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Irish cup 2021
By: exhausted Date: April 12, 2021, 9:19 am
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Both semi finals and the final to be played at Mourneview due to
work being carried out at Windsor
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Re: Irish cup 2021
By: RichardM Date: April 12, 2021, 9:41 am
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Getting it ready for the UEFA SuperCup or whatever its called,
there's a new pitch going down anyway.
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Re: Irish cup 2021
By: exhausted Date: April 12, 2021, 10:00 am
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I've sort of resigned myself to the fact that fans won't be back
at grounds this season anyway but could be interesting if fans
are allowed for the final especially if either or both of the
blues and the glens get through
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Re: Irish cup 2021
By: eightball Date: April 12, 2021, 10:49 am
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Just looking at the draw there. Six Championship club have
withdrawn. Is that because they can't train or that they can't
afford to do the testing?
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Re: Irish cup 2021
By: exhausted Date: April 12, 2021, 11:45 am
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[quote author=eightball link=topic=342.msg4489#msg4489
date=1618242564]
Just looking at the draw there. Six Championship club have
withdrawn. Is that because they can't train or that they can't
afford to do the testing?
[/quote]
HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56436151
Different clubs have given different reasons
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Re: Irish cup 2021
By: eightball Date: April 12, 2021, 2:47 pm
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"Championship and Premier Intermediate clubs, who have not
trained since December, will be given elite status while they
are in the competition despite not being allowed to play league
games."
Madness! They are either elite or they are not.
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Re: Irish cup 2021
By: Nigel82 Date: April 12, 2021, 5:10 pm
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Was reading this on an IFA post on Facebook today. Also from
the same report, Mourneview is the standby stadium for
international matches - never knew that!!!
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Re: Irish cup 2021
By: P.McCarroll Date: April 19, 2021, 6:26 pm
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[quote author=exhausted link=topic=342.msg4488#msg4488
date=1618239618]
I've sort of resigned myself to the fact that fans won't be back
at grounds this season anyway but could be interesting if fans
are allowed for the final especially if either or both of the
blues and the glens get through
[/quote]
Given the current 'numbers' it would be an absolute farce if
spectators weren't allowed back this season, indeed as spread of
the virus outdoors is virtually non existent, there should never
have been a ban.
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Re: Irish cup 2021
By: EalingGreen Date: April 20, 2021, 5:25 pm
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[quote author=P.McCarroll link=topic=342.msg4638#msg4638
date=1618874815]
Given the current 'numbers' it would be an absolute farce if
spectators weren't allowed back this season,
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Agree [emoji106]
[quote author=P.McCarroll link=topic=342.msg4638#msg4638
date=1618874815]
... indeed as spread of the virus outdoors is virtually non
existent, there should never have been a ban.
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With the benefit of hindsight, perhaps.
But before the vaccine, when transmission rates were going
through the roof, the danger wasn't really what was happening in
the stands/race track/golf course etc
Rather it was people travelling all over the country to attend
events, often using public transport, and then congregating at
"pinch points" like turnstiles and car parks etc.
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Re: Irish cup 2021
By: EalingGreen Date: April 22, 2021, 10:46 am
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Irish Cup to be broadcast live across BBC as coverage is
expanded for 2021
BBC Northern Ireland is to expand its coverage of the Irish Cup
this season by streaming a match from each of the first three
rounds of the competition.
The ties will be broadcast on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport
website.
This year's semi-finals and finals will be shown live on BBC Two
NI.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Irish Cup will be played in
a condensed format with the competition starting on Tuesday 27
April and concluding with the final at Mourneview Park on 21
May.
HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56846494
First televised game is the Linfield v Annagh Utd 1st Round tie
on Tue. 27 April, k.o. 19.45
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