Dundalk FC . back in Europe 2023 . 👏👏👏

[Richie87]

Best draw we could have hoped for I think, given the mini group.

They have only played 2 games in Europe, and last season, lost 4-3 on agg to Crusaders.

4-3 on agg was competitive enough. Dundalk haven't been sparking this season so it could close

[oldfogey]

Best draw we could have hoped for I think, given the mini group.

They have only played 2 games in Europe, and last season, lost 4-3 on agg to Crusaders.

4-3 on agg was competitive enough. Dundalk haven't been sparking this season so it could close

Both sides were in pre-season at the time so hard to judge. We weren't exactly ready to rock in the middle of January.

Magpies started back training on 5th June, and play Preston NE at their training camp in Murcia on 5th July, the week before the first leg.

[Quayman]

Both legs now flipped. Away first

[seand]

Gibraltar will be the 31st league we've played against in Europe (half of those new countries coming since 2014) and it'll be the first time any League of Ireland team has played in Gibraltar. The legs being switched probably gives us a small extra advantage

[seand]

Holy feck, talk about luck of the draw..... we'll be drawn against one of these in round 2
🇩🇰 AGF Aarhus
🇮🇸 KA Akureyri or 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Connah’s Quay
🇸🇪 Hammarby Fotbol
🇫🇴 Vikingur or 🇦🇩 Inter Club d’Escales
🇫🇮 FC Haka or Crusaders

2 fantastic draws there, a good one and 2 stinkers

[mike]

Not really luck Sean, we avoid Brugge / FC Twente / Rossenborg and Hibs (Scot) all due to our coefficient who are all on the other side.

Def need to avoid Danish mob, Swedish prob a step too far, but we should really fancy our chances v 3 other potentials, of course if we get past Gibraltar test !

[seand]

My point was that we're at the mercy of luck... could be Denmark, could be Faroes/Andorra!

[seand]

AGF lost to Larne last season incidentally and Hammarby's Euro record is mediocre. We'd be outsiders against either though. Both would be manageable away trips, it's a good group gor the most part in terms of travel , and certainly looks more "regionalised" than round 1

[Richie87]

Best draw we could have hoped for I think, given the mini group.

They have only played 2 games in Europe, and last season, lost 4-3 on agg to Crusaders.

4-3 on agg was competitive enough. Dundalk haven't been sparking this season so it could close

Both sides were in pre-season at the time so hard to judge. We weren't exactly ready to rock in the middle of January.

Magpies started back training on 5th June, and play Preston NE at their training camp in Murcia on 5th July, the week before the first leg.

4 of the team part of Gibraltar Squad . Not sure how many were involved against Ireland but playing International would keep a few sharp.

[seand]

Wales or Iceland, nice

[oldfogey]

Potential Glentoran v St Pat's.

[mike]

4-3 on agg was competitive enough. Dundalk haven't been sparking this season so it could close

Both sides were in pre-season at the time so hard to judge. We weren't exactly ready to rock in the middle of January.

Magpies started back training on 5th June, and play Preston NE at their training camp in Murcia on 5th July, the week before the first leg.

4 of the team part of Gibraltar Squad . Not sure how many were involved against Ireland but playing International would keep a few sharp.

I had a look Richie, only 2 made the squad one came on as a sub (Balantine) and another (Coombes) unused sub.

[mike]

Wales or Iceland, nice

We got the rub of the green again Sean.

Not wanting to tempt faith but if we did manage to get past Magpies, then R2, all of these join or will be in R3 on the seeded side, we will almost certainly be unseeded, daunting to say the least !!!!!!!

Still I suppose it would bring in valuable revenue to play in 3 rounds, but one step at a time, Magpies first !!!!

Winner of the tie involving Belgium Club Brugge
Winner of the tie involving Switzerland Basel
Netherlands AZ
Winner of the tie involving Belgium Gent
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Winner of the tie involving Turkey Fenerbahçe
Winner of the tie involving Romania CFR Cluj
Winner of the tie involving Denmark Midtjylland
Serbia Partizan
Winner of the tie involving Greece PAOK
Winner of the tie involving Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Winner of the tie involving Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
Winner of the tie involving Norway Bodø/Glimt
Winner of the tie involving Poland Lech Poznań
Austria Rapid Wien
Winner of the tie involving Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Winner of the tie involving Sweden Djurgårdens IF
Winner of the tie involving Cyprus APOEL
Winner of the tie involving Turkey Beşiktaş
Winner of the tie involving Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Winner of the tie involving Netherlands Twente
Winner of the tie involving Croatia Rijeka
Winner of the tie involving Portugal Vitória de Guimarães
Portugal Arouca
Winner of the tie involving Romania FCSB
Winner of the tie involving Poland Legia Warsaw
Winner of the tie involving Norway Rosenborg

[mike]

We booked our trip today, wondering for others going how most are flying.

Wed 12th - Ryanair to Gatwick, to catch the 16.35 Easy Jet to Gib.

Sat 15th - 13.15 Easy Jet to Gat, then evening flight RY to Dub.

On a side note, as always its time like these you miss Colm Crossan aka Ezekiel on here, he loved these trips, and was very helpful to us in Lux in 2011 for tickets / logistics. Sadly missed.

[oldfogey]

For anyone who is interested, here is a link for the stream of PNE v Magpies on 5th July.

https://twitter.com/Pneawaydays/status/ ... hvdsg&s=19