Treaty United 2023

Treaty 0-1 Bray Wanderers

Apologies, I completely fogot to report on this.

The bad news started even before the game, as Ryan Connolly had to depart the club due to work commitments 2 days earlier.

On the pitch, there was not a huge amount to report on, by all accounts. It was an even enough match, with little enough action in the first half. In the second, after a brief delay when somebody ran onto the pitch, apparenty Treaty created a few chances but didn't take them, and Bray nicked it in the 89th minute with a close-range finish from a cutback.

The goal is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTgSHmRLH8g

A really disappointing start to the season, and the second match won't be any easier.

Next match: away to Galway, Friday February 24th, 7.45pm.

Galway 1-0 Treaty

Narrow defeat away to title favourites Galway last Friday. Galway scored shortly before halftime, and with Treaty's twitter ccount bemoaning our lck of cutting edge, we struggled to create much at all during the game. It was Galway who came closest to scoring again as they finished stronger than a tiring Treaty.

Disappointing first two games of the season - 2 defeats without scoring - but hopefully we can turn things round on Friday when we travel to the new LOI team, Kerry FC, who are having an even worse start to their season and LOI life.

Next game: away to Kerry FC, Friday March 3rd, 7.45pm

Treaty 0-3 Cobh Rambers

Dreadful night at the Markets Field as the woeful start to the season continues.

The first half wasn't too bad - Cobh had the better of some parts, Treaty others. We came closed with a kind of a scrambled shot against the post after a free kick was drilled low into the area.

In the second half, it was again even enough until Cobh snatched a goal. One of their attackers did dogged work down the right wing, keeping a ball in play and then lobbing a cross over the keeper for a striker to head in from about 2 yards out. That was the end for Treaty, as we fell apart after that. We conceded two more goals, both times a Cobh player getting in behind the defence and calmly finishing past Hallahan.

There was a sniff of a late consolation but Armshaw fired right at the keeper when he should have done better. One point and 1 goal from 4 games is very worrying stuff, as we have no midfield at all to act as a platform for attacks.

Next game: away to Athlone, Friday March 17, 7.45pm.

Athlone 2-2 Treaty

(Curran 2)

A 98th minute equaliser means we are still waiting for our first win of the season.

Athlone started well and created a few chances, and had they been ahead after half an hour we couldn't have complained, but we played our way back into the game towards the end of the first half.

In the second we went ahead just 7 minutes in when Curran got in behind the defence and squeezed a shot past/under the jeeper. They had a player sent off for a second yellow soon after, and not long after that Curran was in the right place to fire home a knock-down from a corner and we looked well on our way.

Athlone pulled one back with about 10 minutes to go when we froze defensively and a player took advantage to poke home, and then they pumped one long ball after another into the box, and we defended them all except the last one, which was laid off for what looked like a deflected shot to creep in at the near post, and the ref blew the final whistle immediately on the restart.

Really disappointing to throw it away, and we do not look like the same threat at all, especially in midfield, that we were last season. Next match might be rough.

Next game: home to Waterford, Friday 24th March, 7.45pm.

Wexford 1-1 Treaty

(Curran penalty)

Treaty still winless, and it looks like it'll be a long season.

A floodlight failure after 5 minutes delayed the game by about 15 minutes, but the delay was about as exciting as anything that happened during the game. Two poor teams knocking it back and forth for the most part on a heavy pitch. We took the lead with a Curran penalty after their keeper was adjudged to have brought down a Treaty player, and we were 1 up at half time.

The equalised with a lovely cross and header combination just 45 seconds into the second half, and there wasn't a huge amount else to report on. Curran scuffed at a cutback when he's normally score, and their striker dragged a shot wide in a one-on-one after Treaty gave away possession, and we needed a super save from Hallahan right at the end to keep out a ball that was glanced on from a whipped cross.

Next game: home verus Longford, Friday April 7th, 7.45pm.

Cobh Ramblers 1-1 Treaty

(Conroy)

Much better performance than the match against Cobh eariler in the season and with a little more composure we might have won.

We had a dreadful start and were behind after just 2 minutes. A long throw into the box was allowed bounce twice, and Jack Doherty, who tore us apart a few weeks ago, swivelled to fire home from about 6 yards. It was mostly Cobh after that for about 15 minutes and it looked like being a long night, but we got back into it out of nothing. A ball into the box was headed clear to the edge of the area, where Colin Conroy fired a super volley into the bottom right corner.

