Limerick FC

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January 2018

Limerick are confirmed as the best team in Ireland!

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Cunningham Wins Irish Under 21 Player of the Year

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Scouting Range Upgraded

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21 year old Gary Boylan who can play DR and CM joins on a free from Sligo Rovers

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Central midfielder Graham Carey joins from Plymouth Argyle also on a free transfer

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One thing im going to be doing on this years save is being the new Bayern Munich my main aim will be to buy my rivals best players!

Lee Desmond joins from Dundalk for £450k

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22 year old DLC Desmond

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We also get target Man Ciaran O'Connor from Dundalk for £375k

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Striker O'Connor

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Another O'Connor joins this one from Cork City

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Another youngster with huge potential taken from one of our biggest rivals

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Experienced centre back Sean St Ledger joins on a free transfer next

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Nobody wants to buy any of my rubbish players so im giving them away!

Tracy joins Bray Wanderers on a free transfer

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Former Number 1 Hall joins Drogheda Utd

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Winger O'Dowda joins from Oxford for £155k

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O'Dowda is seen as our best player so will be key this season

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Kenny was a good player the first season but the side has moved on since then but he hasnt and he moves to UCD on a free

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Donaldson whos currently on a 2 year loan deal with us signs officially for the club after finally agreeing to talk to us

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The ins and outs of the transfer window with around £1.7Million spent

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Limerick FC

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Feb/March 2018

Despite back to back League Titles we are still not seen as favourites for the Title this season

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6 new players in the Starting Line-up

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Munster Senior Cup Quarter Final
Cork City 3 - Limerick 1

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So that was a terrible start to the new season so i decided to buy the guy who netted a Hattrick against us and Sheppard will be joining in July

123 new Season Ticket Holders

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President's Cup
Limerick 5 - Dundalk 2

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Thats more like it! We pick up our first trophy of the season with a big win against main Title rivals Dundalk.

Cork City 1 - Limerick 2

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We get revenge on Cork just a few days later with a win in the league with Sheppard scoring against us again even though he will soon be my player

Friendly
Ireland 6 - Uzbekistan 0

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An impressive win considering they are only ranked a few places lower than us

Dundalk 1 - Limerick 4

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A come from behind win again as we smash 4 past Dundalk who are not looking like the Title Contenders everyone thought they would be

Young CB Paudie O'Connor out for 2 Months

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Limerick 7 - Galway Utd 1

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Sligo 0 Limerick 2

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4 wins from 4 games whilst Cunningham has 4 league goals in a perfect start to the league season after that shocking Cup result

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April 2018

Limerick 4 - St Pat's 4

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8 matches Unbeaten stretching back to the end of last season

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Limerick 3 - Longford 1

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Shamrock Rovers 2 - Limerick 2

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Limerick 3 Shelbourne 3

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Limerick 0 - Derry City 1

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Derry City the team we beat twice in a week the beginning of this record end if for us as our 11 game unbeaten run comes to an end

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Athlone Town 1 - Limerick 5

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Limerick 3 - Bohemians 2

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After a bit of a dodgy month in the league with too many draws and a loss we are still topping the table by just the 1 point ahead of St Pat's whilst Dundalk are already looking at sacking their manager after a torrid start to the season.

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May 2018

Limerick 3 - Cork City 0

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League Cup 2nd Rnd
Cork City 1 - Limerick 3

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St Pat's 1 - Limerick 3

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Limerick 4 - Dundalk 2

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Donaldson out for 6 weeks

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Galway 1 - Limerick 3

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League Cup Quarter Final
Limerick 3 - Derry City 1

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After that all important win against St Pat's we are dominating the league now 6 points clear of them at the top of the table as we near the halfway stage of the season.

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Donaldson labelled the next Michael Owen - out injured!

Let's hope he doesn't keep doing that!
 
Donaldson labelled the next Michael Owen - out injured!

Let's hope he doesn't keep doing that!
Maybe hes touted as the next Owen based on his injury proneness rather than how good a striker he is!
 
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June 2018

European League Division B Drawn

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Limerick 4 - Sligo Rovers 3

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Dooley out for 6 weeks

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7 Straight Wins in the League

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Senior Challenge Cup 2nd rnd
Limerick 4 - Cobh Ramblers 1

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Karl Shepard breaks the Cork City goalscoring record just weeks before joining their arch rivals Limerick

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The Irish League has moved up 9 places into 51st

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After a strong showing in the Champions League we have shot up to 206th in the European Club Rankings

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We are drawn against KR in the Champions League 2nd Qualfying rnd

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July 2018

A couple of important additions added with Sheppard coming in from Cork City whilst we were desperate for another CB so Nightingale comes in from Burnley

