FAI Cup Final Derry City vs St Patricks Aviva 2/11/2014

dreamers75

Derry City 3/1
Draw 9/4
St Patrick's Athletic 10/11


Sure whats an 8th final defeat in a row.

Play our best team and show up and we should win. It never works out like that.

Derry 2 wins from 12
Pats 9 wins from 12.

......Clarke
GOB....Hoare browne...bermo
..........Bolger
...Fahey.......Brennan
Byrne......................Forrester.
............Fagan


play well and please gods of football......let us win.

but yeah **** you gods of football....

monkey9

If we're able to put out that first XI, we should win by a couple of goals I think. We've been unlucky with injuries and suspensions throughout the season and were only able to field that team, which is our strongest starting XI, for the first time a few weeks back when we beat Dundalk handily enough.

theteal

Stupid competition.











I'm on the 8am flight out of stansted on sunday morning. Ive been like a kid at Christmas the last couple of days in work. I should probably know better by now but. . . . SUPERSAINTS!

anncoates

Normally would want Derry to win this but needs must. Please don't fcuk up yet again.

Dubliner28

Hopefully we'll end our heart ache with the cup. Do not want to be walking out of the Aviva after another cup final defeat.

Head says 2-2 draw(anything can happen after that)

Head says 3-1 Pats

Omackeral

Lack of grandiose cup picture and fixture times in the OP have greatly upset me. 2/10.

In all honesty though I reckon you should put up Kick Off time, what channel it's gonna be on and ticket info if you could. Games like this could attract support from outside the usual LOI circles and the more the merrier.

doncarlos

I think I'd like to see Pats win after all the heartache but seeing Rovers miss out on another year of Europe would be hilarious so I'll be cheering on Derry

doncarlos

monkey9 wrote: »

which is our strongest starting XI, for the first time a few weeks back when we beat Dundalk handily enough.

Ironically when we didn't have our strongest starting XI. You have to wonder what managers see sometimes. Dundalk didn't lose a game in ANY competition this season when Kenny picked the strongest XI available to him.

Ronan|Raven

Hoping for a Pats win.

kksaints

Strangely confident heading into this atm but will probably get more and more nervous closer to Sunday. Our first XI should be fit and our form didnt drop off too much once we were out of the running for the league. While our league could have been better this year it was far better than Derrys and Derry's form recently has been ordinary. They have a good attack with Patterson, Duffy and McEleney but I think we are stronger on paper anyway however it is a cup final and anything can happen.

3-1 Saints. COYS.

ionadnapokot

'61 will be put to rest on Sunday! Patricks offer allot more than Derry in attack. 2-0.

dreamers75

Omackeral wrote: »

Lack of grandiose cup picture and fixture times in the OP have greatly upset me. 2/10.

2am Only in from Dara O Brain...day off today so will stick in pics and put all the goals of the season in a new thread :P

dreamers75

VS


No contest really.

ionadnapokot

Anyone hazard a guess on the attendance? i'll go for 18K

dreamers75

A lot of Ireland fans donating their season tickets to local schoolboy clubs, Bosco etc bringing a fair amount.

Not sure if its a protest of sorts?

Omackeral

Bunk Moreland is a Saint?!

Gavin "shels"

10 year in a row attending the FAI Cup final now repeat of 2012 please!

hjkl

ionadnapokot wrote: »

Anyone hazard a guess on the attendance? i'll go for 18K

The same fixture in 2012 had 15k in attendance. I think this one will have about 12k.

NIMAN

I would love to be cheering us on to another victory against Pats, but I have the gut feeling that it will be Pats year this time around.

Just got too many good players for us, and if most of them turn up on the day then I think Derry will have a big ask in front of them to compete on Sunday.

But you just never know.

dreamers75

NIMAN wrote: »

.

But you just never know.

No we always know:

Runners-up (8): 1954, 1967, 1974, 1980, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2012

Stupid cup.

Omackeral

@dreamers75

Wendall Pierce aka Bunk Moreland.

Explain.

Yours in Sport and Curiousity,

Omackeral.

kksaints

Omackeral wrote: »

@dreamers75

Wendall Pierce aka Bunk Moreland.

Explain.

Yours in Sport and Curiousity,

Omackeral.

