2012 First Division structure?

**born2bwild** · 19/12/2011, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

i dont see Salthill ever getting crowds. they play in the absolute middle of nowhere. its really hard to find and harder still to get to

It's pretty hard to get out of, too. Feckin pterodactyls ate all my breadcrumbs and I only got out by chance when I found a trans-dimensional portal back to Dublin through a Sile na Gig's gowl.

**passerrby** · 19/12/2011, 1:02 PM

Is gathering signatures a licensing requirement??

**Mr A** · 19/12/2011, 4:30 PM

Cobh pay off tax debt. Does not explicitly say they have applied.

**blue til i die** · 19/12/2011, 4:43 PM

Originally Posted by Mr A

Cobh pay off tax debt. Does not explicitly say they have applied.

They have applied for a first division licence.

**exiled_gufc_fan** · 19/12/2011, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by passerrby

Is gathering signatures a licensing requirement??

It's the austerity version of a DVD

**Terry** · 20/12/2011, 2:06 AM

rumour has it that mervue (my local housing estate club) are having some financial diffculties. My nephews yearly membership has gone up to E150 from the E50 he had to pay last year.

**gufcfan** · 20/12/2011, 5:59 AM

Originally Posted by Terry

rumour has it that mervue (my local housing estate club) are having some financial diffculties. My nephews yearly membership has gone up to E150 from the E50 he had to pay last year.

That's terrible. People were having problems paying the membership last year, as it had gone up from previous years. People with a few kids might find it very very hard to find that money.

Hard questions will have to be asked eventually. Maybe they'll trod on this year, but with this recession it will certainly become more of a problem as time goes by.

**Jofspring** · 20/12/2011, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Terry

rumour has it that mervue (my local housing estate club) are having some financial diffculties. My nephews yearly membership has gone up to E150 from the E50 he had to pay last year.

Thought Mervue where looking to build a stand though. Maybe the higher membership was agreed on at the AGM to fund this.

Aisling Annacotty in Limerick upped their membership for 1 year to 200 euro as a once off as far as I know to help fund the new state of the art astro turf they got installed.

**geezer** · 20/12/2011, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Terry

rumour has it that mervue (my local housing estate club) are having some financial diffculties. My nephews yearly membership has gone up to E150 from the E50 he had to pay last year.

Like any club they are looking at a different scenario than some years back, They have a strong lotto, work with parents re payments and are not hundreds of thousands in the red like us.

**gufcfan** · 20/12/2011, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by Jofspring

Thought Mervue where looking to build a stand though.

I have no more info than you, but I'll just say that it is not unknown for clubs to pretend they are going to do something for the sake of getting a license.

**passerrby** · 20/12/2011, 3:05 PM

Originally Posted by gufcfan

I have no more info than you, but I'll just say that it is not unknown for clubs to
pretend they are going to do something for the sake of getting license.

do ya reckon

**gufc2000** · 21/12/2011, 12:20 PM

Salthill Devon have appointed a new manager today, so it looks like they'll be hanging around for another while

http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/art...ew-head-coach/

**culloty82** · 04/01/2012, 9:20 AM

The First Division teams will be announced on January 19th, according to the latest Kerryman article on Tralee's application.

**gufc2000** · 04/01/2012, 12:30 PM

GUST are meeting the FAI again today, according to the Indo.

EDIT: Meeting deferred

**nigel-harps1954** · 04/01/2012, 7:00 PM

Originally Posted by culloty82

The First Division teams will be announced on January 19th, according to the latest Kerryman article on Tralee's application.

Hope you're right...else you'll be getting a slap.

**culloty82** · 04/01/2012, 8:22 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Hope you're right...else you'll be getting a slap.

Details here.

**Olander** · 04/01/2012, 8:39 PM

Originally Posted by culloty82

Details here.

Just curious, I remember our licence application was rejected last season around the 14-15th of February. How can the FAI announce who is in the First Division on the 19th of January without teams knowing if they have been awarded a licence or not???

**bluewhitearmy** · 04/01/2012, 8:44 PM

Originally Posted by Olander

Just curious, I remember our licence application was rejected last season around the 14-15th of February. How can the FAI announce who is in the First Division on the 19th of January without teams knowing if they have been awarded a licence or not???

Give out the licences earlier then last year like they should be doing.

**Olander** · 04/01/2012, 8:46 PM

Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy

Give out the licences earlier then last year like they should be doing.

Ah, so the only change is that they're awarding licences a month earlier basically?

**culloty82** · 04/01/2012, 8:50 PM

I'd imagine it's like the current Premier Division situation, the FAI saying "We recommend these clubs play in the First Division, subject to licencing approval next month".