Airtricity League of Ireland 2015

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Tonight sees the start of a new season for Premier and First Division clubs. The season runs from now until October.

Pundits seem to expect my team, Shamrock Rovers (who gave Everton Peter Farrell and Tommy Eglinton) a very good chance...I hope they are right!

Defending champions are Dundalk who will also be strong - they have an all-weather pitch a la Young Boys, and played some lovely football last year.

St Patrick's Athletic, Sligo and Cork City will also be in contention.

Rovers v Pat's is on RTE2 live tonight for those who can pick it up.

Let the games begin !!

This weekend's fixtures:

Premier League
Friday, March 6, 2015
Dundalk v Longford Town, Oriel Park, 7.45pm
Galway United v Derry City, Eamonn Deacy Park, 7.45pm
Shamrock Rovers v St Patrick's Athletic, Tallaght Stadium, 8pm

Saturday, March 7, 2015
Bray Wanderers v Drogheda United, Carlisle Grounds, 5.45pm
Limerick v Bohemians, Markets Field, 7pm
Sligo Rovers v Cork City, The Showgrounds, 7.45pm

First Division
Friday March 6

7:45 p.m. Cabinteely FC v Wexford Youths Stradbrook
7:45 p.m. Waterford United v Athlone Town Regional Sports Centre
8 p.m. Shelbourne v Finn Harps Tolka Park

 

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C'mon Rovers!!

 

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Get in Danny North !!!


http://www.rte.ie/live/ live on RTÉ Website

Not sure if available in UK

 

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Cabinteely FC have scored their first ever League goal!!

1-0 at HT at home to Wexford Youths


At HT in the Premier, Rovers, Galway and Dundalk all lead 1-0. 0-0- in the others.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Come on Cork!

 

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Come on Cork!

Tough start for them tomorrow away to Sligo.

What's your Caahhrrk connection Mikey?

Derry have equalised at Galway

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Tough start for them tomorrow away to Sligo.

What's your Caahhrrk connection Mikey?

Derry have equalised at Galway

Both my grandfather's are from Cork

My mum's dad from Skiberean and my dad's dad from Cork itself

My mum's mum is from Kerry, but they don't have a team, so Cork it has to be

 

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Both my grandfather's are from Cork

My mum's dad from Skiberean and my dad's dad from Cork itself

My mum's mum is from Kerry, but they don't have a team, so Cork it has to be

Pretty handy at Gaelic Football though!! Taught the Dubs a lesson last Sunday in the League.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Pretty handy at Gaelic Football though!! Taught the Dubs a lesson last Sunday in the League.

Tend to root for them in the Gaelic football yeah. My parents were over last summer and picked me up a jersey actually

 

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Derry now gone 2-1 ahead at Galway

 

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Bloody hell Pat's denied by Rovers keeper Hyland save onto the bar in 4th minute of injury time!!

Final Scores

Premier

Galway 1 Derry 2
Shamrock Rovers 1 St Pat's 0
Dundalk 1 Longford Town 0

Div 1

Cabinteely FC 1 Wexford Youths 0 (Cabinteely's first ever League game!! Well done!)
Waterford 1 Athlone 1
Shelbourne 0 Finn Harps 0 - 8 pm ko so still playing

 

[Professor Toffee]

Cmon Dundalk 2 in a row boys

 

[Neiler]

Pretty handy at Gaelic Football though!! Taught the Dubs a lesson last Sunday in the League.

Hardly.

 

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Is waterford the only team in co Tipp?

 

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Hardly.

As a Dubs fan myself Neiler, it is true that Kerry used all of their experience to absorb the early Dublin pressure, to be just physical enough, to blitz the Dubs early in the 2nd half (same as Donegal in the AISF last year) and then to hold on for the 2 point win.

Loads of lessons in this game for Dublin, and now is the time of the year to learn them - NOT in August and September.

Great double header at Croker later.