Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Irish Cup quarter finals this weekend, and some cracking ties. Crusaders v Linfield - not "the" derby, but an interesting derby nonetheless, (and first v second). Crues to edge it on their drastic plastic. Ballymena United v Coleraine - another feisty derby pitting League Cup winning Ballymena against in-form Coleraine. Hard to call. A replay needed maybe? Dungannon Swifts v Warrenpoint Town - Point will have a point to prove and are running away with the Championship, but another close tie with Swifts edging it. Portadown v Glenavon - The holders away to struggling rivals Portydown, but Mid-Ulster derbies are always keenly fought. Glenavon will prevail, if they turn up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Cracking win for the Blues today at Seaview![emoji6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Other games are available. Ballymena 0 Coleraine 4 Easy, easy! (The Bannsiders even missed a penalty. Well, we felt sorry for them.) Portadown 0 Glenavon 5 The Lurgan Glens missed a penalty, too. Dungannon Swifts 2 Warrenpoint Town 1 (a,e,t.) Semi-final draw: Linfeld v Dungannon Swifts (at Mourneview Park) Glenavon v Coleraine (at the Ballymena Showgrounds) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Great to see fantastic crowds at three out of the four games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 .....................unlike tonight when Sky put Linfield v Cliftonville up against little known sides Chelsea and Manchester United. Still, at least we are 2-0 up, not that we'll catch the Crues anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 First game post split is Linfield v Crusaders. The Crues are still firm favourites for the title, but a Linfield win might just set a few nerves jangling with four games left. One thing is for sure; a Crusaders win will end the title race there and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Tragic news - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/39324936 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Just saw it, very sad ,only played yesterday as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 8 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: Tragic news - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/39324936 I didn't realise it was the family of a Derry player that died in the horrific Buncrana pier accident last year. Reminds me that it led to the most disgraceful actions of a journalist to get a story I've ever heard of. Louise James lost two sons, mother, partner and sister and was obviously suffering unimaginably yet a week after the tragedy the journalist, Alison O'Reilly, went along to the wake with own kids as cover and posed as a grieving mother. She passed on her sympathies to Louise, spoke to her then turned the private conversation into a sensationalised exclusive interview for the Irish edition of the Mail on Sunday. Wouldn't be surprised if the vile bitch got a bonus for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 1 minute ago, 7-2 said: I didn't realise it was the family of a Derry player that died in the horrific Buncrana pier accident last year. Didn't realise that either until tonight when I was driving home and heard it on the news - the Derry City CEO/chairman was being interviewed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 6 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Didn't realise that either until tonight when I was driving home and heard it on the news - the Derry City CEO/chairman was being interviewed I just read it on a link on that BBC page. Imagine the publicity if it had happened in England or Scotland but it must have passed with little or no comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Crues come from behind to lead 2-1 against Ballinamallard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 On 22/03/2017 at 22:48, G_Man1985 said: James McClean to honour Ryan McBride by wearing 5 for Ireland Media outrage to follow as it's discovered Ryan McBride may not have worn poppies either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 McLean continues to be an utter chunt as he eulogises Machine-gun Marty on Sky after last night's game, but this is the TFS thread, so back to business. Blues cruise and Crues lose. Well...... almost. The Crues lost but the Blues made very hard work of winning at Ballinamallard (the epitome of how a small club should be run IMO). The gap is back to four points and we play the Crues in the next league game, so it is all getting very interesting indeed and we may have a real title race on our hands after all. On the down side, we have clawed them back 4/5 times this season and, every single time, we have fecked up in the very next game, sometimes against very ordinary teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 2 minutes ago, Audaces Fortuna Juvat said: McLean continues to be an utter chunt as he eulogises Machine-gun Marty on Sky after last night's game, but this is the TFS thread, so back to business. Blues cruise and Crues lose. Well...... almost. The Crues lost but the Blues made very hard work of winning at Ballinamallard (the epitome of how a small club should be run IMO). The gap is back to four points and we play the Crues in the next league game, so it is all getting very interesting indeed and we may have a real title race on our hands after all. On the down side, we have clawed them back 4/5 times this season and, every single time, we have fecked up in the very next game, sometimes against very ordinary teams. How very dare you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 I said "sometimes". Coleraine are probably the form team in God's Own Country at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 2 minutes ago, Audaces Fortuna Juvat said: I said "sometimes". Coleraine are probably the form team in God's Own Country at present. Aye, never seem to manage it over a season, though, it's usually half a season after a dreadful start and then the first half of the following season, followed by a dreadful finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Irish Cup Semi-finals, and late goals win both games. Linfield 1 Dungannon Swifts 0 Coleraine 2 Glenavon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Flights booked already, and one of the two of us will be very unhappy come May. No offence whatsoever, but I sincerely hope it is you? Unless we somehow miraculously win the league, then you can have the damned Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denltfc Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Might have to wander up for my annual trip north for the cup final day out on the piss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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