Waterford FC Thread

PTH2009

New first division season started tonight with Waterford losing 1-0 away to Athlone Town

League Fixtures
http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/waterford-united/2017/3/

TheQuietFella

Disappointing start to the campaign but that's the way it goes sometimes.
I'm sure the delayed start didn't help matters either but onwards and upwards for Waterford FC!

Aquos76

The fact that the starting 11 last night had never played together before kicking off last night, the keeper only joined up with the club on Thursday and wasn't expecting to be in the team for last nights game at all. Yes losing the first game was a disappointment ok, but i wouldn't dwell on it to much. Apparently the pitch was in a bad way up there, a lot of the new WFC players have come in from lower league English clubs but even by those standards the pitch was dire.

Looking forward to seeing what sort of crowd comes out and supports the team next Friday night now. The owner has certainly put his money in to them, the least the people of Waterford should do is come out and support them and see where this adventure takes us all.

Max Powers

Any news on season tickets? Should been sent out by now.

cococoady

Max Powers wrote: »

Any news on season tickets? Should been sent out by now.

Taken from supporters group on Facebook

space2ground1

I haven't been to a match in years but I'd love to give them a bit of support on Friday night. Where can I get tickets and is the jersey on sale anywhere?

Shalashaska

space2ground1 wrote: »

I haven't been to a match in years but I'd love to give them a bit of support on Friday night. Where can I get tickets and is the jersey on sale anywhere?

Just turn up to the ground before 7:45 pm and you'll get one. AFAIK, some merchandise will be available in the club shop during the match as well. Welcome back .

cococoady

space2ground1 wrote: »

I haven't been to a match in years but I'd love to give them a bit of support on Friday night. Where can I get tickets and is the jersey on sale anywhere?

You can pay at the gate on the night. Regards jersey, Alfie Hales have them in stock or you can go down tomorrow evening and see merchandise there

PTH2009

Good result last night 3-0 win vs Cabinteely at the RSC

Max Powers

Great night, good crowd, great result, some great play, more of this will do nicely.

TheQuietFella

Great to be back to winning ways for Waterford FC!

blaah_bro

Just one for local soccer fans – there was a presentation at last Fridays game to the families of two sadly departed Blues fans Noel Burke & Eoin Burke. Eoin who passed away before Christmas was a lifelong blues fan and was also heavily involved with De La Salle. The club’s youth team he coached before his death are playing in the semi-finals of the Munster Youths cup against a highly fancied College Corinthians side from Cork in Ozier on Sunday next (12th) 2pm. It would be great to have a big local support for this team who have felt Eoin’s death deeply so please try and get along to cheer on this fine squad.

Galla73

Burkey was a true blues fan and gave so much to De La Salle - with his 2 sons playing big parts in the youth teams success it would be a truly wonderful story to see this team progress to the final.

Max Powers

Great night last night, good crowd, attendance up on last game, great atmosphere, block e lads played their part there, great to see James mcClean there, good play and good result.more of this, happy days.

alta stare

Max Powers wrote: »

Great night last night, good crowd, attendance up on last game, great atmosphere, block e lads played their part there, great to see James mcClean there, good play and good result.more of this, happy days.

Was at the game against Cabinteely and also at the game on Saturday, the attendance was incredible for a LOI game let alone a first division one. To be fair it wasnt a good game but these things happen. Plenty of interest and alot of people there would i would never see there over the years. Hopefully they will continue to get the crowds.

The council need to be applauded aswell as iv never seen the RSC look so good. The pitch is in great nick, i know the dressing rooms have got a small makeover etc. It definitely is one of the best grounds in the country for LOI. I do wish tho they would get rid of the pile of sand to the side of the old stand as its an eyesore.

They should win the division but perhaps not as easy as some think. Be great next season to see the likes of Cork, Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers etc all coming back to the RSC. I'm jumping the gun a bit here

Smell the glove

Great to see such a big crowd down there again. Hopefully the crowd will continue to grow and we keep winning.
Also fantastic to see the blues have linked up with the solas centre as their charity partner for this season.

http://leagueofireland.ie/index.php/2017/03/27/waterford-fc-delighted-announce-official-charity-partner/

Max Powers

The pitch is in top voted best surface by players regularly.credit to council indeed, they're is one lad , recognise him from my old school days,who is down there, probably main man down there responsible for pitch.fair play.

Deiseen

Max Powers wrote: »

The pitch is in top voted best surface by players regularly.credit to council indeed, they're is one lad , recognise him from my old school days,who is down there, probably main man down there responsible for pitch.fair play.

