QuoteI'm not sure what to read into us being left off that list.
Athlone
Cabo RFC
Cobh Wanderers
Black and red athlone
The artist formerly known as shelbourne
Waterford
Mick Wallace.
People often argue for one division.
Would anyone notice if we allowed this lot drift away on their garbage barge?
I'm not sure what to read into us being left off that list.
UCD are a brilliant club. Needed to produce players for us proper clubs while we spend on our money on wages.
Feeling the love. Huzzah!
Always appreciated in Dundalk.Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Feeling the love. Huzzah!
If we weren't in the LOI I'd have to post my crap on the "Other Clubs" forum and that's no good for anyone. That said I do wonder why we bother sometimes.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
dont throw stones in glasshouses..
I think he's biased against your club.
A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes for his friends.
Of the 8 there you could forsee 4 clubs potentially challenging or being there or there abouts in terms of the top three. UCD always going to be involved, Waterford with new investment, if Longford can get their act together like Drogheda did, Cobh if they keep the good work up. Not sure about Wexford going forward.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
You ask such a question off the back of First Division teams winning the Premier Division playoff three years in-a-row!!!How many years of the last 25 have Limerick spent in the second tier?
The First Division has been gutted. It was a strong healthy 12 team division. Derry and Cork had to reset down there. People know the history of the Premier expanding to 12 again. That obviously took quality from the tier below.
The division seems to have found it's feet after the struggle to only field 7 first teams in 2014. It's healthy for the League of Ireland to have a tier a step away from the limelight. It's wasn't put under scrutiny for having only 7 first teams. 8 teams playing over 4 series isn't put under the spotlight either.
Unforeseen circumstances can happen again that a big club might be down there for a year or two.
With non-LoI entities from non-LoI areas being allowed join the underage leagues, it's unknown if that will lead to more clubs joining the league? With the U17 league having started in 2015 and the U15 league set to start in 2017, the U13 league will possibly start in 2019?
As much as I'm an advocate for an intermediary league, the focus is correctly on the underage setup. When the underage leagues are in place, clubs should have a better idea on whether an intermediary league is feasible and a necessary step between underage to senior level. A decision might need to be made in how non-LoI entities in the underage league join the LoI at senior level?
The FAI seem to have learned from mistakes made with the A Championship. The underage leagues seem to be only allowing entities from non-LoI areas. This should avoid a repeat of the 3 clubs in Galway situation.
The FAI will either seek expressions of interest again for the First Division or reinstate the A Championship. If they do reinstate the intermediary tier, there should be no obligation on LoI clubs, just optional. Participation in the underage leagues will have to be mandatory for new entities who should only come from non-LoI areas.
Regardless of expressions of interest or intermediary leagues, the First Division and it's clubs definitely a place in the League of Ireland.
https://foot.ie/forums/117-Kerry-FC
A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
Probably not said much by fans of Galway United but we should have taken much more from Mervue and a lesser extent Salthill playing in Division 1.
Players playing in Division 1 are much better prepared for Premier Division League of Ireland than any of the "best player in Galway Junior League" I have ever seen.
Looking at the likes of Cobh and Athlone in the 2nd half of the season and possibly even Cabo I would expect a fair few players to be playing in the Premier with other clubs in years to come.
I think there is a big role to play for Division 1 but clubs have to be sensible. Paying journeymen to try and get you out of the Division is crazy. I know a lot was going on at Athlone but no wonder they struggled for support when fans couldn't identify with any players. I would say similar was true of Roddy's team at Waterford. Why would anyone go to support a bunch of Dubs with no prospect of promotion? At least if it's committed young lads they could be the next Sean Maguire etc.
Oh look at the Limerick fan with his head up his h0le after one season. Enjoy signing Conor Powell from us and getting thumped by the big boys again.
Fixed.
Why are there no proper provincial leagues?Surely the transport costs can't be that astronomical?
oh boy I'm not good at football forums
The sole reason the 1st Division exists to to accommodate whatever version of Limerick is in place at the time, when they implode. Therefore it still has a future
Ruud Dokter made a valid point that he could not implement a youth structure from another country in Ireland. He had to find what was appropriate for the country.
The restoration of the A Championship would seem more appropriate in a similar vein than linking provincial leagues to the LoI. We're unlikely to see any moves like that until the youth leagues are all in place.
https://foot.ie/forums/117-Kerry-FC
A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
LTID catches himself a fish.
Lads I wont keep doing it for ye get a grip now please.
Also have ye even been in the league long enough to see more than one version of Limerick?
You keep it warm for us so won't you?
The sole reason Wexford Youths exists is because a crooked, dishonest property developer wanted a vanity project that would allow him to continue pretending he's Italian instead of, you know, doing things like paying tax or raising kids who won't pretend they were abused by their teachers on Facebook.
The ball is round and has many surprises.
what? lolYou keep it warm for us so won't you?
The sole reason Wexford Youths exists is because a crooked, dishonest property developer wanted a vanity project that would allow him to continue pretending he's Italian instead of, you know, doing things like paying tax or raising kids who won't pretend they were abused by their teachers on Facebook.
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