Hi From Drogheda in Ireland

[Recep Çaltepe]

:tsbayrak::tsbayrak::tsbayrak::tsbayrak:

:tsbayrak::tsbayrak::tsbayrak::tsbayrak:

I am listening the radio and it seems although it is an away match, lots of Drogs there:)

Last minute goal and 1-0 Drogs win!

Sir, I have just tried to open the radio on net but could not manage it, would you please write down the certain link, instead of that web site link :)

By the way...

...Go Drogs!!!

[zafer6161]

:meşale2::meşale1::tsmeşale::tsbayrak::tsatkı::atk i::dansmuz:goooooooooooooooooooooolllllllll:::tsme şale:
1-0 maç;)

[Tunga]

edit........

[Recep Çaltepe]

Thanks sincerely :)

At least from now on I know the way to listen the Drogs live. As Turks say, "League is a long marathon, we will look up for the coming matches" :D

Long Live Drogheda United!!!
Long Live Trabzonspor!!!

For the Sake of Claret and Blue!!!

[Tunga]

Forget about the link I submitted and go directly to this page:

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/sport/1041449.html

Then click "Launch Media Player" on the right side of the page.

In the pop-up window, click "Live Medium Wave Stream" and listen to the aftermatch comments.

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

Well as already posted the Drogs won 1:0 against UCD last night. A goal from Aidan O'Keeffe, who came on as a sub scored the winner in the 93rd min. It was a fair result. The first half we as about shaded it with a few chances, but the second half was much better. One particular lineman was very wrong on three different occasions, one were he disallowed a good goal!!!!!

Anyway, We got the goal and brought home 3pts on the board.

BUT the even better news was heard on the way home when Waterford bet St. Pat's 2:1. This means that the Drogs are top of the league, by a point, but now also have a game in hand.

The main thing is to push on and but a gap between ourselves and the rest of the chasing pack.

Best of luck in your Intertoto Cup game on Sunday against KS Vllaznia.
:tsbayrak:

C'mon the Claret & Blue.
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Burçak]

burçi kafana dank you,that yes:D
dester cafe nodvas masie:p
that Iloves şişt nout:rolleyes:
neriy vastırn post gost;)
piares level yenta no no :(
surinte mac :tsmeşale:
burçi dont dont cou:mad:
hastır :D
la go işine. tövbe tövbee :)



Congratulations Drogheda :tsatkı:

[melodicforce]

yeeees! drogs are now TOP!!!
go drogs go, go drogs go!!! :-)

[Cabri61]

Univ College Dublin 0-1 Drogheda United

[Drogster]

Hi All

Congrat's on Trabzonspor's win tonight. 6:0. A bit of a training session!:alkış:

Good to see that my name-sake scored twice.

Hopefully you can now make it through to the UEFA Cup and if The Drogs play well and have luck on their side, our paths may cross ;).

Well done again guys.
:tsbayrak:

C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[agahozlu]

Thank you for your best regards.This match was very easy for us.Hopefully your team and our team(namely We) will win our match and make a success on Europe...

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

Just a quick note, just to let you know that The Drogs are playing Bohs, at home tonight.
Should be a good game as both teams are league contenders. Unfortunately the game is not being televised, so I have not got a link!
This will be the 3rd time we play them this season. 1st 0:0 draw away, the 1st game of the season then Bohs knocked us out of the FAI Cup 3 weeks ago, when both teams play very poorly.
Since then the Drogs performances have really transformed. It's a big game as if the Drogs win we will be 7 pts ahead of Bohs with a game in hand, but if we lose they will be 1pt behind, although, we would still have a game less played. A draw would suit the rest of the chasing teams.
So hopefully we can continue the good form and take 3pts. It would be a great boost to win and be on top of the league going to San Marino, midweek, to play in the UEFA Cup.

Hopefully the weather will improve, as the forecast is for heavy rain, which started at 10am!

C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[agahozlu]

Hopefully The Drogs will win the match and make the score between Bohs is 7 points.But it seems tough match.Also the weather is an important factor ,when it rains the ground will be heavy.Our match is going to play tomorrow at 21:00.You know that first match finished 6/0 so we hope second match will be easy for us....

[#1 Drog]

After winning 6-0 I'm sure it'll be a walk in the park for your guys tomorrow! Good Luck!

Tonight we beat Bohs 1-0. We didn't play that well, but neither did they. It was a tough match with a lot of hard tackles.

Ex-Bohs player Tony Grant scored with a header in the 90th minute! :D

Here are some pictures..

http://www.sportsfile.com/fotoweb/FWbin/preview.dll/256510.jpg?D=BCE188B56A308458C7C4F704B4331FDECB7A5 29910F55CBFD47365CA55B865F6FD59946FBCFCEA4E7D1761C CF32DB762C194783CB2E96646F0F45D3864C748558EFE9EE8A D84EB37BEEA57513A0EBDA3EB247BD9AB0CEBE4EC235CE1E6F 0A56CFE86335A3B57136E17C1F1B70C1D0859112FE5F882503 23B3039FD5122361BE6F118C8C79C6CA365F43B05DE13DE053 BD419A26FE8C98613E10FD6B0D638F29B164C7987B472D5F89 0AE33FB4921BC6C56902EF8F0DF722E663706C938FAE16C

Brian Shelly giving out to the ref! :lol:


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Steven Grey ploughs thru a Bohs player!

And the goal..

http://www.sportsfile.com/fotoweb/FWbin/preview.dll/256522.jpg?D=BCE188B56A308458C7C4F704B4331FDECB7A5 29910F55CBFD47365CA55B865F6FD59946FBCFCEA4E7D1761C CF32DB762C194783CB2E96646F0F45D3864C748558EFE9EE8A D84EB37ACF500C881241361EB247BD9AB0CEBE4EC235CE1E6F 0A56CFE86335A3B57136E17C1F1B70C1D0859112FE5F882503 23B3039FD5122361BE6F118C8C79C6CA365F43B05DE13DE053 B8A672B72E777386EE10FD6B0D638F29B164C7987B472D5F89 0AE33FB4921BC6C56902EF8F0DF722E663706C938FAE16C

http://www.sportsfile.com/fotoweb/FWbin/preview.dll/256521.jpg?D=BCE188B56A308458C7C4F704B4331FDECB7A5 29910F55CBFD47365CA55B865F6FD59946FBCFCEA4E7D1761C CF32DB762C194783CB2E96646F0F45D3864C748558EFE9EE8A D84EB37731F3DDD8FD4BD8CEB247BD9AB0CEBE4EC235CE1E6F 0A56CFE86335A3B57136E17C1F1B70C1D0859112FE5F882503 23B3039FD5122361BE6F118C8C79C6CA365F43B05DE13DE053 B2F2CA4C9A1E81B20E10FD6B0D638F29B164C7987B472D5F89 0AE33FB4921BC6C56902EF8F0DF722E663706C938FAE16C

http://www.sportsfile.com/fotoweb/FWbin/preview.dll/256523.jpg?D=BCE188B56A308458C7C4F704B4331FDECB7A5 29910F55CBFD47365CA55B865F6FD59946FBCFCEA4E7D1761C CF32DB762C194783CB2E96646F0F45D3864C748558EFE9EE8A D84EB376DEDDE5591BFE64EEB247BD9AB0CEBE4EC235CE1E6F 0A56CFE86335A3B57136E17C1F1B70C1D0859112FE5F882503 23B3039FD5122361BE6F118C8C79C6CA365F43B05DE13DE053 BAC7C1D0F39D3F0B1E10FD6B0D638F29B164C7987B472D5F89 0AE33FB4921BC6C56902EF8F0DF722E663706C938FAE16C

http://www.sportsfile.com/fotoweb/FWbin/preview.dll/256520.jpg?D=BCE188B56A308458C7C4F704B4331FDECB7A5 29910F55CBFD47365CA55B865F6FD59946FBCFCEA4E7D1761C CF32DB762C194783CB2E96646F0F45D3864C748558EFE9EE8A D84EB376D4C7B0D897053ADEB247BD9AB0CEBE4EC235CE1E6F 0A56CFE86335A3B57136E17C1F1B70C1D0859112FE5F882503 23B3039FD5122361BE6F118C8C79C6CA365F43B05DE13DE053 B8B3B46607B2C8C2BE10FD6B0D638F29B164C7987B472D5F89 0AE33FB4921BC6C56902EF8F0DF722E663706C938FAE16C

http://www.sportsfile.com/fotoweb/FWbin/preview.dll/256519.jpg?D=BCE188B56A308458C7C4F704B4331FDECB7A5 29910F55CBFD47365CA55B865F6FD59946FBCFCEA4E7D1761C CF32DB762C194783CB2E96646F0F45D3864C748558EFE9EE8A D84EB379B6FAFE16AF05EBBEB247BD9AB0CEBE4EC235CE1E6F 0A56CFE86335A3B57136E17C1F1B70C1D0859112FE5F882503 23B3039FD5122361BE6F118C8C79C6CA365F43B05DE13DE053 B0BB68BD0D70AFA10E10FD6B0D638F29B164C7987B472D5F89 0AE33FB4921BC6C56902EF8F0DF722E663706C938FAE16C


Now the league looks like this:

http://www.rte.ie/aertel/images/236-01.gif


Forza Drogs&Trabzon!!

[melodicforce]

very nice!!!
now the tables look good!!!


hey irish guys, i have a question to you all!
i am fly in a week to trabzon!
there i am buy the new uniform from trabzonspor!
i will have an drogheda shirt! is anybody there, who will like the new trabzon shirt?
then i can buy 2 shirts and one of them we can changed! i will have a drogheda shirt!!! PLEAAAASE!!! :-)

[Recep Çaltepe]

Best of luck to Drogheda Uniteda at tomorrow's match against Libertas :)

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

First of all I was saddened when I was monitoring the live scoreboard and saw the Trbaz were beaten by a 90min penalty yesterday. I was looking forward to the possibility of been drawn against you in the 2nd Round of the UEFA Cup. It would of been a real Claret & Blue party! I heard that the weather conditions were really hard, very hot!:(

Since the last time I was on, the Drogs traveled to San Marino to play SP Libertas. What a trip! The large majority of Drog Fans that traveled stayed in Rimini (Italy). As a result I made contact with the owner of the Bounty Bar and arranged, a fixed price on drinks, earlier opening times and coaches to and from the game. As you probably know the weather in the Mediterranean is amazing at the moment 38 to 40 degrees.

The link below has a few pics form the trip.
http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x204/EuroDrogs07/

Anyway, the most disappointing part of the trip was the game:mad:. Our right back, Brian Shelly was the only player that had 100% adapted to the very hot conditions. He has been our player of the season so far, closely followed by Shane Robinson.

We started of well, passing the ball and making Libertas work hard chasing us down. We should of had two penalties, one of which was allowed to play on with an advantage???????

We also had a perfectly good goal disallowed for offside, when clearly the player was on side. We took the justified lead, but as the game wore on the conditions took its toll on our players. The first time Libertas crossed the midway line they score! A slip from of our guys in the middle of the park, allowed their forward claim the football and busted forward and passed our left back to easily, which left him one-on-one with the keeper and needless to say, he didn't miss :confused:.

Thats how it finished 1:1. We play them in the 2nd leg of the tie this Thursday in Dalymount Park in Dublin, as United Park does not meet UEFA Cup regulations i.e not enough seating around the ground (Mostly terrace standing). The only good thing from the result, is that a 0:0 draw will but us into the next round, so they will have to attack. I can see us winning by at least 4 goals, as the our players like playing on the wide pitch in Dalymount park. Fingers crossed.

Back to the league, and the better news there is that following the results from Friday night the Drogs are now 3pts clear at the top with a game less played. Some of the main contenders, Shamrock Rovers and Bohs both were beaten and St. Pats and Cork drew with each other 1:1. The Drogs played Waterford and won 3:0. They have to be the worst team to play in United park for a long time, although, they did have a number of players suspended!

So, roll on Thursday night and hopefully another Euro win for the Drogs and a passage into the second round draw on Friday morning! We better not celebrate to much as I have to be up to watch the draw and start booking flights!

Here's hoping.........

C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[MarceloTS]

bari seneye siz şampiyon olunda sevinelim bizi örnek almayın

[Recep Çaltepe]

Thanks for the infos Drogster, I hope you will go up more at the UEFA Cup. Also a Claret-Blue champion in the Irish League will be excellent. Keep going on like this :)

Brotherhood of Claret&Blue will last forever!!!

[Tunga]

http://www.droghedaunited.ie/Intro/7-8-2007-15-10-43.jpg

http://aycu06.webshots.com/image/25325/2003927330682623635_rs.jpg

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

It's been a while since I've been on. Things are looking good at the moment for the Drogs, but there is a long way to.

We are currently sitting on the top of the pile, 5pts clear and with one less game played. As shown in the table above.

We play St. Pats tonight in United Park. BIG Match. If we win, we will open up a 8pts gap, but a draw wouldn't be a disaster. But we all want 3pts....fingers crossed.

