LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 11 + 12), May 6-10

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Premier Division

Friday, May 6th, 2016

Finn Harps v Bohemians - Finn Park

Dundalk v Galway United - Oriel Park

St. Patrick's Ath. v Derry City - Richmond Park

Saturday, May 7th, 2016

Longford Town v Shamrock Rovers - City Calling Stadium

Bray Wanderers v Cork City - Carlisle Grounds

Sligo Rovers v Wexford Youths - Showgrounds

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016

Shamrock Rovers v Sligo Rovers - Tallaght Stadium

Derry City v Finn Harps - Brandywell

Bohemians v Cork City - Dalymount Park

Galway United v St. Patrick's Ath. - Eamonn Deacy Park

Dundalk v Bray Wanderers - Oriel Park

Longford Town v Wexford Youths - City Calling Stadium

First Division

Friday, May 6th, 2016

Waterford United v UCD - RSC

Athlone Town v Drogheda United - Lissywoollen

Saturday, May 7th, 2016

Cabinteely v Shelbourne - Stradbrook

Cobh Ramblers v Limerick - St. Colman's Park

General info

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

http://www.sseairtricityleague.ie/

http://www.extratime.ie

Soccer Republic - Highlights show on RTÉ Two at 11.05pm on Monday nights.

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

See club sites for ticket info:

Shamrock Rovers FC
Dundalk FC
Cork City
St Patrick's Athletic
Sligo Rovers
Bray Wanderers
Derry City
Longford Town
Galway United
Wexford Youths
Finn Harps
Bohemians

UCD AFC
Drogheda United
Limerick FC
Athlone Town
Shelbourne FC
Waterford United
Cobh Ramblers
Cabinteely FC

kksaints

Fagan being out is a blow but I think we can still beat Derry without him. Hopefully McGrath will start instead of Corcoran.

GLaDOS

Badly need a win but wouldn't be surprised to see Harps beat us.

AidySevenfold

Think it will be a tough game in FP tonight, would probably take a draw but don't see why we can't win tonight.

That_Guy

I'd be fearful for the mental state of the team if we lose to Harps tonight.

AidySevenfold

Bohs are 19/20 to win, we're 11/4. Hard to fathom that especially with Akinade out as well.

Mushy

A Caulfield tactical masterclass tomorrow would be wonderful

CHealy

Mushy wrote: »

A Caulfield tactical masterclass tomorrow would be wonderful

I think you'll get one, I'm not at all confident of getting a result up there even though we really should. But sure Bray is a hard place to go / the pitch is too good/bad / The wind was strong / Bray are a bogey team / The team bus turned left too many times.

Corholio

The away games is where we'll live and die this season. Home at the Cross there's an expectancy to win and most of the time we do, but tactically away is where we have been weak this season, bar 1 or 2 matches. No Turner, No Dooley please either.

Oat23

17 minutes and I'm already sick of hearing about the Horgan/Horgan battle.

Please stop, Will Downing.

applehunter

Will Downing without his sheet of stats is a terrifying thought.

Tomagotchye

Dundalk deserve this. Complete domination of chances.

applehunter

That was coming.

Daryl Horgan has been immense.

applehunter

Game over.

Oat23

Bohs' injury time penalty against Harps was saved. Was the last kick.

Finished 0-0.

overshoot

Oat23 wrote: »

Bohs' injury time penalty against Harps was saved. Was the last kick.

Finished 0-0.

fair result, pretty dire game all around with both severely lacking a cutting edge. we went from a free kick on the edge of the box to a penalty in about 30seconds.

GLaDOS

Oat23 wrote: »

Bohs' injury time penalty against Harps was saved. Was the last kick.

Finished 0-0.

Anto Murphy took the penalty.

What the actual fúck.

NIMAN

Another great 3 pts for us on the road tonight at Richmond.

NIMAN

kksaints wrote: »

Fagan being out is a blow but I think we can still beat Derry without him. Hopefully McGrath will start instead of Corcoran.

Well how did the game pan out? Didn't get a chance to listen to it on radio.

Were we deserving of the points or lucky?

White Horse

NIMAN wrote: »

Another great 3 pts for us on the road tonight at Richmond.

Three away points at Richmond used to be a great result.

dfx-

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Anto Murphy took the penalty.

What the actual fúck.

He must've won it...do bohs have a set penalty taker?

ionadnapokot

NIMAN wrote: »

Well how did the game pan out? Didn't get a chance to listen to it on radio.

Were we deserving of the points or lucky?

Derry fully deserved it.
Far more control and edge in midfield.
Patricks will struggle to match recent seasons.

kksaints

NIMAN wrote: »

Well how did the game pan out? Didn't get a chance to listen to it on radio.

Were we deserving of the points or lucky?

Fairly well deserved although we were denied what looked like a clear penalty when O'Brien was pushed over and the ref signaled for a penalty but the lino said it was outside the box. It looked inside from where I was. Derry had most of the play and had the better chances. Indeed Clarke made a super save from Pattinson to keep it at 1 nil. We were massively disappointing and its going to be a long season if we dont improve greatly especially in midfield.

monkey9

kksaints wrote: »

Fairly well deserved although we were denied what looked like a clear penalty when O'Brien was pushed over and the ref signaled for a penalty but the lino said it was outside the box. It looked inside from where I was. Derry had most of the play and had the better chances. Indeed Clarke made a super save from Pattinson to keep it at 1 nil. We were massively disappointing and its going to be a long season if we dont improve greatly especially in midfield.

Was well inside and it was so clear at the time it was inside the box




We were too ordinary for me to even attempt to be outraged by the decision. We'd probably have missed the penalty anyway. Derry deserved their win.

kksaints

Lino needs to get his eyes tested from that photo, he was well inside

red sean

Easy 4-1 win over Wexford tonight. Sligo Rovers creeping up the table now. Just 3 pts behind Pats.

