SOMETHING FRACTURED AND IN CRUTCHES I HEAR!!!

DID ANYONE HEAR THAT THE RENMORE SALTHILL GAME FIXED FOR SUNDAY IS ON THIS EVENIN?????

YA THERE IS NO RESPECT TO THE TEAMS AND SPECTATORS, FIXIN A MATCH FOR 6 45 ON A WEDNESDAY EVENIN OUT IN WOODFORD IN THE MICHAEL BYRNE CUP WOZ JUST STUPID, GOT CONFIRMATION THAT THE RENMORE MATCH IS ON THIS EVENIN JUST THERE.

Rocket wat michael byrne cup quarter final was in woodford??

WOZ IN THE GENERAL AREA IN LEITRIM, SALTHILL BEAT RENMORE IN RENMORES LAST GAME OF THE SEASON SO COLGA NEED A POINT TO STAY IN THE DIVISION

i am from loughrea ramblers are less than 5 minutes out the tynagh road from loughrea woodford is about 25-30 mins from loughrea

From match reports today , Athenry beat west 2-0 in Athenry... West tried theyre best to get the game abandoned ,6 sent off, 4 west,disgraceful! More to follow once the full report is out!!

Athenry 2007/08 Premier League Champions!!!

well done to athenry won the prem bye a long distand hope other clubs can close the gap

was there really 6 people sent off for west 2day!if so there a disgrace.

In fairness there were 2 teams at it. Athenry had 2 sent off plus their linesman.

They did not try to get game abandoned. Thomas Caldwell was injured in the tackle that got Emmet Byrne sent off and they had no more subs to bring on.
Disgraceful from both sides....not just West.

five players sent off in one game and still probably sticking to hard and fair but definetley not dirty tag i'm sure somehow all five sending offs were down to the galway fa not liking ye and not the indiscipine that plagues your club funny thing is west now have nothing to play for so suspensions wont matter Athenry lads will miss Connaught final as they have no reserve team to get suspensions out of the way

The current West Utd brigade bring shame to one of the oldest areas of the city.The Murphys O Tooles Walshes Shaughnessy's O Connors Deacy's Noel Crowley Noel Mernagh James O Toole Eamonn Howley Michael Geary etc etc etc never ever had to resort to violence.All the mentioned are proud West men and it is an awful pity to see a once proud club being dragged through the gutter..These lowlifes who are constantly before the GFA should get very lenghty suspensions and hefty fines. Well done to Athenry who dererve to be CHAMPIONS!

IS ANY1 LISTENING TO ME AT ALL.IN MY TIME GREAT REFS IE STEVEN GAY JERRY YOUNGER IN HIGH TENSION GAMES FIRST BAD TACKLE YELLOW TELLS CAPTAINS NEXT 1 RED .THERE WERE ALOT MORE GOOD HARD PLAYERS IN MY TIME,TOMMY CARTON,OLLIE W,CHA ETC .I BLAME THE REFS FIRST GUY SEND HIM OFF ,FA GIVE 6MT SUSPENSION FINE THE CLUB 5,OOO AND THAT WILL STOP IT.EITHER THE CLUB GET RID OF THESE GUYS OR GO BROKE.

i said i better set the record straight on this game,there was always likely to be trouble after the connacht cup game,where an athenry supporter hit gary fitzgerald in the face,which was seen and acknowledged by patsy forde who was doing the line and nothing happened,after the game in the conn cup,the athenry centre half came over to a west player who was holding his niece in his arms and chatting to his mother and father and abused him and his niece,yes his niece an infant,west have lost 3 league games this year,all of which patsy forde has been the ref,he robbed west midweek against mervue as well in the michael byrne cup,up until yesterday west had 2 players sent off all year and both by patsy forde,he lost complete control of the game yesterday and was largely at fault for most that went on,west struggled to field a team yesterday,largely due to the fa making them play 10 games in 4 weeks,no ian burke,john egan,mark cobey,mats o malley,mike o malley,dara o neill,vinny o connor or miko nolan all injured against athenry and still were the better team even down to 9 men it took an offside goal and a dubious penalty to defeat them,the only player injured in the game yesterday was a west player who was a victim of a vicious tackle,the 1st 2 sent off 1 each from both sides should never of went,seamie rabbitte deserved to go,he throw a punch after been on the recieving end of one from paddy quinn,yet only 1 gets sent,darren roach sent off for mouthing which was no worse than the abuse alan o donovan dished out to the official,yet no action taken on him,stumpy deserved to go for putting in a couple of bad challenges,the other west player sent was rodney grant.there was alot of bad blood yesterday but it all came from the 2 incidents the week before in the conn cup,i also agree athenry are not a dirty team but these flash points can happen when you have 2 highly competitive teams been officiated by a neglegent official,even our esteemed man in black pb would not of lost the run of himself like this.

AS I HAVE SAID FLEA MAIN REASON BAD REFS,PLAYERS NO RESPECT 4 REFS,STEVEN MADE SURE YOU KNEW .ONLY A MATTER OF TIME B4 A PLAYER SUES ANOTHER FOR A BAD TACKLE WHICH PUTS HIM OUT OF WORK.CUD HAVE A HOUSE CAR TO PAY 4 NEVER MINDS KIDS ETC,NO MONEY CUMIN IN .ITS ON THE WAY.MORE EX PLAYERS NEED TO BECOME INVOLVED.DAVE DALY WAS THE LAST AND BEST.KICKED ME HARDER IN TRAINING THAN GAMES.LONG SUSPENSIONS ,HEAVY FINES ONLY WAY

Patsy Forde was the referee for the Irish Cup Semi final in Mervue after the Athhenry V West game.This game was attended by a very large crowd including mysef, the Cork side won 1-0 NOBODY WAS SENT OFF AND NO ONE BLAMED THE REF. Patsy is one of the better refs around.You should see what referees the underage games.Get rid of the thugs West !

