they just seemed to crumble in the second half. I don't know if it was fitness, lack of desire or lack of belief but there is something seriously off with that Pats squad. From playing so well and dominating Dundalk to being outclassed 15 minutes later would have me seriously worried if I was a Pats fan.

doncarlos

kksaints wrote: »

Kilduff is starting for Dundalk Macmillan is a better player imo.

Kilduff is terrible. A serious panic buy by Kenny in my opinion. If we had a decent striker we would win the league by 10 points but we haven't and this gives Cork a decent chance of winning the title this year.

kksaints

doncarlos wrote: »

I actually thought Pats were phenomenal in the first half and easily the best side I've seen in the league this season. I commented to one of my friends at half time that they would win the league but they just seemed to crumble in the second half. I don't know if it was fitness, lack of desire or lack of belief but there is something seriously off with that Pats squad. From playing so well and dominating Dundalk to being outclassed 15 minutes later would have me seriously worried if I was a Pats fan.

Fagan going off was a big blow as the ball didnt stick to Corcoran at all. Next four matches for us are Harps (A), Sligo (H), Wexford (H) Bray (A) before we play Cork at Turners Cross. If we can get 9 or 10 points from those matches it will be interesting to see how we perform against Cork.

kksaints

doncarlos wrote: »

Kilduff is terrible. A serious panic buy by Kenny in my opinion. If we had a decent striker we would win the league by 10 points but we haven't and this gives Cork a decent chance of winning the title this year.

Almost certain ye paid us money for him too. Was very poor with us and really apart from his spell with Cork in 2013 he hasnt performaned since his UCD days.

Was impressed with Mountney last night. Thought he did a good job at preventing Bermo from getting forward and was useful in attack.

For us Timlin looked very impressive and gave Massey a very hard time in the first half.

Darkglasses

Youths - Derry match is at 5pm, not 8.

Bateman

doncarlos wrote: »

I actually thought Pats were phenomenal in the first half and easily the best side I've seen in the league this season. I commented to one of my friends at half time that they would win the league but they just seemed to crumble in the second half. I don't know if it was fitness, lack of desire or lack of belief but there is something seriously off with that Pats squad. From playing so well and dominating Dundalk to being outclassed 15 minutes later would have me seriously worried if I was a Pats fan.

Not sure I'd agree with that. For the first ten minutes of the game they dominated and really had Dundalk pinned back. Once Dundalk scored, they took charge of the next 20 mins and Pat's regained a bit of belief heading towards half time and did indeed come again.

Dundalk have the knack of killing you though, just when you are starting to believe. The opposition has a spell and they just score and that's it.

Pat's did knock the ball around quite impressively at times though and they do look a half-decent side. They won't be up against the quality of Dundalk every week, luckily for them.

Bateman

Kilduff does look like a fairly ordinary player, but physically he gave the Pat's defence enough fits to justify being in the team. He's not great on the ball but he did tire out those big centre halves Pat's have.

dfx-

Much of the league is made up of teams who collapse with the first goal. Pats were awful last week, they score first and look assured and Rovers looked terrible. Same with Wexford the week before, looked very good until the goal.

Omackeral

Galway vs Bohs is at the very unusual time of 2pm, making a weekend away of it.

UnleashTheBeast

Omackeral wrote: »

Galway vs Bohs is at the very unusual time of 2pm, making a weekend away of it.

The reason for 2.00pm kick-off is to avoid a clash with Connacht Rugby in the evening. They're playing Leinster at around 5.15pm and most will be tempted coming across town with the pubs etc. The club felt it would be better to give supporters the option before the game.

If we go up against Connacht Rugby, we will lose badly, especially considering it will be their biggest gate of the year by some distance. Apparently they've sold around 9,000 tickets for the game.

Omackeral

UnleashTheBeast wrote: »

The reason for 2.00pm kick-off is to avoid a clash with Connacht Rugby in the evening. They're playing Leinster at around 5.15pm and most will be tempted coming across town with the pubs etc. The club felt it would be better to give supporters the option before the game.

If we go up against Connacht Rugby, we will lose badly, especially considering it will be their biggest gate of the year by some distance. Apparently they've sold around 9,000 tickets for the game.

I wonder if we'll get any crossover the other way, a few rugby fans coming out to Deacy park. :pac:

Mars Bar

Omackeral wrote: »

I wonder if we'll get any crossover the other way, a few rugby fans coming out to Deacy park. :pac:

You get entry in to the Galway United game if you're a connacht season ticket holder today so I would hope so!

