COLLINGWOOD CUP FOR LIMERICK 2012
Coming close to its grand centenary , the Irish Universities Collingwood Cup, first played for in 1914 and one of football’s oldest trophies, will break new ground when next year's tournament is set to be staged entirely on 3G pitches.
The University of Limerick have been awarded the role of host University and they are planning to hold all of the games on their two newly laid FIFA approved 3G full sized floodlit pitches on the campus.
The twelve team tournament,is set to take place from Monday February 20 with the final four days later on Thursday February 23 at Limerick's new Markets Field Stadium which will also have a 3G surface. Missing form the tournament this time are the University of Ulster Magee College who are serving a ban for pulling out on the eve of last season's competition hosted by Dublin University and won by UCC.
Irish Universities chairman Terry McAuley is pleased that the hosts UL are in a position to provide such impressive facilities for the running of the tournament. ‘We are delighted that these newly laid 3G pitches on the Co Clare side of the UL Campus are available to us. In recent years the staging of the Collingwood Cup has been dogged by the testing conditions that the traditional grass pitches threw up at that time of year’.
UL’s Martin Hayes is determined to make this year’s competition a tremendous success ‘We last staged the Collingwood Cup at UL in 2005 when the current holders UCC defeated UCD in the final and with the help of some generous backing from the Ulster Bank plus other local sponsors and the co operation of the University Sports Department I’m confident we can make it a tournament to remember’ he said.
IRISH UNIVERSITIES COLLINGWOOD CUP DRAW AND DATES
MONDAY FEBRUARY 20 2012
FIRST ROUND: NUI Maynooth v Queens University; UCD v DCU; UU Jordanstown v UU Coleraine; Dublin University v Royal College of Surgeons. Byes University of Limerick, Mary Immaculate College, NUI Galway, UCC (Holders).
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21 2012
QUARTER FINALS: (A) NUI Maynooth / Queens Univ v UCD / DCU; (B) UU Jordanstown / UU Coleraine v Dublin Univ / Royal College of Surgeons; (C) Univ of Limerick v Mary Immaculate College; (D) NUI Galway v UCC.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22 2012
SEMI FINALS: Winner A v Winner B; Winner C v Winner D.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23 2012
FINAL
Press Release DublinBus Collingwood Cup 2011 At Trinity College Dublin From 21st – 24th February 2011
The 91st Collingwood Cup, established by Professor Bertram Collingwood one time Professor of Mathematics at UCD and nephew of Charles Dodgson alias Lewis Carroll writer of ‘Alice in Wonderland’, for football competition between University in Ireland, will be hosted this year by Dublin University Association Football Club as Trinity College Dublin.
The Cup has been played for annually since 1914 apart from 1915-1919 period (WW1) and on one other occasion in 1933/34.
The tournament, played over four days, is an all island competition involving 13 Universities and this year’s favorities and last years winners UCD were the first winners in 1914 overcoming Queen’s University, Belfast.
However, UCD will be challenged hard this year by University College Cork who have five wins since 2000 and University of Ulster Jordanstown who were winners in 2001, 2006 and 2008.
The hosts, Dublin University (Trinity), have only succeeded twice, the last win coming in 1979 when they were managed by the great Liam Tuohy. This year they have a difficult quarter final against the winners of the first round game between Queen’s University, Belfast and University of Ulster Jordanstown.
Of the 13 teams taking part, seven have never won the Collingwood and will be hoping to make this year a memorable year.
All the games will be played at 11am and 2.30pm at D.U. Playing Fields, Santry Avenue, Dublin apart from the hosts games and the final which will be played on Thursday 24th February 2011 in College Park at 2.30pm.
A full programme of games, times and venues is attached.
John Hudson – 0872207987 Terry McAuley - 0872543569
18 October 2010
Dublin University are set to host the annual Irish Universities blue ribband trophy the Collingwood Cup next February for the first time since 1992. That year UCD claimed the prize in a thrilling 5-4 victory over Jordanstown at College Park.
The Dublin University soccer club president John Murphy is delighted that this famous competition is returning once again to Trinity. ‘We are really looking forward to hosting the Collingwood Cup next February at College Park and at our sports ground in Santry. Already we have began preparing for this major event with the formation of a special committee and we’ll be hoping to have as successful a competition as Magee College organised in Derry earlier this year’.
Meanwhile the other Irish Universities competitions the Harding Cup – the premier competition for Freshmen – will take place at NUI Maynooth from February 10-13 and the Crowley Cup for second teams has been offer to NUI Galway to take place March 25-27.
