Finn Harps Thread

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thought id post it here, looks like theres a supporters bus heading to the limerick game on friday if anyone is interested... nigel hegarty is organising it if you want to give him a shout. thread for it on the harps forum if your not on facebook... bus is from the wrong part of the country for me so dont know much more.

overshoot

loi is finally back!:D
team tonight

Gallagher
Doc, Tommy, Keith, Greene
Carlin, Hagey, McBride, Coll
Blain, Kev

subs:
Patton, O'Mahoney, Bonner, Clarke, Healy

harps radio isnt going tonight unfortunately:( so updates on extratime
still come on the harps
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finished 2-1 to limerick, Cowan was taken away in an ambulance at half time so hopefully he is alright... sorry he wasnt taken away, but spent some time in it, has to have an xray in the morning
Clarke with Harps' goal.
Limerick were well on top first half but second we got back into it and Limerick were running to the corner trying to run down the clock by the end, great effort by the lads and we almost could have got something. Considering limerick are expected to walk the league (+17pt handycap to second favourites, 38 to ourselves) its a decent result

and match report

nigeldinho

Cowan is out for 6-8 weeks. Disappointing.
Poor enough match itself, but really enjoyable trip.

AidySevenfold

First home game of the season tonight, Saturday against Mervue K.O 7.45.
Try get out and support the lads.
Up the Harps!:)

overshoot

one hell of a game in Finn Park, Harps 3-2 up against a 10man Mervue at half time. McHugh with 2 goals to bring his tally to 150 for the Harps.
Harps Radio with its first broadcast of the season

my god i wish i wasnt stuck in dublin:(
(supporters bus to athlone next week if anyone is interested in some more entertainment;), scroll up 4 posts, same details as last time)
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second half just started and McMonagle immediately makes it 4-2

muffler

4-2 now

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AidySevenfold wrote: »

First home game of the season tonight, Saturday against Mervue K.O 7.45.
Try get out and support the lads.
Up the Harps!:)

they said 748 on the harps forum tonight which is a great attendance, with 7 goals for their money hopefully they will all be back and more!

so lets keep it up next week, bus to athlone on friday, about a dozen spots left, if its filled it will be about 10e return! currently around the 15e mark. leave a message on one of the main harps facebook group or people pages. (il point ya in the right direction if ya pm me too)
Leaving Letterkenny (Mr.Chippee) 3.30 and Ballybofey (Finn Park Navenny Entrance) 4pm, Donegal Town (By-pass beside Lidl) 4.40 and Ballyshannon (Car-park at Abbey Centre) 5pm. - All estimated times.

makes all the difference to the players, mcHugh sent this to the forum after the limerick game

Just to thank all the fans who travelled down to Limerick and sang from the 1st to last minute, and really got behind us, really made a difference to the teams performance.

Talking to players on bus on way home I got the vibe from all of them that fans created that extra buzz on the pitch, so well done to all involved and hope to see them at more away games and obviously create same atmosphere at home too and help make Finn Park a tough place to come too.

Thanks,
Kevin

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2 places left on a 33 man coach. option to get a bigger on though if demand requires

Mr_A

Away to Athlone tonight.. Paddy Power can't separate the sides, each at 6-4 which illustrates how hard this is to call.

If we can sort out our vicious bouts of defensive head staggers we should be OK. There's a bus load of Harps fans going down plus all the usual strays so there should be lots of backing for the team and it should be good fun.

Might be able to cover it on Harps radio if we can get internet down there, but can't promise.

overshoot

wizzy was back in the harps jersey for the friendly against bonagee on sunday (harps won), looks like he wil be signing. will be very handy addition to the squad. Breen's injury looks like its going to keep him out for a long while so im guessing this freed up some money. himself and mcbride in midfield would be a good boost. with cowan back it would be a pretty good starting XI

Mr_A

Yeah. We need to tighten up defensively- we're leaking goals depressingly easily. Very disappointing performance in Athlone, yet we could easily have won the game with the chances we had.

Same old Finn Harps roller coaster for another year it seems.

overshoot

yea the first was suicide, second came from a stupid free. there was the 3 great chances that we should have scored but pitch was really awful and didnt suit at all, only time the ball bounced was when it landed in the tunnel.
thanks for the lift from the olive by the way!

Mr_A

I'd never have made the connection

Big game for the U19s at the weekend. Beat Dundalk and they are looking pretty good for winning their league.

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Mr_A wrote: »

I'd never have made the connection

Big game for the U19s at the weekend. Beat Dundalk and they are looking pretty good for winning their league.

savage result there by the wee harps. 3-0, putting them 5 clear at the top of the table from dundalk (with the game in hand too) and 7 clear of Derry. chance finish the job at Fanad next is it? (report)
hopefully the seniors were watching and picked up some defensive points for tonight. the wee harps have conceeded the same amount of goals in 15 games as the seniors in 3!

