LOI First Division - Round 30 Discussion Thread / 05-09-2025

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Friday, September 5th

Home Team	Kickoff	Away Team	Ground
Bray Wanderers	19:45	Athlone Town	Carlisle Grounds
Longford Town	19:45	Finn Harps	Bishopsgate Stadium
Wexford FC	19:45	Dundalk FC	Ferrycarrig Park
Kerry FC	19:45	Cobh Ramblers	Mounthawk Park
Treaty United	19:45	UCD	Markets Field

League Table, as of Round 29

Position	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Points	Form
1	Dundalk FC	29	19	8	2	60	23	37	65	⚪✅✅✅✅
2	Cobh Ramblers	29	18	5	6	55	27	28	59	✅⚪✅✅✅
3	Bray Wanderers	29	17	2	10	49	39	10	53	❌✅❌⚪✅
4	UCD	29	13	7	9	35	29	6	46	✅⚪✅✅❌
5	Treaty United	29	9	8	12	41	39	2	35	❌❌❌⚪❌
6	Finn Harps	29	8	10	10	33	36	-3	34	✅✅✅⚪❌
7	Wexford FC	29	8	7	14	32	42	-10	31	⚪❌❌❌✅
8	Kerry FC	29	8	5	15	33	46	-13	29	⚪✅❌⚪✅
9	Longford Town	29	7	8	14	29	51	-22	29	⚪❌✅❌❌
10	Athlone Town	29	3	8	18	21	56	-35	17	❌❌❌❌❌

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[u/NilFhiosAige]

One of those games tonight where a draw would be acceptable, but if we did win, then a mid-table finish becomes a realistic target.

[u/shorelined]

A must-win for Treaty, as their form has gone off a cliff. They're now some way behind UCD, but they need to win to stay ahead of Finn Harps, who will likely get a result over Longford.

[u/No-Pressure1811 → u/shorelined]

Harps are without 3 starters tonight, supposedly, so I wouldn't be too confident.

[u/shorelined → u/No-Pressure1811]

Good to know!

[u/Competitive_Pause240]

Big blow for us in the playoff race

[u/No-Pressure1811 → u/Competitive_Pause240]

Missed Tourish big time for defending and attacking set pieces tonight.

Him and Hutchinson are going to be huge losses next week.

[u/Competitive_Pause240 → u/No-Pressure1811]

Aye just in the door now and having time to reflect the result on its own was OK, but Treaty winning especially in that way was a big blow. Cullen was a big loss and you're dead right on Tourish, we put in plenty of decent corners that should've been attacked more. Gradi looked good tonight and once again it clearly means something to all the boys which is great to see. Not expecting much now v City but we'll have a go and see where it takes us

[u/Sportsfan97__]

Genuinely be a miracle to scrape 500 tonight place was dead versus Bray and people are fed up of this season

[u/Ok-Intention-1427 → u/Sportsfan97__]

*501 because Waterford aren't playing so I'll go to yer match

[u/Sportsfan97__ → u/Ok-Intention-1427]

We’ll take all the support we can get 😂

[u/kcboy20]

Come on athlone let's not get battered

[u/Ok-Intention-1427]

Neutral here - The title race is nearly over I'd say. If Cobh won tonight it would've been interesting. At the same time though, watched Dundalk tonight - they're poor enough. If Cobh find some bit of form, it could get nervy for Dundalk.

[u/NilFhiosAige]

One defeat in seven now for Kerry, and consecutive draws against the top two - too late for any meaningful impact this season, but the playoffs have to be the target for 2026 if we can hold onto most of the outside players for a second year.