Chatting to some Dundalk fans last week. They were pretty disappointed they didn’t get him
i dont think he would suit them
they have benson as a playmaker with duffy , connolly, jamie Macgrath adding the attacking threat with Hoban who is lethal
Shields smashes up the middlle with Adorjan also about
Dundalk are too big and physcal now for watts, he is ok now with rovers he will develope better there
Kenny dosent develope players at Dk, he builds a squad of pros who are experienced- watts aint there yet - he’s a work in progress
how many of their players are home produced? none i think
Beitar Trump Jerusalem were beaten 2-1 at home tonight by Chikura of Georgia
Carlos Cuellar was playing for us at the back
guy luzon who managed the israel u-21 team the night they beat stuart pearce’s england in the 2013 european championships and used to be at charlton and standard liege manages beitar now,
Hi father Avi Luzon is some character, he used to be chairman of the israel FA and owns Maccabi Petak Tikwa- after they were relegated in 2012 he headbutted a photographer on the pitch.
anyway
All three LOI teams won tonight in 90 mins, would have been a nice treble Mick.
6/1 derry
11/1 rovers
7/5 dundalk
fuck
i did
beitar 8/13 to beat Chikura LOST
Vadar Skoje to beat Piyuunik Yeraven LOST
FC Trencin evens to beat Budnocost Podrogica WON
Spartak Subotica evens -1 v Coleraine WON
overall 20 quid down the swanny
scenes in Kosovo as FC Fola Esch from Luxembourg who beat Aberdeen in 2015 defeat FC Pristina 5-4 on penalties
Was thinking of heading in but have family up.
Some amount of Dundalk jerseys around town today and lots of flags and banners
Who have Dundalk got in the next round?
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AEK Larnanca beat cork city last year
i saw them draw 0-0 against maccabi haifa in september 2011
the cruyffs were also involved there before they took on Maccabi Tel Aviv
AEK’s squad will be filled with Spanish and Brazilain journeymen who couldnt make it in the bigger leagues of europe and use this as a stop off on the way to Qatar or one of the Asian Leagues
updated for next round
Molde (NOR) v Laç (ALB)
Sarajevo (BIH) v Atalanta (ITA)
Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) v Vaduz (LIE)
Kairat Almaty (KAZ) v AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Aberdeen (SCO) v Burnley (ENG)
Partizan (SRB) v Trakai (LTU)
Balzan (MLT) v Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Nordsjælland (DEN) v AIK (SWE)
Rudar Velenje (SVN)v FCSB (ROU)
Hapoel Haifa (ISR) v Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
Dundalk (IRL) v AEK Larnaca (CYP)
Górnik Zabrze (POL) v Trenčín (SVK)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) v Radnički Niš (SRB)
CSKA Sofia (BUL)v Admira Wacker Mödling (AUT)
Spartak Subotica (SRB) v Sparta Praha (CZE)
RB Leipzig (GER) v Häcken (SWE)
Stjarnan (ISL) ) v København (DEN)
Ufa (RUS) v Domžale (SVN)
Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) v Pyunik (ARM)
Jagiellonia Białystok (POL) v Rio Ave (POR)
LASK Linz (AUT) v Lillestrøm (NOR)
Budapest Honvéd (HUN) v Progrès Niederkorn (LUX)
Osijek (CRO) v Rangers (SCO)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO) v Beşiktaş (TUR)
Dunajská Streda (SVK) v Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
Ventspils (LVA) v Bordeaux (FRA)
Željezničar (BIH) v Apollon Limassol (CYP)
Viitorul (ROU) v Vitesse (NED)
St Gallen (SUI) v Sarpsborg (NOR)
Dinamo Brest (BLR) v Atromitos (GRE)
Sevilla (ESP) v / Újpest (HUN)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) v Lech Poznań (POL)
Hibernian (SCO) v Asteras Tripolis (GRE)
Chikhura Sachkhere (GEO) v Maribor (SVN)
Genk (BEL) v Fola Esch (LUX)
Djurgården (SWE) v Mariupol (UKR)
Hajduk Split (CRO) v Slavia Sofia (BUL)
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cracker form mike duffy last night
presume that full away section is just home fans,
cork city will play the loosers of one of these ties in the third round
Astana (KAZ) vs Midtjylland (DEN)
Kukësi (ALB) vs Qarabag (AZB)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) vs Hapoel Beer Sheva (ISR)
Red Star Belgrade (SRB) vs Suduva (LIT)
Celtic (SCO) vs Rosenborg (NOR
hird qualifying round draw: 23 July, Nyon
The UEFA Europa League third qualifying round is split into the champions path and main path. Ties will be played on Thursdays 9 and 16 August.
