Opening Day Fixtures.

Bateman · 25-02-2003 7:57pm #1

Week ending 13th April

Bohemians v UCD
Cork City v St Pat's
Derry City v Longford Town
Shamrock Rovers v Drogheda Utd
Waterford United v Shelbourne

Most interesting will probably be St Pat's away to Cork, for obvious reasons. It will probably draw the biggest crowd of the weekend.

Hugs-E · 26-02-2003 2:37pm

A trip to RSC is on !. or do Waterford still play there ?

Memories from winning the championship down there a few seasons ago !

Bateman · 26-02-2003 5:02pm

Waterford still play at the RSC, I think its improved in recent times, though its not in a very nice part of the city.

ciano · 26-02-2003 5:44pm

Also, if anyone is interested ...

1st Div Fixtures

Athlone Town v Cobh Ramblers
Bray Wanderers v Monaghan United
Dundalk v Finn Harps
Kildare County v Galway United
Kilkenny City v Dublin City
Sligo Rovers v Limerick

Hugs-E · 26-02-2003 5:54pm

Whooooooooa Sligo vs Limerick. What a fixture ! Are Sky showing that one !

ciano · 26-02-2003 6:01pm

Originally posted by Hugs-E
Whooooooooa Sligo vs Limerick. What a fixture ! Are Sky showing that one !

I did say "if anyone was interested"

Thanx 4 The Fish · 26-02-2003 6:18pm

Bray V Monaghan, is a bit early to call but may be afirst second place decider...

Bateman · 27-02-2003 5:31pm

>Bray V Monaghan, is a bit early to call but may be afirst second place decider...

Yeah, Monaghan have been there or thereabouts, and Bray will be wanting to bounce back up. In saying that, visiting places like Athlone and Limerick might be a bit of a culture shock for Bray, being used to the relative comfort of Tolka etc.

ciano · 27-02-2003 5:47pm

Bray have to bounce straight back up .... i sooo dont want to be watching 1st div football for more that one season.

Bateman · 27-02-2003 5:52pm

Still, some more interesting away trips to look forward to, going across Dublin every second week can get a little tedious.

Thanx 4 The Fish · 27-02-2003 5:54pm

Same as that, Bray may well have a bit of trouble, the pitches are not as good in the lower leagues and even though they are not the best football players, a bunpy pitch certailny would not suit there running/passing game.

Hugs-E · 28-02-2003 4:19pm

+ we've (Shels) have signed Bray's best played in Byrne

Thanx 4 The Fish · 28-02-2003 4:30pm

Am not sure, he is a cracking player alright but is a bit inconsistent. Stephen Fox will hopefully do the biz this season...

Bateman · 28-02-2003 5:00pm

Jason Byrne is a handy player alright, but I fail to see how Shels thought he was worth 70,000 euro. A lot of money in eL terms.

Opening Day Fixtures.

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