Here's the link for the streaming of the game, if anyone is interested.

http://www.tg4.ie/Bearla/Webt/webt.htm

Just click on the web tv button. Kick-off is 19:45hrs (Local time). Just remember TG4 is the Irish speaking channel, so the commentary will be in Irish, but the interviews before & after will be in English. Hopefully it is good viewing and good result for the Drogs ....of course...3pts .....PLEASE!

We recently beat Bray last Monday. A 91st minute goal from Shane Robinson clinched the 3pts. Poor 1st half, but a lot better 2nd half and it showed good character coming from a goal down....A sign of champions???????

Last Thursday, we but the disappointment of a 1:1 draw in San Marino behind us, as we came out 3:0 winners in the 2nd leg of our qualify in the UEFA Cup, against Libertas in Dalymount Park (Dublin....our nominated home for European Competitions). It was a comfortable game in the end, which saw us being entered into the pot for the 2nd Qualifying round, where we were drawn against Helsingborg (Sweden).

It will be a tough tie, but we will be up for it. Our Manager Paul Doolin was in Sweden, during the week watching Helsingborg play a 1:1 draw with Malmo FF, doing a bit of homework.

On a different note.

Guys....stop sweating....the wait is nearly over.......

I see that Trabz are playing Sivasspor on Sunday.

Best of luck in the game and hopefully you will have a better start to this season, compared with last season.......Claret & Blue for the Title.

C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[lazooo28]

we hope that all

Claret & Blue FOREVER !!!!!

[Drogster]

Hi All

Well the wait is over and the new league has started.

I see that you guys started of with a 1:0 win over Sivasspor. :alkış: I see my name-sake came to the rescue. ;)

Hopefully they can start this season better then last season.

Another Claret & Blue League Champion would be nice. http://www.irishfootienetwork.com/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

Over this side of the world, The Drogs are preparing for the encounter of Helsingborg (Sweden), in the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, On Thursday night.

Should be a tight match, but hopefully the Drogs can get a good result to leave them in a good position for the 2nd leg in Sweden at the end of the month and proceed to the next round...fingers crossed.

C'mon the Claret & Blue.
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[lazooo28]

yes, but the match was broken off by the reffery at the extra time (92min) because some of "our" (?) fans ran on the playing field and attacked the player.

But all the same which happens

Claret & Blue up to death

[Drogster]

yes, but the match was broken off by the reffery at the extra time (92min) because some of "our" (?) fans ran on the playing field and attacked the player.

But all the same which happens

Claret & Blue up to death

Ya, I was just wondering about that, as I was monitoring the score on a live scoreboard and it came up abandoned after 90mins ???????
However, it was up as a result on UEFA.com.
Did the result stand, or will there be a replay? :confused:

[Recep Çaltepe]

Ya, I was just wondering about that, as I was monitoring the score on a live scoreboard and it came up abandoned after 90mins ???????
However, it was up as a result on UEFA.com.
Did the result stand, or will there be a replay? :confused:

The federation will give a decision about the match. It is now just a big mess. :(

[Tunga]

UEFA Cup Match (ilk maç)

Drogheda United 1 ('54 Zayed)
Helsinborg 1 ('34 Larsson)

[#1 Drog]

Can't stay long but:

As you know we drew 1-1 with Helsingborg in the UEFA Cup, fair result, they were better in the first half, we were better in the second, although I think we had the most clear-cut chances. I think we have every chance of progressing.

On Monday we played Galway Utd. in the league at home. They had a man sent off in the first half and we dominated from then on and went 2 up. But two cock ups from our keeper in the last three minutes gave them the draw.

This Friday we play Bohemians away, again. The match will be live on tv, and it can be watched online @ www.tg4.ie , just click 'Home' and then WebTv at the top tomorrow night, kick off is 7:45 local time.

[TolgaTopçu61]

i hope drogheda win vs bohemians.

[macka61]

I hope so drogheda win

[Selimag]

what happened against bohemians? let us know, also for the coming helsingborg game...

and if i ever have a chance to visit ireland, I would love to see ur team and possible after this messages i will try to buy a Drogheda jersey :)

[#1 Drog]

what happened against bohemians? let us know, also for the coming helsingborg game...

and if i ever have a chance to visit ireland, I would love to see ur team and possible after this messages i will try to buy a Drogheda jersey :)


Unfourtanetly we only drew 1-1.

And we were very lucky. Bohs were far better than us on the night. Very, very entertaining second half. Our keeper saved a peno.

You can watch the game HERE (http://www.tg4.tv/channels/SportArchive.aspx?a=27795&title=Sp%C3%B3rt:%20Sacar%20Beo)
if you want.

I'll post up a link later where you can watch the UEFA Cup match with Helsingborgs later.

[Emirhan Çorumlu]

Thank you Drogster we wish you the same luck at the irish league friends 4 ever :D

[ErseN_MaRTiN_61]

Forza Drog:D

[Drogster]

Hi All

I hope that you are keeping well and enjoying the good start to your season :)

With regard to the Drogs V Helsingbrog here is the link to Viasat Sports, if you click on Webb-TV if brings up a dialogue which has a few matches from the Swedish league,. Click on the HIF V Drogs Game.
http://www.viasatsport.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1213&lang=se

They have the match alright, this was on the Fotball TV page:
VS1 kl. 20.25 DIREKT (Kval UEFA-cupen) HELSINGBORG – DROGHEDA

Enjoy!

Hopefully it's a good match with a good result....for the Drogs of course :D

Chat to you soon, when I get back from Sweden.....

C'mon the Drogs

Claret N Blue Army
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Selimag]

0-3, huh? obviously this is not the best year for Claret and Blue teams in Euro Cups...

anyway Drogster, cheers, nevermind... hope ur trip to Sweden was nice and u had good time there...

[Kadir]

drogheda forever.. they are the best :D:D

[Drogster]

Hi All

Well the EuroDrog Trip for 2007 has come to an end, with a big bang. Beaten 3:0 in Sweden. We seemed nervous and didn't perform and the managers subsituations were very strange.
But anyway, it was a great trip and we all home safely.

Our League form has dipped in recent weeks, but we are still 7pts clear at the top of the table and equal games played.

It has been a frustrating couple of weeks.

We threw away 2pts when we played Galway at home. We were 2:0 up with 4mins to play. Then a mistake by our Keeper (and maybe a doggy call be the Ref) lead to Galway's 1st goal and just on the stroke of full time a pass was played into the box and Dan (the Keeper) misjudged the flight of the ball and punched it into his own net :confused:. The most frustrating thing was that is was a great team performance, everyone played great, up until the goals!!!

We were also lucky to get away with a 1pt when we played Bohs away.

On Monday night saw the rearranged UCD game played. It was probably the worst performance this season! :mad:.

UCD won the game 1:0 (a deflected shot), but they deserved the points, taking the rest of the game into account.

Some of the media and fans are saying that the players are looking tried. But we have a big squad, but the manager is not utilising it to its full potential. Mainly, because he has fallen out with a few players, one of which is probably our most creative mid-fielder?????

One point made after the game was, due to the number of games that we have won to date, we have built up a 7pts gap at the top were the chasing pack are dropping points and taking points of each other.

In saying that, I would rather be 7pts ahead, then 7pts behind the leader. The only thing is that we could be 13pts clear, but since we have drop points lately, it is giving the chasing teams new belief.

However, the run in of the 9 remaining game will not be just as easy. A number of the weaker teams at the lower end of the table and finding their form, to get away for the relegation zone and a taking points of the higher position teams!

We play Galway away on Friday night, who are one of the teams trying to climb out of the drop zone, so it won't be easy. Hopefully the Drogs and regroup and get back to winning ways. Every game now is like a cup final....a must win game.

C'mon the Claret n Blue.
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Faik Yılmaz]

Congrulations our friends

[Selimag]

Hello Drogster,

nice that ur sweden trip was nice despite the game.

So just i was going to ask (ok I asked then I edited my message :p) if u have any idea about the story of symbols in Drogheda United's flag? ... But then now I found my answer in previous comments where this subject was discussed....

now I liked the idea to look for the very first chance to order a Drogheda jersey :)

so also, I just checked on flickr photos about Drogheda, cute town...


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1361/1043580328_0af4bc5dd0_m.jpg

[macka61]

symbols is very beautiful

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

Well we played Galway last Friday and it ended up another draw 1:1. We took the lead in the 63min and Galway levelled on 70mins from a free-kick, which the Ref :mad: awarded. (it was never a free). Galway's goal was scored by a former Drog ! It was a better performance then the UCD game, were we fell to only our 3rd defeat.

Derry up next tonight. Derry are really starting to improve and their new manager is getting to grips with the team. Not going to be easy.

We have to start winning games again to keep a good gap between us and the chasing teams. 8pts is the gap at the moment, with 8 games to play including tonights game.

The good news is the the game is being broadcast by the Irish speaking station TG4. Just click on the link below and click the webtv button. Kick-off is 19:45hrs (Irish Time)

http://www.tg4.ie/Bearla/Webt/webt.htm

Hopefully it will be a good game and, even better result....for the Drogs...3pts

I don't know if you saw the SKY sports TV's international football magazine FIFA FUTBOL MUNDIAL. Drogheda were the main feature on it this week. I think that they might have brought bad luck as the cameras were at the UDC match which we lost! Good PR for the club, once we go on and win the league, for the 1st time EVER!!!!!!

C'mon the Claret n Blue Army
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Recep Çaltepe]

Drogheda United : 1 - Derry City : 0
(1' Bates)

Go Drogs!!!

[Drogster]

Hi All

Yep, the Drogs got back to winning ways against Derry of Friday night.
An absolute thunderbolt for one of our more recent signings score, Guy Bates, or as we call him Master Bates :p. (Just wondering if anyone tried to watch the game with the link that I posted up. Did it work?).

However our lead is now down to 5pts as Shamrock Rovers won their game in hand last night.
5pts clear and 7 games to go. The big game now seems to be on the 12th Oct Rovers v Drogs. It may just decide the destination of the Silverware! We have a weekend off, this weekend.

I see that Trabzonspor drew 0:0 with Ankaragücü at the weekend. You are still very much in the mix, with a game in hand and so far unbeaten this season :alkış:. Keep it up...

Forever Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Burçak]

hi Martin. how r u. :)

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

Well the Drogs were back in action this weekend, after their weekend off. We travelled to Longford on Friday night, and we continued where we left off, with a 2:1 victory and 3 more points on the board.

Both Drog goals were scored in the 1st half. 1st by Guy Bates, (which makes it 3 goals in 3 games) and 2nd for Paul Keegan, great header from a corner kick.

If one was being picky, we should off had may be 2 of 3 more,but their goalkeeper was in good form and playing well.

In the second half we sat back a bit and soaked up the Longford pressure, not that there was much, all midfield play.

Longford scored in the 90min, much against the run of play, but we hung on for the 3pts.

We have now stretched our lead at the top of the table to 8pts, with 6 games remaining. However, Shamrock Rovers have to play Bray tomorrow night, and we expect them to get 3pts, which will cut the lead back to only 5pts, but who knows. There maybe be a surprise as the Bray game was postponed as a mark of respect for one off their supporters who died while flighting to put out a fire, while he was on duty. So it could the incentive to up their performance?

Here's a link to a short video off some of the travelling Drog fans.....I'm in there somewhere. ;)

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=trHwQujbVfA

It wasn't a bad atmosphere, considering that we never play well in Longford. :(

I read that Trabzonspor also continued their good run of form with a 1:0 win v Konyaspor, yesterday. :alkış:.

May the Claret N Blue domination continue :D

Say it Loud & Say it Proud CLARET N BLUE Forever
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Çetin]

i think i saw u :D the news are very good for u and for us.

[melodicforce]

drogheda united'in forum sayfasini bana söyleyebilirmisiniz?
can me anywhere say the forum side of drogheda united?

[Recep Çaltepe]

drogheda united'in forum sayfasini bana söyleyebilirmisiniz?
can me anywhere say the forum side of drogheda united?

www.irishfootienetwork.com (http://www.irishfootienetwork.com)

This is a general forum, you can find the topics for Drogs in the inner parts, but it is not so comlicated, you can find it easily. ;)

[A.Alper]

Drogheda United took place in the world's most selling football computer game :) And also it contains their league,too.

[Tunga]

Just a summary:

Drogheda United (Drogs) official web page: www.droghedaunited.ie

Fans forum: www.irishfootienetwork.com

Drogs are in the lead with 8 points.

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/2509/000go8.jpg

Here once more is their lovely logo

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8039/drgohedaxf6.jpg

If you'd like more information about the Drogs in Turkish, visit:

http://forum.bordomavi.net/showthread.php?t=4049

[Drogster]

Just a summary:

Drogheda United (Drogs) official web page: www.droghedaunited.ie (http://www.droghedaunited.ie)

Fans forum: www.irishfootienetwork.com (http://www.irishfootienetwork.com)

Drogs are in the lead with 8 points.