Gavin "shels"

Good win for Shels in Cabinteely! 4-0 was modest. The Cabinteely hype is well and truly over, but at most I'd say 200 Cabinteely fans there out of the 500 estimate on Extratime.

GLaDOS

dfx- wrote: »

He must've won it...do bohs have a set penalty taker?

Quigley took one earlier this season anyway

AidySevenfold

Justice served anyways as it was a clear dive. I think Gallagher psyched him out before the peno, never looked comfortable.

Drab match, need a huge improvement in the Brandywell tomorrow or we will be blown away. Another 2 injuries suffered, 1 from a horrible high tackle that caught Harkin in the kneecap, didn't even get a free never mind a talking to from the ref. Should of gotten more than that.

irish_goat

Derry City vs Finn Harps is on Setanta Ireland tomorrow night as well for anyone not able to make the match.

AidySevenfold

Plenty of older fans especially those with kids staying at home to watch it tomorrow as they can't get an answer from DCFC regarding their safety or vehicles safety so not really sure what size of Harps crowd to expect.

irish_goat

AidySevenfold wrote: »

Plenty of older fans especially those with kids staying at home to watch it tomorrow as they can't get an answer from DCFC regarding their safety or vehicles safety so not really sure what size of Harps crowd to expect.

Can't say whether or not the local scumbags will be out but I'd personally recommend parking somewhere closer to the city centre and walking down to the Brandywell from there.

ben.schlomo

Big game for us tomorrow against Pats, we need to try and get back on track, Connolly out is a huge loss for us but Devaney back is good news at least.

NIMAN

Only one match guys, the NW Derby at the Brandywell.

JoeyJJ

Looking forward to heading to Tallaght tomorrow night, Rovers looking better in recent seeks however tough ask against Shams.

Oat23

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Looking forward to heading to Tallaght tomorrow night, Rovers looking better in recent seeks however tough ask against Shams.

I usually dread visits there, but I'm looking forward to seeing how we do as well. Really happy with how the team is playing, and to think the guy most consider our best player (Sadlier) has been on the bench for the last 3 wins as well...

Hopefully we pick up another few points in the next few weeks and then get a striker in the window when Jaanai goes back to West Ham.

JoeyJJ

Yeah well i've seen some really bad games there but I keep going none the less. Living in dublin I ensure I get to the games here.

Oh which pub should I put the smoke bomb in and who is the guy that is going to have a bottle broken over?

Oat23

Dreadful coverage from Soccer Republic for that penalty given to Bohs. The analysts are saying 'definite penalty', but to me it looks like a dive. Peter Collins thinks so too.

If only there was a technology that could slow down the video and confirm for us whether it was a dive, or a penalty.

AidySevenfold

It happened right in front of me, it was a definite dive. If he was caught, we would of heard the collision of foot to shin.

I have to say, after getting promoted I was looking forward to watching Soccer Republic each week but now I find myself skipping through all analysis and only watching the goals.

Last weeks discussion on the pitches was a joke - they are meant to be the people promoting our league, instead gave out about the state of pitches. I can only speak from a Finn Harps point of view but Finn Park was completely flooded after all those storms, the club has spent a lot of money on external companies like Pitch Dimensions to come in and fix it and they also have a full time groundsman. The difference between the game v Derry and the game v Bohs was night and day.

That_Guy

Tuesday night games are the work of the devil!!!

prodsc

Paul McLaughlin back at the Showgrounds reffing(?) on Saturday night,FFS.

Rovers have enough cards from him after Game week 1!

DrumSteve

At Dalyer, where the weather can only be described as ****e. Not a great game so far tbh.

ben.schlomo

A good first half by GUFC, on top and then Padraig Sutton decides he wants to ref a basketball match and sends off Sullivan for two nonsense challenges. Game ruined by one of the worst refs I've seen in many years in the LOI.

Tomagotchye

ben.schlomo wrote: »

A good first half by GUFC, on top and then Padraig Sutton decides he wants to ref a basketball match and sends off Sullivan for two nonsense challenges. Game ruined by one of the worst refs I've seen in many years in the LOI.

Was wondering what happened. Left work and everything looked grand, get to the house and it's all imploded.

Harps are parking the bus here. Derry all over them but can't score. Quality of finishing leaving a lot to be desired

monkey9

Absolutely chuffed with that win for Pat's over in Galway. Wasn't really expecting much from going by our form lately, but a very much needed win all the same. Really sets us up for the Longford game on friday now.

kksaints

Badly needed win for us there. Hopefully its onwards and upwards from here.

Mushy

May as well state the obvious, but the lack of goals will kill Bray. More than anything else.

ben.schlomo

kksaints wrote: »

Badly needed win for us there. Hopefully its onwards and upwards from here.

I'd say Sutton went up and down on the bus with ye today. Ye took your goals well but the sending off completely changed the game, an even opening fifteen and then we dominated until ht. For whoever Sutton is reffing next I'd suggest no tackles or physical contact for any players.

Ronan|Raven

I think Wexford scored all 6 goals tonight. ****ing brutal.

overshoot

Dunno if that was 2pts dropped or 1 salvaged. Derry were all over us second half. Was just starting to believe we would hold on too!

And kudos to the nackers who felt the need to charge us when they scored. More interested in us than the match. They separated our fans too before kick off!

dfx-

Excellent performance from Rovers tonight set up with an early lead. Game over just before the pitch became very tough to play on. Good chance the game would've been called off if the rain started two hours earlier.

McCabe, Shaw and Gavin Brennan were excellent. From a Sligo perspective, Gary McCabe winning headers from crosses would be a worrying sign.