LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 13), May 16-17, 2014

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All games are 7.45 PM KO unless otherwise stated.

Premier Division

Friday, May 16th, 2014

Cork City v Derry City - Turners Cross

Drogheda United v Bohemians - United Park

Limerick FC v Dundalk - Thomond Park

UCD v St. Patrick's Ath. - Belfield

Saturday, May 17th, 2014

Shamrock Rovers v Athlone Town - Tallaght Stadium - 7pm

Sligo Rovers v Bray Wanderers - Showgrounds

First Division

Friday, May 16th, 2014

Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers - Tolka Park - 8pm

Galway FC v Finn Harps - Eamon Deacy Park

Wexford Youths v Waterford United - Ferrycarrig Park - 8pm

Saturday, May 17th, 2014

Longford Town v Cobh Ramblers - City Calling Stadium - 7.30pm

General info

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer/

http://www.airtricityleague.ie/

Soccer Republic - Mondays at 11.05pm on RTÉ Two & RTÉ.ie.

Try out a game near you. Click a fixture link for stadium detals.

See club sites for ticket info:

Shamrock Rovers FC
St Patrick's Athletic
Sligo Rovers
Bray Wanderers
Cork City
Derry City
Drogheda United
Dundalk FC
UCD AFC
Limerick FC
Athlone Town
Bohemians

Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne FC
Wexford Youths
Longford Town
Finn Harps
Galway FC
Waterford United
Cobh Ramblers

dreamers75

Must win game etc:

Forrester makes 100th app for us morrow along with GOB... thats a huge amount of games in this league.

Darkglasses

South East derby comes at a great time for us, our confidence is through the roof. Let's be having you Waterford

gimmick

Should be a good crowd again at The Cross for Derrys visit. Shame Roderick got sacked ahead of it. We always enjoy welcoming him.

No reason why we can't get back to winning ways.

NIMAN

Gonna be a very tough game for Pizza to start his spell in charge, hard to see us getting anything from this.

Gavin "shels"

Dylan Connolly suspended for us and Keegen/Sullo still out! Going to be a big test.

dreamers75

Gavin shels wrote: »

Dylan Connolly suspended for us and Keegen/Sullo still out! Going to be a big test.

How is he working out? I had him as next Fahey or next John Paul Bohs lad. Went towards the John Paul with us hence being asked nicely to leave. Still talented tho.

Mushy

Jesus it'd be amazing if Bray got a result in the Showgrounds!

That_Guy

Another draw for Bohs methinks.

CSF

dreamers75 wrote: »

How is he working out? I had him as next Fahey or next John Paul Bohs lad. Went towards the John Paul with us hence being asked nicely to leave. Still talented tho.

Fantastic for us until picking up an injury which has seen him miss the last few.

dreamers75

CSF wrote: »

Fantastic for us until picking up an injury which has seen him miss the last few.

Smashing player reckon in the right frame of mind would be a decent Champo player.

Dont know if he can do it tho.

Gavin "shels"

dreamers75 wrote: »

Smashing player reckon in the right frame of mind would be a decent Champo player.

Dont know if he can do it tho.

Needs to shed the pounds, but he was excellent for us, missing him badly tbh.

10green bottles

That_Guy wrote: »

Another draw for Bohs methinks.

Was going to smash big time into Bohs to win this at 2/1 when i seen that Brennan & McNally were suspended for Drogs.Then checked Bohs team news and seen Lopes & Corcoran are out for Bohs! Bet on hold now until just before k.o.I havent seen a photo of a decent winning bet in LOI in ages.Hard league for bets

dfx-

First Rovers game at Tolka I won't have been to since the end of 2008.

Hopefully Croly doesn't mess with the side thinking it's Athlone and the effects of the game on Wednesday.

dreamers75

dfx- wrote: »

Hopefully Croly doesn't mess with the side thinking it's Athlone and the effects of the game on Wednesday.

In fairness your used to bending over and being raped by poor teams in Europe.

Well done at least you got 300k to piss away.

Alias G

dreamers75 wrote: »

In fairness your used to bending over and being raped by poor teams in Europe.

Well done at least you got 300k to piss away.

What like a 10 goal raping from from a bunch of Moldovan postmen?

GLaDOS

10green bottles wrote: »

Was going to smash big time into Bohs to win this at 2/1 when i seen that Brennan & McNally were suspended for Drogs.Then checked Bohs team news and seen Lopes & Corcoran are out for Bohs! Bet on hold now until just before k.o.I havent seen a photo of a decent winning bet in LOI in ages.Hard league for bets

Lopes isn't much of a miss tbh. If Anto Murphy is back it's an upgrade.

dan1895

Alias G wrote: »

What like a 10 goal raping from from a bunch of Moldovan postmen?

