Bohs win the league?
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it's a great honour for Bohemians as it is a reward for playing well all season(no little thanks to Mr. Murphy), it is a great reward for him as he was very dissillusuined at the game when he came home from Cardiff two years ago, it is his reward for putting his head down and training and playing hard. also, best of luck to him next January with Ipswich Town
So the Fenlon saga looks set to drag on, with Pat agreeing terms (after Bohs allowed him to talk), but, with bohs and dundee unable to agree a financial settlement. Bohs have reportedly looked for €260,000, while Dundee seem unwilling to pay such a high price.
Bohs seem to have the upper hand as Fenlon has a long term contract, so it looks like Bohemians are going to play hardball.
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Fees and Ticket Prices Pegged At Last Year's Levels
Bohemian FC announces that club membership subscriptions for 2010 will remain at last year's levels and ticket prices for all league games next season will be €15.
In these recessionary times the club wants to help members and supporters by keeping subscriptions at 2009 levels and reducing the cost of admission to the Jodi Stand for league matches by 25%. The club will soon announce discounts for unemployed supporters through a link-up with live4less.ie.
In 2010 we will also be offering members and fans the opportunity to mark the club's 120th anniversary and show their support for the team as it strives for three titles in a row. They can do this by purchasing a Premier Fan Package that will give members and non-members a series of benefits for €120. Watch this space.
Bohs line up 2010??
Bohs seem to have the upper hand as Fenlon has a long term contract, so it looks like Bohemians are going to play hardball.
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Fees and Ticket Prices Pegged At Last Year's Levels
Bohemian FC announces that club membership subscriptions for 2010 will remain at last year's levels and ticket prices for all league games next season will be €15.
In these recessionary times the club wants to help members and supporters by keeping subscriptions at 2009 levels and reducing the cost of admission to the Jodi Stand for league matches by 25%. The club will soon announce discounts for unemployed supporters through a link-up with live4less.ie.
In 2010 we will also be offering members and fans the opportunity to mark the club's 120th anniversary and show their support for the team as it strives for three titles in a row. They can do this by purchasing a Premier Fan Package that will give members and non-members a series of benefits for €120. Watch this space.
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Bohs line up 2010??
well, bohs are in the driving seat after Saturdays fine 2-1 win over Linfield in the semi final of the setanta cup first leg, bohs went behind but goals by Ken Oman and raffaele Cretaro gave Bohs a win. this weeks game is a top of the table clash with St. Patricks Athletic.
Fired up for the cup derby
Meetings between northside neighbours Bohemians and Shelbourne, meeting on Friday in the fourth round of the Ford FAI Cup, have been rare in recent years.
For four seasons the two clubs, who have played each other scores of times since they were founding members of the League of Ireland 90 years ago, have been in different divisions of the league.
In the early 2000s, Shelbourne and Bohemians vied with each other for league and cup titles. Now, it is 15 months since they met in an EA Sports Cup match.
Shels’ manager in the successful years up to 2006 was Pat Fenlon, who spent nearly a decade at Tolka Park as player, player-manager and manager. Two of the biggest stars in Fenlon’s team were Owen Heary, who also spent nearly a decade with Shelbourne, and Jason Byrne.
Fenlon, Heary and Byrne all won three league titles and personal awards as PFAI Player of the Year while with Shels. Now the trio are fighting for a historic three-in-a-row of titles with Bohemians.
The connections between the Dublin 7 and Dublin 9 clubs continue. Bohs striker Paddy Madden was on loan with Shelbourne for much of the 2009 season and striker Marc Hughes has followed him there for the current season. Madden scored against Bohs in last year’s EA Sports Cup match, but Bohs went on to win after extra time.
Hughes had earlier opened the scoring for Bohemians in that exciting encounter. Now, Hughes will be sent out by manager Alan Mathews on Friday to score against his own club.
Hughes had a fairly quiet game in Shels’ last outing on Sunday, when their repeated failure to clear the ball out of the penalty area led to an injury-time equaliser for Wexford Youths.
Shelbourne had never looked like losing the game and their back line, with recent recruit Stephen Paisley at the centre, looked capable of dealing with anything the spirited Youths could throw at them.
Paisley and centre-back partner Ian Ryan were busy at both ends of the pitch, repeatedly coming up for corners and frees. Shelbourne’s first-half goal was scored by Ryan from a headed-on free.