Also, if you want a football overload, the Galway women are kicking off at 7.30 pm at EDP too.

Pighead

Mars Bar wrote: »

You get entry in to the Galway United game if you're a connacht season ticket holder today so I would hope so!

Also, if you want a football overload, the Galway women are kicking off at 7.30 pm at EDP too.

I was actually out in Santry last week and seen Galway ladies hammer Shels. Decent team. Their left winger was impressive.

GLaDOS

Gonna be a long season for Bohs

major bill

A spanking of Longford Town next week in Dalyer is badly needed to get a bit of confidence back in this team. The high Optimism for the season back in Feb is now gone!!

ben.schlomo

We deserved the win on the balance of play, Bohs lacked any creativity in the middle, their LW was the standout for them, front two were anonymous for long periods. The difference when we played against the wind was palpable, ball on the ground, passing, running, players trying to create chances. Vinny took his goal well from a great ball in. Sullivan in the middle of the park has brought a much needed physical presence into our side, onwards and upwards for GUFC.

Mushy

Alan Byrne forced to come on after a few minutes...Saturday night over anyway!

dan1895

G'wan Shels.

Oat23

We are in a world of trouble.

Mushy

Wow, wasn't expecting this!

ben.schlomo

Mushy wrote: »

Wow, wasn't expecting this!

Having already played ye neither was I, Sligo must be absolutely cack.

Tomagotchye

ben.schlomo wrote: »

We deserved the win on the balance of play, Bohs lacked any creativity in the middle, their LW was the standout for them, front two were anonymous for long periods. The difference when we played against the wind was palpable, ball on the ground, passing, running, players trying to create chances. Vinny took his goal well from a great ball in. Sullivan in the middle of the park has brought a much needed physical presence into our side, onwards and upwards for GUFC.

Pity the weather spoiled the first half. Bohs didn't offer much and I think we could have won by more if the wind wasn't there.

Shanahan is rubbish. Always thought this, today no change in that opinion

Mushy

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Having already played ye neither was I, Sligo must be absolutely cack.

Its just mirroring last season, I did hear the Galway game was where the better team won but scoreline flattered them too. Two seasons in a row our first victory comes against Sligo, both 5 games into the season.

Delighted here!

ben.schlomo

Mushy wrote: »

Its just mirroring last season, I did hear the Galway game was where the better team won but scoreline flattered them too. Two seasons in a row our first victory comes against Sligo, both 5 games into the season.

Delighted here!

Great win for ye but jaysus no we could have seven that night, ye played like a junior team.

Mushy

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Great win for ye but jaysus no we could have seven that night, ye played like a junior team.

Ah the auld bias reporting/feedback!

White Horse

Mushy wrote: »

Alan Byrne forced to come on after a few minutes...Saturday night over anyway!

Definite starter now in the next game.

Hammer Archer

Looks like the first division is a foregone conclusion already with Limerick averaging 5 goals a game and already 6 points ahead of second place.

Mushy

White Horse wrote: »

Definite starter now in the next game.

I was told he was still muck, just Sligo collapsed after the first goal.

overshoot

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Looks like the first division is a foregone conclusion already with Limerick averaging 5 goals a game and already 6 points ahead of second place.

i think we hold the points record for the first division (76)... dont let them beat it! It will only take 3 defeats!!!

We really should have beaten longford by more last night, probably had more clear cut chances than in our 4 previous games combined. Frustrating that we went so negative after the goal when we had been all over them second half. Still 7 from 15 and closer to top than bottom, Il take it!

Oat23

4-0. Against f*cking Bray.

Jesus christ.

dfx-

They are two crushing defeats for Sligo and Longford morale wise considering the opposition, even though one was only 1-0.

ben.schlomo

overshoot wrote: »

i think we hold the points record for the first division (76)... dont let them beat it! It will only take 3 defeats!!!

We really should have beaten longford by more last night, probably had more clear cut chances than in our 4 previous games combined. Frustrating that we went so negative after the goal when we had been all over them second half. Still 7 from 15 and closer to top than bottom, Il take it!

Sounds similar to what we were doing last season, go negative when a point or three were close, it often led to losses. This season has seen us go away from that so far and concentrate on winning the game and being more positive.

Gavin "shels"

dan1895 wrote: »

G'wan Shels.

Twas nice! Back to reality come Saturday

Market Fields being ticked off to the list to have my clean sheet again.