It was mostly Treaty after that for the rest of the half and rest of the game really, and we missed three good chances, all blazed over from good positions. Success Edogun in the first half, Alec Byrne in the second half, and Stephen Cristopher late on all snatched at and missed scorable chances, while Cobh missed a good chance of their own late on.

Still, signs of improvement.

Next game: home to Kerry, Friday April 28, 7.45pm.

Treaty 4-0 Kerry

(George, Edogun x 2, O'Riordan)

Comfortable win against the bottom team in the table tonight. We had more of the possession and territory all night long and went ahead after about 10 minutes when a couple of neat passes slipped Dean George in behind the defence and he slid a low shot under the keeper.

Kerry’s one big moment came midway through the first half when a Treaty defender was adjudged to have handballed in the box. However Shane Hallahan did well to save the penalty low to his right, and instead Treaty went up the pitch and were two up within a couple of minutes. There was a bit of pinball in the box, and with Treaty players shouting for a penalty after a blocked shot, Success Edogun was the one who kept playing and smashed a low shot past the keeper. And it was 3-0 not long before halftime, when Dean George cut a ball back from the end line and Edogun was there again to place a left foot shot past the keeper from close range.

It could have been 4-0 early in the second-half, but Edogun’s long range shot crashed off the crossbar. We did get the fourth with about 15 minutes to go, when Ben O’Riordan looped a header back over the keeper from a corner. The game kind of petered out after that, and the only dark cloud was a nasty looking injury to Colin Kelly (I think) late on after a lunge by the keeper as they both went for a through ball. The 3 points takes us above Longford.

Next game: away to Bray, Monday May 1st, 3.00pm.

Treaty 2-1 Athlone

(Devitt, Ludden)

3rd win in a row for a resurgent Treaty tonight.

It didn't look like that for most of the game though. There wasn't much happening in the first half, but Athlone had the better of things, and midway through the half an Athlone player used his muscle to force a way past Ben O'Riordan and poke a near post finish from a narrow angle under Shane Hallahan.

We came into it in the second half, and had already hit the crossbar with a shot before we scored twice in 3 minutes. We had been pressing Athlone further up the pitch, and we forced them into a defensive mix up between their keeper and defender which ended up with Lee Devitt finishing into an empty net. Three minutes later Marc Ludden disposessed an Athlone player in his own half, played it forward and kept attacking himself, and after a lovely flick back to him from a selfless Colin Conroy, he finished low to the left corner.

Athlone were throwing men forward and we looked to finish it on the counter, with Armshaw coming closest when forcing a good save with a shot from the edge of the area. We had one final freekick into the box to survive, but the header went well over, and the final whistle blew.

Next game: away to Longford, Saturday May 13, 7.30pm.

Longford 0-3 Treaty

(Curran 2 (1 penalty), Cristopher)

4 wins in a row for Treaty, with an excellent performance against a dreadful Longford.

Longford started pretty well, and had the better of the first 20 minutes, nearly nicking one from a back posst shot after a cross into the box was flicked on. But after about 20 minutes, it was like they forgot how to play football and it was all Treaty after that. We nearly scored when Ben O'Riordan's back psot header from a corner forced a good save, and we did score a couple of minutes later when Enda Curran headed in from a similar position. We could have had 2 or 3 more before the break, but through last ditch defence and poor finishing, it remained 1-0.

The second half went the same way. We were 2 up from a Curran penalty after Darren Nwankwo had been climbed over in the box, and Longford were down to 10 immediately. Curran had been having a few words with Longford keep Jack Brady before the penalty, and after scoring, he went in to get the final word. Brady pushed him off, Curran went down, and Brady saw red, fairly harshly in my opinion.

It was almost 3 when Armshaw had the crossbar from an acute angle, and it was 3 when we passed our way through a resigned defence to set up Cristopher in acres of space to finish into an empty net. We could have had double that over the course of the game, but it was an easy easy night.

It ended on a sour note though. Ben O'Riordan took exception to what looked like an innocuous foul and his reaction saw him get sent off, and triggered a serious brawl involving a lof of grappling and players rolling round. A member of the Longford coaching staff saw red also.

We are up to 6th in the table, and only 2 points off 3rd, so back in the hunt for a playoff spot (not that anybody will have a hope of stopping Waterford).

Next game: Home versus Galway, Friday May 19, 7.45pm.

Treaty 0-3 Finn Harps

I was out on the lash here in Scotland so have no idea what happened in the game. Came home late and my phone started pinging with all the updates, and it was just one Finn Harps goal after another. A penalty after 12 minutes, a free kick 10 minutes before half time, and a goal in the 93rd minute.

