Cork City V Bray, May 17, The Cross, 19.45

[Lemmy]

Hello all. This is the new thread dedicated to all things Cork City.

Just to update everyone on the position of the Club at present.

Second in the League with eight games to go. Top two get promoted and there is a play-off involving the third team with the team that finishes bottom of the Premier Division.

Quarter Final of the FAI Cup. St. Pats at home in Turner's Cross, Friday, Sept. 16, 19.45.

Final of League Cup, Derry City, Sat., Sept 24, 18.00.

Main site: http://www.corkcityfc.net/home/

Thanks for reading.

[Lemmy]

Massive game on Saturday, Sept. 3 against Limerick FC.

Match is on at 17.00 in Turner's Cross.

[Lemmy]

City are running a fundraiser at Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium on Saturday, September 17.

Details here: http://www.corkcityfc.net/home/2011/...g-to-the-dogs/

[Lemmy]

Cracking 3-3 draw with Limerick last Saturday.

Very entertaining game. Fair result overall.

Monaghan drew up at Finn Harps on Saturday night, which was a great result for City as it keeps them one point ahead of them.

Mons do have a game in hand, but they still have to come to the Cross, which will be a huge game for both sides.

Seven games left to win promotion.

Next home game is Friday week, September 16, 19.45, St. Patrick's Athletic, Quarter Final of the FAI Cup.

[Lemmy]

City up in Athlone tomorrow night for another must win game in the League.

Talk is that Harps fielded and ineligible player last Friday night against Monaghan so Mons will get the three points.

That puts them one ahead of City and they also have a game in hand.

[Lemmy]

Rescheduled fixtures due to Cup involvement.

Waterford V City, Tuesday, Sept 20, RSC, 19.45.

City V Monaghan, Tuesday, Oct 4, Turner's Cross, 19.45

Both huge games.

[Lemmy]

City won 7-0 up in Athlone on Saturday night.

Top four all won so as you were in the table.

Still no decision regarding Harps game for Monaghan. (Mons awarded a 3-0 win)

Cup quarter final next Friday, Sept 16, 19.35, Turner's Cross against St. Pats.

[Lemmy]

Tickets now on sale from the Club shop in Douglas Village and at the Pats game tomorrow night, for the League Cup Final.

http://www.corkcityfc.net/home/2011/...able-tomorrow/

Tickets are priced at €15 for Adults and there are a limited number of tickets for Under 16’s priced at €5.

[Lemmy]

City beaten 1-0 by Pats.

Rested several players, which was a shame, as we could have had a good cut off of them.

Playing Waterford tomorrow night in a must win game in the League, down in the RSC.

League Cup Final on Saturday against Derry in Turner's Cross.

[Lemmy]

Great win down in Waterford last Tuesday night, 3-1.

City now in second, two points ahead of Monaghan, who have two games in hand.

Five behind Shels, who have a game in hand.

Three points ahead of Limerick. Both have five games to go.

Top two promoted automatically. Third in a two legged play off with Galway United.

League Cup Final on Saturday.

[Old Dog]

And Derry win 1 - 0 - bad luck Cork, clearly Roy Keane's presence at the game didn't inspire the Cork lads.

Looked like quite a decent crowd at the game - I had trouble emerging from Aldi in Ballyphehane due to the bad parking.

[Point]

And Derry win 1 - 0 - bad luck Cork, clearly Roy Keane's presence at the game didn't inspire the Cork lads.

Looked like quite a decent crowd at the game - I had trouble emerging from Aldi in Ballyphehane due to the bad parking.

You should have stopped in for tea !

[Lemmy]

Played quite well, kept with them for an hour or so.

Derry just had more on the night. You could see the step up that City need to make.

Good game, however. It was great to get to the final in our second season as a fans owned Club.

Back to business next Friday against Harps in the League, Turner's Cross, 19.45. Another must win game.

[Lemmy]

City won 5-2 last Friday, but were poor enough. That display will not be good enough against Monaghan tomorrow night.

Mons beat Shels 2-1 to go 4 behind them with a game in hand.

Limerick stayed level with City, who have a game in hand, with a 1-0 win against Mervue.

City have 4 games left to seal promotion or a play-off place.