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/2509/000go8.jpg

Here once more is their lovely logo

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8039/drgohedaxf6.jpg

If you'd like more information about the Drogs in Turkish, visit:

http://forum.bordomavi.net/showthread.php?t=4049

Nice work Tunga.

The table makes for nice reading at the moment.....Hopefully it will stay that way ;).

Our nearest competitors Shamrock Rovers were beaten 3:0 by Bray on Tuesday night. I had a gut feeling Bray would get at least a point, but they got all 3 points. :D

We play Sligo Rovers at home tomorrow night. Won't be easy, as they have a good manager and play some lovely attacking football. But if we want to make the League Trophy ours, we have to earn the right and 3pts tomorrow night would do the trick.

The next two weekends are big ones. Cork v Shamrock Rovers and next week Shamrock Rovers V Drogs. If Rovers don't keep up full points and if (WHEN) the Drogs beat Rovers, it's in the bag. Although, we have to play Cork, but I think the games are running out for them. Only 6 left.
Fingers Crossed.
Best of luck for your game v Kasimpasa SK at the weekend. Keep up the unbeaten run and 3 more points on the board. :yattara:

C'mon the Claret n Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Seyit Hoca]

we cant keep up unbeaten run..coz have a 0 : 3 score against Sivasspor by the decision of TFF

[poetricus]

I like that table. Congratulations!
I hope you'll be champion at end of season!
Friendship from Trabzon, Brothers.

[Selimag]

Hey Drogs, here is a news about ur team in a turkish newspaper :) claret and blues of ireland are running for the title :)
http://www.zaman.com.tr/webapp-tr/haber.do?haberno=599594

and sorry Drogster, I havent been online for long... hope to write u soon...

[zeleka]

İrlanda'nın Ay Yıldızlıları şampiyonluğa koşuyor
http://medya.zaman.com.tr/2007/10/11/drogheda.jpg
İrlanda Premier Ligi'nde şampiyonluğa giden Drogheda United logosunda, Osmanlı'ya olan sevgisinden ay-yıldız kullanıyor.

Mustafa Denizli'nin meşhur göndermesi "içimizdeki İrlandalılar" artık sadece futbol değil, hemen her konuda kullanıla dursun, İrlanda'nın özellikle logosuyla "içimizdeki" spor kulübü Drogheda United, şampiyonluğa doğru adım adım ilerliyor.

http://www.zaman.com.tr/webapp-tr/haber.do?haberno=599594:alkış:

[cparibus]

i m a new user in BMN. i registered my name because of that news in Zaman.Thank you Zaman. You can also get more information about Irish and Turkish friendship at http://www.sizinti.com.tr/konular.php?KONUID=3832.
Good luck Drogheda United and Trabzonspor.

[Drogster]

Hey Drogs, here is a news about ur team in a turkish newspaper :) claret and blues of ireland are running for the title :)
http://www.zaman.com.tr/webapp-tr/haber.do?haberno=599594

and sorry Drogster, I havent been online for long... hope to write u soon...

Hi All

Nice picture.....Just for you all to be able to put a name with a face I'm the one in the Blue hat and Gerry, a friend is in the Claret hat.
That picture was taken during the Setanta Cup Final in May, when we won the trophy for a second year in a row after beating Linfield (An Northern Ireland team). I was just after a hip replacement operation and I was standing for the whole game including the penalty shootout using my crutches.

I checked out the link and I'm just wondering what the article reads. Anyone want to translate or summarise the article in English...please.

Anyway. The Drogs won again last night 2:0 against Shamrock Rovers in Tolka park (Dublin) Zayed with the two goals. I forgot that the game was being broadcast on tv by RTE. I heard it looked good on TV. We played some really nice football. We are now 10pts clear at the top of the table.:) We only have 4 games left in the league.

Our game next week is also being televised next Friday when we play Cork City "the Langers" by RTE. I'll post up the link later in the week, if anyone is interested.

Should be an interesting game as due to the results last night, the Drogs only need 1 point to win the league. And as we are playing at home in United Park the trophy will be presented on the night. So hopefully we can win it in style and beet the Langers next week.
The funny thing is that we have beaten the Langers when we won our 1st FAI Cup our 1st Setanta Cup and...fingers crossed...Our 1st League Trophy. That will be a hat-trick. Rather fitting one thinks. :D ;)

We have one hand on the Trophy and hopefully the second hand will land on it next week.

C'mon the Drogs,
C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[lazoflu]

go drogheda go
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[Mayls]

I checked out the link and I'm just wondering what the article reads. Anyone want to translate or summarise the article in English...please.
My English isn't very good but I try to translate the 1st part.

Drogheda United that founded 1919 in the little city Drogheda with 32.000 population in the north of the capital Dublin, are league leaders with 8 points distance and they aren't far away from their first title in their history. It isn't a random that the logo of the city and of the club is a crescent and a star. In 1845 there was a virus in Ireland which kill more than 1 million people in 2 years. And 1 million people goes to America or Australia because of it.

This is the 1st part. I hope I haven't make much mistakes and you can understand it. I haven't got time to translate the other parts now but maybe in a few days.

[Drogster]

My English isn't very good but I try to translate the 1st part.

Drogheda United that founded 1919 in the little city Drogheda with 32.000 population in the north of the capital Dublin, are league leaders with 8 points distance and they aren't far away from their first title in their history. It isn't a random that the logo of the city and of the club is a crescent and a star. In 1845 there was a virus in Ireland which kill more than 1 million people in 2 years. And 1 million people goes to America or Australia because of it.

This is the 1st part. I hope I haven't make much mistakes and you can understand it. I haven't got time to translate the other parts now but maybe in a few days.

Fair play Selim55, good job. Your English isn't bad. It could be worst, I could of asked you to translate into Irish!!!!!! :) Don't stop there...its getting interesting... I like the sound of this Drogheda place....I wonder do they have a football team?????:D

[Mayls]

Fair play Selim55, good job. Your English isn't bad. It could be worst, I could of asked you to translate into Irish!!!!!! :) Don't stop there...its getting interesting... I like the sound of this Drogheda place....I wonder do they have a football team?????:D
The 2nd part:

Sultan Abdulmecid of the Ottomans sends 10.000 pound to Ireland because the virus but Queen Victoria from England asks the Sultan if he can send only 1.000 pound because she only send 2.000 pound, too. After this the Sultan sends only 1.000 pound and 3 ships full of cereal, too. But the English didn't allow the Ottomans to discharge the cereals. But the Ottomans didn't gave up. They discharge the cereals in the north of Ireland in the port of Drogheda. Since this day the people in Drogheda love the Ottomans and the Turkish. In May 2006 was a kind of party (sorry, I don't know the words to translate it exactly :)) and the Irish hang a poster for say thank you. Many people in the area thought that the crescent and the star should be the logo of the town and of the club. Altough there were many problams at our fathers they send some help to Drogheda. And the Football Club of this town has a nice dream today; to be Champion.

This part was very difficult :) because my English isn't sufficient to translate word for word. I'm going to translate the other parts soon. In the next parts finally they're writing about Drogheda Utd. and us. It is funny to translate some thing and it is a good excercise for my school exams :). Can you correct my grammatic mistakes, please :D?

[İHSAN]

I hope, we will be champion ( together:))!!!

[melodicforce]

when we win friday vs cork city, then we are champ..... yuhuuuuuu..... go drogs go!!!
i will like come to irland and see the match vs cork!!
but its not easy.. :-(

[dlel]

selim thanks for the translation :alkış:

[Mayls]

selim thanks for the translation :alkış:
I like this job :)

Part 3:

In the Ireland Eicorn Premier League, where 12 teams are playing, are the "Drogs" 5 weeks before the end of the season league leaders with 59 points. Runner up are Cork City with 51 points. The team who played sometimes good, sometimes bad in the past but in the last 4 years they are doing well an this year they want to be champions; first time in their history. The best league position of the Drogs who won the Sentanta Cup in 2006 and 2007 was the 2nd place in 1982.

I'll try to translate the other parts this week but it will be difficult because I have many exams this week and I must learn for them. Maybe I can translate the next part today.

[Mayls]

4th Part:

The Trabzonspor of Ireland
The manager of the club who play their matches in the United Park Stadium (5.000 capacity) is Doolin Paul. The most important players are the Finn midfielder Sami Ristila and the forward Zayed Eamon. Another
sympatheticall thing for Turkish Football-Lovers is the Friendship with supporters of Trabzonspor who are using the same colours. In the fan forums of these two teams can you often see messages where the one side wish luck to the other. Specially in bordomavi.net the fans often wish luck to the Drogs. There are also people who are talking about their problems with Ziya Dogan and the chairman. After every match the sides tell the important things to the other. Both sides want to see their teams on one field. When Turkey is waiting for the national match against the Greece on Wednesday, the "drescent and stars" of Ireland who are our friends and brothers since 1847 are looking for the league matche against the 3rd placed on Friday.

12 Clubs are using the Drescent and the Star
When the Drogs are using the drescent and the star on their logos also 12 Turkish clubs are using our flag. The biggest example is Besiktas who are very proud of it. The black-white club integrate the Turkish flag into their logoin 1952 because their match against the Greek national team. Karsiyaka get the flag in 1926 from Atatürk because the citys great performance (Sorry it sounds like a football match but I don't know the rigth words for this sentence) in the Turkish indipendent war. After the as the young man of the city are founding the club again Atatürk want to use the flag on the right top corner of the red-green logo.

will continue...

[Tunga]

...............
Our game next week is also being televised next Friday when we play Cork City "the Langers" by RTE. I'll post up the link later in the week, if anyone is interested.

C'mon the Drogs,
C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

Of course we are interested :) Waiting for the link.

At least one claret & blue team will get the title this year. Thanks Drogs :)

:bmn2::atki::bmn2:

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7488/drogtableht1.jpg

[poetricus]

Maybe Selim is official translator of this topic. Thank you Selim.
As Trabzonspor & Dorgheda supporters we are lucky. One of both is unsuccesfully but other is champion.
Congratulations.
I should live in Ireland.

[dublin]

hi

I LIVE IN IRELAND IN DUBLIN

I WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT drogheda & cork match

could you help me how can i go there

i live in dublin 14 but i am study Griffith College Dublin (http://www.gcd.ie/)

what kind of way it can possible

dart=bus ??????????????????

[Mayls]

the last parts of the text:

Out of Besiktas and KSK (Karsiyaka) Kasimpasa is another club who is allowed to use the drescent and star. Kasimpasa was excercising football, box and wrestling. Specially in wrestling they were very good. Gazanfer Bilge, Mehmet Oktav and Ahmet Kirecci ("Ahmet from Mersin") were some of the world class wrestlers of Kasimpasa. Because Kasimpasa helped the country to get respectable postions in wrestling all over the world they are allowed to use our flag in their logo.

Out of these 3 clubs also Beylerbeyi, Burdurspor, Bursaspor, Cankiri Belediyespor, Ceyhanspor, Cizrespor, Elazigspor and Eyüpspor are using the crescent and the star in their logos.

Sorry my English isn't good enaugh to translate the last few sentences. Maybe someone can do this. In the sentences I haven't translate aren't informations about Trabzonspor or Drogheda United. :)

[Mayls]

The compelete text in English:

http://www.zaman.com.tr/webapp-tr/haber.do?haberno=599594

The Drescent and Star of Ireland are going to be Champion

The famous message of Mustafa Denizli "The Irish in us" isn't using only in football today. Drogheda is going to champion soon. And their logo is "The Turkish in them".

Drogheda United that founded 1919 in the little city Drogheda with 32.000 population in the north of the capital Dublin, are league leaders with 8 points distance and they aren't far away from their first title in their history. It isn't a random that the logo of the city and of the club is a crescent and a star. In 1845 there was a virus in Ireland which kill more than 1 million people in 2 years. And 1 million people goes to America or Australia because of it.

Sultan Abdulmecid of the Ottomans sends 10.000 pound to Ireland because the virus but Queen Victoria from England asks the Sultan if he can send only 1.000 pound because she only send 2.000 pound, too. After this the Sultan sends only 1.000 pound and 3 ships full of cereal, too. But the English didn't allow the Ottomans to discharge the cereals. But the Ottomans didn't gave up. They discharge the cereals in the north of Ireland in the port of Drogheda. Since this day the people in Drogheda love the Ottomans and the Turkish. In May 2006 was a kind of party (sorry, I don't know the words to translate it exactly :)) and the Irish hang a poster for say thank you. Many people in the area thought that the crescent and the star should be the logo of the town and of the club. Altough there were many problams at our fathers they send some help to Drogheda. And the Football Club of this town has a nice dream today; to be Champion.

In the Ireland Eicorn Premier League, where 12 teams are playing, are the "Drogs" 5 weeks before the end of the season league leaders with 59 points. Runner up are Cork City with 51 points. The team who played sometimes good, sometimes bad in the past but in the last 4 years they are doing well an this year they want to be champions; first time in their history. The best league position of the Drogs who won the Sentanta Cup in 2006 and 2007 was the 2nd place in 1982.