IRISH UNIVERSITIES COLLINGWOOD CUP 2011 DRAW
First Round Monday Feb 21 2011
UCD v College of Surgeons
UU Magee v UU Coleraine
DCU v NUI Maynooth
Mary Immaculate College v UCC
UU Jordanstown v Queens Univ
Byes- Dublin Univ, Univ of Limerick, NUI Galway.
Quarter Finals Tuesday Feb 22 2011
(A) UCD / College of Surgeons v UU Magee / UU Coleraine
(B) DCU / NUI Maynooth v Mary Immaculate / UCC
(C) UU Jordanstown / Queens Univ v Dublin Univ
(D) Univ of Limerick v NUI Galway
Semi Finals Wednesday Feb 23 2011
Winner A v Winner B
Winner C v Winner D
Final Thursday Feb 23 2011
2010 Collingwood Cup Fixtures
Hosts: University of Ulster Magee College, Derry
Round One Monday 1st March 2010
Mary Immaculate College vs University College Cork
University College Dublin vs NUI Maynooth
Ulster University Jordanstown vs Dublin City University
Ulster University Coleraine vs Queens University Belfast
NUI Galway vs Royal College of Surgeons
Quarter Finals Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Mary Immaculate College / University College Cork vs University College Dublin / NUI Maynooth
Ulster University Jordanstown / Dublin City University vs Ulster University Coleraine / Queens University Belfast
NUI Galway / Royal College of Surgeons vs University of Limerick
Magee College vs Trinity College
Semi Finals Wednesday 3rd March 2010
Final Thursday 4th March 2010
2009 Collingwood Cup Results
Hosts:University College Cork
First Round:
University of Limerick 1 vs Queens University Belfast 0 view match report
University College Dublin 8 vs Ulster University Magee 0 view match report
Ulster University Jordanstown 2 vs NUI Maynooth 0 view match report
Ulster University Coleraine 6 vs Dublin City University 1 view match report
Royal College of Surgeons 1 vs Mary Immaculate College 1 (4-3on pens) view match report
Quarter Finals
University of Limerick 1 vs University College Dublin 2 view match report
NUI Galway 0 vs University College Cork 0 (5-4 on pens) view match report
Ulster University Jordanstown 2 vs Ulster University Coleraine 1 view match report
Royal College of Surgeons 0 vs Trinity College Dublin 1 view match report
Semi Finals
University College Dublin 2 vs Ulster University Jordanstown 2 view match report
Trinity College Dublin 0 vs NUI Galway 1 view match report
Final
University College Dublin 1 vs NUI Galway 0 view match report
2008 Collingwood Cup Results:
Hosts NUI Galway
First Round:
Univ of Limerick 2 NUI Maynooth 0
UU Coleraine 1 DCU 1 aet ( DCU won 5-4 on pens)
UU Magee 3 RCSI 1 aet
UCC 1 Dublin Univ 3
Quarter Finals:
Univ of Limerick 7 DCU 0
NUI Galway 2 Queens 1
UU Magee 0 Dublin Univ 2
UCD 1 UU Jordanstown 1 aet (Jordanstown won 5-4 on pens).
Semi Finals:
Univ of Limerick 3 Dublin Univ 2 aet
NUI Galway 0 UU Jordanstown 4
Collingwood Final:
UU Jordanstown 2 Univ of Limerick 1
Irish Universities Collingwood Cup Final:
Played at Terryland Park, Galway Thurs Feb 28 2008
(Report from Irish Daily Star)
UU JORDANSTOWN 2
G Liggett 35, J Reynolds 80
UNIVERSITY of LIMERICK 1
P Walsh 26
Gary Liggett played a major role in helping the University of Ulster Jordanstown lift a second Irish Universities Collingwood Cup in three years in a hard fought final win over the University of Limerick at Terryland Park.
The Portadown FC striker pulled his side level with a well taken equaliser late in the first half and then ten minutes from the finish he combined brilliantly with Alan Ewart to set up the Jordanstown winner for Johnny Reynolds.But overall his level of performance throughout the 90 minutes easily earned him the man of the match title.
So the Shannonsiders dream of taking the most prestigous trophy in third level football for the first time ever was cruelly dashed.While Jordanstown with a proud record in the competition and after beating the holders UCD and hosts NUI Galway on their way to the final tasted success once again.