[Lemmy]

Monaghan at the Cross, tonight, 7.45.

Come on down if you're at a loose end. It will be a cracking game.

Must win for City.

[Lemmy]

Won 3-1 on Tuesday night, well deserved.

Squeaky bum time, as Ferguson would say.

Here's the table. 30 game season.

City have to go to Shels on the last day. Mons host Limerick on the second last day.

Anything could happen yet. Great to be involved.

Airtricity League First Division

1	Shelbourne	26	20	2	4	53 / 20	62
2	Cork City	27	17	9	1	64 / 24	60
3	Monaghan United	26	18	4	4	52 / 26	58
4	Limerick	27	17	6	4	42 / 21	57
5	Longford Town	27	11	3	13	34 / 36	36
6	Waterford United	26	10	3	13	32 / 28	33
7	Mervue United	26	9	4	13	35 / 38	31
8	Athlone Town	27	8	5	14	20 / 44	29
9	Finn Harps	26	7	4	15	24 / 37	25
10	Wexford Youths	26	3	2	21	23 / 59	11
11	Salthill Devon	26	2	4	20	14 / 60	10

Last updated: 4 Oct 2011

[Point]

Best of luck to them, Lemmy. They deserve a dollop of good fortune.

[Piquet]

Lemmy the Airtricity league Website has Monaghan on 62 Points from 26 games. What is that all about? Was there some match earlier in the season that they lost but won in the Committee Rooms?

By the way, a pal of mine, a Sligo Rovers fanatic was at the Rovers Galway match at the weekend and he tells me the Galway are the worst League of Ireland team he has ever seen. Third place may be good enough for City

[Lemmy]

Solid 4-0 win against Salthill Devon in Galway last Saturday night.

Shels lost in Waterford, Mons won at home to Wexford.

Current table is as follows.

Airtricity League First Division

1	Cork City	28	18	9	1	68 / 24	63
2	Shelbourne	27	20	2	5	53 / 21	62
3	Monaghan United	27	19	4	4	54 / 26	61
4	Limerick	27	17	6	4	42 / 21	57
5	Longford Town	28	12	3	13	36 / 37	39
6	Waterford United	27	11	3	13	33 / 28	36
7	Athlone Town	28	9	5	14	24 / 45	32
8	Mervue United	27	9	4	14	36 / 42	31
9	Finn Harps	27	7	4	16	25 / 39	25
10	Wexford Youths	27	3	2	22	23 / 61	11
11	Salthill Devon	27	2	4	21	14 / 64	10

Last updated: 9 Oct 2011

City have a free weekend this week and home to Longford followed by a visit to Shels on the last day. Second place is back in our own hands. Two wins will send us up automatically.

Mons in the driving seat at the moment.

Piquet, Monaghan drew with Finn Harps but Harps fielded an ineligible player which gave Mons an automatic 3-0 victory.

[Piquet]

The Airtricity League has been corrected.

One win will get City a play-off v Galway unless Limerick overturn a goal difference defecit of twenty five goals. Of Course if Limerick were to win their last three games, that would mean that Monaghan's maximum points would be 67 in which case, four points give City second place. Monaghan would have to be favourites to win on Friday Night, a win which would effectively knock Limerick out of contention and leave the top three to share out the two automatic spots and the play off spot.

[Lemmy]

Mons and Limerick will probably both win on Friday night, although Mervue have beaten Mons twice this season.

Friday week will be a massive game in Gortakeegan for both sides.

One win for City will guarantee third place. If Limerick can beat, or even draw with Monaghan, then City could be champions.

As it stands, second place is in our own hands and we would have taken that a few weeks ago when things looked far from this.

[Lemmy]

Monaghan win with a late goal at Mervue, to go top of the table.

Limerick beat Athlone to stay in touch.

Lim, Mons and City, two games each left.

Shels were in the Cup and have a replay tonight. Three League games left. They now play next Saturday, Tuesday and Saturday to finish the League.

City were on their week off so return to action on Friday against Longford in our penultimate game.

