Allianz NFL 2012

Any word on the Div 2 Fixtures ??

Just found out Div 1

The provisional fixtures for the Allianz FL Division 1 sees a repeat of the All-Ireland final on the opening weekend.

Croke Park will be the likely venue for the game on a Saturday evening with Laois taking on Mayo and Down playing Donegal on the same day.

Sunday sees Armagh entertain Cork.

Allianz FL Division 1 provisional fixtures

Round 1
February 4th: Laois v Mayo, Down v Donegal, Dublin v Kerry
February 5th: Armagh v Cork

Round 2
February 11th: Mayo v Dublin
February 12th: Donegal v Laois, Kerry v Armagh, Cork v Down

Round 3
March 3rd: Laois v Dublin
March 4th: Armagh v Mayo, Donegal v Cork, Down v Kerry

Round 4
March 10th: Cork v Laois
March 11th: Mayo v Down, Kerry v Donegal, Dublin v Armagh

Round 5
March 18th: Donegal v Mayo, Laois v Armagh, Down v Dublin, Cork v Kerry

Round 6
March 24th: Armagh v Down, Dublin v Donegal
March 25th: Mayo v Cork, Kerry v Laois

Round 7
April 8th: Donegal v Armagh, Laois v Down, Kerry v Mayo, Cork v Dublin

Any idea when Kildare fixtures are out?

They are in today's papers. We have Meath, Louth, Monaghan and Galway away, iirc.

4 away again!!

4 away games ya nearly expect to win but the league can be so different.who is the home fixtures?
tyrone,westmeath?

Derry is the other home game, the Tyrone game is fixed for a Saturday, wonder will it be played under lights in Athy? We did have 4 home games last year, so we were due 4 away this year.

Yeah but the two years before that we'd 4 away so 3 times in 4 hardly seems fair!! Can't find full list online!!

If we have Tyrone and Derry at home we should be relatively happy

Div 2 round 1
Sat 4th feb, Meath v Monaghan, Kildare v Tyrone
Sun 5th Feb Derry v Galway, Louth v Westmeath

Sat 11th Feb. Tyrone v Derry
Sun 12th Feb Westmeath v Meath, Monaghan v Kildare, Galway v Louth

Sat 3rd march Derry v Monaghan , Meath v Kildare
Sun 4th march Westmeath v Galway, Louth v Tyrone

Sat 10th march Tyrone v Westmeath
Sun 11th march Monaghan v Louth, Galway v Meath, Kildare v Derry

Sun march 18th Westmeath v Monaghan, Meath v Derry, Louth v Kildare, Galway v Tyrone

Sat march 24th Derry v Louth, Tyrone v Meath,
Sun match 25th Monaghan v Galway, Kildare v Westmeath

Sun April 8th Westmeath v Derry, Meath v Louth, Tyrone v Monaghan, Galway v Kildare

Cheers Cara,

Overall they arent too bad of fixtures. To be fair id rather 3 games at home with Tyrone and Derry coming to Newbridge (or Athy!) as opposed to 4 at home and having to travel away to Tyrone/Derry.

Meath away is always tasty and a promotion defining last week end (Hopefully!!) in Salthill will be something to look forward to.

We play Tyrone at home on a Saturday. Will that be day or evening ? Where will the game be given early February 2012 ?

If it is evening, I can only imagine it being played in Athy, during the day Newbridge obviously. Given Athy have got the Shinty international on Sunday, the G.A.A obviosly accept it as a perfectly good inter county venue.

Yeah never want to go to Tyrone again after last year!! Will take that the way the fixtures are. Hopefully we'll bed in a few youngsters & juniors with experienced players. Could have a nice wee squad come championship time.

Happy enough with those fixtures, delighted we have Derry and Tyrone at home. Starting to get very excited now, even the O'Byrne cup can't come quickly enough!

Weekend in Galway in April sounds good!

Disappointed when I first seen only three games at home again, but this was tempered by not having to travel to Derry and Omagh. We don't have to travel far for Meath (again) or Louth either.

It will be a good weekend in Galway if we are still in with a sniff of promotion, a chance to bury some ghosts there as well.

Looking forward to it.

Rex wrote:

Disappointed when I first seen only three games at home again,.

sorry if look back on 2011 league fixtures if will show that kildare played derry laois meath and sligo in newbridge and played antrim donegal and tryone away

fone wrote:

Rex wrote:

Disappointed when I first seen only three games at home again,.

sorry if look back on 2011 league fixtures if will show that kildare played derry laois meath and sligo in newbridge and played antrim donegal and tryone away

eh sorry, if you look back over the last four years and see how many times we have played four away games you'll find that this is the third time in four years of four away games. Understand now.

Four away games mightn't be the best scenario to be facing but arguably the two toughest games we have will be at home (Tyrone and Derry). No real tough trips to make from the fans point of view either, nothing could be worse than Letterkenny last year, and a weekend in Galway always goes down well.

Four winnable away games at least and realistically we should be looking at promotion.

Rex wrote:

fone wrote:

Rex wrote:

Disappointed when I first seen only three games at home again,.

sorry if look back on 2011 league fixtures if will show that kildare played derry laois meath and sligo in newbridge and played antrim donegal and tryone away

eh sorry, if you look back over the last four years and see how many times we have played four away games you'll find that this is the third time in four years of four away games. Understand now.

the the fault lies with chairman for looking for more games home games over last 3 years any these fixtures only prosped fixtures at moment they could changes yet

fone wrote:

the the fault lies with chairman for looking for more games home games over last 3 years any these fixtures only prosped fixtures at moment they could changes yet

That's bullshit fone, of course your going to look for the maximum amount of Home games possible every year. If you don't ask, you certainly will not receive.

On that note, i'm hearing our opening Round game with Tyrone might take place in Croker on that Saturday evening. Not sure if there's any truth in the whispers though.

Kildare v Tyrone
Monaghan v Kildare,
Meath v Kildare
Kildare v Derry
Louth v Kildare
Kildare v Westmeath
Galway v Kildare

There are no easy games in that line up lads. The only one I would say I would certainly expect us to win would be Westmeath at home. Derry beat us on our patch last year, Meath are never easy in Navan, Monaghan wont be an easy place to travel to, Tyrone are Tyrone, Louth up there wont be easy and Galway bring back no happy memories for me whatsoever.

Louth and Westmeath will be favourites for the drop but everyone else will take points off each other, no mistake about it. This league will be all over the place.

On that note, i'm hearing our opening Round game with Tyrone might take place in Croker on that Saturday evening. Not sure if there's any truth in the whispers though.

Kildare v Tyrone


A possible double header then on the 4th !! with Kerry v Dublin & Tyrone v Kildare , not a bad idea , a great idea , will certainly fill croke park for the opening of the league / spring series , i suppose its a good way to access the enemy from all perspectives

There is a method in the lillies madness , getting a early run out in croker , hhmmm sounds very familiar !!

Tyrone would travel as they have in the past , would be a good weekend in the big smoke

Surely The Dubs would fill Croker themselves.

I'm all for playing Tyrone in Croker because it's an away fixture otherwise I'd like our home game to stay in Newbridge.

Taibi wrote:

I'm all for playing Tyrone in Croker because it's an away fixture otherwise I'd like our home game to stay in Newbridge.

That's the problem I have. It is a home fixture, we should not be giving up any homes games to suit the money men. This will only leave two games in Newbridge, which I don't agree with at all. Tyrone will be the biggest threat to our chances of promotion and giving up home advantage is something we would be fools to do.

Agree with that Rex. Two home fixtures and four away. I don't see any benefit for Kildare in this.