Maybe LOI clubs should start playing postmen and invest their funds into facilities like Zimbru's.

shefellover93

Promo for the Cork City Rebel Radio commentary up! Real FIFA 2000 feel off it. Coverage of tonight's game v Derry City starting at half 7 http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/47605280

anncoates

Have a horrible feeling Croly will choose this game to have one of his periodic selection brain farts.

markcahill1985

gimmick wrote: »

Should be a good crowd again at The Cross for Derrys visit. Shame Roderick got sacked ahead of it. We always enjoy welcoming him.

No reason why we can't get back to winning ways.

How much is entry to the cross these days, wouldnt mind watching a game of fotty this evening?

kksaints

markcahill1985 wrote: »

How much is entry to the cross these days, wouldnt mind watching a game of fotty this evening?

http://www.corkcityfc.ie/home/match-tickets-2/

Here ya go.€15 for adults.

We didnt play very well against UCD in Richmond first time out, hoping for a better performance and a more comfortable victory in the Bowl tonight. Will be tricky enough UCD dont seem that bad.

Omackeral

F**K SAKE ALMIGHTY BOHS :mad:

NIMAN

Easy for Cork tonight?

The_Kew_Tour

2-0 was fair reflection of the game tonight.

Cork deserved the win. Derry 2nd half was better but they left themselves too much to do.

dreamers75

Should have won the game in the 1st half but UCD deserved something for their 2nd half defensive performance.

Will Fahey be dropped next week???? Will Killer and Bolger return???

Indo reckons Quigley out till August and we signing Sheppard or Curran, Quigley came on tonight. Heard we have spoken to Curran but not the only ones. We need Flood back for those poxy 6 yard goals.

dfx-

Omackeral wrote: »

F**K SAKE ALMIGHTY BOHS :mad:

Bad result for Bohs alright

Oat23

dreamers75 wrote: »

Will Fahey be dropped next week????

Not performing? How are attendances for Pats now? I believe it was hoped he would bring some more people through the gates.

dreamers75

Alias G wrote: »

What like a 10 goal raping from from a bunch of Moldovan postmen?

hahahahha irelands UEFA Coefficent is St Pats you are aware of that yeah? rest of them thats letting the side down. Rovers made EL group stages and still couldnt overtake us.

Wasnt for us LOI be ****ed in Europe.....but hhahahahah good joke.

Gavin "shels"

Gavin shels wrote: »

Dylan Connolly suspended for us and Keegen/Sullo still out! Going to be a big test.

Lacked any real creativity without them!

Alias G

dreamers75 wrote: »

hahahahha irelands UEFA Coefficent is St Pats you are aware of that yeah? rest of them thats letting the side down. Rovers made EL group stages and still couldnt overtake us.

Wasnt for us LOI be ****ed in Europe.....but hhahahahah good joke.

I'm well aware of how crap our coefficient is. Not something any irish club has a claim to be boastful about. The Moldovan massacre however was a strong contender for the worst European performance by an LOI club of all time. Bit of perspective when you decide to knock another club

anncoates

Going to lump on rovers winning the league. Any team that can play as brutal as we did tonight but still win and go top of the league is clearly being guided by a higher force.

Goal of the season candidate from Zayed

dreamers75

Think this season will be one of the best, 4 of us (sorry Cork) battliing it out.

Alias G wrote: »

I'm well aware of how crap our coefficient is. Not something any irish club has a claim to be boastful about. The Moldovan massacre however was a strong contender for the worst European performance by an LOI club of all time. Bit of perspective when you decide to knock another club

You aware the coefficent is 100% down to Pats yeah.....makes the Moldovan nightmare seem like a tipping point for us. Shame the rest of you are **** in Europe..... I would go with Longford vs welsh team as worst performance ever.....but hey whatever floats your boat.I think after celtic there was an expectancty for Pats to beat the Moldovans.....

FYI from the minute that match vs the Moldovan international team kicked off I knew we would be raped (not postmen). They destroyed us in seconds.

dfx-

Awful game, Kilduff awful, Zayed much better when he was on. Think the goal came because the other option was passing it to Kilduff. Again he missed another open goal to kill the game off like with Sligo. He can't say he hasn't had his chances if Croly ships him out again.

geeky

If we (Rovers) get in a pacey, confident forward we could wrap up this league with a few games to spare. Kilduff is still working hard but confidence in front of goal is low - he just hasn't developed into the top-drawer forward we hoped he'd be. Zayed scored an amazing goal but, other than that, didn't look interested. Truth be told, he didn't look that interested even when he was scoring it.

