Ucd Afc

Byrno

Was just wondering if anybody here goes to UCD soccer games? I've been to a few matches myself but don't go too often because I'm usually at home in Kildare.

AngelofFire

Been to belfield park a few times (when shamrock rovers are playing away games against UCD). g`wan the hoops.

Byrno

Oh yeah the Hoops, that mighty 1st Division team without their own stadium!

AngelofFire

Well at least we`ve a better chance of actually winning something this year than UCD do :P

panda100

I remember my first day in UCD (THE sept 11th!) Dave Fanning giving some sort of rant about how we should go support UCD soccer team etc etc.
Have supported the gaa teams a few time and the rugby team twice but just not a soccer sorta girl really (cept for a brief period in 1990)

Do many go to these games??Are the players paid or are the all poor students? And more importantly do any of them look like Becham or that hot french player(lundernberg or something?) cos I may go supprt if they do:D

John_C

AngelofFire wrote:

Well at least we`ve a better chance of actually winning something this year than UCD do :P

League Cup and first division don't count.

panda100 wrote:

And more importantly do any of them look like Becham

Rumour has it that Alan Cawley (a midfielder) askes to be called Becks by his teammates.

If anyone is along on Saturday may I recommend that you purchase a copy of the fine supporters' club publication "Student Till I Graduate" featuring a top article on sports grants by myself.

besty

The only football that matters in UCD occurs when the Flip Flops are on the pitch in the Super League. Fact.

Paul Tergat

panda100 wrote:

that hot french player(lundernberg or something?)

Ljunberg = swedish

singingstranger

Ljungberg. Mwahahahaha.

Myself and p_larkin99 have been there a couple of times, striding out on the hallowed turf...

Paul Tergat

Feck, i corrected someone wrongly....god sake....

Oh ye we've played in Belfield Park (allowed of course :rolleyes: ) I remember watching a couple of games there last season from the Merville wall, he he.....would have gone to see Sweden train too if i'd have known they'd b there, watching Larsson and Ibrahimovic train!!!

It's no Theatre of Dreams though.....

panda100

p_larkin99 wrote:

Ljunberg = swedish

French,swede he's still hot!!And all we have is damien duff.........:rolleyes:

arbeitsscheuer

Heh, never been to Belfield Park. I'm a Shels fan tho, been to Tolka loads of times and probably will go there many more times in the future.

Oddly, a mate of mine goes to see every game The Students play - and he's not even in UCD! They're just his local team so he supports them (he's footie-mad, y'see) and fair play to him. But I do find it funny that one of the few ppl who bothers their arse going to watch UCD never even attended college here.

He was a Trinners boy, FFS!:D

Jonny Arson

Been to watch a few games at Belfield Park supporting Shelbourne and all I'll say is thanks christ they're moving coz the ground is a kip! They're supposedly meant to be moving into a redeveloped Belfield Bowl for 2007 but I have not seen an ounce of redevelopment of that ground as of yet and it will neeed to start very soon. With the FAI doing a Pop Idol manufacturing job of domestic soccer next season with non-footballing factors such as facilities (that's why they have to move into Belfeild Bowl) and maketability (insane isn't it) determining who goes into which league things are looking bleak for UCD FC. They're a credit to domestic football, financially stable, produce young talent (Quigley and Dicker in Irish u21 squad again), I hope they aren't relegated because of any ground situation or ridiculous marketability factors.

and no, ther's no Beckhams or Ljungbergs in their team!

John_C

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

and no, ther's no Beckhams or Ljungbergs in their team!

Whay? Don't let Damo Dupey or Gary Dicker hear you say that!

Seriously though, there was some good skills to be seen in the recent match against Longford.

panda100

what on earth is going on in those pictures.......the team in white look like there in really good shaape and very fit......is that UCD??

fullstop

singingstranger wrote:

Ljungberg. Mwahahahaha.

Myself and p_larkin99 have been there a couple of times, striding out on the hallowed turf...

It is Ljunberg, not Ljungberg.

Samos

fullstop wrote:

It is Ljunberg, not Ljungberg.

Nope it's Ljungberg. Anyway, can't believe Drogheda finally lost to Shelbourne of all teams...

John_C

Samos wrote:

Anyway, can't believe Drogheda finally lost to Shelbourne of all teams...

Whatever about that, I can't believe that a National League team negotiated a property deal without loosing all their money.

Paul Tergat

Samos wrote:

Nope it's Ljungberg.

fullstop wrote:

It is Ljunberg, not Ljungberg.

Freddie?

Samos

p_larkin99 wrote:

Freddie?

Fredrik!

Paul Tergat

Samos wrote:

Fredrik!

Only took 7 mins!!

panda100

fullstop wrote:

It is Ljunberg, not Ljungberg.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet

Paul Tergat

Romeo and Juliet is that?

And more like a weed!

John_C

UCD 3 - 0 Sligo

Paul Tergat

Scorers? You go to the game?

elmyra

Are they third or fourth in the league now then?

Paul Tergat

elmyra wrote:

Are they third or fourth in the league now then?

:eek:

They're in the Eircom Prem League (the v top!)

elmyra

p_larkin99 wrote:

:eek:

They're in the Eircom Prem League (the v top!)

I know they're in the Eircom Premier League, I was asking did today's result leave them 3rd or 4th? They're not at the very top of it.

Paul Tergat

elmyra wrote:

I know they're in the Eircom Premier League, I was asking did today's result leave them 3rd or 4th? They're not at the very top of it.

Ha ha, pissin meself...totally misread ur first post, my bad (again!)

I really should read more carefully!

elmyra

Oooohhh.....you thought I was being a silly girl didn't ya? Shame on you!!

Paul Tergat

elmyra wrote:

Oooohhh.....you thought I was being a silly girl didn't ya? Shame on you!!

He he, that wasn't the first thing that came into my head at all :rolleyes:

Font22

besty wrote:

The only football that matters in UCD occurs when the Flip Flops are on the pitch in the Super League. Fact.

LIE

arbeitsscheuer

UCD are currently in 6th position in the Eircom League Table.

Having said that, they could finish first and STILL probably get booted out by the FAI's reshuffle of the top flight.:rolleyes:

singingstranger

Didn't Damo Dupuy leave in the close season? I knew him in Merville last year, nice enough guy...

John_C

p_larkin99 wrote:

Scorers? You go to the game?

Alan McNally got the first after the Sligo 'keeper gave away a completly unnecessary corner. Pat McWalter got the other two. There's a match report over on foot.ie: http://www.foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=35691

singingstranger wrote:

Didn't Damo Dupuy leave in the close season? I knew him in Merville last year, nice enough guy...

Yep, he's gone to some swiss club though romour has it that Galway are looking for him back. He was a sound lad but deffo had an inflated sence of his own footballing ability. I remember one night I met him out on the pints and I said to him that he seemed to go down very easily the previous week in Tolka and he said to me (and I quote), "I was, how do you say in english, trying to win zee penalty?".