League format 2011-2012

**Mr A** · 18/02/2011, 1:22 PM

With a special arrangement for rowdy Monaghan fans:

**Mr A** · 18/02/2011, 1:23 PM

Back on topic- surely the FAI cannot tolerate a situation where some clubs have 14 and others 16 home games.

**legendz** · 18/02/2011, 2:44 PM

Originally Posted by Mr A

Back on topic- surely the FAI cannot tolerate a situation where some clubs have 14 and others 16 home games.

Yeah, good point. On that they will have to redraft the fixtures, 15 home and away games each.

**KevB76** · 18/02/2011, 7:09 PM

I have it on good authority that the fixtures will be re-drafted for the first division

**sheao** · 18/02/2011, 7:22 PM

Originally Posted by KevB76

I have it on good authority that the fixtures will be re-drafted for the first division

We'll find out after Monday i suppose .
Hope they dont change our game on the 25th of March away to Shels, was hoping to make a weekend out of it with the Ireland game on the following day.

**BonnieShels** · 19/02/2011, 9:15 PM

Originally Posted by Roo69

Not anymore, 3 sides have been taken down and will be replaced with a new fancy fencing system AFAIK

What's a fencing system? Are they not just fences?
Does it mean the new fences will electrocute Mons fans instead of falling on them?

**BonnieShels** · 19/02/2011, 9:18 PM

Originally Posted by sheao

We'll find out after Monday i suppose .
Hope they dont change our game on the 25th of March away to Shels, was hoping to make a weekend out of it with the Ireland game on the following day.

Once we dart with the Blaas and end with Athlone/Salthill/Mervue I'll be happy.

**peadar1987** · 20/02/2011, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

What's a fencing system? Are they not just fences?
Does it mean the new fences will electrocute Mons fans instead of falling on them?

That's amateur, Shelbourne talk. Bray's fencing system can do both!

**Jofspring** · 21/02/2011, 5:54 PM

Finally Official:

Premier Division:

Bohemians
Bray
Derry
Drogheda
Dundalk
Galway
Shamrock Rovers
Sligo Rovers
St.Pats
UCD

First:

Athlone
Cork
Finn Harps
Limerick
Longford
Mervue
Monaghan
Shelbourne
Salthill
Waterford
Wexford

Presume the new fixtures or the correction in them will be announced tomorrow. We had to wait a week longer for our license and if the fixtures stay the same we will also be waiting a week longer to start the season.

**Lim till i die** · 21/02/2011, 5:58 PM

Originally Posted by Jofspring

We had to wait a week longer for our license and if the fixtures stay the same we will also be waiting a week longer to start the season.

That's a pretty good excuse for a fudge right there.

Leave the fixtures as they are as it's the fairest way to give little Limerick some more extra time??

**Jofspring** · 21/02/2011, 6:03 PM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

That's a pretty good excuse for a fudge right there.

Leave the fixtures as they are as it's the fairest way to give little Limerick some more extra time??

"Due to the issues with Limericks license, in the interests of fairness the FAI have decided to show good faith to Limerick FC and allow them an extra week to prepare for the season ahead as the association feels it would be wrong to allow all the other clubs a week longer to prepare (except for Galway Utd of course)"

**BonnieShels** · 22/02/2011, 12:08 AM

Originally Posted by peadar1987

That's amateur, Shelbourne talk. Bray's fencing system can do both!

That's amateur trash talk. You're going down* biatch!

*until Galway go boom ca. 12months. And then you'll be right back up again.

Looking at the makeup of the two divisions you can't help but wonder how they continue to justify Cobh's absence from Div 1.

**legendz** · 22/02/2011, 9:47 AM

Did they get a division one licence? I haven't heard any word from Cobh about it...

**Jofspring** · 22/02/2011, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by legendz

Did they get a division one licence? I haven't heard any word from Cobh about it...

Just an A Licence. Don't think their taxes where up to scratch but I'm open to correction on that.

**harps1954** · 22/02/2011, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Jofspring

Just an A Licence. Don't think their taxes where up to scratch but I'm open to correction on that.

Probably 'the guy who signs these things' was off on holidays the day they went in to see the Taxman.

**Ezeikial** · 27/02/2011, 10:21 AM

Sean Ryan in todays Sunday Indo has this to say about promotion/relegation:

That leaves Bray Wanderers, Galway United, UCD and Drogheda United to fight it out at the bottom to avoid the relegation play-off spot.
With two due to be promoted automatically from the First Division, Shelbourne and Waterford United have invested heavily to boost their hopes, and Monaghan United, Limerick and Finn Harps should also be in the mix for the play-off.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...s-2558011.html

He reports this as fact, rather then speculation.

Have I missed the announcement by the FAI?

**holidaysong** · 27/02/2011, 11:07 AM

There was no announcement. Must be 2 up and bottom vs. third in a play-off so. A Premier division of 12 teams next year would mean a first division of 9 teams if no club step up to take the Sporting Fingal place. Now that would be a joke. Maybe there should be a relaxing of the requirements for a First division licence is in order to allow all the A Championship teams who want to step up to do so.

**Quayman** · 27/02/2011, 11:50 AM

Is this not the last year of the A League Could have sworn is was mentioned on here before. That they are reverting back to the under 20 league so Id imagine it would be perhaps 3 teams stepping up to the first or even regionalising the first similar to the current A League set up.

**holidaysong** · 27/02/2011, 12:56 PM

The A Championship teams would still need First division licences if they wanted to step up though. None of them got one this year under the current criteria.

**Ezeikial** · 06/03/2011, 12:40 AM

Originally Posted by holidaysong

There was no announcement. Must be 2 up and bottom vs. third in a play-off so. A Premier division of 12 teams next year would mean a first division of 9 teams if no club step up to take the Sporting Fingal place. Now that would be a joke. Maybe there should be a relaxing of the requirements for a First division licence is in order to allow all the A Championship teams who want to step up to do so.

I keep thinking I must have missed this anouncement by the FAI. Bad enough that teams would progress with budgets for 2011 without being able to factor in the reality of promotion and relegation prospects, but if it were anything other the LoI it would be GUBU that a league could actually start without the outcomes being set out.

Surely this has never happened anywhere else before .....except of course in the FAI / IAG debacle 5 years ago

Anyone know when an annoucement is due?