Champions path – draw at 12:45CET
There will be a total of 20 teams in this part of the draw.
Ten will be the nine who advance from the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round champions path (ties conclude on 2 August) plus the club given a bye, Cork City.
The other ten sides will be those eliminated from the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round champions path (ties conclude on 31 July/1 August):
Group 1 (seeded teams in bold)
Match 1: Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v Vidi (HUN)
Match 2: CFR Cluj (ROU) v Malmö (SWE)
Match 3: BATE Borisov (BLR) v HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Match 4: Shkëndija (MKD) v Sheriff (MDA)
Match 5: Legia Warszawa (POL) v Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Winners match 1: Zrinjski (BIH) v Valletta (MLT)
Winners match 2: FC Santa Coloma (AND) v Valur Reykjavík (ISL)
Winners match 3: Sutjeska (MNE) v Alashkert (ARM)
Winners match 4: F91 Dudelange (LUX) v Drita (KOS)
Winners match 5: Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) v Crusaders (NIR)
Group 2 (seeded teams in bold)
Match 6: Astana (KAZ) v Midtjylland (DEN)
Match 7: Kukës (ALB) v Qarabağ (AZE)
Match 8: Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Match 9: Crvena zvezda (SRB) v Sūduva (LTU)
Match 10: Celtic (SCO) v Rosenborg (NOR)
Winners match 6: The New Saints (WAL) v Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)
Winners match 7: Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v Víkingur (FRO)
Winners match 8: Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA) v La Fiorita (SMR)
Winners match 9: APOEL (CYP) v Flora Tallinn (EST)
Cork City (IRL)
The ten teams eliminated from the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round champions path have been seeded and will be drawn against the other ten contenders.
Main path – draw at 14:00CET
Thirteen new teams are entering at this stage:
Zenit (RUS)
Olympiacos (GRE)
Braga (POR)
Gent (BEL)
Feyenoord (NED)
Rapid Wien (AUT)
Rijeka (CRO)
Zorya Luhansk (UKR)
İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR)
Luzern (SUI)
Sigma Olomouc (CZE)
Brøndby (DEN)
U Craiova (ROU)
They will be joined by the 37 second qualifying round main path winners (ties will conclude on 2 August).
Molde (NOR) v Laç (ALB)
Sarajevo (BIH) v Atalanta (ITA)
Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) v Vaduz (LIE)
Kairat Almaty (KAZ) v AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Aberdeen (SCO) v Burnley (ENG)
Partizan (SRB) v Trakai (LTU)
Balzan (MLT) v Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Nordsjælland (DEN) v AIK (SWE)
Rudar Velenje (SVN) v FCSB (ROU)
Hapoel Haifa (ISR) v FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
Dundalk (IRL) v AEK Larnaca (CYP)
Górnik Zabrze (POL) v Trenčín (SVK)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) v Radnički Niš (SRB)
CSKA Sofia (BUL) v Admira Wacker Mödling (AUT)
Spartak Subotica (SRB) v Sparta Praha (CZE)
RB Leipzig (GER) v Häcken (SWE)
Stjarnan (ISL) v København (DEN)
Ufa (RUS) v Domžale (SVN)
Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) v Pyunik (ARM)
Jagiellonia Białystok (POL) v Rio Ave (POR)
LASK Linz (AUT) v Lillestrøm (NOR)
Budapest Honvéd (HUN) v Progrès Niederkorn (LUX)
Osijek (CRO) v Rangers (SCO)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO) v Beşiktaş (TUR)
Dunajská Streda (SVK) v Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
Ventspils (LVA) v Bordeaux (FRA)
Željezničar (BIH) v Apollon Limassol (CYP)
Viitorul (ROU) v Vitesse (NED)
St Gallen (SUI) v Sarpsborg (NOR)
Dinamo Brest (BLR) v Atromitos (GRE)
Sevilla (ESP) v Újpest (HUN)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) v Lech Poznań (POL)
Hibernian (SCO) v Asteras Tripolis (GRE)
Chikhura Sachkhere (GEO) v Maribor (SVN)
Genk (BEL) v Fola Esch (LUX)
Djurgården (SWE) v Mariupol (UKR)
Hajduk Split (CRO) v Slavia Sofia (BUL)
The final two participants will be those eliminated from the league path of the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The fixtures are as follows (ties conclude on 30 July/1 August):
PAOK (GRE) v Basel (SUI)
Ajax (NED) v Sturm Graz (AUT)
The clubs will be ranked according to their coefficient (teams from ties yet to be played will take the coefficient of the seeded team in each) and further split into seeding groups.
