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1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48235925

McAree's away. We'll get some other jobber now, no doubt.

Was talking about this with Charlies dad at our free pot plant morning. "There are only 2 decent managers in the league, and they won't be coming", I said. "Who'd want it?", he said. "The usual suspects", I replied. He laughed.

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3 - 6 play off in 2 semi finals. Winner of Final goes into Europa League (Preliminary Pre  Qualifying Round Qualifiers), I think.

(I think Crusaders winning the Irish Cup - they finished 4th - meant it was 3, 5, 6 & 7 this year.)*

Actually, I don't really know :lol: but it involves 4 teams from 3rd to 7th!

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2 hours ago, H Wragg said:

What's the format for the European qualifier thingy?

Here - 

The league champions qualify for the following season's UEFA Champions League. The league runners-up and the Irish Cupwinners qualify for the UEFA Europa League. The Irish Cup winners are deemed to be the highest-ranked of the three Europa League qualifiers by UEFA, which can mean they enter at a later qualifying round than the other two qualifiers. If, however, the Irish Cup winners have already qualified for the Champions League as league champions, the Irish Cup's Europa League berth is redistributed to the league runners-up, with their original berth in turn being passed down to the third-placed team. If the Irish Cup winners have already qualified for the Europa League as league runners-up, their original berth is upgraded to the Irish Cup's berth as the highest-ranked qualifiers, with their original berth again being passed down to the third-placed team. In order to compete in UEFA competitions, however, clubs must possess a UEFA licence. In the event that a team qualifies without such a licence, lower-placed teams may take their place. Unlike the Irish Cup, and the League Cups in England and France, the Northern Ireland Football League Cup winners are not awarded a Europa League berth.

Play-offs for the final Europa League qualification berth were introduced for the 2015–16 season. If the Irish Cup winners finish seventh or higher in the league, which historically has been the case in the majority of seasons, the four remaining teams from the top seven that have not already qualified for a UEFA competition (the teams in 3rd–7th, excluding either the Irish Cup winners, or the third-placed team if they are awarded the berth as explained above) compete in a series of play-offs for the final place in the Europa League.[7] If, however, the Irish Cup winners finish outside the top seven in the Premiership or play in a lower division, and they possess a UEFA licence, all five teams finishing 3rd–7th will qualify for the play-offs. This will require an additional quarter-final match to be played by the sixth and seventh-placed teams, with the winner joining the other three clubs in the semi-finals.[7]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48225221  Cliftonville win. So at least we got knocked out by the team who eventually qualified for Europe. So that's allright then. Or maybe not.

Highlights - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/48239694

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On 04/06/2018 at 23:50, Co.Down Hibee said:

Fine management team at Glentoran now, happy to see Gary "Smicker"Smyth back at the Oval, didn't do too bad with the Welders and has a good crop of young guys there who'll most likely end up at the Oval....some of them anyway.

What do you think of the recent managerial developments at The Oval, @Co.Down Hibee?

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On 30/05/2019 at 19:34, Jacksgranda said:

What do you think of the recent managerial developments at The Oval, @Co.Down Hibee?

Frankly bizzare, Smicker had made good progress with the glens,  

God knows what  future lies ahead with this consortium, my guess is the land the stadium is built on and the surrounding area is a more attractive proposition to a wealthy businessman than an irish league club, already talk of a move from the oval to an " improved" ground share at Dundela. Saying that wealthy businessman like to have toys so the glens being the plaything of a multi millionaire for a few years may be fun. Hiring a coach purely on the basis of him backing the bid isn't the best start though..

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