The Trabzonspor of Ireland
The manager of the club who play their matches in the United Park Stadium (5.000 capacity) is Doolin Paul. The most important players are the Finn midfielder Sami Ristila and the forward Zayed Eamon. Another
sympatheticall thing for Turkish Football-Lovers is the Friendship with supporters of Trabzonspor who are using the same colours. In the fan forums of these two teams can you often see messages where the one side wish luck to the other. Specially in bordomavi.net the fans often wish luck to the Drogs. There are also people who are talking about their problems with Ziya Dogan and the chairman. After every match the sides tell the important things to the other. Both sides want to see their teams on one field. When Turkey is waiting for the national match against the Greece on Wednesday, the "drescent and stars" of Ireland who are our friends and brothers since 1847 are looking for the league matche against the 3rd placed on Friday.

12 Clubs are using the Drescent and the Star
When the Drogs are using the drescent and the star on their logos also 12 Turkish clubs are using our flag. The biggest example is Besiktas who are very proud of it. The black-white club integrate the Turkish flag into their logoin 1952 because their match against the Greek national team. Karsiyaka get the flag in 1926 from Atatürk because the citys great performance (Sorry it sounds like a football match but I don't know the rigth words for this sentence) in the Turkish indipendent war. After the as the young man of the city are founding the club again Atatürk want to use the flag on the right top corner of the red-green logo.

Out of Besiktas and KSK (Karsiyaka) Kasimpasa is another club who is allowed to use the drescent and star. Kasimpasa was excercising football, box and wrestling. Specially in wrestling they were very good. Gazanfer Bilge, Mehmet Oktav and Ahmet Kirecci ("Ahmet from Mersin") were some of the world class wrestlers of Kasimpasa. Because Kasimpasa helped the country to get respectable postions in wrestling all over the world they are allowed to use our flag in their logo.

Out of these 3 clubs also Beylerbeyi, Burdurspor, Bursaspor, Cankiri Belediyespor, Ceyhanspor, Cizrespor, Elazigspor and Eyüpspor are using the crescent and the star in their logos...

Temel Yirmibesoglu - Istanbul

Thank you for this nice text Zaman.
And thank you for reading my translation bordomavi.net :)

[Drogster]

hi

I LIVE IN IRELAND IN DUBLIN

I WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT drogheda & cork match

could you help me how can i go there

i live in dublin 14 but i am study Griffith College Dublin (http://www.gcd.ie/)

what kind of way it can possible

dart=bus ??????????????????

Hi Dublin

Your choices are
1. Get a train from Connelly Station or
2. Bus it from the main bus station

Both are good services to Drogheda. Should be a train/bus very hou (even 1/2 hour on a Friday). Make it up good and early as Dublin can be mad on Fridays, and go to Mother Hughes Pub (North Road, Drogheda) Mothers will have a huge flag hanging outside "Home of the Drogs". We generally gather there at about 6pm for a few drinks before the match.

Hope you can make it, it should be good
:yattara2::atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Drogster]

The compelete text in English:

http://www.zaman.com.tr/webapp-tr/haber.do?haberno=599594

The Drescent and Star of Ireland are going to be Champion

The famous message of Mustafa Denizli "The Irish in us" isn't using only in football today. Drogheda is going to champion soon. And their logo is "The Turkish in them".

Drogheda United that founded 1919 in the little city Drogheda with 32.000 population in the north of the capital Dublin, are league leaders with 8 points distance and they aren't far away from their first title in their history. It isn't a random that the logo of the city and of the club is a crescent and a star. In 1845 there was a virus in Ireland which kill more than 1 million people in 2 years. And 1 million people goes to America or Australia because of it.

Sultan Abdulmecid of the Ottomans sends 10.000 pound to Ireland because the virus but Queen Victoria from England asks the Sultan if he can send only 1.000 pound because she only send 2.000 pound, too. After this the Sultan sends only 1.000 pound and 3 ships full of cereal, too. But the English didn't allow the Ottomans to discharge the cereals. But the Ottomans didn't gave up. They discharge the cereals in the north of Ireland in the port of Drogheda. Since this day the people in Drogheda love the Ottomans and the Turkish. In May 2006 was a kind of party (sorry, I don't know the words to translate it exactly :)) and the Irish hang a poster for say thank you. Many people in the area thought that the crescent and the star should be the logo of the town and of the club. Altough there were many problams at our fathers they send some help to Drogheda. And the Football Club of this town has a nice dream today; to be Champion.

In the Ireland Eicorn Premier League, where 12 teams are playing, are the "Drogs" 5 weeks before the end of the season league leaders with 59 points. Runner up are Cork City with 51 points. The team who played sometimes good, sometimes bad in the past but in the last 4 years they are doing well an this year they want to be champions; first time in their history. The best league position of the Drogs who won the Sentanta Cup in 2006 and 2007 was the 2nd place in 1982.

The Trabzonspor of Ireland
The manager of the club who play their matches in the United Park Stadium (5.000 capacity) is Doolin Paul. The most important players are the Finn midfielder Sami Ristila and the forward Zayed Eamon. Another
sympatheticall thing for Turkish Football-Lovers is the Friendship with supporters of Trabzonspor who are using the same colours. In the fan forums of these two teams can you often see messages where the one side wish luck to the other. Specially in bordomavi.net the fans often wish luck to the Drogs. There are also people who are talking about their problems with Ziya Dogan and the chairman. After every match the sides tell the important things to the other. Both sides want to see their teams on one field. When Turkey is waiting for the national match against the Greece on Wednesday, the "drescent and stars" of Ireland who are our friends and brothers since 1847 are looking for the league matche against the 3rd placed on Friday.

12 Clubs are using the Drescent and the Star
When the Drogs are using the drescent and the star on their logos also 12 Turkish clubs are using our flag. The biggest example is Besiktas who are very proud of it. The black-white club integrate the Turkish flag into their logoin 1952 because their match against the Greek national team. Karsiyaka get the flag in 1926 from Atatürk because the citys great performance (Sorry it sounds like a football match but I don't know the rigth words for this sentence) in the Turkish indipendent war. After the as the young man of the city are founding the club again Atatürk want to use the flag on the right top corner of the red-green logo.

Out of Besiktas and KSK (Karsiyaka) Kasimpasa is another club who is allowed to use the drescent and star. Kasimpasa was excercising football, box and wrestling. Specially in wrestling they were very good. Gazanfer Bilge, Mehmet Oktav and Ahmet Kirecci ("Ahmet from Mersin") were some of the world class wrestlers of Kasimpasa. Because Kasimpasa helped the country to get respectable postions in wrestling all over the world they are allowed to use our flag in their logo.

Out of these 3 clubs also Beylerbeyi, Burdurspor, Bursaspor, Cankiri Belediyespor, Ceyhanspor, Cizrespor, Elazigspor and Eyüpspor are using the crescent and the star in their logos...

Temel Yirmibesoglu - Istanbul

Thank you for this nice text Zaman.
And thank you for reading my translation bordomavi.net :)

Fair play Selim55. A lot of work went into that. Very much appreciate it :alkış:.
I'll have to enjoy an extra drink tomorrow night on your behalf, after we are crowned the new League of Ireland Champions....:tsbayrak:

C'mon on the SUPER DROGS
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Mayls]

Fair play Selim55. A lot of work went into that. Very much appreciate it :alkış:.
I'll have to enjoy an extra drink tomorrow night on your behalf, after we are crowned the new League of Ireland Champions....:tsbayrak:

C'mon on the SUPER DROGS
:atki::atki::atki::atki:
It must be a wonderful feeling to be champion. I don't know this feeling. Maybe in the next years
:sevinç:

[Tunga]

A few hours to come :)

[Tunga]

Hey Drogs, where is the link :)?

[Remzi]

I hope I will watch the match 15 minutes later:)

C'mon Drogheda & Trabzonspor

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8039/drgohedaxf6.jpg

:sevinç::tsbayrak::atki::tsmeşale::dvl::sevinç2:

[Burçak]

I Love You Droghedaa.
Go Drog Go..:yattara2:

:sevinç::atki:

[Remzi]

Zayed has been scored one goal in 30th min. For Drogheda UTD:)

CHAMPION DROGHEDA GO:D

[Burçak]

Gooooooooooaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll l

:sevinç::sevinç::tsbayrak:

[poetricus]

Congratulations dude.

[Remzi]

cork city founded a goal from mistake drogheda's defense player.Defense player has scored own goal:(
Drogheda UTD 1-1 Cork City

[Burçak]

no problem. 1-1 Champion Droghedaaa

[Remzi]

Congratulations DROGs.:alkış::alkış:

:atki::tsbayrak:

[Tunga]

Drogs 2 Cork 1 :)

[melodicforce]

yes yes yes!
we are champ!!! an i see the match live on livefooty in internet!
great match!
DROGS DROGS DROGS!!!!
i am very happy!!! :-)

[Recep Çaltepe]

That's it !!! :)

[Tunga]

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/1248/dudr7.jpg

[macka61]

congratulations drogheda

[eys_61]

Congratulations Drog's,well done!It will be very nice to see you in CL.It's time to celebrate,you deserved it very much.

[Drogster]

Hi All

I what to 1st apologise for not posting up the link to the game, but I was running out the door and instead of post reply I canceled it by accident!!!!!! :( One of those days.

As you have seen The SUPER DROGS picked up 3pts last night against Cork ...the Langers.
In winning the game won WON THE LEAGUE...1ST TIME NEVER :tsbayrak:Still can't believe it. It has not sunk in yet. We have waited for so long......UNBELIEVABLE....MAGIC.
Just back in for the Pub Doolin (the manger) and a good group of the team in the Home of the Drogs (Mother Hughs) drinking and eating pizza. If you can't celebrate now....we'll never will.
What a buzz......

Dublin, did you make it to the game......what an atmosphere......a what a goal to win the game and league....THANK YOU MR. BATES :alkış:.
Better get some food into me

CLARET & BLUE CHAMPIONS
:sevinç:
ps Tunga great graphic.
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

CANT STOP SMILING...........:D
I'll post up a few pic's later
Check out sportsfile.com search drogheda united (soccer) Some great pics.........

[Recep Çaltepe]

Drogster, believe us that we are as happy as you are with this title :)

[A.Alper]

I wish i was born in Ireland.

[lazooo28]

Congratulations drog

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

Still trying to sober up, those bubbles in the champagne are a real killer :rolleyes:

For those of you who haven't seen the goals that clinched us the title, you can see them using the link below.

http://www.droghedaunited.ie/scripts/Article.asp?ArticleID=1247

On a different note I was saddened to see Trabzonspor beaten 3:2 by Beşiktaş last night :(
Especially when you went 2 up so early!

C'mon the CLARET & BLUE
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

Right back to the pub for more celebrations :D

[A.Alper]

Right back to the pub for more celebrations :D


Take care of yourselves,brother :)

[poetricus]

Congratulations,
I can say easyly that we have a champion team in Ireland.

[Murat']

We are so happy that we have an champion team in İreland!!!Go Brothers

[TheRapZoNe]

Greetings and Best regards from Lithuania
Go brothers!!

[A.Alper]

Hey Drogs !

We have avoided a great danger named Ziya.

[Selimag]

The compelete text in English:

The Drescent and Star of Ireland are going to be Champion
............
............
............

Temel Yirmibesoglu - Istanbul

Thank you for this nice text Zaman.
And thank you for reading my translation bordomavi.net :)


Just a little correction although it is a little late, that; this text was written by Erdal Hoş, not by Temel Yirmibesoglu, T. Yirmibesoglu only added the last paragraph about Besiktas...:)

So, also congratulations to Drogheda United and Drogs' fans... Cheers !!
now i am celebrating todays best news, the long time expected resignation of Ziya Dogan... After all the disasters he caused, at last he made smtg correct and he quitted.....
now again I can start to watch some football ...

[Mayls]

Just a little correction although it is a little late, that; this text was written by Erdal Hoş, not by Temel Yirmibesoglu, T. Yirmibesoglu only added the last paragraph about Besiktas...:)

So, also congratulations to Drogheda United and Drogs' fans... Cheers !!
now i am celebrating todays best news, the long time expected resignation of Ziya Dogan... After all the disasters he caused, at last he made smtg correct and he quitted.....
now again I can start to watch some football ...
I didn't know this. Thank you. Under the original text was written Yirmibesoglu. Because this I write his name under the translation.

[Drogster]

Hi All

Well it was back to reality on Friday, when we traveled to Waterford.
The game was very average as Doolin made 8 chances which gave some of the squad members a run out. Waterford have been improving as they a fighting to stay up in the premier League.
The game finished 1:1. Shane Robinson, who is a Waterford native scored for us and a bad mistake by Gray at the back gifted Waterford the equaliser. It was probably a fair result as both teams has chances to win the game. We looked of the pace, and lacked match sharpness as many of the players have hardy featured this season.
It was a stay over trip and the crack (fun & madness)was great. Great little city and the folks are very friendly.

