Eircom League: The Title Run-In

MrJoeSoap

[B]
 EIRCOM LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION  OCT 20 [/B]
               P   W   D   L   F   A Pts[B]
 Shelbourne   25  16   7   2  54  21  55
 Derry City   24  14   7   3  40  17  49[/B]
 Cork City    26  12  11   3  31  13  47
 Drogheda U   25  12   9   4  26  18  45
 Sligo Rvrs   26  11   6   9  30  35  39
 St Pat's A   27   9   9   9  32  27  36
 Longford Tn  26   7   9  10  19  22  30
 UCD          27   6  11  10  21  25  29
 Bohemians    26   9   4  13  27  27  28
 Bray Wndrs   27   3   5  19  20  62  14
 Waterford U  27   2   6  19  19  52  12

Shelbourne FC:

Tue 24/10 - Derry City (Away)
Fri 03/11 - Drogheda United (Home)
Tue 07/11 - Sligo Rovers (Away)
Fri 10/11 - Cork City (Away)
Fri 17/11 - Bohemians (Home)

(3 Away, 2 Home)

League Form - WWDWDW

Derry City:

Tue 24/10 - Shelbourne (Home)
Fri 03/11 - Bray Wanderers (Home)
Mon 06/11 - Drogheda Utd (Away)
Fri 10/11 - St Patrick's Athletic (Away)
Mon 13/11 - Waterford United (Away)
Fri 17/11 - Cork City (Home)

(3 Home, 3 Away)

League Form - DDLWWD

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Six points up with one game extra played. Next Tuesday's game could hardly be bigger....

A Shels win in the Brandywell would all but secure Shels fourth title in six seasons, but a Derry win would guarantee the most exciting run-in since... well... last year!

I can see Shels picking up 9 points (draws against Derry, Sligo and Cork and wins in the two Dublin derbies) and ending up with 64 points...

Derry could beat Bray, Pats, Waterford and Cork, and then draw with Shels and Drogs to leave them with 14 points from 18, and 63 points.

That said, my calculations never go to plan, and thats why I'm not a gambling man.

Either way, we're guaranteed an exciting last four weeks, and a last day battle between Bohs and Shels, with Derry and Cork battling it out up north would draw massive excitement from fans and those with a passing interest alike. It might just kill me though.

Big Ears

That run in for Shels is as tough as it gets , however with that said if Shels win next Tuesday the league may be out of Derry's reach .

Hopefully Derry beat Shelbourne and set up a really exciting finnish to the season .

gimmick

Im just annoyed that City arent involved. Giving up our title without a fight. Im only glad that we can have a huge say in where it goes.

I just hope we beat both Shels ad Derry, and I hate to say it, but come on Shels to win the title.

Töpher

:eek: I thought you Cork fans had a love in with Derry?!

It's so tense I don't know what to say! I'm so optimistic, and so worried!, all at the same time. It's been a while, but I'm not sure my sphincter can take it!

_blank_

gimmick wrote:

come on Shels to win the title.

I just had to.

:eek:

Raskolnikov

It's not really looking too good for Cork. It'll be a scrape with Drogs to make the Euro's and we're now faced with losing another two first-teamers in Danny Murphy and Georgie Still, I'd be reasonably happy to see us beat Shels at the Cross and deny them a title.