Airtricity League First Division

1	Monaghan United	28	20	4	4	55 / 26	64
2	Cork City	28	18	9	1	68 / 24	63
3	Shelbourne	27	20	2	5	53 / 21	62
4	Limerick	28	18	6	4	45 / 22	60
5	Longford Town	29	12	4	13	37 / 38	40
6	Waterford United	28	12	3	13	35 / 28	39
7	Athlone Town	29	9	5	15	25 / 48	32
8	Mervue United	28	9	4	15	36 / 43	31
9	Finn Harps	27	7	4	16	25 / 39	25
10	Wexford Youths	28	3	2	23	23 / 63	11
11	Salthill Devon	28	2	5	21	15 / 65	11

Last updated: 15 Oct 2011

[Lemmy]

Last home game of the season tomorrow night, Turner's Cross, 19.45, V Longford.

Must win game.

Please come along.

[Lemmy]

Tonight, 7.45.

Biggest game of the season.

Make or break the promotion push.

A feast of football.

Ex- Manchester United winger, Keith Gillespie playing for Longford.

Who are you to resist it?

[Lemmy]

Solid win for City, 3-1 against Longford.

Limerick beat Monaghan 1-0.

Shels won Saturday night against Salthill.

If Shels beat Harps tomorrow night, title decider with City in Tolka Park next Saturday night.

If City win: champions, draw: promoted in second, lose: if Mons win, City in the play-off with Galway.

[Lemmy]

Airtricity League First Division

1	Cork City	29	19	9	1	71 / 25	66
2	Shelbourne	28	21	2	5	57 / 22	65
3	Monaghan United	29	20	4	5	55 / 27	64
4	Limerick	29	19	6	4	46 / 22	63
5	Waterford United	29	13	3	13	37 / 28	42
6	Longford Town	30	12	4	14	38 / 41	40
7	Athlone Town	29	9	5	15	25 / 48	32
8	Mervue United	29	9	4	16	36 / 45	31
9	Finn Harps	28	8	4	16	29 / 40	28
10	Wexford Youths	29	3	2	24	24 / 67	11
11	Salthill Devon	29	2	5	22	16 / 69	11

Last updated: 22 Oct 2011

Shels playing Finn Harps tonight in Tolka.
A draw would be nice!

[Piquet]

Shels won last night to go top and secure promotion. Cork City have secured at worst a play-off against Galway. As Lemmy has said above if they beat Shels on Saturday night, they will go up as champions. A draw would put them up in second unless Monaghan win by 28 goals on Saturday. A loss would leave them in third unless Monaghan fail to win in which case they would be second.

A win for Monaghan would keep them in third or would put them second if Cork City lose. A draw would be enough to keep them in third unless Limerick win. A loss would also do if Limerick lose. If Limerick draw, Monaghan must lose by less than four to stay in third. If they lose by four, it will go to goals scored. Monaghan are nine ahead at present. [ a 4-0 loss by Monaghan and a 10 all draw for Limerick would put Limerick in third. Unlikely]

The best that Limerick can do is to get the Play-off. For that to happen, they must win and hope that Monaghan don't or draw and hope that Monaghan lose by five or more.

[Old Dog]

Congrats to City - it's great for the LoI that they're back in the Premier Division.

[Point]

Congrats to City - it's great for the LoI that they're back in the Premier Division.

Yeah, congratulations to City and to Lemmy ! They've fought hard to get the club in this position, and for once there's a Cork soccer team that is free from the destructive influence of dodgy chairmen.

[Lemmy]

Airtricity League First Division

1	Cork City	30	20	9	1	73 / 26	69
2	Shelbourne	30	22	2	6	62 / 24	68
3	Monaghan United	30	21	4	5	60 / 27	67
4	Limerick	30	20	6	4	49 / 22	66
5	Waterford United	30	13	3	14	37 / 31	42
6	Longford Town	30	12	4	14	38 / 41	40
7	Mervue United	30	10	4	16	37 / 45	34
8	Athlone Town	30	9	5	16	25 / 53	32
9	Finn Harps	30	8	4	18	29 / 45	28
10	Wexford Youths	30	4	2	24	29 / 69	14
11	Salthill Devon	30	2	5	23	18 / 74	11

Last updated: 29 Oct 2011

What an occasion. What a match. 94th minute winner from our top scorer Graham Cummins. Place went beserk.

Roll on Premier Division football in 2012.