how are people going to pay for tickets on a regular basis next season when 17% of people will be unemployed?
I will be able to get to most games coz my mom will give me the money but I'm in a lucky position.
We're in unchartered waters here.
Ireland's had bad unemployment/economics before - but never after a boom.
We got all carried away with the good times as we'd never seen them before - now we'll have to get used to the monster hangover it produces for the first time.
I suspect next year will be even tougher than usual for Irish football.
The economy will impact the cross-channel brigade. It's hard to see how it will affect the EL, as attendences were pitiful last season anyway, regardless of the FAI's spin.
Sure no one worked in the 50s and we had 50,000 at every game?
Apparently
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Attendances will be hit next year from the downturn. Only the Ultras will be travelling twice to Mervue, Wexford, Cork, and Derry on Friday nights next season.
Every country in the world has an industry which employs people.
It gives jobs to people at player ,manager,admin level
It brings in visitors who spend money.
Interested??
Guess What?
Briliant idea.Why dont we try it???
Instead of playing local tribal games that noone else can play
Its called FOOTBALL
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Am I missing something or do they really expect unemployment to reach 17%?Originally Posted by irishultra
That's 1980's levels and I don't think even the worst economic pessemist expects it to get that bad. Granted it will get worse before it gets better again.
17% next season?
WUM
im working since 1980 and have never seen things as bad they are now on the jobs front. There will be carnage after christmas in the retail and services sector never mind manafacturing. The government havent a clue what to do and the man who landed us all in it is still being mentioned as a canidate for President.
The cross channel brigade are there for the taking lads if the FAI and clubs could sort out the mess that is the el now.
We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"
not all of us - the celtic tiger didnt "help" as many as you would expect
anyway i would be a bit concerned about the high price of travelling around the country - - The bus service is a joke, and the trains can charge what they like
Presumably you wern't looking for a job in the mid-80s then, when things were "at their worst" - couldn't get a job in McDonalds for £1.50/hour!
Half of my friends emigrated, to get work, those of us who stayed scraped around for work & kept our heads down till things picked up properly in the 90s. Still, it wasn't so bad really - most difficult time to get jobs was probably 84-87 - economy was picking up for a few years (from then) before the media noticed/admitted.
It's just nothing like as bad as that now.
its worse Cuana because there is nowhere for all our kids to emigrate to like there was in the 80's .This is the first time since i started working that im facing so much uncertainty over my own job and im not a civil sevant.
We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"
China?there is nowhere for all our kids to emigrate to like there was in the 80's
Perhaps people will have to start thinking about non-English speaking countries.
Off topic lads,but did Mark Farren not get top goalscorer in the league with 16 goals.It says on the Eircom league a 3 way d/h with Mooney and Quigley all on 15
I have a cousin over there - about 6 years now - he loves it there.
gufct: you may well have a good point about lack of emigration opportunities now - I honestly don't know how bad things will get globally - but then, none of us do - so I just hope that you are wrong. I'm certainly planning for a slightly better 2009 (2008 was bad), looking at buying a small premises & expanding a little - might be a stupid thing to do, but with property prices so much lower at the moment, I want to take the opportunity if I can.
I thought he scored in the last game to make it 16 goals alright - but the loi website still shows the 3-way tie : http://www.eircomloi.ie/the-division...vision/tables/
Farren got 16.
I went thru the Derry website which hasnt got the last 4 games updated and he has 11 goals +1 v pats,1 v rovers,0 v galway and 2 v cobh gives him 15.
I backed Mooney and was told he was a loser but it looks like Im a dead heat winner now which is better than nowt!
Did he lose a goal or get 1 taken away from him?
I think one of Farren's was re-classified as an OG, might have been against Drogheda.Did he lose a goal or get 1 taken away from him?
Clubs just have to stop charging over the odds for what they are offering. Simple as that. If they want players to live with the new economic reality then they have to start living in it themselves and reduce prices.
If not we'll all be heading to Newry for our football!
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