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Karl Shepard - AMRL

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William Nightingale - DC

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Full Back Massey joins Bohemians on a free

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Limerick 2 - Shamrock Rovers 1

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Derry City 3 - Limerick 1

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Limerick 3 - Athlone Town 1

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Champions League 2nd Qualfying rnd 1st Leg
KR 0 - Limerick 1

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We sign a huge Chelsea Striker Prospect on loan for the rest of the season

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Shelbourne 1 - Limerick 3

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Whitehead joins Wexford Youths for a massive 1,500

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We get our man from Dundalk! We were short on central midfielders with a couple of injuries so we brought in Jamie McGrath one of Dundalk's best players from recent seasons

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Jamie McGrath - CM/AMC

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Champions League 2nd Qualfying rnd 2nd leg
Limerick 4 - KR 1

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We get a tough draw in Red Bull Salzburg for the next round

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Bohemians 1 - Limerick 1

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Graham Carey out for the rest of the season so that McGrath signing was even more important

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Full Back Kelly joins Galway for a small fee

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Winger Langley joins them on a free transfer too

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Transfer History

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9 points clear at the top of the table with 12 games to go and we will end up stockpiling games now the Champions League games are coming up so im glad we have a 9 point buffer.

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August 2018

Champions League 3rd Qualfying rnd 1st Leg
Limerick 5 - Salzburg 1

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League Cup Semi Final
Limerick 3 - Sligo Rovers 0

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Champions League 3rd Qualfying rnd 2nd leg
Salzburg 5 - Limerick 2

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I dont know what i said or their manager said but a crazy 10 minute period after the break saw us concede 4 quick goals before Donaldson netted a late goal which sealed the win in a massive 7-6 on aggregate win.

We face Ludogorets in the Playoffs

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Limerick 1 - St Pat's 1

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Dundalk 0 - Limerick 5

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After another scintillating display we find out that Bell is touted as the next Geoff Hurst! Hurst and Owen up front not a bad combination

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5 Match Unbeaten Run

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O'Dowda has broken our assists record already with months left of the season with 18 Assists already

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Champions League Playoffs 1st Leg
Ludogorets 0 - Limerick 1

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Senior Challenge Cup 3rd Rnd
Galway 1 - Limerick 4

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Champions League Playoffs 2nd leg
Limerick 2 - Ludogorets 0

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Thats the money i like to see coming in

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It doesnt really matter who we draw in the group stages as i dont expect us to pick up any points but we get Man City, Sporting Lisbon and Schalke

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Just 3 points clear of second placed Shamrock Rovers now but we have accumulated a massive 4 games in hand on our nearest rivals in the league with 10 games to go for us and 6 for everyone else


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September 2018

Sligo Rovers 0 - Limerick 4

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European League Division B Group 1
Switzerland 1 - Ireland 3

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A huge win to get our campaign on its way coming from behind after an early Shaqiri goal to comfortably beat the Swiss

European League Division B Group 1
Ireland 1 - Norway 0

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Despite back to back wins we drop 3 places in the rankings!

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Senior Challenge Cup Quarter Final
Limerick 4 - Shelbourne 2

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Champions League Groups
Limerick 2 - Schalke 4

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After 10 goals in his first 11 games i extend Bell's loan spell for an extra season

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League Cup Final
St Pat's 1 - Limerick 3

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Thats another trophy in the bag

Longford 1 - Limerick 0

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Limerick 4 - Derry City 0

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O'Connor breaks the league goals scored in a season record in his debut year with us

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Limerick 3 - Longford 1

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6 points clear at the top of the table with 2 games in hand on our nearest rivals Shamrock Rovers with just 6 games to go.

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going well!

Can we see Shane Bell's stats please?

I don't think I saw them...
 
I lvoe to jsut fall back and then read a lot of stuff in one go. Great story so far!
 
going well!

Can we see Shane Bell's stats please?

I don't think I saw them...
Here you go i dont always post them up when its a loan deal, he got quite a bad injury towards the end of the season
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I lvoe to jsut fall back and then read a lot of stuff in one go. Great story so far!
Thanks mate, trying to streamline the updates so i can post more often, im flying through the save at the moment and just trying to keep up with the thread!
 
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October 2018

Champions League Groups
Man City 3 - Limerick 0

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Limerick 3 - Shelbourne 0

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O'Connor out for a Month

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We set a new Premier League Goals in a Season tally with 82 goals and counting

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Senior Challenge Cup Semi Final
St Pat's 1 - Limerick 2

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Friendly
Estonia 1 - Ireland 2

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Shamrock Rovers 2 - Limerick 2

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Its going to be a big few weeks as we have to win zero of our last 4 games to win the Title

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Cork City 0 - Limerick 1

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We secure another League Title after beating our biggest rivals away from home!

