2009 Fixtures [Archive]

willymccann

09/01/2009, 6:09 PM

I emailed the FAI and got the reponse below, so only proposed dates as yet
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Dear Will

Thank you for your email. The 2009 Season has been proposed to begin around the 6th March, although that has not been confirmed. The Fixtures are due to be released at the end of January, but again a release date has not been confirmed. If you would like to contact our office at the end of the month I am sure we will have more information for you then.

Thank you

Rovers1

09/01/2009, 7:02 PM

The Fixtures are due to be released at the end of January, but again a release date has not been confirmed.

:rolleyes:

in other words:

You will be lucky to see the fixtures out before the season starts. This year we have decided to go for a novelty "turn up at a random ground" where you turn up at whichever LOI ground you like on the 6th March in hope of seeing your own team.

Thanks.

Tim

Sam_Heggy

09/01/2009, 7:08 PM

If licences are to be confirmed around 31st Jan then how can they have the fixtures out before that?

Not very encouraging is it?

garyderry

09/01/2009, 7:12 PM

If licences are to be confirmed around 31st Jan then how can they have the fixtures out before that?

Not very encouraging is it?

its the same every season as far as i can see, just gets a wee bit worse each year :confused:

citybone

10/01/2009, 1:08 PM

its the same every season as far as i can see, just gets a wee bit worse each year :confused:

its ok the fai are in charge they are making "improvements to the league":rolleyes:

Black and White

10/01/2009, 3:01 PM

If licences are to be confirmed around 31st Jan then how can they have the fixtures out before that?

Not very encouraging is it?

They'll go with whos in it at the moment and pick the names out of a hat...like this!

Bohs v Galway
Dundalk v Derry
Drogheda/UCD v St Pats
Cork/Shels v Bray
Sligo v Sham Rovers

London-Irish

11/01/2009, 12:42 PM

Any news yet on where Mervue are going to play?

DmanDmythDledge

11/01/2009, 3:03 PM

If licences are to be confirmed around 31st Jan then how can they have the fixtures out before that?

Not very encouraging is it?
I thought it wasn't until mid February?

Any news yet on where Mervue are going to play?
Terryland Park on Saturdays.

pineapple stu

11/01/2009, 4:41 PM

Deadline to get licencing issues in order is 31 January. It'll probably take another week or two to give out licences.

steno

11/01/2009, 4:54 PM

According to the Kildare County website club will learn the results of their licence applications on Feburary the 18th so any fixture lists before that date would be provisional I would imagine

http://www.kildarecountyfc.com/news/news-details.asp?NewsID=1120

Kildare County hhave applied for a first division licence BTW because the FAI advised them to do so

http://www.kildarecountyfc.com/news/news-details.asp?NewsID=1114

Schumi

12/01/2009, 11:49 AM

They'll go with whos in it at the moment and pick the names out of a hat...like this!

Bohs v Galway
Dundalk v Derry
Drogheda/UCD v St Pats
Cork/Shels v Bray
Sligo v Sham RoversLike a cup draw with replays still to be decided, brilliant!

Duffman

15/01/2009, 11:32 AM

Just looking in work diary from last year, they were out the last week in January.

GuisaSaigon

15/01/2009, 11:46 AM

Any news yet on where Mervue are going to play?

They have been given permission to use Terryland while they make the necessary improvements to Fahy's Field.

brianw82

15/01/2009, 11:52 AM

Will there still be a mid-season break this year?

pineapple stu

15/01/2009, 12:17 PM

Assume so. It's for players' holidays, not for international tournaments.

Sam_Heggy

15/01/2009, 12:37 PM

Will there still be a mid-season break this year?

I don't think there is, alot of clubs complained about it over the past 2 seasons as they have to pay wages for 2 weeks with no income.

pineapple stu

15/01/2009, 12:40 PM

Which is why, shortly afterwards, you get mid-week games so players play two games for the price of one. :confused:

Rovers Maniac

15/01/2009, 12:41 PM

Crazy talk not sure how warm it gets in other parts of the country but those two weeks are piping hot at home. Its the middle of the summer guys for god's sake temps can get to the mid 20's.

pineapple stu

15/01/2009, 12:43 PM

Now you've really lost me?!

thischarmingman

15/01/2009, 8:18 PM

Just looking in work diary from last year, they were out the last week in January.

I have a brand new diary with pages crying out to be filled with new fixtures. It's looking positvely barren at the moment.

sligoman

24/01/2009, 12:07 PM

Dundalk are rumoured to be playing Bohs in the opening game(televised too) according to extratime.ie

TheBoss

24/01/2009, 11:00 PM

Fixture lists are due to be released on Friday, February 20.
From this article:
http://www.galwaynews.ie/6297-mervue-embrace-new-era

Schumi

24/01/2009, 11:16 PM

Only 2 weeks before the satart of the season?

sligoman

25/01/2009, 11:54 AM

What an absolute joke if that's true.

longfordjames

25/01/2009, 12:42 PM

excatly one year since they were announced today

Danny

27/01/2009, 8:49 AM

important dates for new season here

http://www.stpatsfc.com/downloads/fixture_dates.xls

brianw82

27/01/2009, 9:29 AM

They still have that damn mid-season break. Grr.

