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This is old news but I searched back a few pages and can’t find a post on it.
Arsenal and Manure will be represented by a reserve team in a tournament in Dublin between 15-22 August.
I was wondering are any of the Irish lads planning to go, if so maybe we could organise for a few or even a load of us to meet up for one of the games involving the Arsenal reserves.

goonersid wrote:This is old news but I searched back a few pages and can’t find a post on it.
Arsenal and Manure will be represented by a reserve team in a tournament in Dublin between 15-22 August.
I was wondering are any of the Irish lads planning to go, if so maybe we could organise for a few or even a load of us to meet up for one of the games involving the Arsenal reserves.

Any more info on this Sid? Where are games being played, what date(s) are our reserves playing?

First I heard of it sid - would be interested if I could make time available to go but it doesnt help that I will be attending the blackpool game around that time

RoscommonGooner wrote:

goonersid wrote:This is old news but I searched back a few pages and can’t find a post on it.
Arsenal and Manure will be represented by a reserve team in a tournament in Dublin between 15-22 August.
I was wondering are any of the Irish lads planning to go, if so maybe we could organise for a few or even a load of us to meet up for one of the games involving the Arsenal reserves.

Any more info on this Sid? Where are games being played, what date(s) are our reserves playing?

Tallaght stadium, not sure on the schedule of games, I was hoping one of the dublin lads might know a bit more.

goonersid wrote:

RoscommonGooner wrote:

goonersid wrote:This is old news but I searched back a few pages and can’t find a post on it.
Arsenal and Manure will be represented by a reserve team in a tournament in Dublin between 15-22 August.
I was wondering are any of the Irish lads planning to go, if so maybe we could organise for a few or even a load of us to meet up for one of the games involving the Arsenal reserves.

Any more info on this Sid? Where are games being played, what date(s) are our reserves playing?

Tallaght stadium, not sure on the schedule of games, I was hoping one of the dublin lads might know a bit more.

hope this heps

http://www.arsenal.com/news/reserves-ne ... -challenge

from one of the london lads hahahaha

in there's ticket details and dates

Following on its European exploits, and facing into a tough few weeks of domestic action, Ireland's premier football club will now face the Reserve squads of English Premiership giants Arsenal and Manchester United at Tallaght Stadium.

PLATINUM ONE has today (Tuesday 27th July) confirmed that (subject to sanction) it will stage The PLATINUM ONE Challenge - a three team tournament featuring Shamrock Rovers FC, Arsenal Reserves and Manchester United Reserves between August 15th - August 22nd at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin.

Details of the matches are as follows:

* Sunday 15th August, 7.00pm Shamrock Rovers v Manchester United Reserves
* Thursday 19th August, 7.45pm Manchester United Reserves v Arsenal Reserves
* Sunday 22nd August, 3.00pm Shamrock Rovers v Arsenal Reserves

The Manchester United and Arsenal squads will feature a host of the respective club's up and coming stars. Former United idol and now Manchester United Reserve Team Manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, said that the new event promised to be an early season boost for players who are pushing for 1st team recognition. "Our current first team contains many players like Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, John O'Shea, Darren Fletcher, Jonny Evans, Darron Gibson and Wes Brown who have come through the ranks and some of the talent on show in Dublin will hopefully be in Sir Alex's mind in the near future. For these players to get additional competitive action early in the season is welcome".

Head of Youth Development at Arsenal, Liam Brady said: "Arsenal's policies in player development are fundamental to the success of the club. Once players get to reserve level they have to prove that they are capable of moving into the First Team. An event like The PLATINUM ONE Challenge is important in that respect. To play Shamrock Rovers, whose European exploits have been so impressive, and our old rivals Manchester United in Dublin will both be special occasions. We will have some very talented young players on show and I am looking forward to seeing how they perform in this tournament."