KNOW PATSYWELL,U CANT COMPARE JUV,AND JUNIOR.AT THAT LEVEL IN U16 TEAMS WHILE HARD AND FAIR BUT JUNIOR PLAYERS [NOT ALL]TRY TO SORT A PLAYER ESP IF SKILFUL TO PUT HIM OFF.PAT BARRY [CHAIRMAN OF REFS SOCIETY SHUD GIV A DIRECTIVE TO ALL REFS REGARDING DIRTY PLAY.THATS BASICALLY WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES.

Few weeks ago T.C played Mervue at home and lost, nothing unusual there, untill i was talking to J.J few days later and he told me one of the Tuam lads was in trouble for laying his hands or pushing the ref. and was probably facing a yr. or so on the sidelines!!! He then went on to say and i quote "i told them that ref(Michael M.) wasnt strong enough for that game BUT THEY WOULDNT LISTEN".
I was under the impression that j.j himself allocated the games to refs himself , but following that statement, its obviously not!!! So who decides the refs for games and surely there are certain refs who would be given games with an expected flashpoint , or high priority games such as with teams with a bit of "history" between them...........Which does not excuse the players behavior by the way!!! Not picking on West but surely its time for the Fa to hand out severe punishment to players from any team, who cross the line.
Contrary to what bono says above its not down to West as a club to as he says " get rid of the thugs" thats what the F.A are for , is it not???
Hibs Legend , we played East Utd at u13s and the subs and young supporters were telling one lad they would give him a fiver if he got sent off, so he spent the game kicking anything that moved. When brought to refs attention he gave him a yellow. I wouldnt normally mention club involved but if thats their attitude at u13 , i wouldnt like to meet him at Junior!!!!

BUDDY ANY COACH /MANAGER WORTH HIS SALT WUD TAKE ANY PLAYER DELIBERATELY KICKING ANOTHER PLAYER,AND CLUB CENSOR HIM

I wasn't at the West / Athenry bout , but the stories going around about it and posts are gas ! Being serious for once , Patsy Fordes name is being dragged through the mud here big time , is his standard of refereeing any worse than the standard of junior soccer at the moment ? No , not by a long shot ! If the likes of Patsy & co are driven from the game by abuse like this who will replace them ? No refs , no matter what the standard , = no games .
As the standard of the leagues has plummeted over the last number of years , the standard of reffing has also dropped but not as alarmingly as the playing side of things , bar the stamina /age difference , the standard barely reaches the level of the pub soccer leagues in the early 90s - fact .
Teams like West , athenry etc who have relativly long runs in cups + league are punished by their success with all the games at this time of year , why not start the likes of the premier league 2/3 weeks before the rest get under way and give them a chance ? Aligned with the frustration of loads of games in a short space of time a few West players have over reacted and brought shame to themselves and their club . I would not go as far as call any of the players on both sides thugs , they have more than other clubs in the " tougher / no fear " dept , they take it and give it back harder , which inevitably leads to explosions now and then .
Anyway , my prediction for next season , West to win the league in early August 2009 in a play off in Mountjoy prison yard ( if all the posts here are to be followed up on) over Athenry ! Nothing will be done to improve the game in Galway , and dramatic numbers will be seen moving to GAA and Tag rugby !

WELL LADS THINK WE ALL AGREE ON THE STATE OF SOCCER GENERALLY IN GALWAY.IN MY TIME NOT AS MANY LEAGUES SO MORE REFS FREE,SO WHEN WE PLAYED WEST,MERVUE LINESMEN WERE AVAILABLE.THIS CUD B APPLIED TO CERTAIN PREM.MATCHES MAYB.AS BORAT SAYS START THEM EARLIER.STOP IN NOV,PLAY DIV 4 THAT TIME AND RESUME IN END OF JAN.IN THE WEST V ATHENRY MATCH IF LINESMEN WERE AVAILABLE AND A STRICT DIRECTIVE GIVEN TO SAME AND PATSY ALOT OF THIS WUDENT HAVE OCCURED.HOPE LESSONS ARE LEARNED BY THE FA.BUT I DOUBT IT.PATSY IS A FAIR REF INTHE MATCHES IVE SEEN BUT IN GENERAL THE STANDARD IS VERY POOR,HENCE A POOORER LEAGUE,MORE ILL DISCIPLNE THAT IN THE 80,S WHEN A GOOD STANDARD PREVAILED.VINNY BYRNE WUD HAVE SORTED THIS LOT OUT NO PROB.

You cant condone any foul play , but it happens , not just with West !!! Earlier this yr. T.C V NUIG , 22 man brawl but nothing was written re that match???
A lot of posts are from people who were not even at the match, just jumping on the crucify West bandwagon!!!
There are incidents in a lot of matches that dont include West , SO LEAVE IT TO THE REFS REPORT AND THE GALWAY FA TO SORT OUT, THATS WHAT THEIR THERE FOR!!!!( look at meath v dublin in gaa)

Hibs Legend Quote;BUDDY ANY COACH /MANAGER WORTH HIS SALT WUD TAKE ANY PLAYER DELIBERATELY KICKING ANOTHER PLAYER,AND CLUB CENSOR HIM.

I dont disagree with you often and morally thats what clubs should do but i dont know one club who would suspend a player themselves for typical offences of getting sent off , its left to the FA!! Their not going to lose players themselves.

flee am i right in saying west have a magical reserve game before their next prem league fixture so suspensions will once again be "served" in reserve fixture