We play Bray next Friday and we will be presented with the Trophy..........And the celebration start all over again :D

I see that Trabzonspor have sacked Ziya Doğan and Ersun Yanal has taken over as manager. A lot of the fans will be happy with that decision. Is Yanal a good appointment?
I also see that the Trabzonspor did not have the start under new management that you wished for losing late in the game to Kayserispor 1:0. Hopefully that is all the defeats out of the system. I'll enjoy watching Trabzonspor climb the table.

C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Drogster]

:tsbayrak: .................................................. ....:tsbayrak:
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w29/RoboDrog/LeagueChampions2007.jpg

:dansmuz: ................................:sevinç: ................................:dvl:
................................:atki::atki::atki: :atki:..............................

[Recep Çaltepe]

Hi Drogster,

Congratulations again and again for your title :) From now on results are not important, just enjoy yourself, and it is obvious that you are doing this well. ;)

Well, it seems that we have to keep an eye more carefully on your next game again Bray. You will have your cup there, and believe me that we fell like we are getting Turkish Championship Trophy :)

Ziya Doğan left the club at last (Thanks God :D ) and just after 3 days Board appointed Ersun Yanal as the new coach of Trabzonspor. Ersun Yanal is one of the successful coaches in Turkey. He was also the head coach of Turkey for app. 2 years. He has a very different coaching styles among other coaches in Turkey. And also this mission in Trabzonspor will be the first time for him to manage a "big" team in Turkey. Actually we feel so hopeful about him :)

This Kayserispor match, only thing to say about is that we hope this was the last defeat, we believe, beacuse Mr. Yanal is taking the control from this week :)

Drogster I will come to irishfootienetwork and put the details and photos of Kayserispor match as soon as possible :)

Hope to see you here again ;)

[shadow61]

Go Drogheda Go..!!!! Claret & bLuee..!! :)

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

Well the Drogs were playing Bray last night in the last home match of the season, which meant that we were presented with the NEW Eircom premier League Trophy. The game finished 1:1. It was one of those games that we wanted to get out of the way to recommence the celebrations. (Left Mother Hughs pub at 06:40hrs this morning :(

The Public Relations Officer (Terry Collins) brought the trophy down to the pub and I managed to get a pic with it.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w29/RoboDrog/IMG_0495.jpg
Sweet :D

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w29/RoboDrog/IMG_0496.jpg

.................................................. .................................:sevinç:......... .................................................. ........................
It's a heavy piece of Sliverware, 36" high.

The Drogs name is the 1st one engraved.....and hopefully not for the last time.

We are now real champions as we have our trophy.

I also see that Trabzonspor got back to winning ways with a 2:1 victory over Ankaraspor last night.

Was there any noticeable difference in the team and team performance since the new coach has taking charge?

C'mon the Claret & Blue.
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Recep Çaltepe]

Drogster, that is great!!! You are a lucky man ;) Congratulations again.

By the way trophy seems so nice ;)

[Cabri61]

Congratulations Drog

[Drogster]

Hi All

Just managed to upload the video of the presentation from Friday night. It short but very very sweet :D.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w29/RoboDrog/th_MVI_0489.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w29/RoboDrog/?action=view&current=MVI_0489.flv)

Just to prove that I'm not Dreaming ;)

The town are holding a Civic Reception in the middle of the town this afternoon for the CHAMPIONS
:sevinç:

C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[poetricus]

Thank you very much for video. That's great.
By the way today is ‎drog_boy's birthday.
Happy birthday ‎drog_boy!

[Fatih Ay]

Congratulations drogheda:sevinç:

darısı bizim başımıza(nası dicem ingilizce:))

[tsmusampa61]

i support drogheda too. Congratulations guys...

[tsmusampa61]

Darısı başımıza. I hope we would get it like u?

[Erkan]

Darısı başımıza. I hope we would get it like u?

Yada the same at our head ? :D

[Drogster]

Hi All

Sorry guys that I have been on for a while, as I was working crazy hours at work. Making up for all the time off while Celebrating the Super Drogs achievement. :D

While our final game of the season was against St. Pats and finished 0:0. A real end of season game with nothing to play for, as we had won the league and Pats had second place wrapped up. It was just a matter of not losing the game.

I'm starting to have withdrawal symptoms, with no football on s Friday night!

I see that Trabzonspor have a big challaege this weekend when you take on Galatasaray. Hopefully you can pull one out of the bag and get 3pts, which are badly needed, by looking at the table :confused:.

Best of luck guys, we'll be watching ;).

C'mon The Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[cınar#7]

wow!!! congratulations!...we will win trophy too(inşallah:D) not same with your trophy but that will be great for us!

anyway ,i hope you will win every cup!!:alkış:

[***NiLLYyY***]

wow!!! congratulations!...we will win trophy too(inşallah:D) not same with your trophy but that will be great for us!

anyway ,i hope you will win every cup!!:alkış:

i agree with you:D we will win a trophy too but we are really intelligent humans:D we're only waiting for the right time and the right place...when this conditions come true we will become campions:D

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

I see that Trabzonspor fell to another defeat over the weekend :(. What's happening with the good form that you were enjoying earlier in the season :confused:.

Have many injuries/suspension?

Hopefully you turn it around, as there is a lot of ground to make up, already!

C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Recep Çaltepe]

Hi Drogster,

Yes, you are right, we are in a bad situation for several weeks, and I think this will last till the end of first half of the season. After that a new board will manage Trabzonspor and with the opening of the new transfer term, we will have some players who will play (must play) directly in the game.

We are just waiting for the end of first half, then everything will be brighter than before.

And how is things going there in Drogheda? It must be holiday for the team now I guess.

[Drogster]

And how is things going there in Drogheda? It must be holiday for the team now I guess.

Well it is surppose to be, but in fairness if you check out the link below all the players are going around, schools, pub and sport clubs, great PR for the club.

http://www.droghedaunited.ie/Home.asp (and click on Gallery - Champions on Tour)

We won't find it until the Setanta Cup is up and running again. The Draw is being done of the 6th Dec and starts late Feb ealrier March 08. Going for 3 in a row and if/when we will keep the trophy!

C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Mert Zaman]

welcome welcome welcome welcome....

[dsavas]

I think head of teams must be communicate in offical ways. We shall send letters to h.o.c

[Drogster]

Hi All

Just saw that Trabzonspor won again this evening. Well done, 2 on the bounce. Keep it up.

We over here on Drogheda are have a serious dose of withdrawal symptoms...No football. There is only so many times that you can paint the house ! :(.

Keep up the good form.

C'mon the Claret & Blue Army!
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Ömer Akdağ]

Hey Drogster

Like you said Trabzonspor won last week and we really hope we will have this spree keep going. Next week there is this big match against Fenerbahçe on paper they seem much stronger but Trabzonspor never plays bad in big matches. So we hope the best.

Sad to hear that about Drogheda I think I speak for all of us when I say we hope Drogheda will big up soon.

Go Claret & Blue! :):)

[Rahim.K]

Both Teams has choose the right colours.I hope to see a Match Between our Teams.

[Muhammet]

it is really fantastic

I aslo want to see the match betweem ours teams :D:D

[Obi-Van]

Congratulations drogheda:sevinç:

darısı bizim başımıza(nası dicem ingilizce:))

"its corn to our heads "

just keeping watch our Hüseyinho, he is a legend footballer that every team desires

[Drogster]

Hi Folks,

I hope that you are all keeping well.

Just getting back into this working business after the Christmas Holidays.

Hopefully 2008 will bring better luck/results to Trabzonspor. Keep the faith!

C'mon the Claret & Blue Army
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[tsakrep61]

we hope too, trabzonspor bring better results in new year.

Claret & Blue

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

Just want to wish Trabzonspor the best of luck for this weekends game against Sivasspor.

Hopefully you can come away with 3pts.

C'mon the Claret & Blue Army
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Drogster]

Hi All

I see that Trabzonspor lost 2:0 over the weekend :(. The table doesn't make good reading .

So what do you think will have to change to get the Claret & Blue warriors back to winning ways:confused:?

Chins up guys.

C'mon d Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Ömer SEVİNÇ]

Hi All

I see that Trabzonspor lost 2:0 over the weekend :(. The table doesn't make good reading .

So what do you think will have to change to get the Claret & Blue warriors back to winning ways:confused:?

Chins up guys.

C'mon d Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

And we lost again. 1-2 at our stadium:(

We need transfers. İnternacional's Alex and Fernandao are excellent choices. But we have really bad economy..

God will help we and you..

Claret & Blue Forever:)

[furkansenokur]

And we lost again. 1-2 at our stadium:(

We need transfers. İnternacional's Alex and Fernandao are excellent choices. But we have really bad economy..

God will help we and you..

Claret & Blue Forever:)

If They accept to play for Trabzonspor,We can easily get them.

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

Just saw that Trabzonspor put 4 against Rizespor, without reply. Nice one, good win :alkış:.

Now that you are back to winning ways let's hope it contiunes ;).

C'mon the Claret & Blue Army
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Ömer Akdağ]

Hi Folks

Just saw that Trabzonspor put 4 against Rizespor, without reply. Nice one, good win :alkış:.

Now that you are back to winning ways let's hope it contiunes ;).

C'mon the Claret & Blue Army
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

Yea we hope this will continue for a while but barely anyone of us thinks succes will come with this board we have.

[ph=61]

Yea yea yeaa

[lazooo28]

Our new president

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/580/sadrisenerbaskanadayligvz6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[zafer6161]

Yea yea yeaa
pardon:confused:

[zafer6161]

en büyük drogha iralanda:sevinç:

[Drogster]

Hi All,

Well done on the win last weekend against Bursaspor. Was it a better performance?

Ankaragücü up next this weekend. Hopefully the winning run will continue :).

Best of Luck folks.

C'mon the Claret & Blue Army
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[zafer6161]

Hi All,

Well done on the win last weekend against Bursaspor. Was it a better performance?

Ankaragücü up next this weekend. Hopefully the winning run will continue :).

Best of Luck folks.

C'mon the Claret & Blue Army
:atki::atki:

sağol kardeş:alkış::alkış:
sizede bir sonraki maçta başarılar:)
kusura bakma ingilizce yazamıyorum:o
havalar nasıl orda:confused:
the is mistir zafer6161;)

[Adem Erdoğan]

sağol kardeş:alkış::alkış:
sizede bir sonraki maçta başarılar:)
kusura bakma ingilizce yazamıyorum:o
havalar nasıl orda:confused:
the is mistir zafer6161;)

:D:D:D(biri şu adamı durdursun):D

[Drogster]

Hi All

I see that Trabzonspor added another win at the weekend 2:0 :alkış:. Up to sixth in the table and hopefully another win next weekend against Manisaspor will help close the gap to 5th!

Keep it up guys ;).

C'mon on the Claret & Blue Army
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[macka61]

thank you drogster

[unique]

Hey Drogster, can you give me some information about your team? I have never heard about it until I saw it here in the forum. I just know a team called Cork City in Ireland, which had played against Galatasaray many years ago.

[Tunga]

Hey Drogster, can you give me some information about your team? I have never heard about it until I saw it here in the forum. I just know a team called Cork City in Ireland, which had played against Galatasaray many years ago.

You can find more information on Drogheda United here (in Turkish):

http://forum.bordomavi.net/showthread.php?t=4049

And perhaps you forgot that Trabzonspor played against Bray Wanderers in Cup Winners Cup, and qualified to play against Barcelona.

[unique]

I don't remember playing against Bray Wanderers, but I remember our matches with Barcelona. I was about ten-eleven years old those days.

[Berat]

Setanta Cup Game;

Drogheda:3 Cliftonville:2

Good start! :)

[lazooo28]

Setanta Cup Game;

Drogheda:3 Cliftonville:2

Good start! :)

congratulation drogheda :alkış:

[#1 Drog]

Thanks guys. We've got a preseason friendly midweek against Stockport, and then the league begins with a big match against Shamrock Rovers on Saturday which you can watch on rte.ie

[Burçak]

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6060/tstswh1.jpg

Hi Martin This picture yesterday. from Trabzon .:yattara2:
and your scarf ;)

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

I see that Trabzonspor went down 1:0 to Konyaspor over the weekend :(, hopefully you can bounce back and get on a good winning run!

Well as posted, the Drogs are back in action. we won our 1st game in the group stages of the Setanta Cup 3:2 against Cliftonville. We were a bit rusty, as you would except, in the 1st half and our midfield could pass the ball. The second half was much better, with a few changes made and some nice football played. We should of been out of sight with the chances we had, but their 1st goal was a great free-kick. All-in-all, a win is a win and takes the pressure off qualifying for the next round, for a while.

Saturday sees the Drogs kick-off their defence of the league title against Shamrock Rovers at 5:30 local time. It is been shown on the national tv, rte.ie. I'll try and get put up the link closer to kick-off. Hopefully we will start of with a win!

C'mon d Claret & Blue Army
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[6Şafak Aydın1]

hello drogheda,

good luck :)

[oflubektas]

"İrish People Our İnside" :)

[Drogster]

Hi All,

Tomorrow sees the Drogs kick-off their defence of the league title against Shamrock Rovers at 5:30 local time in United Park. If you are interested in watching the game the link below. It should work.

Watch Drogheda United v Shamrock Rovers live on RTÉ Two and worldwide on RTÉ.ie from 5.25pm on Saturday.

http://www.rte.ie/live

Hopefully we put 3pts on the board...fingers crossed.

C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Recep Çaltepe]

Good luck to Drogheda United. A new season with new hopes is beginning. And now this time there will be harder games at league because you will be defencing the title. You are the champion and other teams are aware of that because if they beat Drogs (God forbid - that is an expression in Turkish) they will be on news.

Go Drogs Go, for the newest title and titles ;)

[Mayls]

Good luck. I hope this season will be better than all the other seasons in the past for Drogheda Utd :)

[Çakır]

We are with you Drogheda! Go on moving to the top! :meşale2:

[Berat]

Drogheda:0 Shamrock:1 27th minute on game right now.. Shamrock scored by A. Murphy on 3rd minute..

[Anıl Caner]

:sevinç:Go Drogheda Go....

It's really enthusiastic to see you here. We are all together around of Claret & Blue.

We hope to see you top of the table and winnings honours at the end of the season...

and surely, hope to see the real Trabzonspor legend in next year :).

:atki::meşale1:

[28TS61]

drogheda scored 1-0 in the 19. min :)

[Anıl Caner]

finally, drogheda won the match.(3-0)

now, drogheda have 4 points and the important point is having the first win. if we can pass the derry city match.

derry city began very good to season. and if we can defeat them, it may be a start point of a new winning row.why not?

go drogheda go :dvl::sevinç::atki::meşale1:

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

I haven't been on for a while, very busy these days :(.

Anyway, the Drogs are 5 games into the season and so far its been a mix bag.

We have suffered a few injuries during the close season which include the retirement of one of our new players due to an irregular heart beat and our left-back (best in the league!) Webb also retired. As a result the manager has had to reshuffle the team a bit. As the weeks go on more of the injured players are getting fit and getting close to playing.

The team as a unit hasn't clicked into gear. We have won 2 games against weak teams, Cobh (Promoted last season) and Galway (who sacked their manager), but from a Drogs point of view, it gives the coach a chance to experiment and the wins builds confidence. We are current 6 points of the pace at the moment, so time to pull up our socks and improve. One or two of the players look like they have been partying to much on the close season, but that will be soon rectified!

This weekend we have UCD a well organised, young college side from Dublin. They have a new ground so hopefully we can mark the game with taking 3 points home!

The national tv station RTE have taken the broadcasting rights for the league this season and highlight show is available on their website. The show is MNS (Monday Night Soccer) and you can select the highlight clip of the game. See the link below.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/ireland_index.html

Clink on the MSN link (Left hand side menu) and select the clip.

OK back to Trabzonspor. I have been keeping an eye on your results and it looks like you have the same problem...No consistency and losing ground on the top teams. I see there is a big gap between 4th & 5th places and you have to play Galatasaray this weekend!


How many teams get into European competitions?


Best of luck for the weekend.


C’mon the Claret & Blue Army
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[TSercaN]

vay be ne gurur verici birsey! vallahi sevindim! insallah bu dostluk hep boyle devam eder!!

Translate : :D

I am so proud of this friendship! I am so happy to see this happening! I hope our friendship will be 4 ever!

[xenit]

Hi Folks

...........We have suffered a few injuries during the close season which include the retirement of one of our new players due to an irregular heart beat and our left-back (best in the league!) Webb also retired.

it seems we dont just share our colors and crescnt we also have same fate and misfortune. I hope everything ll be good for you and you ll get better and healty players next year...




OK back to Trabzonspor. I have been keeping an eye on your results and it looks like you have the same problem...No consistency and losing ground on the top teams. I see there is a big gap between 4th & 5th places and you have to play Galatasaray this weekend!

How many teams get into European competitions?

Best of luck for the weekend.



you know we sold our spectacular player to russian team (Rubin kazan) a month ago. And we already havent so many good players in team. This year we dont have any aim after now.. we are just wating end of the season. Our chairman declared that we ll leave 12 players from present team and ll buy new quality and young 12 players for new season. So we are interesting about transfers now. if you can read in our turkish pages at forum you would see that nobody interest in matches against galatsaray tonight Most of fans are disgusting and exciting with new transfer rumors and news..

As you say there is a big gap betweeen 5th and 6th places.. And unfortunatly we dont have any chance deserve to join UEFA Cup next year.. by being 6th...

thanks for your wishes... Trabzonspor always go to pitch to beat and win....

soon everything ll be better

[Drogster]

Hi Folks,

Just a quick update, since I have been on last.

Well if you haven't been watching the results the Drogs won 3:1 away to UDC in the league 2 weeks ago.

We bet Dungannon Swifts 4:0 away, who are a poor team from the north, in the Setanta Cup, which basically means we are through to the next round, which re-commences in September. They have split the competition in two to give the Northern Irish teams a better chance this year!

We lost 2:1 at home last week against Bohs. Wasn't a good game and the ref was terrible, for both teams, even the commentators agreed, and Kelly is suppose to be the best we've got ! A draw would have been a fair result, but we didn't deserve to win it. They scored a peno in the last minute of the additional time at the end of the game!


Annywayyyy! The good news is that we travelled down to Cork on Friday night, were we needed at least a draw, considering we were 8pts of the lead!

Unfortunately I was unable to travel due to work :mad: and you really need the whole day off to make down south to Cork. Nevertheless, the Drogs put on one of their best performances in a long, long time. The manager got the tactics spot on and we attacked and put the ball on the deck and took Cork apart :alkış:. We won 2:0 thanks to Baker and O'keeffe, it could and should of been more 4 or possibly 5 according to some paper reports and talking to some of the travelling fans. The last time Cork were beaten by 2 goals in Cork was over 2 years ago by Shels.

So the general opinion is that our season starts here! We are 5pts of the pace but there is a long way to go....
C'mon the Drogs.

Next up we have Finn Harps, who were promoted last season and are struggling so far...so hopefully 3 more points.

I see the Trabzonspor haven't made an improvement on catching a Kayserispor in 5th place, with a 1:0 lost to Galatasaray, a 0:0 draw with Gençlerbirliği and a 1:1 draw against Gaziantepspor :(.

Hopefully your luck will change and you can put together a run of victories...fingers crossed!

C'mon the Claret & Blue

:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Anıl Caner]

trabzonspor finished early this season. now all the our staff are focused on transfer. we exist in matchs with our reserve players. don't worry about Trabzonspor. Everything will be different next year ;)

Claret and Blue Army....

[Drogster]

Hi All.

I see that Trabzonspor came from behind to win 2:1 against İstanbul BB and away as well. Well done guys and girls :alkış:. Next up Fenerbahçe next week :(! That will be a tough one!......fingers crossed.

The Drogs also came away with 3pts on Friday night when we played Finn Harps in United Park. Wasn't a great game. Our first piece of real play lead to our one and only goal. Nice football and good finish by our midfeilder Adam Hughes, who we signed from Sligo Rovers. His first goal of the season.

We had a number of good chances in the second half, but good stops by their goalkeeper and poor finishing meant that we had to be satisfied with one, which turned out to be enough at the end of the game.

Next up we have Shels in the League Shield on Monday evening (Public Holiday in Ireland). The Shield is the lesser trophy to play for. Our Manager will probably give a run out to the fringe player of the squad.

Best of luck Folks

C'mon on the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Burçak]

Hi Martin How r u ;)

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

First of all I see that Trabzonspor had a great win at the weekend beating 2:0 Fenerbahçe :alkış:.Well done. You seem to be hitting a bit of good form lately, long may it continue!

Well over this side of Europe its been a bit less impressive. The Drogs lost 1:0 away to Bray at the weekend. UNBELIEVABLE is the only word. Not with regard to the Drogs performance, but in relation to the referee and assistants decisions. 2 minutes into the game a shot that clearly went over the goal line was scooped back out over the line by a defender with his arm/hand and no decision made. We went on to hit both posts and crossbar with efforts and squandered a number of other opportunities. So no goals and no points and we are now 9pts behind the leaders. A bit to much for my liking. The pundits reviewing the highlights couldn't believe the referee.

In fairness we should have had enough to win the game with the quality we have but after that decision going against us, it was going to be one of those nights.

Anyway we play the leaders St, Pats on Friday night, which is now definitely a must game, so fingers crossed.

C'mon d Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Burçak]

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3103/s5000605ar61bs0.jpg

[Pro-TS]

We can play a friendly match with drogheda
Hear us SAdri Şener...

[Hamdi Karamahmutoğlu]

Good luck for next game.

31/05/2008 Cobh Ramblers - Drogheda United
Information about Drogheda United for Turhish Drog Fans.

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/600/40750436pa9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7743/29382637lc3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/1323/42983529ql9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Claret & Blue Army
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Emirhan Çorumlu]

Good Luck Drogheda United! We'll be with you :D!!! Maybe we could play a friendly match?
Drogheda United & Trabzonspor = 4 Ever

[bestrafer]

Hi, our brother. We wanna you come to Turkey and Trabzon. You eat HAMSİ :)
And watch start of 2008/2009 match.

Claret and Blue forever. ;)

[Drogster]

Hi All

Its been a while since I've been posting, apologise.

On a personal note I have been recovering for a second hip operation in recent weeks and working to dame hard!!!!!

Annnnyway, The Drogs are currently 5th in the league and we really have not clicked into gear this season so far. A combination of some players who were are best players have not preformed to the same level as last season, misfortune with injuries and players retiring and a bit of unrest in the team along with poor tactics decisions in team selection and formations have us sitting were we are.

July is the transfer window over here and we have signed 1 new player Fahrudin Kuduzovic from Sligo Rovers, who we were trying to sign at the start of the season. I believe that we have a couple of players on trial at the moment.

The good news that our new stadium got the green light for construction in recent weeks.

The big news is that the Drogs are playing in their first ever Champions League game tonight. We play FC Levadia Tallinn of Estonia in the 1st round Qualifier.

The link below should be showing the game.

http://livefooty.doctor-serv.com/

I have already booked by flights and hotel for the second leg and hopefully we can progress to the second round were we will face Dinamo Kiev....big game!...if we get that far!

Enjoy the summer break folks.....it won't be long until Trabzonspor is back on the pitch!!

C'MON D CLARET & BLUE
:atki::atki::atki::atki:
:sevinç:

[tunganyan]

may god be with you brothers :atki: i will watch the game if i learn the kick off time!!!

[tunganyan]

Hi, our brother. We wanna you come to Turkey and Trabzon. You eat HAMSİ :)
And watch start of 2008/2009 match.

Claret and Blue forever. ;)
Hi brothers we will be waiting for you..our first match will be friendly game between a Greek team in Istanbul on 16th of August and 22th of august will be the first day of new season...we are willing to see you in Trabzon and cheerr with you for the Claret&Blues :sevinç:

[Emirhan Çorumlu]

Good Luck for the game versus Tallinn. I hope that Drogheda will win. :D :sevinç::sevinç::sevinç::sevinç: ChampionsLeague Qualification First Round

Sampiyonlar Ligi 1.Eleme Turu :D

[tunganyan]

Forza Droghedaaaaaaaaaa congratulationsssssss for the 2-1 match...:sevinç: :sevinç::sevinç:

[Umut ÖZTÜRK]

Great win. Congratulations. Go Go Go Drogheda !!

[Drogster]

Well Folks,

We are just back for Tallinn after beating FC Levadia, 3:1Agg in the 1st Round of the Champions League.

What a trip, great weather, lovely city and GREAT result....very tired.

Next up it is Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday night. The Drogs are home 1st leg and away on the 5th August.

Its going to be a huge game. DK are playing their 2nd game of their season tomorrow night. Dnipro away. Their season is only kicking off, maybe catch them cold.........2 away matches in 4 days...... Or I'm I clutching at straws!!!!!

It would be great if we could contain them to a 0:0 or even a respectable 0:1 result at home and see what happens over there.

Time will tell but the DRogs will enjoy the experience no matter what the result.

C'MON D CLARET & BLUE
:atki::atki::atki::atki:
:sevinç::sevinç::sevinç:

[Umut ÖZTÜRK]

Well Folks,

We are just back for Tallinn after beating FC Levadia, 3:1Agg in the 1st Round of the Champions League.

What a trip, great weather, lovely city and GREAT result....very tired.

Next up it is Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday night. The Drogs are home 1st leg and away on the 5th August.

Its going to be a huge game. DK are playing their 2nd game of their season tomorrow night. Dnipro away. Their season is only kicking off, maybe catch them cold.........2 away matches in 4 days...... Or I'm I clutching at straws!!!!!

It would be great if we could contain them to a 0:0 or even a respectable 0:1 result at home and see what happens over there.

Time will tell but the DRogs will enjoy the experience no matter what the result.

C'MON D CLARET & BLUE
:atki::atki::atki::atki:
:sevinç::sevinç::sevinç:

I wish u'll beat Dynamo Kiev.

Remember; we played againts Dynamo Kiev 4 seasons ago. We won 2-1 at Ukraine. Gokdeniz and Yattara scored. Yattara injured in the goal position and he didn't play at Trabzon. But lost at home with very bad football 2-0.

All Trabzonspor fans with you for this match. We hope that its not imposible for ur win. My opinion will draw at Kiev and win for the home match. Clared&Blue Rules !

Good Luck !

Umut

[Drogster]

Thanks folks for the support and good wishes.

The match officials for the away leg in Kiev have been announced and are as follows

Referee
Cüneyt Cakir (TUR)
Assistant referee
Bahattin Duran (TUR), Alpaslan Dedes (TUR)Fourth officialKamil Abitoglu (TUR)
UEFA DelegateReinhard Walser (LIE)
UEFA Referee observerVaclav Krondl (CZE)
Just wondering do you know the Ref and linesmen and are they any good? Oh and could you talk nicely to them and see if they do the Drogs a favor ;)

[Özkan]

The referees in Türkiye are worshippers of money and they are some kind of bitch. Do not expect justice in that match.,

[Ahmet Ocak]

The referees in Türkiye are worshippers of money and they are some kind of bitch. Do not expect justice in that match.,

i am sorry my friend but i certainly disagree with you do not be so pessimistic. the refs re human so they can make mistakes too it is quiet normal. just trust them ;)

[Ömer Akdağ]

Good luck Drogheda by the way Trabzonspor has it's first friendly match on tuesday, it will be the first match of the season. I wish them both good luck!

[Bartuğ13]

Thanks folks for the support and good wishes.

The match officials for the away leg in Kiev have been announced and are as follows

Referee
Cüneyt Cakir (TUR)
Assistant referee
Bahattin Duran (TUR), Alpaslan Dedes (TUR)Fourth officialKamil Abitoglu (TUR)
UEFA DelegateReinhard Walser (LIE)
UEFA Referee observerVaclav Krondl (CZE)
Just wondering do you know the Ref and linesmen and are they any good? Oh and could you talk nicely to them and see if they do the Drogs a favor ;)


i am sorry for this.i dont think that cüneyt çakir is a good ref.something in my mind says this.fırat aydınus is much better than çakir.
however,there are some other factors that are important than refs.

good luck drogheda

[Tunga]

While Trabzonspor was falling down during the latest league season, Drogheda was skyrocketting :)

This year we believe that we will be proudly present our matches to our friends of Drogheda as we believe our club this year.

Regarding the EC match, I believe that Drogheda will do its best to eliminate Dinamo. This year things are different. You hold the title as "champions" this year.

As far as I remember, this is the biggest game of Drogheda in Europe. I wish all the best for you.

Forever Claret & Blue... :atki:

[Berat]

Thanks folks for the support and good wishes.

The match officials for the away leg in Kiev have been announced and are as follows

Referee
Cüneyt Cakir (TUR)
Assistant referee
Bahattin Duran (TUR), Alpaslan Dedes (TUR)Fourth officialKamil Abitoglu (TUR)
UEFA DelegateReinhard Walser (LIE)
UEFA Referee observerVaclav Krondl (CZE)
Just wondering do you know the Ref and linesmen and are they any good? Oh and could you talk nicely to them and see if they do the Drogs a favor ;)

Cüneyt Çakır is sucks as a ref..i hope it will be advantage for you on that day..

[Hüdai Pervaneli]

today drogheda dinoma kiew campions league


after 21.00 clock

[Muhammed]

Drogheda-Dynamo Kiev match is started 45 minutes and now half time. But unfortunately dynamo kiev scored a goal with T. Mikhalik in 23. minute.

[Tunga]

Unfortunately Drogs lost the game 1-2.

23' T. Mikhalik 0-1
47' Hughes 1-1
86' A. Aliyev 1-2

However when we played against Kiew, we win the first match 2-1 on their field. And lost the second game 2-0. I wish things will turn contrary and you will win the second game with 2-0 :atki:

[Burçak]

Congratulations Droghedaaaa

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll67/Forzadrogs/Tallinn2008093.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll67/Forzadrogs/Tallinn2008017.jpg
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[canafar61]

I LOVE TRABZONSPOR AND DROGHEDA :atki:

we are the brothers :sevinç2:


hello drogheda your realy superr :ok



:atki::meşale2::tsatkı:

:tsbayrak::dvl::tsbayrak:

[ESER]

hi drogs.it d be great gathering for a match wheresoever..and it d be great cheerin for our mutual colours.

[Tunga]

This is really fantastic :)

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll67/Forzadrogs/Tallinn2008093.jpg

- Sağol Burçak -

[Semih]

ı hope one day we ll watch the soccer of our teams...sitting together, loving together, being together!

[Drogster]

Hi All,

I see that some of our pics have managed to appear on the forum :D, some from Tallinn (I was there) Lovely city, nice weather and great result!

Well, The Drogs went down 1:2 to Kiev in the Champions League 2rd 1st Leg on Tuesday night.

All I can say is that I'm very proud to be Drog...What a performance by every player, absolutely work their socks of and couldn't give any more.

What an atmosphere...best ever!

We play Bray on Friday night in the league and then Travel to Kiev for the game on Weds 6th Aug.

Hopefully I can make the trip, trying to arrange holidays from work. It will be the 1st European Game away that I will miss.....can't have that!

For those of you that may have watched the game I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

We have a huge task ahead of us next week in Kiev, but never say die........its football after all....anything can happen...fingers crossed.

C'mon The Claret & Blue

:atki::atki::atki::atki:
:sevinç::sevinç::sevinç:

[ÖmerFarukYılmaz]

Congratulations......:alkış:

[Tayyip Bosnalı]

Hi All,

I see that some of our pics have managed to appear on the forum :D, some from Tallinn (I was there) Lovely city, nice weather and great result!

Well, The Drogs went down 1:2 to Kiev in the Champions League 2rd 1st Leg on Tuesday night.

All I can say is that I'm very proud to be Drog...What a performance by every player, absolutely work their socks of and couldn't give any more.

What an atmosphere...best ever!

We play Bray on Friday night in the league and then Travel to Kiev for the game on Weds 6th Aug.

Hopefully I can make the trip, trying to arrange holidays from work. It will be the 1st European Game away that I will miss.....can't have that!

For those of you that may have watched the game I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

We have a huge task ahead of us next week in Kiev, but never say die........its football after all....anything can happen...fingers crossed.

C'mon The Claret & Blue

:atki::atki::atki:
:sevinç::sevinç:

sure it s football who knows the result of match .
anything can happen just remember our national team matches in european championship
if you belive your team you can change everything matches also
we have match beetwenn club brugge august of 16
dude ı strongly suggest to you come my country after kiev and see beautiful İstanbul
then just watch the big supporters :D and your brother team :D
next year may be if ı can ı will come england for master degree
if ı can ı will come irland to see droghada united

Droghada and Trabzonspor forever :D anyone cant seperate us
like that two brothers :D

[canafar61]

we are the brothers :atki::tsatkı::atki:



you will never walk alone trabzonspor and drogheda:atki::tsatkı:



:meşale2::meşale2::tsbayrak:

[canafar61]

we are the champions :atki::tsatkı:



ı love drogheda:meşale2:




we bıg clubs :meşale1::tsbayrak:

[zinos]

hi drogheda.

[A.Ali Karanis]

I think , Drogheda utd. will win Kiev match. :)

[bestrafer]

Hi Drogster

I have a question to you. Has Drogheda Unt. got a forum-site? I want talk with our brothers ;)

And have you got msnadress? :)

[Berk]

Champions Leagu - Second qualifying round

First match

Drogheda 1-2 Kiev

bad score for next round.. :(

[Selimag]

Hi All,

.....

We have a huge task ahead of us next week in Kiev, but never say die........its football after all....anything can happen...fingers crossed.

......



yep, never say die, Trabzonspor beat D. Kiev 1-2 in Kiev in 2005 in champions league qualification game and the game could have easily gone 1-3 or 1-4.

So they might have a colour fobbia for our colours in their own pitch ;)

So good luck in Kiev.

[unique]

Drogheda displayed a good game against hosters Kiev tonight and the match ended in a 2-2 draw. However, Drogheda were eliminated as the Kiev won the first match by 1-2 in Ireland.

[Umut ÖZTÜRK]

I feel very bad for this result. But they played very good match. Confrulations for not lost at Ukraine.

[Drogster]

Hi Drogster

I have a question to you. Has Drogheda Unt. got a forum-site? I want talk with our brothers ;)

And have you got msnadress? :)

Yes the fans have a forum. Click on the link below.

http://www.irishfootienetwork.com/viewforum.php?f=2

You have to register, but it is very straight forward. A few of your colleagues have already registered and have posted on the forum.

enjoy...many thanks for the interest

Claret & Blue Forever

:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Drogster]

Well Folks,

As some of you already know the Superdrogs have exited the Champion League after losing 4:3 on agg to Dynamo Kiev.

The 2nd leg ended in a 2:2 draw. It was a great performance especially the last 10-15mins were we could have scored a winner to put us through to the 3rd Round.

Unfortunately, it wasn't to be.

We can't blame the players as they gave everything. It was amazing to see Drogheda up there with Dyamno Kiev and to hear the champions league theme music play.

It was good while it lasted and we will always have the great memories!

Hopefully it won't be to long when we are back challenging the super power teams of Europe again.

Annnnyway, its back to the bread & butter of the league this weekend. We are away to St. Pats who are battling it out at the top of the table with Bohs.

If we have any chance of claiming a Euro spot, by the league standings, it really is a must win game.

As always Proud to be a Drog and follow the Claret & Blue.

C'mon the Claret & Blue

:atki::atki::atki::atki:
:sevinç::sevinç::sevinç:

[Torres]

Unlucky guys, i hope 1 of the claret & blue teams will break this curse that Kiev dudes put on us =))

[Anıl Caner]

Drogster, why your fans don't use facebook.

we created groups about Drogheda and Trabzonspor friendship.

also i searched drogheda groups but i couldn't find anything more than ours.

maybe, it's about our different networks, i don't know.

[Drogster]

Drogster, why your fans don't use facebook.

we created groups about Drogheda and Trabzonspor friendship.

also i searched drogheda groups but i couldn't find anything more than ours.

maybe, it's about our different networks, i don't know.

I wasn't aware of this :(

Can you post up a link to the group, please and I'll see can I get something organised...Thanks

[Anıl Caner]

I wasn't aware of this :(

Can you post up a link to the group, please and I'll see can I get something organised...Thanks

group name:
TURKISH FRIENDS OF DROGHEDA UNITED(it's about 150 members)

http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=5795752900&ref=ts

and

gropu name:
Drogheda United & Trabzonspor(about 10 members)

http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=20841165761

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I think we can make this friendship more public. Facebook is a good toll to achieve this.

Claret Red&Blue Army....

[mehmet83]

I would love to see Trabzonspor and Drog. United playing against each other in a friendly game. I hope this will happen one day. But i'm sure we'll win the game:p Take care bud...:)

[Drogster]

group name:
TURKISH FRIENDS OF DROGHEDA UNITED(it's about 150 members)

http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=5795752900&ref=ts

and

gropu name:
Drogheda United & Trabzonspor(about 10 members)

http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=20841165761

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I think we can make this friendship more public. Facebook is a good toll to achieve this.

Claret Red&Blue Army....


Fair play Guys.

Great to see.

I just joined, I'll pass on the news to the other Drog Fans.

Many thanks again

[ÖmerFarukYılmaz]

No 1:Trabzonspor

No 2: Drogheda

No 3: Deportivo

Forever...

[Drogster]

Hi All

Just want to wish you all the very best of luck in with the new season. I see that you are playing Ankaraspor tomorrow.

Hopefully you have a better season then the Drogs.

We are really having a mix bag.

After the Kiev match we bet St Pat's who are flighting it out at the top of the table, then we were beaten by Bohs in the FA Cup and only drew with Rovers last night 1:1. The European adventure seems to be having a bad effect on our league form!

We will be doing well if we make it into European next year at this rate!

Best of luck again

C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Anıl Caner]

We faith in potential of Drogheda. Never give up.

Go claret and blue army go...

[merve61]

Yes the fans have a forum. Click on the link below.

http://www.irishfootienetwork.com/viewforum.php?f=2

You have to register, but it is very straight forward. A few of your colleagues have already registered and have posted on the forum.

enjoy...many thanks for the interest

Claret & Blue Forever

:atki::atki::atki::atki:





Hi Drogster

I have been trying to join your forums , but there isn't any answer for activation. I am an impatient girl :D So now, I began to think that the administrator didnt like my username and so on :D:p Because registering was 2 days ago.
I would be happy if I could learn that: is there a forum which is not hypercritical as irishfootienetwork and has useful information AND :DEASY TO REGİSTER ??

Thanks for your helps to sisters teams' fans

[ApoCaN28]

Friend Team Drogheda

[Drogster]

Hi All,

Long time no post :(. Been very busy of late :mad:.

Anyway, Great to see that Trabzonspor are flying high at the top of the table.

http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/countries/association=135/standings.html

:alkış: :alkış: :alkış:

Just remember the season is a marathon not a sprint, I want to see them up there at the end of the season :D.

Another win at the weekend I see 3:2 against Konyaspor. I see the usually suspects are struggling so far this year....nice to see.....may it long continue...fingers crossed.

As for the Drogs, things are going from bad to worse. We were beaten 1:0 away to UCD, who are in the battle at the bottom and we are letting 3rd place (Euro spot) slip away. The performances of late have been poor and the forwards are having a real problem hitting the net.

We still are in the semi-finals of the Setanta Cup which we have won for the last 2 years, and is the only thing we have to fight for.

Best of luck and keep up the run of victories and hopefully The Drogs can push on for the last few games of the season and maybe nick 3rd place, just to sure of a Euro spot.

Come on the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Drogster]

Hi Drogster

I have been trying to join your forums , but there isn't any answer for activation. I am an impatient girl :D So now, I began to think that the administrator didnt like my username and so on :D:p Because registering was 2 days ago.
I would be happy if I could learn that: is there a forum which is not hypercritical as irishfootienetwork and has useful information AND :DEASY TO REGİSTER ??

Thanks for your helps to sisters teams' fans

Hi Merve61

If you want to a Message to me with your questions or username, I can talk to the admin and see what I can do.

We Look forward to you company.

[Semih]

Hi Ireland...

We still are leader... sooo;

Come on the claret & blue:)

[melodicforce]

when begin the league this year (2009) in ireland?
can anywhere help me?

this year i will come to dublin/drogheda and watch with my droog friends a match and give a very good support....
greeeetzz from frankfurt, germany...

[Drogster]

Hi All.

Once again it's been a while since I last posted. A lot has happen since then....not good either!

The Drogs are currently on the brink of going out of existence as following the decision by our neighbouring local authority to refuse the construction of our new stadium and training center and as a result the main investors have closed their cheque books after funding the club for the last 4 seasons, which saw clinch our 1st ever League Trophy 2007, the FAI Cup 2005, and back-to-back Setanta Sports Cups.

The world economics haven't helped either, especially when two of the 3 investors are property developers and along a lot of dodgy politics has landed the club in its current predicament.

The Club are currently going through Examinership to assess if it is possible to come to an agreement to settle our current debts (Unpaid wages and taxes to the Revenue approximately €750,000) and to see if it is viable to continue for the 2009 season. It may not seem much, but the league isn't well funded and soccer in Ireland has to compete with Gaelic Football, hurling, rugby along with televised Scottish and English football on Sky and Setanta.

The club have presented a settlement figure to the players and are in negotiate a deal, with monies generated by the general public in the around Drogheda, which stands at about €200,000 with a finger of €91,000 being offered to the players. If they do not accept the settlement the club will have to call it a day. However, the last few days there have been more positive signs of an agreement being made.

If this is the case the club are in court on the 22nd Jan for the examiner to state his case for the club and allow the judge to determine if the club should survive.

So the next couple of week are vital to the survival of the club…….fingers crossed.

As you can understand the end of the season was a non-event with everyone’s efforts concentrating on the planning decision and the following outcome. We were deducted 10pts after entering into examinership, which saw us finish 8th and with a number of players not seeing out the season saw us finish badly. But the main concern was that we would have a team for the 2009 season.

Time will tell :confused:


Anyway I have been following Trabzonspor’s progress and its great to see flying the Claret & Blue. The league seems a lot closer and more competitive.
Keep it up….C’mon The Claret & Blue.

:tsbayrak::tsbayrak::tsbayrak:

[Drogster]

Hi Folks,

Just a quick up date on the Drogs.

I am happy to confirm that the players and club have come to a settlement agreement today...another big hurdle jumped.

The next hurdle for the club is the 22nd Jan where the examiner to state his case for the club and allow the judge to determine if the club should survive.

The supporters have done tremendous work in raising funds to date, and as you can imagine serious situations lead to serious measures.

As you can understand, as football supporters, we the fans are doing as much that we can do within a short period of time, so I personally would appreciate it if anyone that would be interested in make a donation, no matter how small, as every little helps.

We don't want to lose our club, so you can understand this regretful request :(

Below are the bank account set up for donations, if your interested.

Supporters can now make donations to Drogheda United FC via paypal or bank transfer.


Paypal link below


https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=1653999




Bank transfers can also be made to the following account:

Account Name: Drogheda United 2009

Account Number: 44472182

Sort Code: 93-20-94

Bank: AIB, Drogheda

IBAN: IE63 AIBK 932094 44472182

Swift Code: AIBK IE 2D


Many thanks in advance.............

[melodicforce]

@drogster,
this is a very bad message from Drogheda, but I had already read somewhere else.I think we are too little, we can not really do anything...Your board of directors could have a look at our request and ask a little help......what can possibly bring anything?!?! I hope the best for Drogheda!!! ...and i will come this year to a match and we see us!! we give a big support for our teams...!!!

[Drogster]

Hi All,

Just want to thank ABC (registered on the Drogs forum) for starting a new post on this forum, a Turkish translation of my post highlighting the Drogs situation. He posted the links up on the Drogs forum.

I feel bad that I had to go down this avenue a plead for help, but as I said previously, bad situations lead to drastic measures.

Fingers crossed that we can get out of this situation, and that the Drogs can fly the Claret & Blue Flag with pride once again.

Thanks again ABC.

C'mon the Claret & Blue

:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[MuratJ]

hi! why we not make a friendly match?? that would be cool! we both need to talk with our clubs because of this! And all money which were earned from this game, can be given to the Drogheda! I love Drogheda hope it'll be OK. We say we're together everytime but we never had a friendly game! it sucks!:confused:

the best
Trabzonspor&Drogheda United

:atki::atki::atki:

:tsbayrak:

[KemalEROĞLU5961]

Hi to Drogheda,
I agree with Gustavo. I think two teams can make a friendly match and the money which is earned by the game can be taken by Drogheda. I claim that our supporters in Istanbul or Germany can fill a stadium easily, which can provide a great economic contribition to you...

[Muhammet]

Best wishes for Drogheda.

I hope it'll be ok.

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

Just an up date on the Drogs situation.

An agreement has been reached with the clubs creditors i.e. the people/companies that are owned outstanding monies, following a meeting last night.

It was essential for a deal to be made or else we would not even make it to the court on Thursday to hear the judges decision. Another important hurdle dealt with.

A group of fans organised an envelope drop/collection to every house in Drogheda over the weekend and a Table quiz is arranged for tonight including a raffle for Drogs memorabilia.

This will be the last big fundraiser before the Court hearing on Thursday.

Hopefully it will be enough to get our club out of this mess and we can start planning for the new season.......fingers crossed!!!! I'll keep you posted.

[ceserdar]

Good Luck. :D

[Emirhan Çorumlu]

I think that Everything will be good. God help Drogheda and Trabzonspor! :D

[Drogster]

Hi All,

As I posted up previously the Drogs Examinership Case was up in front of the Judge on Thursday, which resulted in the case hearing been adjured until next Thursday.

This is yet another positive move towards the the survival of the Club.

From reading reports and talking to people in the club, there are a few issues which the Judge requires further clarification.

The first is, if the Revenue Commissioners who are owed a substantial finger will agree to the offer proposed....which is a fraction of what is owed. This is the vital factor and will decide the faith of the club...

The second is, to obtain a Premier League license for the 2009 Season, which will require upgrading works to United park, i.e. more seating and improving the current facilities, and if a provision for these works is included in the 2009 Budget. If the monies assigned for this work is deemed unrealistic then if we survive we may end up in the 1st division.

The judge also noted the efforts of the Drogheda supporters and people who raised the funds in such a short period of time, and will take this into account while making her decision.

So, the news is positive and we are moving in the right direction, but its not a done deal...just yet.

Fingers crossed.

Also, Best of luck against Fenerbahçe on Sunday...big game and hopefully the right result to the Claret & Blue........It will but a smile on my face :o

C'mon the Claret & Blue.
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[b_m_61]

Drogster, i playing a pc game, maybe you know it's football manager08.but i bored to play turkish super leage and started a new game.i selected irish leage and drogheda united :) accidentally i saw you here.what a chance :) i will make champion to drogheda united you can trust me :p good luck for drogheda united :meşale2::meşale1::meşale2::meşale1::meşale2:

[Drogster]

Well Folks.

Today is D Day for the Drogs.

And I'm delighted to confirm that the judge in our Examinership case ruled in favour of the club and highly commended the efforts of the supporters.

YYYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS :D

Now the real hard work starts!

We have to appoint a new manager and start rebuilding a team, but at least we have a team to follow for the 2009 season, which starts in 5 weeks time.


Thank God it's over !!!!!!

P.S. I read that you drew 0:0 away to Fenerbahçe on Sunday... not a bad result at all.

I see you also signed the attacking Brazilian talent of Alanzinho, hopefully he can assist the team to push on and claim the title!!!

Take Care....and...C'MON THE CLARET & BLUE
:atki::tsbayrak::atki:

[Emre B.]

Congratulations, Drogster. We could beat Fener but forwards are really have problem.

[Drogster]

Hi All

Just want to wish you the best of luck in your game today against Ankaraspor. It has the making of a good game. Their are not to far behind you.

But the Claret & Blue will come through...C'mon

Enjoy

:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Onur Şeref]

Hi Drogster

Thank you for good wishes,we hope we will beat Ankaraspor today.

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

I saw over the weekend that you won 2:0 away to Ankaraspo. Great result, keeps you right in the hunt for the title. :alkış:. Next up home to Ankaragücü, who seem to having a bad time, so hopefully anonther 3 pts on the board for you folks.

The good news from Drogheda is that we unveiled our new manager yesterday. Alan Matthews. He is one of the better managers around in our league and is a young ambitious character. Listening to him speak during the press conference he had some very encouraging words about his plans for the club.

He has been a manager for Longford, who operated on a very small tight budget, but he put together a good unit of players and won the FAI Cup Back to Back.

He replaces our pervious manager Paul Doolin, who is now the manager of Cork City, the team that Matthews managed last season, but internal differences between main the investors of the club and the committee board, saw him leave and receive compensation.

He has a good reputation as a manger and considering our current situation it is a really good appointment. He confirmed that he has already spoken with a number of players in up a squad for the coming season, which kicks of the 1st week in March.


The licensing committee currently approving the teams applications for the 2009 license and the fixture should be confirmed in next 10days.



Things are looking brighter for the Drogs.



Best of luck & C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[Kazım Uzunboy]

İngilizcem yok ama habu Drogster'ı seviyorum yahu.

Galiba ilk paragrafta Ankaraspor'u 2-0 yendiğimiz için bizi tebrik ediyor ve Ankaragücü'nü de yeneceğimizi söylüyor. :)

Thanks Drogster :p

C'mon the Claret & Blue.

( Yazdıklarımı çevirebilen çevirsin bir zahmet. :) )

[melodicforce]

the user "kazim" will that we translate, what he is write there, because he can not good english!

he said to "drogster", he can not english, but he likes you :-)
you all write good thinks, he can not the language, but he know it is a good think what you're saying!

.................................

drogster, tell me when the irish league begins? are you know it? i will like to come this year to ireland and you must me take off... :-) and we go to a drogheda game! okey my friend...
...greats from frankfurt, germany!

[Drogster]

Hi Folks,

Well the new League of Ireland Season is quickly approaching and the FAI released the licenses and Fixtures yesterday, and thankfully the Drogs are alive and kicking and were awarded a Premier league license.

The Season kicks of on March 6th and the Drogs are playing away to Derry City. It will be a tough game as Derry will be second favorites to win the title after Bohs (2008 Champions)

The 2009 Season sees our County Louth Rivals Dundalk play in the top division for the first time in 7 seasons, so the rivalry will be reignited.
There is a downloadable list of the fixtures on RTE Website, in the right hand side column. Click on more and the file should open (Adobe Reader required) see the link below.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/ireland_index.html

Anyway...
I see that Trabzonspor are still flying high with a 2:1 win over Ankaragücü and a 1:1 Draw with Beşiktaş at the weekend.
Great to see you guys at the right end of the table. :D
The results are going your way, but how's the team performing. The new coach seems to be working his magic also...a bit more attacking football.

Keep it up...C'mon the Claret & Blue
:atki::atki::atki::atki:

[amour_61]

hi Drogster forza Claret & Blue :)
click : http://www.trabzonspor.org.tr/default.asp?Sayfa=EngTarihce