Having failed to capture a Collingwood Cup winners medal as a player in five attempts Jordanstown manager Shane McCullough has now guided the Ulstermen to a second win in his four years in charge adding to their 2006 victory at Coleraine.
‘In my five Collingwoods as a player I reached one final and two semi finals so to now have won it twice as a manager is very satisfying indeed’
‘Winning in Coleraine was a great achievement but it’s certainly more difficult for a northern side to come down south and be victorious’ said a delighted McCullough.
But things were looking pretty grim for Jordanstown midway through the opening half when first they went a goal behind and then had inform striker Warner Mullen forced to depart with a reoccurance of the hamstring injury picked up scoring twice in their semi final win over NUI Galway.
Pacey striker Paul Cummins drew first blood for Limerick on 26 minutes cleverly running on to Brendan Daly’s precise through ball and rounding ‘keeper Jason Mooney for a deserved opener.
Mark Surgenor replaced the injured Mullen on the half hour and he quickly began to link up with Liggett to cause problems for Limerick central defenders Dan Goggin and Michael O’Halloran.
Surgenor went close when his spectacular over head kick was finger tipped away by Sean Gallagher for a corner and later he gave the increasingly threatning Liggett the chance to test the ‘Limerick keeper with a close range effort.
Coming up to the interval Liggett was rewarded for his persistence with a smartly taken goal to pull Jordanstown level.Ciaran Boyd set it up hitting a dangerous left wing cross low into the box where the Portadown striker was quickly on hand to steer the ball home.
Limerick responded and James Hayes was narrowly wide but Jordanstown finished the half strongly Liggett having a goalbound drive kicked off the line by Michael O’Halloran.
Both sides played a cautious game in the second half as the strain of battling through so many games began to tell.For Limerick the final was their fourth tie in as many days while Jordanstown with the luck of the draw were lining out for one less.
Chances were very few,Liggett and Surgenor went close for Jordanstown and Cummins was well wide when Chimka Manjor played him in.
The game was finally won ten minutes from time in a moment of magic as Shane McCullough’s charges clinched another Collingwood Cup.Liggett and Alan Ewart combined delightfully in midfield to set Reynolds on a run into the box where the speedy left winger- later named player of the tournament- left the Limerick defenders trailing in his wake to make no mistake with a low drive past Gallagher.
To add to Limerick’s misery in the final stages of the game Cummins was hospitalised after running into the sideline wall while chasing a ball and later needed a two night stay in hospital for treatment to serious face and mouth injuries.Thankfully the Limerick striker is on the mend but according to his manager Trevor Lovell he may be sidelined for some weeks.
UU Jordanstown:Jason Mooney,Alan Murray,Ciaran Boyd,Eamon Seydak,Andrew McClelland,Brian McClean(Conor McKenna,89),Johnny Reynolds,Lee Rush (Chris Crilly, 52),Warner Mullen (Mark Surgenor,30),Gary Liggett,Brian Pentland(Alan Ewart,63).Subs not used; Stephen Hogg,Alan Teggart,Stephen Jones.
Univ of Limerick:Sean Gallagher, Eugene Greaney, Eoin O’Brien, Michael O’Halloran, Daniel Goggin, Liam Barrett,Brendan Daly(Darren Harrington,80),Stephen Goggin(Chimka Manjor,53),Paul Cummins(James Mulligan,87),Paul Walsh(Colin O’Shea,66),James Hayes(Robbie Coombes, 75).Subs not used:Tristan Chung, Rob Dempsey,Shane Murphy, Declan Rix.
Referee: Patsy Forde (Galway).
Collingwood Cup EXTRA:
History was made in one of the tournaments’ subsidary cups with College of Surgeons picking up an Irish Universities trophy for the first time ever. Surgeons claimed the Duggan Cup in a 7-1 drubbing of Maynooth.Fran O’Reilly hit a hatrick and the other scores came from Conor Lavery, David Gough, Declan Norris and David Agadijai.Paddy Kelly replied for a shell shocked Co Kildare side.
UCD last years’ Collingwood winners who were edged out by winners Jordanstown after a penalty shoot out gained some consolation scoring a comfortable 4-1victory over DCU to claim the Farquhar Cup.Dwayne Wilson hit two and David McMillen and Micheal Leahy completed the scoring.While Ed Leahy was on target for DCU.
Michael Byrne captured the Spillane Cup for UU Coleraine in a single goal defeat of next years’ Collingwood hosts UCC.