dublinred

27/01/2009, 9:54 AM

important dates for new season here

http://www.stpatsfc.com/downloads/fixture_dates.xls

Interesting , 2 week holiday just before the start of the Europa cup which could potentially involve 6 consective thursday matches from July2nd not sure if this is ideal but probably no alternative.

eamo1

27/01/2009, 6:18 PM

Thats 2 weeks before the start of the season as has been pointed out.However if club(s) fail in their Licence application which probably will happen and appeal it then the fixture date will be pushed back again.
Same sh*t different year-JOKE:mad:

Youths4Ever

27/01/2009, 8:08 PM

know a little off topic but when do the squad lists have to be in. Is it before the licensing deadline or sometime after

Mr A

28/01/2009, 9:58 AM

brianw82

28/01/2009, 10:32 AM

I think the start of the season should be pushed back and the transfer window allowed to remain open longer. So many clubs are unsure of what division they'll be in that it's impossible to do any proper planning.

The vicious circle, as so many of them don't know what division they'll be in because they DIDN'T do any proper planning! :)

garyderry

28/01/2009, 10:47 AM

The vicious circle, as so many of them don't know what division they'll be in because they DIDN'T do any proper planning! :)

well its hardly Harps fault, they were relegated fairly, however because of the incompetence of other clubs they may end up back in the premier with an amatuer team. The FAI should speed this process up and make it clear who will be in the premier, to make it an even starting point for everyone. Its hardly going to be fair promoting harps AFTER the transfer window is closed.

Dont see any reason to extend the start of the season though, its been a pretty long close season as it is. Most team will have started training and arranging friendlies based on the 4th March start date. Also budgets will be based on the real money starting to come in then.

noby

28/01/2009, 10:56 AM

The vicious circle, as so many of them don't know what division they'll be in because they DIDN'T do any proper planning! :)

Proper planning is nothing to do with it. The best run clubs in the land still won't know for definite which licence they will receive until after the transfer window closes. We all knows there are some clubs that 'know' which league they will be playing in, but there's probably a half dozen middle ground ones that *could* go either way. It happened Waterford when they were invited into the Premier after compiling a first division squad. Surely it would make a lot more sense to have the licencing sorted before the window closes.

atfconline

13/02/2009, 11:15 AM

Media Notice

Football Association of Ireland

February 13th, 2009

League of Ireland fixture list to be released

The fixture list for the 2009 League of Ireland season will be released next Monday, February 16th.

The fixture list will be published on the official League of Ireland website, www.loi.ie, at 5pm and will also be issued to media outlets.

ENDS

Source

13/02/2009, 12:53 PM

What's the odds on the season opener being Rovers (first league match in Tallaght) against Bohs, with RTE to broadcast live.

Buile Shuibhne

13/02/2009, 12:59 PM

Bohs Vs Dundalk is being televised live on the 6th March.

Tallaght wont be ready in time for the season start - the floodlights are only due to be completed on 6th March. And then there will have to be a few weeks trials etc., before a League game can be played there.

Rovers first few 'home' games wll be in Tolka

holidaysong

13/02/2009, 2:34 PM

Bohs Vs Dundalk is being televised live on the 6th March.

This rumour has floated around a good bit in the last month but I haven't seen anything official on it yet.

placid casual

13/02/2009, 3:21 PM

Rovers first few 'home' games wll be in Tolka[/QUOTE]

wrong.:rolleyes:
again.:rolleyes:

mypost

13/02/2009, 3:45 PM

What's the odds on the season opener being Rovers (first league match in Tallaght) against Bohs, with RTE to broadcast live.

They're very long odds.

redobit

13/02/2009, 3:59 PM

Media Notice

Football Association of Ireland

February 13th, 2009

League of Ireland fixture list to be released

The fixture list for the 2009 League of Ireland season will be released next Monday, February 16th.

The fixture list will be published on the official League of Ireland website, www.loi.ie (http://www.loi.ie), at 5pm and will also be issued to media outlets.

ENDS

Does this include Setanta Cup aswell

holidaysong

13/02/2009, 6:33 PM

Does this include Setanta Cup aswell

The Setanta Cup doesn't start until August sure.

sheao

13/02/2009, 9:20 PM

The dates for next season were posted on the Bohs forum.
http://i44.tinypic.com/20sf1ua.png

Martinho II

14/02/2009, 7:33 PM

SMorgan

14/02/2009, 10:13 PM

Bohs Vs Dundalk is being televised live on the 6th March.

Nearly right. I am fairly sure it will be Dundalk v Bohs on the opening day.

Splurge

15/02/2009, 8:09 PM

wont be long now

holidaysong

16/02/2009, 9:29 AM

going by the dates on the bohs forum i assume it is going to return to a old format of second placed team in first division will play the winners of the eighth ninth placed premier team ..its a bit of a change..

It's 2nd vs. 3rd in the first division and then the winners of that play the loser of the 8th vs. 9th game in the premier.