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GreenStar
27/10/2009, 8:07 AM
Salthill Devon v Shamrock Rovers

Saturday 31st October
Drom, 2.00pm.

Adults: €10
Under-16's: Free

CF1989
27/10/2009, 10:54 AM
stupidity again from the LOI, a final not on neutral ground.

gufc2000
27/10/2009, 12:22 PM
Its probably in Drom so there will be more of a crowd there, and to promote the game out there as there a non-league club. I couldn't envisage many people headin to it were it to be played in Athlone or Longford

GreenStar
27/10/2009, 1:29 PM
Its probably in Drom so there will be more of a crowd there, and to promote the game out there as there a non-league club. I couldn't envisage many people headin to it were it to be played in Athlone or Longford

Apparently there was 700 at Dalymount last night for Bohs v Rovers. If the final had been held in Tallaght there probably would have been upwards of 1000.

culloty82
28/10/2009, 8:39 PM
Whatever about the Final, might be a good idea to delay the promotion play-off until after the licensing decision, as if either Cork or Derry are demoted, the match could become a dead rubber.

Iorfa2MaccaJim
29/10/2009, 7:55 PM
What's the story with this now ?

Obviously with Rovers being a Premier outfit, that means they can't be promoted. So I can only assume that no matter what happens Salthill are promoted. If they want to take up the position of course ?

holidaysong
29/10/2009, 8:00 PM
This match is a final to see who wins the A Championship. There will be two separate playoff matches between Salthill and Kildare County to see who will be in the First Division next season.

culloty82
30/10/2009, 8:50 AM
I know, but they hadn't re-started the promotion thread at the time, so this was the next best place to discuss it.

GreenStar
30/10/2009, 1:24 PM
Back on-topic. Is there any idea what sort of crowd will be at the game? Moving it to a stadium might have been a better option, crowd-wise perhaps?

Schumi
30/10/2009, 1:35 PM
There were 2-300 at Salthill's cup game against us a couple of years ago.

pineapple stu
30/10/2009, 1:43 PM
stupidity again from the LOI, a final not on neutral ground.
Who'd go to the A League final between Salthill and Rovers in, say, Cork?

We typically got 300 or so for our A League/reserve division/U-21 finals. I'd say it'd be similar enough for this one. Would have gotten a good crowd in Tallaght I'd say, but nothing you can do about that now.

GreenStar
03/11/2009, 8:10 AM
Rovers won 1-0 with a stoppage time goal from Don Cowen. From what I heard there was about 300 at the game. This just proves what a terrible decision it was to play the game here.

pineapple stu
03/11/2009, 9:58 AM
No it doesn't. Why should the game be held in the venue that gives the bigger crowd, even if that's at a disadvantage to the smaller club?

GreenStar
03/11/2009, 10:43 AM
So it's better to play the game in front of 300 than possibly 1000? It's a final. Neither team should have any advantage.

pineapple stu
03/11/2009, 10:45 AM
Name me a neutral venue which would have gotten more than 300 at it. (And nowhere in Dublin counts as neutral)

And there was more value to Salthill playing a final at home than playing to 1000 in Cork, for example.

GreenStar
03/11/2009, 11:22 AM
Why would Cork even be mentioned? Likely venue would be Athlone or Longford. Roughly half-way for both clubs. Rovers would deifnitely have brought a crowd to that. I'm sure Salthill would have pushed it more than they did. They obviously felt because they were at home against a big club the people would automatcially come out for it. Makes no odds now anyway. Just a pity, that's all.

pineapple stu
03/11/2009, 11:32 AM
Not a pity at all that a relatively minor final wasn't played in a town 70-80 miles away from both clubs, creating no local interest at all.

GreenStar
03/11/2009, 12:55 PM
Okay then.

Terry
03/11/2009, 8:13 PM
how could salthill have pushed it more? They dont have much of a geographical spread to choose from. 300 was great from there perspective, seeing as they usually get around 10-15 per match !