Hi From Drogheda in Ireland

[Drogster]

Hi Folks

Just passing on some good news from Monday Night.

Drogheda played St Pats in the 1st of the Semi-final in the Setanta Cup and won 1:0 after extra time. We all knew it was going to be a trough match and that it was!

The 1st 45mins were mainly dominated by Pats, But the Drogs did have a number of good opportunities to score and one cleared of the line.

The 2nd 45mins Drogheda came more into the game and played some lovely football, good, quick, passing moves. One of our new singings Stewie Byrne hit the post from a 91st min penalty, after Simon Webb was tripped in the box.

So after 90 mins it remained 0:0 and we faced into extra time, were it seemed that the Drogs just clicked up a gear and dominated the extra period, and were duly rewarded with and great goal from Zayed from the edge of the box, just right of center, on the half volley shot and leaving the Pats keeper strained. 1:0 to the Drogs, with 5mins left in the 2nd half of extra time. And that's the way it stayed and a great Drog Win.

So the 2nd Semi-final is to be played next Monday night between Linfield v Cork City and the result of the game will determine were the Final will be played. The Drogs are hoping for a Linfield win, and the final to be played in Windsor Park in Belfast rather then in Cork.

So another final and a chance to retain our 2006 Setenta Cup Trophy.

The Drogs next game is on Friday Night at home against Cork City. Hopefully we may have at least one player back form the treatment room, Fabio, fingers crossed.

C'mon on the Drogs......C'mon the CLARET & BLUE.

[Yunus Emre AYAZ]

welcome guys

there are two color in the world.


claret & blue

[Remzi]

Drogheda United 2 - 2 Cork City

[Drogster]

Hi all

First of all congratulations on your win against Antalyasporover the weekend. 3 more points on the board and 5th place in the table. With 4 game to go it is a big challange to get 3rd place from Galatasaray, but 4th place is very achievable. I know chatting to some off you, that Trabzonspor are more accustomed to fighting closer to the top of the table. Would 4th place be good enough for a European spot?

Over this side of the water, Drogheda drew 2:2 with Cork City on Friday Night. We started of well and in the 8min we got a penalty, which Shane Robinson put away. From were I was, I actually didn't think it was a foul, but we'll take it!

From that we pushed on, but found ourselves sitting back and needless to say we coincided a goal on the hour mark and a second 6mins later. This then woke us up and click up a gear and started imposing our game on Cork and got our just rewards. After great work by Zayed, who chased down the Cork keeper, who kicked out the ball rebounded of Zayed and Sami was on hand to head the ball into the net for the equaliser. Just before the end Sami took down a ball controlled it and hit it on the volley while turning, a great strike which required an equally great save for the Cork keeper, 2:2 it ended.

A bit disappointed, considering we started so well, but with the number of injuries we have and that we played 120mins of football on Monday Night, it wasn't to bad. Prior to the game I reckoned that a point would be a good result. We are still 7pts ahead of Cork, in 3rd and 2pts behind St. Pats, but Pats have a couple of tough games ahead of them, with teams who we have already played.

Take care

C'mon the CLARET & BLUE

[Salih61]

Sizi İrlandalılara rezil ediyim de görün Yönetim ve Ziya Dogan
Resignation Nuri Albayrak!!!!!
Resignation Ziya Dogan!!!!!
YOU AREN'T BEİNG SUİTABLE US!!!!
PLEASE ANY MORE RESİGN!!!!
BIG TRABZONSPOR FOR PARTİSAN HAND İN HAND TOGETHER PROTEST!!!!

[Drogster]

Sizi İrlandalılara rezil ediyim de görün Yönetim ve Ziya Dogan
Resignation Nuri Albayrak!!!!!
Resignation Ziya Dogan!!!!!
YOU AREN'T BEİNG SUİTABLE US!!!!
PLEASE ANY MORE RESİGN!!!!
BIG TRABZONSPOR FOR PARTİSAN HAND İN HAND TOGETHER PROTEST!!!!

I take it by our comments Salih61, that you do not approve of Trabzonspor's coach!

Can you see him being replaced at the end of the league or is he there for the long term?

Well another week over and another series of games to look forward to. The Drogs play Waterford, away, tonight. Waterford are bottom of the table and have only won one game out of 8. However, that was last week against Cork City. So the Drogs are not taken anything for granted. On the injury front, we have 3 players back fit, training and ready for selection for tonights game, good news.

Following, the Cork v St Pats game played last night, which Cork won, if the Drogs win, we will go top of the table by a point, which will be good for the players confidence. But there is along way to go and a lot of football to be played.