He supports the New Orleans Saints and has an affinity with teams that have Saints in their names or nicknames. Think it something like that.

dreamers75

Omackeral wrote: »

@dreamers75

Wendall Pierce aka Bunk Moreland.

Explain.

Yours in Sport and Curiousity,

Omackeral.

lol few years ago he tweeted about New Orleans Saints and some pats fan tweeted back to him and thats how the legend of Bunk The Saint grew. He is now a full time saints fan

So Joe did this for him

Bunkthesaint wrote:

I’m a New Orleans man, so I support the Saints here and after I sent a few NFL tweets a few years back a whole load of Supersaint fans in Dublin tweeted me, Now I’m an honorary Supersaint, although I’m embarrassed to say that as yet I haven’t been to a game, but I will. We chat on twitter all the time and I follow the teams results

Omackeral

That is actaully class. I love Bunk and now I love him even more!

Here's our favourite African American

The_Kew_Tour

That's pretty neat in fairness.

As for the game I reckon Penos will decide it.

Ronan|Raven

What end of the ground did Pats get?

monkey9

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

What end of the ground did Pats get?

The big end. South Stand.

Ronan|Raven

Thanks, will grab a ticket for down there.

major bill

Heading into this.....what pubs gonna be lively? Ballsbridge was pretty poor last year

dreamers75

uhhhhh well that didnt make me feel warm and fuzzy


fair play to yer man from the tele (also a pats fan)

monkey9

major bill wrote: »

Heading into this.....what pubs gonna be lively? Ballsbridge was pretty poor last year

Slatterys on Grand Canal St is Pat's fans HQ so that'll be busy. Fiver a pint with complimentary food.

dreamers75

monkey9 wrote: »

Slatterys on Grand Canal St is Pat's fans HQ so that'll be busy. Fiver a pint with complimentary food.

Taveys sponsored Pats and many buses this season, thats my main place tomorrow not some rugby pub. I am absolutely ducking terrified now.



Yer man off the tv that supports Pats.

Mint Sauce

Totally forgot this was on today. Hopefully the neutrals also attend in numbers and give the LOI abit of credit and promotion, and that Derry bring it back to the NW.

Omackeral

Nice to see Michael O Neill and Martin O Neill discussing the quality of the League' players and both say they're there to have a look at future prospects.

Lapin

Hard to believe its been 23 long years.

But back in the big time next year baby with our real name back too.

2015 - Our Year. :P

gugsy

The game needs a goal.

Lapin

Someone found a handy parking space.

Mushy

Good effort by Fagan

Omackeral

Killian Brennan has been outstanding. So cool under pressure today. Very impressed by him.

Referee Sutton is being a picky so and so though, wrecking the monentum.

Clareman

The Derry defender didn't cover himself in glory there.

Mushy

Fair play, scrappy one for Fagan!

GLaDOS

That was hilarious by the Derry man trying to clear it

Mushy

Clareman wrote: »

The Derry defender didn't cover himself in glory there.

He would've smashed his shin for no good reason! Was just a tiny bit too far for him to clear it.

hjkl

Danny Ventre with the agility of an elephant. He just had to stick out his leg to prevent that goal.

gugsy

Mushy wrote: »

He would've smashed his shin for no good reason! Was just a tiny bit too far for him to clear it.

Get away out of that. He had about an hour to slide at it before it went near the post.

Clareman

Mushy wrote: »

He would've smashed his shin for no good reason! Was just a tiny bit too far for him to clear it.

He's no Phil Babb

Mushy

gugsy wrote: »

Get away out of that. He had about an hour to slide at it before it went near the post.

Slide for it yeah he would've got it. On his feet, like he was, it was just out of reach(could only tell from replay). Still funny though!

Anyone else think the pitch doesn't look great??

Clareman

Mushy wrote: »

Slide for it yeah he would've got it. On his feet, like he was, it was just out of reach(could only tell from replay). Still funny though!

Anyone else think the pitch doesn't look great??

The pitch is always bad this time of year cause of the rugby, there's only been 1 game there recently enough.

Terrible miss

Mushy

Clareman wrote: »

The pitch is always bad this time of year cause of the rugby, there's only been 1 game there recently enough.

Terrible miss

The rugby is next week though!

Could've taken a touch, such was the quality of the ball!

tastyt

Can't get to see it lads, what's the attendance like??

Ronan|Raven

Not sure of figure but a decent enough crowd here. Most of the lower tiers are full