Walsh park could do with getting him up there for a few months to sort out that bog.

Smell the glove

To be fair the pitch wasn't great last week, it is normally way better. Still good for a LOI ground but no doubt the surface will be better soon. As said earlier it has regularly been voted one of the best if not the best the last few years.

alta stare

Smell the glove wrote: »

To be fair the pitch wasn't great last week, it is normally way better. Still good for a LOI ground but no doubt the surface will be better soon. As said earlier it has regularly been voted one of the best if not the best the last few years.

Im not too sure why you think it wasnt great. That pitch has hosted plenty of international games (U21s) so its more than just good for LOI. In all the years iv been going to the RSC the pitch now is definitley the best iv seen it. I know from being in and around there regularly how well its being maintained.

Hoffmans

alta stare wrote: »

Im not too sure why you think it wasnt great. That pitch has hosted plenty of international games (U21s) so its more than just good for LOI. In all the years iv been going to the RSC the pitch now is definitley the best iv seen it. I know from being in and around there regularly how well its being maintained.

Pitch is fine seen there's shotputts and javelins being speared into it two nights a week

cococoady

Drew 0-0 away to Longford tonight. Missed a penalty in the first half and then had McDaid sent off on 55 mins. Done well to hold out for the draw.

First half can be seen here

https://m.facebook.com/pages/insights/post_details/?page_id=416761905131987&post_feed_object_id=S%3A_I416761905131987%3A904106706397502&post_id=904106706397502

Second half can be seen here

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=904131886394984&id=416761905131987

alta stare

Its early days yet but for those who are interested here are the league standings.

Edit: I added this from my mobile so apologises for the way its close together.



Waterford FC. 6 3 2 1 6 11


Cobh. 6 3 2 1 4 11


U.C.D. 6 3 1 2 4 10


Cabinteely. 6 3 1 2 3 10


Shelbourne. 6 2 3 1 1 9


Athlone Town. 6 2 1 3 -8 7


Longford. 6 1 2 3 -3 5


Wexford. 6 0 2 4 -7 2

Max Powers

Us/first v second/cobh tonight all, should be good..
Also, collection for sacred heart centre tonight, bring a a few euro, change, whatever you can afford for that...I've posted about this charity before, they do amazing work for with kids with physical and learning difficulties, they badly need new premises, trying to raise 1.5mill I think, great local charity doing amazing work on a shoe string.

Max Powers

Good turnout again tonight, would be great to get attendance up to 2k. 2.1....cobh I'd say feel gutted not to get something from match, they had a good few chances,a lot coming from silly balls being given away by the blues.
Athlone at home next week.
Top of league but absolutely no way is it gonna be easy,cobh,ucd, and others all good teams.

Max Powers

At home to athlone tonight. ,7.45 KO

Chip Whitley

The talk online is that the game is close to being sold out, if true is fantastic.

Aquos76

Chip Whitley wrote: »

The talk online is that the game is close to being sold out, if true is fantastic.

Whats the capacity, 3,100 or something like than, thats some going if its anywhere near that, mind you with the night thats in it and no pubs open, it may well be sold out.

TheQuietFella

Aquos76 wrote: »

Whats the capacity, 3,100 or something like than, thats some going if its anywhere near that, mind you with the night thats in it and no pubs open, it may well be sold out.

No such thing as 'Sold Out' regarding the RSC!
I remember when Waterford drew 2-2 with Cork City both stands were full
and the ends behind both goals were also packed.
Great days then for WUFC!

Aquos76

Officially there 3100 seats available and room for another 2,500 standing so yeah you are correct.

Max Powers

Attendance up again tonight....1900 approx.
Hard fought win, thought we better team but not much end product, with them missing a penalty too we're small bit lucky to have three points.
2.1

iseegirls

Would like to get down and see a game over the next few weeks.

Maybe a silly question, what what stand is the best place to sit in terms of atmosphere? If you pay at the gate, can you basically choose which stand you sit in afterwards?

Max Powers

iseegirls wrote: »

Would like to get down and see a game over the next few weeks.

Maybe a silly question, what what stand is the best place to sit in terms of atmosphere? If you pay at the gate, can you basically choose which stand you sit in afterwards?

Main stand, not new one.if there twenty mins before KO you should have plenty of seat choice, sit near left side(as walking in thru turnstiles) of stand.

Max Powers

Cup draw quarter finals..... dundalk away....big test for the blues.

alta stare

Max Powers wrote: »

Cup draw quarter finals..... dundalk away....big test for the blues.