Each side in each seeding group is allocated a number. Balls containing the seeded teams’ numbers are placed in one bowl, with balls for the unseeded teams’ numbers (within the same sub-group of clubs) in another.
A ball is taken from each bowl and put into a large empty bowl in the middle, where they are shuffled.
The clubs whose numbers correspond to the first ball drawn play their first game at home, against the sides whose numbers match the next ball drawn.
Clubs’ coefficients are now determined EITHER by the sum of all points won in the previous five years OR by the association coefficient over the same period – WHICHEVER IS THE HIGHER (under a new system introduced for 2018/19 onwards).
ok,
Group 1 (seeded teams in bold)
1 Ajax (NED) v Sturm Graz (AUT)
2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) v Radnicki Niš (SRB)
3 HNK Rijeka (CRO)
4 Aberdeen (SCO) v Burnley (ENG)
5 Zenit (RUS)
6 Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) v Pyunik (ARM)
7 Dunajská Streda (SVK) v Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
8 St. Gallen (SUI) v Sarpsborg (NOR)
9 Dundalk (IRL) v AEK Larnaca(CYP)
10 İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR)
Group 2 (seeded teams in bold)
1 Genk (BEL) v Fola Esch (LUX)
2 Braga (POR)
3 PAOK (GRE) v Basel (SUI)
4 Partizan (SRB) v Trakai (LTU)
5 Atalanta (ITA) v Sarajevo (BIH)
6 Zorya Luhansk (UKR)
7 Hapoel Haifa (ISR) v FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
8 Viitorul (ROU) v Vitesse (NED)
9 Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) v Lech Poznań (POL)
10 Nordsjælland (DEN) v AIK (SWE)
Group 3 (seeded teams in bold)
1 Sevilla (ESP) v Újpest (HUN)
2 Molde (NOR) v Laç (ALB)
3 Kairat Almaty (KAZ) v AZ Alkmaar (NED)
4 Rapid Wien (AUT)
5 Rudar Velenje (SVN) v FCSB (ROU)
6 Hibernian (SCO) v Asteras Tripolis (GRE)
7 Hajduk Split (CRO) v Slavia Sofia (BUL)
8 Sigma Olomouc (CZE)
9 Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) v Vaduz (LIE)
10 Balzan (MLT) v Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Group 4 (seeded teams in bold)
1 Olympiacos (GRE)
2 Ventspils (LVA) v Bordeaux (FRA)
3 Chikhura Sachkhere (GEO) v Maribor (SVN)
4 Feyenoord (NED)
5 Stjarnan (ISL) v København (DEN)
6 Djurgården (SWE) v Mariupol (UKR)
7 CSKA-Sofia (BUL) v Admira Wacker Mödling (AUT)
8 Osijek (CRO) v Rangers (SCO)
9 Luzern (SUI)
10 Górnik Zabrze (POL) v Trenčín (SVK)
Group 5 (seeded teams in bold)
1 B36 Tórshavn (FRO) v Beşiktaş (TUR)
2 Spartak Subotica (SRB) v Sparta Praha (CZE)
3 Ufa (RUS) v Domžale (SVN)
4 Leipzig (GER) v Häcken (SWE)
5 Gent (BEL)
6 Željeznicar (BIH) v Apollon Limassol (CYP)
7 Jagiellonia Białystok (POL) v Rio Ave (POR)
8 LASK (AUT) v Lillestrøm (NOR)
9 Dinamo Brest (BLR) v Atromitos (GRE)
10 Brøndby (DEN)
11 U Craiova (ROU)
12 Budapest Honvéd (HUN) v Progrès Niederkorn (LUX)
predictions
dundalk /AEK vs Maccabi TA / Radonicki Nis
cork city vs Astana / Midjtylliand