With the eventual 1-1 draw damaging Shelbourne’s chances of promotion back to the Premier Division, Friday’s cup tie assumes even more importance for the Reds.
They will be fired up for what may be the biggest match of their season. Bohs will be ready to face them in an intriguing local derby.
Meetings between northside neighbours Bohemians and Shelbourne, meeting on Friday in the fourth round of the Ford FAI Cup, have been rare in recent years.
For four seasons the two clubs, who have played each other scores of times since they were founding members of the League of Ireland 90 years ago, have been in different divisions of the league.
In the early 2000s, Shelbourne and Bohemians vied with each other for league and cup titles. Now, it is 15 months since they met in an EA Sports Cup match.
Shels’ manager in the successful years up to 2006 was Pat Fenlon, who spent nearly a decade at Tolka Park as player, player-manager and manager. Two of the biggest stars in Fenlon’s team were Owen Heary, who also spent nearly a decade with Shelbourne, and Jason Byrne.
Fenlon, Heary and Byrne all won three league titles and personal awards as PFAI Player of the Year while with Shels. Now the trio are fighting for a historic three-in-a-row of titles with Bohemians.
The connections between the Dublin 7 and Dublin 9 clubs continue. Bohs striker Paddy Madden was on loan with Shelbourne for much of the 2009 season and striker Marc Hughes has followed him there for the current season. Madden scored against Bohs in last year’s EA Sports Cup match, but Bohs went on to win after extra time.
Hughes had earlier opened the scoring for Bohemians in that exciting encounter. Now, Hughes will be sent out by manager Alan Mathews on Friday to score against his own club.
Hughes had a fairly quiet game in Shels’ last outing on Sunday, when their repeated failure to clear the ball out of the penalty area led to an injury-time equaliser for Wexford Youths.
Shelbourne had never looked like losing the game and their back line, with recent recruit Stephen Paisley at the centre, looked capable of dealing with anything the spirited Youths could throw at them.
Paisley and centre-back partner Ian Ryan were busy at both ends of the pitch, repeatedly coming up for corners and frees. Shelbourne’s first-half goal was scored by Ryan from a headed-on free.
With the eventual 1-1 draw damaging Shelbourne’s chances of promotion back to the Premier Division, Friday’s cup tie assumes even more importance for the Reds.
They will be fired up for what may be the biggest match of their season. Bohs will be ready to face them in an intriguing local derby.
cheer's for that wheelo never saw this thread before now some good reading thanks..
it was well hidden joe, it was only when i was on Bohemian Football Club | Home that i remembered to update it
Pat relishes return of Shels E-mail
Bohemians break from a busy league schedule and three wins in a row to face near-neighbours Shelbourne in the FAI Cup. Manager Pat Fenlon is looking forward to taking on the club where he enjoyed outstanding success as a player and manager.
“I saw them recently in the Leinster Cup final. They are a decent side and Alan Mathews has done a lot of work with them," said Fenlon. "They are playing a bit differently now to when Dermot [Keely] was there. We’re expecting a tough game. Coming here they’ll obviously be looking to enjoy the occasion too.”
The clubs last met in a friendly at the start of the season when Bohs won 2-0 in Tolka Park. “It’s really the first big competitive game against them since I left there. I had great years there as a player and a manager and I’m looking forward to them coming to Dalymount,” Fenlon said.
Fenlon was "delighted" with Bohemians' 1-0 win against Drogheda United on Monday evening. “It was a hard-fought win. It’s never easy going there but we showed good character to win the game. We’ve had two tough away games and won both so I’m delighted with it.”
Bohs will be without long-term injury victims Anto Murphy and Stephen Gray who remain out with Achilles problems.
Raffaele Cretaro is expected to miss the game with a hip injury, while Paul Keegan will be assessed on Thursday over a slight groin problem but is expected to be fit.
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 09:43
Bohemians break from a busy league schedule and three wins in a row to face near-neighbours Shelbourne in the FAI Cup. Manager Pat Fenlon is looking forward to taking on the club where he enjoyed outstanding success as a player and manager.
“I saw them recently in the Leinster Cup final. They are a decent side and Alan Mathews has done a lot of work with them," said Fenlon. "They are playing a bit differently now to when Dermot [Keely] was there. We’re expecting a tough game. Coming here they’ll obviously be looking to enjoy the occasion too.”