Stephen Kenny wont play a strong team for that game so it wont be as tough as you think. He has the indifferent start to their league campaign to worry about. Very winnable game. Either way its a good draw and a good test for Waterford.

Smell the glove

0-0 last night away to Cabinteely, very poor game. Pitch and ground are beyond shocking up there. Kenny Browne facing a bit of a lay off as well with a bad injury.

alta stare

Smell the glove wrote: »

0-0 last night away to Cabinteely, very poor game. Pitch and ground are beyond shocking up there. Kenny Browne facing a bit of a lay off as well with a bad injury.

Broken arm i believe. I had expected a 0 - 0 game. I do the LOI prediction league in the soccer forum and put that result in. The game in the RSC was poor aswell. Cabinteely imo would be Waterfords bogey team. Hopefully a better result next week v UCD at home.

Max Powers

alta stare wrote: »

Broken arm i believe. I had expected a 0 - 0 game. I do the LOI prediction league in the soccer forum and put that result in. The game in the RSC was poor aswell. Cabinteely imo would be Waterfords bogey team. Hopefully a better result next week v UCD at home.

Bad news alright, Kenny Browne has been excellent in defence.

Max Powers

INJURY UPDATE: Kenny Browne underwent an operation this morning on a broken arm and is ruled out of action for a minimum of a month.

Max Powers

First/us V second/ucd tomorrow night 7.45

Max Powers

Little disappointing night,2 more injuries, one possibly serious.had many chances and much of the ball but couldn't convert them..one all, drop to second.

alta stare

A 3-0 defeat in Oriel Park today knocks Waterford out of the EA Sports Cup. Not the end of the world given it is the least important competition to be in during the season, hopefully back to winning ways against Shels on friday in the league at the RSC.

iseegirls

iseegirls wrote: »

Would like to get down and see a game over the next few weeks.

Maybe a silly question, what what stand is the best place to sit in terms of atmosphere? If you pay at the gate, can you basically choose which stand you sit in afterwards?

Got down to see the UCD match over the weekend. Nice to see a great buzz around the stadium. Went for the new(ish) stand. Decent match - great first half hour by Waterford, faded after that and I think lucky to get a draw.

One thing though, how many competitions do they have at half time. There must have been about 5 different raffles.

Looking forward to getting down for a few more games over the coming months.

Smell the glove

They only have one half time draw. Big result needed tomorrow. Home to shelbourne 7.45 ko in the blue camp.

Max Powers

One nil win.back on top as athlone beat cobh.

Dunmoreroader

Was at it. Relieved they won, Shels only got one decent chance to score early on that I can remember but they had a lot of the ball without doing much with it. Blues had a couple of other chances but overall it was fairly forgettable fayre.
Still, great they're back on top, another decent crowd (1400 approx.)going to keep trying to get out there to support their promotion push, hopefully a few more goals in next match away to Wexford and another 3 points

Max Powers

Any news on latest injuries, Kenny Browne, Dean o halloran,mcClean went off Friday and sander puri?
Probably missing name or two, hopefully some good news.

Smell the glove

Browne is out for another few weeks anyway. Puri was worse than expected but heard no return date. Too early probably to say about O Halloran and I think I seen mcClean post something about him being back in training already? Away to Wexford this Friday at 8. Hopefully we will have a big travelling support with the ground being so close.

Ladyinthedark

Smell the glove wrote: »

Browne is out for another few weeks anyway. Puri was worse than expected but heard no return date. Too early probably to say about O Halloran and I think I seen mcClean post something about him being back in training already? Away to Wexford this Friday at 8. Hopefully we will have a big travelling support with the ground being so close.

Could you tell me where the ground is I want to take my son down to the game ,also is there cover in the stands there please

Fuzzy Logic

Ladyinthedark wrote: »

Could you tell me where the ground is I want to take my son down to the game ,also is there cover in the stands there please

You can find it here it's handy to find you go past the Ferrycarrig Hotel which will be on your right. Then take a left about 2-300 meters past. Follow the road and turn right at the junction.

The stand is tiny in the ground so you'll be best to get there early if you want to have shelter.

Ladyinthedark

Fuzzy Logic wrote: »

You can find it here it's handy to find you go past the Ferrycarrig Hotel which will be on your right. Then take a left about 2-300 meters past. Follow the road and turn right at the junction.

The stand is tiny in the ground so you'll be best to get there early if you want to have shelter.

Thanks .