Best of luck to Trabzonspor in the game against Sivasspor, tonight. It would be a good 3pts to help increase the gap between the two teams and keep the pressure on Kayserispor, if you win.

C'mon on the CLARET & BLUE

[Remzi]

Waterford 0-1 Drogheda UTD

min:26' O'Brien....

[Remzi]

First Half Score

Waterford 0-1 Drogheda UTD

[Remzi]

Match Has finished.

Waterford 1-1 Drogheda UTD


yaw son dakikada gol mü yenir iddaada yattı

Waterford has scored at last minute on the match.And they take one point in their point tables

[Salih61]

I take it by our comments Salih61, that you do not approve of Trabzonspor's coach!

Can you see him being replaced at the end of the league or is he there for the long term?

Well another week over and another series of games to look forward to. The Drogs play Waterford, away, tonight. Waterford are bottom of the table and have only won one game out of 8. However, that was last week against Cork City. So the Drogs are not taken anything for granted. On the injury front, we have 3 players back fit, training and ready for selection for tonights game, good news.

Following, the Cork v St Pats game played last night, which Cork won, if the Drogs win, we will go top of the table by a point, which will be good for the players confidence. But there is along way to go and a lot of football to be played.

Best of luck to Trabzonspor in the game against Sivasspor, tonight. It would be a good 3pts to help increase the gap between the two teams and keep the pressure on Kayserispor, if you win.

C'mon on the CLARET & BLUE

We thıs year a lot of be sorry;We Worn out a lot,A lot of words gave but they never dıdn't hold somebody.For thıs reason resign necessary;
thıs forums everbody wıth me same idea...

[Yunus Emre AYAZ]

Drogheda United win setanta cup congratulation..!!!

[Drogster]

Hi All

Ya the last League game we played was against Waterford. As posted, we drew 1:1. Poor Result really. If we are going to win the league this year, we should be winning these kinds of games.

We started off well Zayed and Fabio having a couple of chances and Fabio scored on the 26min. Corner kick sent into the box and Fabio met it on the half volley, giving the Waterford keeper no chance.

During the second half Waterford came more into the game and stole a goal in the 90min. The only good thing was that the majority of the other results went our way, so we did not lose any ground.


Last Tuesday we played in the League Cup competition (Separate competition, which is the most worthless cup of all the season) against Shamrock Rovers and lost 3:0. Our coach Paul Doolin asked for the game to be postponed due to the number of injuries that Drogheda had. It was refused and we were forced to field a team made up of 7 under 17 and 4 under 21 players, from our youth teams. They but on a great performance, considering that, they were playing a team 4th in the league! It also allowed time for some of the less serious injured players some valuable rest time in preparation time for the Setanta Cup Final.

On to Saturday and the Setanta Sports Cup Final in Windsor Park (Belfast).
We, the 2006 winners/holders, were playing the 2005 winners, Linfield, in their backyard.

We had a great traveling crowd and the team were really up for it.

We started of brightly and settled into our game. Between Fabio and Zayed we could of had 5 of 6 goals in the first half, but their keeper played a stormer, and got the Man of the Match award.

The second half was much of the same. Then Fabio went of injured, with a knee problem and Simon Webb went of with a ankle injury. Linfield started to come into the game, as they are a good strong physical team. However, we were rewarded a penalty, after a good move, but Damien Lynch, who is usually bullet-proof at taken peno's, was to causal and their keeper saved his shot. We all thought that it was going to be one of those days. And to rub salt into the wounds, they scored a couple of minutes later (67mins) to go one up.


Following Fabio's injury, Tony Grant came on and ten minutes after Linfield scored, Grant received the ball just inside the box, controlled it and turned to fire the ball into the roof of the net. 1:1.


That's how it finished. Extra time, were we dominated but could not break the deadlock, once again due to their keeper.


OK, to penalties. They won the toss and those to shoot first. They scored their first, but our keeper MIKKO VILMUNEN, was unlucky not to save the shot, as the ball looped over his hand after he made the block.


Lynch stepped up to take our first peno and once again missed it, going the same way as the first peno. However, Mikko, became a Hero when he save 2 of Linfield Peno's which gave Stuart Byrne the opportunity to clinch the win. And he dually done so. Drogheda won 4:3 on Penalties and retained our trophy.


What a game and what a day.


Here's a few pic's.




















Celebrations outside the HOME OF THE DROGS



ALL IRELAND CHAMPIONS



C'mon the CLARET & BLUE

[Burçak]

Drogheda Congratulation..!!!

Martin Congratulation.
I very be happy

:tsmeşale::tsmeşale:

[macka61]

Congratulation drogheda

[eys_61]

Congratulations Drogs!For the love of claret and blue!