The clubs last met in a friendly at the start of the season when Bohs won 2-0 in Tolka Park. “It’s really the first big competitive game against them since I left there. I had great years there as a player and a manager and I’m looking forward to them coming to Dalymount,” Fenlon said.
Fenlon was "delighted" with Bohemians' 1-0 win against Drogheda United on Monday evening. “It was a hard-fought win. It’s never easy going there but we showed good character to win the game. We’ve had two tough away games and won both so I’m delighted with it.”
Bohs will be without long-term injury victims Anto Murphy and Stephen Gray who remain out with Achilles problems.
Raffaele Cretaro is expected to miss the game with a hip injury, while Paul Keegan will be assessed on Thursday over a slight groin problem but is expected to be fit.
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 09:43
Win puts Bohs top E-mail
Bohemians recorded a huge win over St Patrick’s Athletic to go top of the league as the title race goes to the wire. Shane Quinn reports...
Raffaele Cretaro grabbed the crucial goal in the first half from a rebound penalty miss, but Bohemians deserved this victory after beating the Saints for the first time this season.
The Gypsies didn’t play particularly well but dug in and ground out a result on a pitch much tighter than what they are used to at Dalymount Park. They got their fair share of luck along the way in this encounter, but good fortune is usually deserved and in this case it was.
At one stage the title race seemed as if it would be a three-horse race but the pretenders to the throne, in this case St Pat’s, have fallen away by only winning three of their last 13 league games.
In contrast, Pat Fenlon’s men are undefeated in two months and have won seven of their past 10 league games, drawing the other three. Bohemians have now overtaken Shamrock Rovers, who lost at home to Sporting Fingal, having also stuttered badly in recent weeks.
In direct contrast to Bohemians’ previous outing against Rovers, this game began at a distinctly slow pace — no doubt the early kick-off time impinged upon the lack of spark.
Considering the importance of this game, a poor home crowd turned out at Richmond Park. And those who did were left cursing their luck when referee Richie Winter awarded Bohemians a soft-looking penalty mid-way through the first half. Despite Jason Byrne’s presence on the pitch, Killian Brennan was the taker, but his effort was easily saved by Chris Bennion.
Thankfully for Brennan, the St Pats’ defence was sluggish to react, and Cretaro latched onto it and slammed an excellent finish high into the net (26). It was unfortunate for Bennion, who was making his first league start of the campaign. The force of Cretaro’s shot did some damage to the net, and there was a subsequent five-minute break in which manual repair was undertaken.
In the latter stages of the first half, Bohemians were dominating and some dreadful defending by captain Conor Kenna, in which he made a hash of his clearance, fell nicely into Cretaro’s path. The former Sligo Rovers man steadied himself and released a superb 25-yard effort that flew over Bennion’s flailing arm and smashed against the crossbar.
St Pats’ defence was a shambles, and Paul Keegan should have doubled the tally from six yards when he rose unmarked in the area, but he headed Brennan’s corner wide of the far post. Bohemians may have led at the end of a 50-minute first half but the game could already have been won at that stage.
St Pats’ first effort on target came in the 53rd minute and Vinny Faherty should have drawn his side level. The midfielder was afforded far too much space in the area and he teed himself up before hitting the top of Barry Murphy’s crossbar.
Byrne could only last the hour before he was replaced by Paddy Madden. St Pats had come much more into the game in the second half, but despite Faherty hitting the crossbar, they were not threatening the Bohemians goal as much as boss Pete Mahon would have liked.
Brennan again tested Bennion with a fierce shot from inside the box following Keegan’s corner, as the Scottish netminder beat clear with his fists. The home side pushed men forward in desperation but, despite the rare heart-in-mouth moment, such as Murphy saving with his outstretched foot at the death, Bohemians held out for a massive victory.