Aside from our trouble scoring, I was pleased with the first 60 odd minutes. Lots of good passing, lots of chances created, and plenty of energy considering most of the starters had 45 minutes of chasing the ball vs Liverpool two days previous. We have an identity and a consistency to our play that we lacked under Kenny and last year.

The most frustrating thing - other than our inability to put away more chances - was watching us invite pressure after we scored. In the second half, Croly took off Brennan and went for a 4-4-2 with Finn and McPhail in central midfield. There was nobody picking up the second ball when McGuinness headed away their long passes, and they played through the centre far too easily. We needed an out-and-out ball winner for the last 30 minutes to stay in charge, and Croly didn't bring one on. I can only assume that both Robbo and Bayly were carrying knocks.

Still, that's another game that, last year, we'd have contrived to either win 7-1 or draw. I'll take a bunch of slightly nervy 1-0 wins any day. Time to do it against the bigger teams now.

Alias G

dreamers75 wrote: »

You aware the coefficent is 100% down to Pats yeah.....makes the Moldovan nightmare seem like a tipping point for us. Shame the rest of you are **** in Europe..... I would go with Longford vs welsh team as worst performance ever.....but hey whatever floats your boat.I think after celtic there was an expectancty for Pats to beat the Moldovans.....

FYI from the minute that match vs the Moldovan international team kicked off I knew we would be raped (not postmen). They destroyed us in seconds.

http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/

Rovers are highest ranked Irish club on UEFA website.

anncoates

dfx- wrote: »

Awful game, Kilduff awful, Zayed much better when he was on. Think the goal came because the other option was passing it to Kilduff. Again he missed another open goal to kill the game off like with Sligo. He can't say he hasn't had his chances if Croly ships him out again.

Hopefully Boyce a runner. You're right, Killer get runs of scoring and holds up well but he misses a lot of chances.

Pighead

Operation 'Let's crush the Drogs' is about to commence. Chance to go back to the top of the league and avenge our opening day defeat. Very confident of victory. I'm calling it now. 3-0 to the Lilywhites.

Captain Havoc

Limerick just gifted Cork two goals.

Captain Havoc

Rory Gaffney just scored a delightful header. 1-2

house45

Dundalk 6-0 up!!!!!

house45

Sorry 7-0!!!

GLaDOS

And we still lost to them

Mushy

Deary me, a Pighead prediction came true too!

Pighead

Mushy wrote: »

Deary me, a Pighead prediction came true too!

You would have loved it up in Oriel this evening Mushy. We dished out an absolute tonking to the Dosy drogs. Absolutely mauled them. That opening day defeat well forgotten at this stage. Must seem like a million years ago to the Drogs supporters. We outclassed them and were 2-0 up and cruising before Foley got sent off.

Chris Shields with another man of the match performance. Dane Massey with a mazy dribble dancing around Drogs defenders before laying it on for Gannon. Towell with another goal. Brilliant late cameo from Keith Ward who is back after his long term lay off. He really is a class act. Great touch and a sublime through ball for McMillan's second. Quality evenings entertainment. Slightly disappointed with the attendance (2380) as I thought there might be closer to 3000 but I suppose it was a Tuesday evening and we have a big home game against Sligo on Friday night.

Siren Girls put in a good shift at half time as well in fairness to them. 10/10 for everybody this evening really. (apart from Drogheda team).

dreamers75

If Pats rovers went to extra time i was going home.

Watson off Rovers B looks a decent player. Couple of other decent players too.

The_Kew_Tour

Good 6 points from past 5 days

Steady the ship.

Pighead

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Good 6 points from past 5 days

Steady the ship.

Thanks Kew. Hopefully we can make it 9/9 on Friday evening. Appreciate the support.

The_Kew_Tour

Pighead wrote: »

Thanks Kew. Hopefully we can make it 9/9 on Friday evening. Appreciate the support.

Honestly, I don't mind Dundalk. Like to see them win it if Cork could not.

dundalkfc10

Drogheda fans (the ones that stayed after 4-0) throwing liters and coins at Dundalk players, breaking seats too, seen Guards lift 3 of them during it

The F45 will be gone again I reckon if one of their members are any of the 3

Bateman

Drogheda was fairly tame last Friday in comparison to some previous jaunts up there, surprised they would get rowdy but then nobody likes getting thrashed by rivals