Must have been a grim night at the Markets Field, and especially disappointing as this Harps team were in freefall.

Next game: away to Waterford, Friday June 2nd, 7.45pm.

Treaty 0-1 Cobh Ramblers

Very disappointing night at the Markets Field, poor enough performance in general.

Cobh had much the better of things early on and we needed 2 or 3 very good saves from Hallahan to keep it scoreless. We played our way into the game and it was even enough by half time.

The second half continued to be even enough with few real chances for either side. With 10 minutes to go, Cobh went ahead through a close range after the Treaty defence had been stretched, and as Treaty pushed for an equaliser, both sides hit the woodwork in the final minutes, but we couldn't find the goal we needed.

We probably need the mid-season break.

Next game: away to Athlone, Friday June 23rd, 7.45pm.

The first goal from last night...superb.

Kerry 2-3 Treaty

(Ludden, George, Curran)

I wasn't watching this, just going off updates, which seems just as well as the automated ball-tracking camera had a bad night in the rain and missed some of the goals.

Kerry scored in the first minute and last minute, and forced Hallahan into a number of saves throughout the game, but 2 first half goals from Ludden and Dean George had us ahead at the break.

Then, what's fast becoming a trademark lob by Enda Curran after another perfect pass by Dean George, put Treaty in the driving seat against the bottom side in the division with 15 minutes to go. Kerry had pressed for most of the second half and came close late on, hitting the crossbar when a goal might have made for a nervy finish, but the late goal they did get was too late to be anrthing other than a consolation.

Decent results for Bray and especially Athlone mean we don't close the gap on the playoff spots as much as we'd have hoped, and next week won't help!

Next game: home to Waterford, Friday, July 14, 7.45pm

Next game: Home to Cork City, Friday 21st July, 7.45pm. This is an FAI Cup match.

Thanks!

Yeah, was just coming to post that, not sure why the change happened.

Yeah I saw something about a Cork City fan/member passing away, but wasn't sure of the details either.

Wexford 1-0 Treaty

Was only following this on twitter (sorry, on X) and by the looks of it, a fairly even and mediocre game, but wexford nicked a goal just before halftime and though we pressed later on, we never really came close to finding an equaliser.

We may still reach the playoffs (given 5 of the 9 teams are involved) but it's clear we've regressed significantly since last season.

Next game: home versus Longford, Friday April 4th, 7.45pm.

Galway 3-0 Treaty

Unsurprisingly, nothing out of the short trip north this evening.

We were 1-0 to a penalty after 8 minutes. Chambers actually saved it but came off his line in doing so and the retaken effort was scored. By the sound of the updates, we actually put in a decent attacking performance and hit the post twice in the first half, though we needed some good saves from Chambers also.

Galway added a second shortly before half time, and though we pressed early in the half, we faded later on and Chambers made more saves before Galway added a third late on.

Next game: away to Finn Harps, Friday August 11, 8pm.

Friendly: Sligo 2-0 Treaty

Somehow this slipped under my radar completely until my phone pinged with Sligo's first goal last night, and with only two updates from the Twitter page, at HT and FT, I'm still none the wiser regarding anything other than the lineup and final score line. Hopefully no injuries and some fitness improvements.

Next game: home to Kerry, Friday August 25th, 7.45pm.

Treaty 2-2 Waterford

(Edogun x 2)

Super comeback against a team who'd battered us already this season.

We started appallingly and were 2 down within 10 minutes. Firstly, just a minute in, a low ball across the box was spilled by keeper Chambers and a bit of pinball ensued, ending when an attempted clearance hit a Waterford player and looped into the net. We were 2 down from a penalty after Robbie Lynch brought down a Waterford player.We came back into it after that, but while we had loads of territory and possession, we lacked any cutting edge in the final third.

This continued in the second half, with Waterford content to sit back and defend, and it looked like they'd see it out. They had a chance to seal it when they were awarded another penalty midway through the half, but Corey Chambers made a very good save. Then, out of nothing, Egodun arrived first at a ball over the top and lobbed the stranded keeper, and 10 minutes later he engineered a yard of space on the edge of the area and lashed a screamer into the far top corner, and it was 2-2 and if anything, we looked the more likely to win it, but there were no more clear-cut chances.

Super stuff after a dreadful first 10 minutes.

Next game: away to Cobh Ramblers, Friday September 1st, 7.45pm.