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Over £8.7Million in the budget for next season

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3 times in a row

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We move up 6 places with Ireland reaching 40th place

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European League Division B Group 1
Norway 3 - Ireland 2

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To get promoted to the top league we have to win our final group game

Athlone Town 1 - Limerick 2

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Limerick 3 - Galway 2

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Champions League Groups
Limerick 0 - Sporting 1

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Limerick 5 - Bohemians 3

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A brilliant highscoring game to end the season

We win the league a massive 17 points ahead of second placed Shamrock Rovers whilst we had a better goal difference of 30 goals

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November 2018

Dooley wins Player of the Year

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Cunningham Wins Young Player of the Year

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I Win Manager of the Year

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6 Limerick Players in the Team of the Year

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Challenge Cup Final against Cork City is my 200th as a Manager

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Senior Challenge Cup Final
Cork City 0 - Limerick 1

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Cunningham wins the Cup with a 95th minute penalty winner

Domestic Quadruple Complete

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Competition Overview

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Champions League Groups
Sporting 2 - Limerick 0

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Ireland fly up 9 places in the World Rankings to 31st spot

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European League Division B Group 1
Ireland 2 - Switzerland 1

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Friendly
Ireland 0 - Uruguay 1

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The next Michael Owen has just gone and turned his back on England and won his first cap for Scotland!

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We top our group and will be promoted for the next League

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Champions League Groups
Schalke 3 - Limerick 0

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December 2018

RB Kavanagh joins for just under £300k

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John Kavanagh - DR

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GK Danny Rogers joins from Dundalk for just over half a million

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Danny Rogers - GK

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Jonathan Douglas Retires

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Champions League Groups
Limerick 0 - Man City 2

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Bottom of the group without a single point and just the 2 goals

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Limerick Squad in Order of Most Apps

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Top Goalscorer - Padraic Cunningham - 32 Goals and 16 Assists

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Best Player - Ciaran O'Connor - 29 Goals and 15 Assists

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Best Young Player - Shane Bell - 18 goals and 10 assists in just 17 starts!

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Record Attendance Broken as over 1,500 more fans come to see us play Man City than have ever before

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Obviously we set a new Gate Receipt to go with it

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Kevin O'Connor is the only new player to join the best Eleven Ever
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Shane Duggan is miles out in front in the most appearances since i took charge with 184 apps whilst Cunningham has nearly double the amount of goals than anyone else with 61 in 93 games

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End of Season Awards

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Season review

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We get a decent draw in the Euro Qualifiers with Belgium are only threat, we should be looking to get second place and hopefully do well in the Playoffs

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A massive 585 shirts were sold this season with O'Dowda the top name

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I big clear out as i manage to get rid of several squad players as there contracts run out, the biggest trouble i have had since taking charge of Limerick is getting rid of the deadwood so it was nice to see a few players leave.

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January 2019

Ireland Best Eleven Ever

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O'Dowda Wins Irish Young Player of the Year

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Duggan Wins Irish League of Ireland Player of the Year

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Centre back Gartland is let go because nobody would even take him on a free

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The board are looking at building a new stadium, although hopefully we will be able to expand it soon after its built which takes several years as it will be smaller than the current one

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Brouder joins Athlone on a free transfer

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Ian Sweeney was one of our best players just a couple of seasons ago but we have come so far that hes allowed to leave on a free now

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After that i set up a few friendlies and had a little look at other players but didnt really think anyone was good enough to add to the squad before the new season started


 
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February 2019

Star Striker Shane Bell is out for 5 months!!!

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So i bring in another English Striker in Thomas Kempshall from Aston Villa

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We sign winger Hanlon with huge potential from Galway for a small fee

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Shane Hanlon - AMRL

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We sign Shamrock Rovers Top Goalscorer from last season Mikey Drennan for £375k

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Mikey Drennan - ST

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We sign Sean ***** from St Pat's

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Sean ***** - DC

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After winning all of those League Titles we are finally seen as favourites to win the League this year!

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178 Season Ticket Holders added with 1,100 overall season ticket holders now

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4 new Players in the Starting Lineup

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President's Cup
Limerick 4 - Shamrock Rovers 0

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4 Times in a row

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March 2019

Full Back Nolan out for 6 Months

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Shamrock Rovers 4 - Limerick 0

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Ouch! I dont know what happened there! We only just beat them a few days ago by the same scoreline.

Bohemians 1 - Limerick 1

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200 Games for Limerick

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Limerick 7 - Longford 0

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Limerick 4 - St Pat's 1

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Not the best of starts in the league with the heavy defeat and the draw but we made up for it with the final two games being comfortable wins to push us up the table into 4th place

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