St Patrick’s Athletic: Bennion; Lynch, Kenna (C), Haverty, Bermingham; Guy, McAllister, Mulcahy (O’Brien, 82), Doyle (Stewart, 71); North, Faherty (O’Connor, 62)
Bohemians: Murphy; Rossiter, Shelley, Oman, Powell; McGlynn (Quigley, 80), Cronin, Keegan (C), Brennan; Byrne (Madden, 61), Cretaro (Greene, 89)
Possession – St Pats: 49% Bohs: 51%
Corners – St Pats: 9 Bohs: 7
Attempts on target – St Pats: 3 Bohs: 3
Attempts off target – St Pats: 3 Bohs: 3
Bookings – St Pats: Dave McAllister, Conor Kenna, Danny North Bohs: None
Sent off – St Pats: None Bohs: None
Referee – Richie Winter
And, of course Shamrock Rovers' football suicide hasn't done the cause any harm either
Bohemians recorded a huge win over St Patrick’s Athletic to go top of the league as the title race goes to the wire. Shane Quinn reports...
Raffaele Cretaro grabbed the crucial goal in the first half from a rebound penalty miss, but Bohemians deserved this victory after beating the Saints for the first time this season.
The Gypsies didn’t play particularly well but dug in and ground out a result on a pitch much tighter than what they are used to at Dalymount Park. They got their fair share of luck along the way in this encounter, but good fortune is usually deserved and in this case it was.
At one stage the title race seemed as if it would be a three-horse race but the pretenders to the throne, in this case St Pat’s, have fallen away by only winning three of their last 13 league games.
In contrast, Pat Fenlon’s men are undefeated in two months and have won seven of their past 10 league games, drawing the other three. Bohemians have now overtaken Shamrock Rovers, who lost at home to Sporting Fingal, having also stuttered badly in recent weeks.
In direct contrast to Bohemians’ previous outing against Rovers, this game began at a distinctly slow pace — no doubt the early kick-off time impinged upon the lack of spark.
Considering the importance of this game, a poor home crowd turned out at Richmond Park. And those who did were left cursing their luck when referee Richie Winter awarded Bohemians a soft-looking penalty mid-way through the first half. Despite Jason Byrne’s presence on the pitch, Killian Brennan was the taker, but his effort was easily saved by Chris Bennion.
Thankfully for Brennan, the St Pats’ defence was sluggish to react, and Cretaro latched onto it and slammed an excellent finish high into the net (26). It was unfortunate for Bennion, who was making his first league start of the campaign. The force of Cretaro’s shot did some damage to the net, and there was a subsequent five-minute break in which manual repair was undertaken.
In the latter stages of the first half, Bohemians were dominating and some dreadful defending by captain Conor Kenna, in which he made a hash of his clearance, fell nicely into Cretaro’s path. The former Sligo Rovers man steadied himself and released a superb 25-yard effort that flew over Bennion’s flailing arm and smashed against the crossbar.
St Pats’ defence was a shambles, and Paul Keegan should have doubled the tally from six yards when he rose unmarked in the area, but he headed Brennan’s corner wide of the far post. Bohemians may have led at the end of a 50-minute first half but the game could already have been won at that stage.
St Pats’ first effort on target came in the 53rd minute and Vinny Faherty should have drawn his side level. The midfielder was afforded far too much space in the area and he teed himself up before hitting the top of Barry Murphy’s crossbar.
Byrne could only last the hour before he was replaced by Paddy Madden. St Pats had come much more into the game in the second half, but despite Faherty hitting the crossbar, they were not threatening the Bohemians goal as much as boss Pete Mahon would have liked.
Brennan again tested Bennion with a fierce shot from inside the box following Keegan’s corner, as the Scottish netminder beat clear with his fists. The home side pushed men forward in desperation but, despite the rare heart-in-mouth moment, such as Murphy saving with his outstretched foot at the death, Bohemians held out for a massive victory.
St Patrick’s Athletic: Bennion; Lynch, Kenna (C), Haverty, Bermingham; Guy, McAllister, Mulcahy (O’Brien, 82), Doyle (Stewart, 71); North, Faherty (O’Connor, 62)
Bohemians: Murphy; Rossiter, Shelley, Oman, Powell; McGlynn (Quigley, 80), Cronin, Keegan (C), Brennan; Byrne (Madden, 61), Cretaro (Greene, 89)
Possession – St Pats: 49% Bohs: 51%
Corners – St Pats: 9 Bohs: 7
Attempts on target – St Pats: 3 Bohs: 3
Attempts off target – St Pats: 3 Bohs: 3
Bookings – St Pats: Dave McAllister, Conor Kenna, Danny North Bohs: None
Sent off – St Pats: None Bohs: None
Referee – Richie Winter
And, of course Shamrock Rovers' football suicide hasn't done the cause any harm either
