Limerick FC 2017 season.

osarusan

Right, starting this out of boredom.

After cruising to victory in the First Division last season, Limerick are back in the Premier division.

Squad
At the moment, this is the squad for the coming season:

GK:
Freddy Hall
Brendan Clarke

Def:
Robbie Williams
David O'Connor
Shane Tracey
Shaun Kelly
Tony Whitehead

Mid:
Shane Duggan
Paul O'Connor
Lee Jay Lynch
Ian Turner
Stephen Kenny
Bastien Hery
Chiedozie Ogbene


FW:
Chris Mullhall
Garbhan Coughlan
Dean Clarke
John O'Flynn
Rodrigo Tosi

Fixtures
We have already beaten Cobh Ramblers 2-0 away in a pre-season friendly, and we have another friendly away to Galway on Feb 13th.

We start our league campaign at home to Sligo Rovers on Saturday Feb 25th, and are away to Derry the following Sunday. You can find a complete list of fixtures here on the club website: http://www.limerickfc.ie/fixtures-and-results/fixtures-results-2017

Tickets
You can get information on tickets (matchday tickets or season tickets) here: http://www.limerickfc.ie/club-shop/match-prices

Tickets can be bought outside the ground on matchday.

Support
You can follow the club and developments through their website, and also through the facebook page, and on twitter.

As a supporter, you can also get involved with the Official Supporters' Club, the Blue Army, or the Limerick Independent Football Trust (LIFT)

For away games, both the Official supporters' club and the Blue Army try to organise buses as much as possible, and being a member of those groups increases your chances of getting a seat.

Sponsorship
For those of you who have money to burn, the club would love if you sent it their way, and there are a range of ways to sponsor the club, which you can find here: http://www.limerickfc.ie/commercial/sponsorship

osarusan

Lads if there's anything that should be in that opening post, tell me and I'll add it in.

Paddico

Good job Osa, looking forward to the season ahead

johnnyryan89

The away game against Derry has been moved from the Sunday afternoon to Friday night as far as I know.

Friendly away to Galway on Feb 13th.

Jofspring

Opening game seems to be moved to the Sunday and word that the Cork City home game will also be moved.

johnnyryan89

Jofspring wrote: »

Opening game seems to be moved to the Sunday and word that the Cork City home game will also be moved.

Makes sense when you've also got the Munster match against Toulouse on the Saturday evening.

Charlie George

I think Ross Mann has re-signed.

osarusan

4-0 win away to Ballinamallard tonight.

Ogbene in the first half, then O'Connor, Kenny, and Clarke in the second half.

I wasn't there but sounds like a very comfortable win.

johnnyryan89

Ballinamallard are 10th in the NI Premiership which is midway through the season so be good to know what kind of team they put out against Limerick.

Copper_pipe

https://twitter.com/LimerickFCie/status/827597113567674368

Copper_pipe

https://twitter.com/LimerickFCie/status/827596415270518784

Killergreene

Lads what do you get with the corporate tickets ?
Is there grub or alcohol in the corporate suite? Is there seats in there to view the match ?

johnnyryan89

Killergreene wrote: »

Lads what do you get with the corporate tickets ?
Is there grub or alcohol in the corporate suite? Is there seats in there to view the match ?

Sandwiches and tea/coffee, no alcohol as you need a licence for that and yes there's seats.

I'd save your money and just buy a stand ticket and a bag of chips after the match.

osarusan

Looks like the first game of the season at home to Sligo has moved from Saturday 25th Feb to Friday 24th at 7.45pm.

Some other games that are moving are the Cork home game (from Sat April 1st to Fri March 31st at 7.45) and the Finn Harps home game (from 6.30pm to 2pm on Sat March 18th).

A_Sober_Paddy

osarusan wrote: »

Looks like the first game of the season at home to Sligo has moved from Saturday 25th Feb to Friday 24th at 7.45pm.

Some other games that are moving are the Cork home game (from Sat April 1st to Fri March 31st at 7.45) and the Finn Harps home game (from 6.30pm to 2pm on Sat March 18th).

Why the heck do they do this, I'm gonna miss the cork and harps game due to work

Jofspring

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Why the heck do they do this, I'm gonna miss the cork and harps game due to work

Moving due to Rugby.

Cork clashes with Munster vs Toulouse in the Heineken Cup Quarter Final. Harps game would have clashed with Ireland vs England in the final game of the six nations and Limerick vs Sligo was clashing with Ireland vs France.

A_Sober_Paddy

Jofspring wrote: »

Moving due to Rugby.

Cork clashes with Munster vs Toulouse in the Heineken Cup Quarter Final. Harps game would have clashed with Ireland vs England in the final game of the six nations and Limerick vs Sligo was clashing with Ireland vs France.

Ridiculous, its only rugby, is the crowd going to be that much smaller if they clashed really?

johnnyryan89

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Ridiculous, its only rugby, is the crowd going to be that much smaller if they clashed really?

Unfortunately yes, Harps game should have been moved to a Sunday though as 2pm Saturday afternoon is a terrible time for a match.

Cookiemunster

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Ridiculous, its only rugby, is the crowd going to be that much smaller if they clashed really?

Obviously seeing as they they've move the matches Limerick think that the answer is yes.
There'll be 27000 people at the Munster v Toulouse match which is also being televised. Most of those attanding will be from Limerick and Cork and plenty others from both cities will watch a European quarter final over a league game.

Jofspring

With the 2pm kick off some people (me) will make a day of it. Limerick match at 2 then to the pub for Ireland vs England.

johnnyryan89

Jofspring wrote: »

With the 2pm kick off some people (me) will make a day of it. Limerick match at 2 then to the pub for Ireland vs England.

With the 2pm kick off alot of people will already be busy with schoolboy games that take place on Saturday mornings and afternoons. Wouldn't put it past the ldsl either to make sure majority of games clash with the Limerick game.

Finished 1-1 tonight in United Park with Ogbene getting on the scoresheet again. Tosi is meant to have a good game going by updates from some at the game.

osarusan

Drogheda 1-1 Limerick

(Ogbene)

Friendly away to Drogheda tonight. We took the lead when Tosi did well to set up Ogbene, they equalised just a couple of minutes later.

Jofspring

It's Paddy's Weekend so chances are thee will be no schoolboy games.

Edit: Tosi seems to be setting up a lot of our goals.

johnnyryan89

One nil at half time, Ogbene with a cool as you like finish and set up by that man again Rodrigo Tosi.

johnnyryan89

Finishes 2-1 to Galway, Limerick could do with them extra couple of defenders before the season starts otherwise they'll need to score three every game.

civis_liberalis

Alonso77

Pre season or not the defending for those goals was diabolical.

Need to get some quality defenders in if possible

Killergreene

Any news on paudie

Jofspring

Killergreene wrote: »

Any news on paudie

Not a peep. Not training with the team and turned down an offer a few months ago.

Friendly tomorrow night in the Markets Field. Last chance to see thevteam before the season kicks off. A few more trialists expected to play also.

johnnyryan89

Going by tonights Q&A there is supposedly two left fulls in training with the squad and another centre back.

Jofspring

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Going by tonights Q&A there is supposedly two left fulls in training with the squad and another centre back.

I hope they are decent because by what Mike Aherne said they are trialists the club want to have a look at. We were given the impression they were quality signings that the club were bringing in at the start of the week.