Shamrock Rovers Manager, Michael O'Neill said: "By the end of August Shamrock Rovers will have hosted Real Madrid, Juventus, Manchester United and Arsenal at Tallaght Stadium in little over a year. This is a progressive football club and again working with PLATINUM ONE on this event, our board is making sure that we are behaving as the leading club in Ireland should. The opportunity to see some of the Manchester United and Arsenal stars of the future at Tallaght will attract new football fans to our home stadium and we aim to impress them both on and off the pitch so that they return to watch Shamrock Rovers on future occasions"

Eamon McLoughlin, Head of Football at PLATINUM ONE said: "We have been working on this concept for a long time and we are delighted that it has been confirmed. This is a unique opportunity for people to see some of the household names of the future play competitively in Dublin. We are deliberately pricing the event to make it as accessible as possible for football fans and families to see top quality players in a competitive environment. We would like to thank Shamrock Rovers, Manchester United, Arsenal, the FAI and South Dublin County Council for their co-operation and commitment to the staging of this event".

Ticket Prices for the all-seated event are as follows:

Shamrock Rovers V's Manchester United Reserves Adult €15, Children/OAPs €10 (limited number)

Manchester United Reserves V's Arsenal Reserves Adult €20, Children/OAPs €15

(limited number)

Shamrock Rovers V's Arsenal Reserves Adult €15, Children/OAPs €10

(limited number)

Season Tickets (provide entry to all three games) Adult €40, Children/OAPs €30

(limited number)

Tickets sales:

Tickets are now on sale from Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.ie).

Cheers Sami, just confirmed the dates on the official talaght stadium site.
The sunday (22 aug) game would be the only viable game for me, anyone interested let me know. I wouldn't mind coming down and booking in somewhere for the sunday night.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/reserves-ne ... -challenge

Just looked back through about 30 pages of content on Arsenal.com because I remember seeing it there, and found the fecker on the main page in the youth section!!

To make matters worse, I've just seen that Sami beat me to it!!

I Hate Hleb wrote:http://www.arsenal.com/news/reserves-ne ... -challenge

Just looked back through about 30 pages of content on Arsenal.com because I remember seeing it there, and found the fecker on the main page in the youth section!!

To make matters worse, I've just seen that Sami beat me to it!!

Now do I get a reward Cigi??

Since my incident where I got thrown off the forum for a week I thought SOMETIMES I should try contribute well - then the rest act like **** [/u]

goonersid wrote:

RoscommonGooner wrote:

goonersid wrote:This is old news but I searched back a few pages and can’t find a post on it.
Arsenal and Manure will be represented by a reserve team in a tournament in Dublin between 15-22 August.
I was wondering are any of the Irish lads planning to go, if so maybe we could organise for a few or even a load of us to meet up for one of the games involving the Arsenal reserves.

Any more info on this Sid? Where are games being played, what date(s) are our reserves playing?

Tallaght stadium, not sure on the schedule of games, I was hoping one of the dublin lads might know a bit more.

Seriously sid the dublin lads are still struggling with english how could they know any more Now if you wanted to know how to rob old women and sell drugs the dublin boys knowledge would be invaluable and would be able to help there.

mcdowell42 wrote:

goonersid wrote:

RoscommonGooner wrote:

goonersid wrote:This is old news but I searched back a few pages and can’t find a post on it.
Arsenal and Manure will be represented by a reserve team in a tournament in Dublin between 15-22 August.
I was wondering are any of the Irish lads planning to go, if so maybe we could organise for a few or even a load of us to meet up for one of the games involving the Arsenal reserves.

Any more info on this Sid? Where are games being played, what date(s) are our reserves playing?

Tallaght stadium, not sure on the schedule of games, I was hoping one of the dublin lads might know a bit more.

Seriously sid the dublin lads are still struggling with english how could they know any more Now if you wanted to know how to rob old women and sell drugs the dublin boys knowledge would be invaluable and would be able to help there.

I'm just a poor naieve Norn iron lad, and would know nothing of these things of which you speek.

Not your speciality

mcdowell42 wrote:

goonersid wrote:

RoscommonGooner wrote:

goonersid wrote:This is old news but I searched back a few pages and can’t find a post on it.
Arsenal and Manure will be represented by a reserve team in a tournament in Dublin between 15-22 August.
I was wondering are any of the Irish lads planning to go, if so maybe we could organise for a few or even a load of us to meet up for one of the games involving the Arsenal reserves.

Any more info on this Sid? Where are games being played, what date(s) are our reserves playing?

Tallaght stadium, not sure on the schedule of games, I was hoping one of the dublin lads might know a bit more.

Seriously sid the dublin lads are still struggling with english how could they know any more Now if you wanted to know how to rob old women and sell drugs the dublin boys knowledge would be invaluable and would be able to help there.

Steady on there, unclefucker!

I'll be going to the Thursday game against the filth. Can't make the 22nd as I'm playing in a charity match that afternoon.

Word of advice to any non-Dubs going; be careful in Tallaght (it's a dangerous kip) so don't drink in the pubs out there (especially with your big culchy "mug me" accents), instead drink in the city centre.

And don't wear Arsenal colours if going alone. There have been incidents of "patriotic" fans ( ) of the Oirish league having a pop at Oirish fans of foreign clubs before.

DB10GOONER wrote:

mcdowell42 wrote:

goonersid wrote:

RoscommonGooner wrote:

goonersid wrote:This is old news but I searched back a few pages and can’t find a post on it.
Arsenal and Manure will be represented by a reserve team in a tournament in Dublin between 15-22 August.
I was wondering are any of the Irish lads planning to go, if so maybe we could organise for a few or even a load of us to meet up for one of the games involving the Arsenal reserves.

Any more info on this Sid? Where are games being played, what date(s) are our reserves playing?

Tallaght stadium, not sure on the schedule of games, I was hoping one of the dublin lads might know a bit more.

Seriously sid the dublin lads are still struggling with english how could they know any more Now if you wanted to know how to rob old women and sell drugs the dublin boys knowledge would be invaluable and would be able to help there.

Steady on there, unclefucker!

I'll be going to the Thursday game against the filth. Can't make the 22nd as I'm playing in a charity match that afternoon.

Word of advice to any non-Dubs going; be careful in Tallaght (it's a dangerous kip) so don't drink in the pubs out there (especially with your big culchy "mug me" accents), instead drink in the city centre.

And don't wear Arsenal colours if going alone. There have been incidents of "patriotic" fans ( ) of the Oirish league having a pop at Oirish fans of foreign clubs before.

Sounds like Mc Dowell was spot on DB.

goonersid wrote:

DB10GOONER wrote:

mcdowell42 wrote:

goonersid wrote:

RoscommonGooner wrote: Any more info on this Sid? Where are games being played, what date(s) are our reserves playing?

Tallaght stadium, not sure on the schedule of games, I was hoping one of the dublin lads might know a bit more.

Seriously sid the dublin lads are still struggling with english how could they know any more Now if you wanted to know how to rob old women and sell drugs the dublin boys knowledge would be invaluable and would be able to help there.

Steady on there, unclefucker!

I'll be going to the Thursday game against the filth. Can't make the 22nd as I'm playing in a charity match that afternoon.

Word of advice to any non-Dubs going; be careful in Tallaght (it's a dangerous kip) so don't drink in the pubs out there (especially with your big culchy "mug me" accents), instead drink in the city centre.

And don't wear Arsenal colours if going alone. There have been incidents of "patriotic" fans ( ) of the Oirish league having a pop at Oirish fans of foreign clubs before.

Sounds like Mc Dowell was spot on DB.

In fairness, Dublin is a great city, but like all major cities it has it's bad areas and it's share of nasty geebags. The problem with Dublin is the way the city is laid out - you have nice areas right slap up against really bad areas. This even comes down to street level. We have a pretty bad resurgent heroin problem too and the drug gangs don't hesitate to shoot.

There are some great pubs, clubs, cafes and restaraunts here but you do have to be careful.

Not interested

Rovers fans are brutal on a good day let alone when an English side comes to town.

One to swerve lads.