Mr_A

Brief match report on that game: http://www.donegalnow.com/sp/article_manager/detail/harps_one_win_away_from_u19_title3

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2 seconds faster with that and i wouldnt have needed to edit it!

Mr_A

Desperately need to get the show back on the road against Mayo League tonight. At least we're making chances.. but it's a short season and we'll be well adrift if we don't start taking them soon.

As for our defending :eek:

overshoot

job done and a clean sheet. Wonder will Hutton play in waterford now after starting tonight?
Waterford 6-1 demolition by UCD may also work in our favour... but then again they lost 6-0 to wexford and came back to beat limerick

hopefully sligo or derry in round 2, shame fanad conceeded the 2 goals in injury time, they would have given us the best chance in the next round

overshoot

great result for harps down in waterford, especially after what happened to ciaran (got treatment on the pitch fro 20mins & was supposed to be out cold for a bit but its looking like the only lasting effect is a concussion,thank god). 16 year old patton came in and saved a penalty along the way (has 11 clean sheets from 15 for the u19s). off point ; the u19s can win the league on monday with a few games to spare if anyone is up in fanad on monday!
young paul simon tracey also stepped up also after o'donnells injury getting a goal and put in the corner for the og too.
good thing we brought in 39 year old peter hutton to stabilise the defence keep the age average up

Mr_A

Holy jeepers, what a result! Harps beat table toppers 3-1 Longford on their own patch.

Another match tomorrow as the U19s seek to wrap up the title against bottom of the table Longford.

On a serious buzz here after a crappy day

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Mr_A wrote: »

On a serious buzz here after a crappy day

haha exact same...
only 4 off longford... strange having this sense of optimism!

ImpossibleDuck

Brilliant result. Looked hopeless when we went one down.

Good stuff

rmchmufc

Did not expect to get any kind off result down in Longford. Absolutely delighted with that. Fair play to them!!

overshoot

good news against longford keeps coming. congrats to the baby harps confirmed as the u19 northern champions with a 2-0 win. good to have it done this week or it would have been winner takes all v derry next week. some defensive record too, conceeded just 7 in 17!

overshoot

optimistic for the Limerick game (preview) this weekend. They were supposed to run of with the division but we find ourselves 3pts of them, the highest scorers in the league and only conceeded 1 in the 4 games Hutton has played.
with wexford away to Waterford who will be out for revenge for their 6-0 drubbing (actually half of wexford goals this year).. we could find ourselves 2nd with a bit of luck at the end of saturday night.

to think only 6 months ago we were on the brink:eek: (and 11/2 to win the title this year with a 38pt handycap! only a (2/7) limerick v the field (9/4) option now)

harps radio is on for it but matches are always better in real life!

edit - also good that Ciaran Gallagher is back in light non contact training after fracturing his skull in waterford. Cowan also has his cast off

Mr_A

Encouraging to see the pure unadulterated evil in the eyes of the U19 players. That's the sort of mentality Harps have traditionally been without.

Mad to think we're top scorers with the number of chances we've missed... hopefully we can keep that going. Limerick will be tough, they have loads of very good players. Any sort of a result would be good.

overshoot

good piece on extratime after the limerick game
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For the first time in a long time there was a real sense of optimism at Finn Park on Saturday night – but the 568 fans parted into the soaking Ballybofey night having witnessed what player-manager Peter Hutton termed a 'reality check' for his side.

After a difficult couple of seasons, Harps entered Saturday with a feeling that things were on the rise again. Last week in Longford was the first time in two seasons that Harps had come from behind to win.

And the recent 2-0 win in Waterford was the first time in two years that Harps had recorded back-to-back wins.

Now, though, they're back down to fifth in a Division that is likely to have quite the number of twists to it.

only 1pt off third and athlone have a tricky game against longford, wexford home to salthill, waterford off to limerick... if we are going to be in for that playoff place a win here is simply a must... going to be tough without mcBride though

Mr_A

All things being equal, I'll be turning the air blue on Harps radio at tonight's game in Mervue.

Apologies in advance for the offence caused.

muffler

Mr_A wrote: »

All things being equal, I'll be turning the air blue on Harps radio at tonight's game in Mervue.

Apologies in advance for the offence caused.

If we hear someone shout "no ****ing way ref" we will know who it is

Mr_A

If that's the worst that comes through we'll be flying!

The usual standard of professional, well researched, unbiased and coherent commentary will apply.

Unless I have a few pints beforehand.

And I fully intend to have a few pints beforehand.

muffler

Mr_A wrote: »

The usual standard of professional, well researched, unbiased and coherent commentary will apply.

You have been taking lessons then from Charlie Collins commentating on Donegal matches? :eek: