LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 6), Mar 25

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Premier Division

Saturday, March 25th, 2017

St. Patrick's Ath. v Shamrock Rovers - Richmond Park

Finn Harps v Sligo Rovers - Finn Park

Drogheda United v Bohemians - United Park

Bray Wanderers v Limerick - Carlisle Grounds

Cork City v Dundalk - Turners Cross

First Division

Saturday, March 25th, 2017

UCD v Longford Town - Belfield

Cabinteely v Cobh Ramblers - Stradbrook

Athlone Town v Shelbourne - Lissywoollen

Waterford FC v Wexford FC - RSC

General info

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

http://www.sseairtricityleague.ie

http://www.extratime.ie

Soccer Republic - Highlights show on RTÉ Two 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
Galway United
Finn Harps
Limerick FC
Drogheda United
Bohemians

Wexford FC
Longford Town
UCD AFC
Athlone Town
Shelbourne FC
Waterford FC
Cobh Ramblers
Cabinteely FC

NIMAN

Looking forward to the Cork v Dundalk game.

should be a good 'un. A sell out too, good to see.

gimmick

Sell out crowd. Sun is shining. Tv cameras in town. It all leads to a dour 0-1 for Dundalk.

CHealy

Not confident at all about the though of Dundalk running at our "defense". If Shamrock Rovers had any sort of quality they would have hit us for 2 or 3 more last Friday and won the game. Dundalk have that quality.

Great occasion for the LOI though, sold out Turners Cross in the sun and on TV.

major bill

Decent away crowd from Dundalk,

Hopefully lives up to a cracker!

Mars Bar

McGuire and Sheppard are quite the pair.

Mars Bar

That was certainly helped by terrible defending.

NIMAN

How's it going, I know its 2-0 but can't see it, RTE Player not available for this in NI.

Mars Bar

Kilduff will be lucky to see out this game without getting a second yellow card.

LoI refereeing, cant beat it.

MD1990

Dundalk had more of the possession & played ok but Cork have exposed Dundalk's weak defense. Rogers & Massey very poor for 2nd goal & Rogers looks very poor with the ball at feet. Not convinced by Barrett either.

McCormack has been excellent for Cork as has the back 4. Maguire has done well great assist for Shepperd.

Ludo

God...who is the co-commentator? He is so fecking annoying.

NIMAN

MD1990 wrote: »

Dundalk had more of the possession & played ok but Cork have exposed Dundalk's weak defense. Rogers & Massey very poor for 2nd goal & Rogers looks very poor with the ball at feet. Not convinced by Barrett either.

McCormack has been excellent for Cork as has the back 4. Maguire has done well great assist for Shepperd.

Was excellent for us too all last season.

GLaDOS

We're in 4th lol

kksaints

Delighted! We needed that result. Shams dominated the first 20 minutes and went a goal up. We had started to come back into the match although it was still fairly even. Then in the 35 minute Heaney got sent off for a second yellow and we took over the match from there. Took a while to score but Kurtis Byrne and Josh O'Hanlon who both came on as subs got the vital goals. Hopefully our season will kick on from here.

Omackeral

GLaDOS wrote: »

We're in 4th lol

Rovers are in 8th, actual snigger.

Sue Pa Key Pa

Poor enough game in the Southeast derby, in front of a huge crowd at the RSC last night. Both clubs have different aspirations this season and each will need to improve if they are to be attained

Mushy

This is getting dreadful very quickly. Decent start but all gone downhill lately

Oat23

Have to hope Bray go to the wall this year if we are to have any chance of avoiding the drop. Robertson has to go if we lose to Galway next week.

Can't remember the last time I felt so low about Sligo Rovers.

doncarlos

Oat23 wrote: »

Have to hope Bray go to the wall this year if we are to have any chance of avoiding the drop. Robertson has to go if we lose to Galway next week.

Can't remember the last time I felt so low about Sligo Rovers.

A bit harsh hoping a club goes extinct just because you're playing ****e.

Oat23

doncarlos wrote: »

A bit harsh hoping a club goes extinct just because you're playing ****e.

If they go extinct it's their own fault. They are paying big wages to the likes of McCabe, Connolly, Flood and average around 800 fans (650 last night). They did the same last year hoping for Europe and took a loss.

The owners seem a bit dodgy too. Depending on one person to keep the show on the road does not end well in this league.

MD1990

Saw Bray v Limerick last night.

Bray could be in trouble in the future. After 2 home wins scoring 7 in 2 games only 630 showed up & 200-300 were Limerick fans.

They have very little balance to their team. Basically playing 3 up front & I think they will struggle in the next few weeks with a tough fixture list.
Limerick were very good last night much better defensively than in previous weeks.

Gavin "shels"

Good win for Shels last night... to be honest don't think we were ever not going to win it!

GLaDOS

doncarlos

Fair play for the lack of gloating from the Cork fans (maybe they're still recovering from hangovers).

Deserved win for them on Saturday. Two terrible goals from a defensive perspective but no complaints about the result. I think if we can stay within six of Cork by the summer we still have a decent chance but if they pull ahead any more we're playing for second

CHealy

doncarlos wrote: »

Fair play for the lack of gloating from the Cork fans (maybe they're still recovering from hangovers).

Deserved win for them on Saturday. Two terrible goals from a defensive perspective but no complaints about the result. I think if we can stay within six of Cork by the summer we still have a decent chance but if they pull ahead any more we're playing for second

I think with our second half showing a draw wouldnt have been undeserved, but saying that, Dundalk didnt really produce much even with all their possesion. Kilduff is a very unlikable character, nasty little bollox if you watch his off the ball antics. But in the end it was a great win for us. No leagues are won in March and we have a tough run of games coming up with Limerick, Pats, Bohs away, and Derry at home in the next few weeks.

Great occasion yesterday though, Turners Cross has never looked better, weather was fantastic, sold out home crowd and a great away following made for a great athmosphere, if we didnt pick up a few floating fans after that then the LOI has no hope in this country.

dfx-

First bad result of the season again caused again by a defensive error, this time a red card. If the defence could stop the self sabotage - giving away penalties at critical times (Bohs and Cork), leaving open goals (Cork) or getting sent off (Pats) - they can get somewhere.

Big game next week, a must win.

Lyle Lanley

Robertson needs to go and fast if we are to have any hope of staying in the premier.

The_Kew_Tour

Could not go the Cross on Saturday but delighted with result.

Its only 3 points though and no league was handed out. Still long season ahead but cant ask for better start.

Ferris_Bueller

If Rovers don't beat Finn Harps on Friday there is going to be early pressure on Bradley. As dfx said the loss to Pats was probably the only 'bad' result so far this season as their other defeats were to teams who finished ahead of them in the league last season, but they haven't exactly pulled off any shocks so far this season. Hoping to make it up to the game for my first match of the season.