Moving or not?

[no17 fan]

Save your money Pat, Markets Field means very little to most of the fans going these days. Always be associated with the glory holes who clinged to the club during the good days. :p

. :laugh:

thats ridiculous coming from the asst Treasurer of the SC, just to dismiss people who follwed a limerick team in the past

[Monkfish]

thats ridiculous coming from the asst Treasurer of the SC, just to dismiss people who follwed a limerick team in the past

The high ranking position I have been elected to by an elite group of people should have no bearing on your badly planned and executed attack on my opinion regarding Billy bandwagon and his pals.

Fact is, the real fans back in the MF days have stuck around. The rest went through a hurling phase in the 90's and are coming to the end of their egg chasing phase. All the while following one of Englands 'big 4' through the comfort of a barstool, cause we all know attaching ourselves to a big bright and overhyped successful club and wearing their latest overpriced replica tat will make us feel better in our own lives.
(How come theres very little Blackburn, Bolton, Fulham jerseys on show around town?)

[fire away]

The high ranking position I have been elected to by an elite group of people should have no bearing on your badly planned and executed attack on my opinion regarding Billy bandwagon and his pals.

Fact is, the real fans back in the MF days have stuck around. The rest went through a hurling phase in the 90's and are coming to the end of their egg chasing phase. All the while following one of Englands 'big 4' through the comfort of a barstool, cause we all know attaching ourselves to a big bright and overhyped successful club and wearing their latest overpriced replica tat will make us feel better in our own lives.
(How come theres very little Blackburn, Bolton, Fulham jerseys on show around town?)

dont forget qpr monkfish.

[no17 fan]

The high ranking position I have been elected to by an elite group of people should have no bearing on your badly planned and executed attack on my opinion regarding Billy bandwagon and his pals.

Fact is, the real fans back in the MF days have stuck around. The rest went through a hurling phase in the 90's and are coming to the end of their egg chasing phase. All the while following one of Englands 'big 4' through the comfort of a barstool, cause we all know attaching ourselves to a big bright and overhyped successful club and wearing their latest overpriced replica tat will make us feel better in our own lives.
(How come theres very little Blackburn, Bolton, Fulham jerseys on show around town?)

A lot of the real fans from the MF days might have passed away in the 30 or so years since, if most of the real fans stuck around and are still going to jackman then there couldn't have been more than 250 REAL fans back then. HA.

[joeSoap]

Keep this on topic and clean lads, or it will be closed.

[gspain]

I think a move back to the MF would give the club a real bounce just like Rovers going to Tallaght.

There is a huge latent support for the club that needs toi be tapped and premier division football with
decent facilities will help.

[Jofspring]

Looks like a date has been set for when bids have to be in by. Hopefully Pat can secure it.

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Sale-documents-issued-for-Limerick39s.6531289.jp

[Jofspring]

Nearly a week has passed since the deadline for tenders to be submitted for the Markets Field. Has there been any word on it?

[sean r]

if limerick do aquire MF could they do what dundalk did and lay an astroturf pitch down? the revenue will be good for the club in pitch rentals and traning or ther codes can play there too.

[London-Irish]

Still no news after the passing of the deadline?

[legendz]

Better reply here I guess,
They were hoping to move to the market's field but it's to go to public tender:
http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Sa...39s.6531289.jp

[legendz]

I think a lot more people will be tempted to go to games if they were to make the move, I hope it does go through for Limerick. There has not been a word since the deadline.

[London-Irish]

Hopefully there will be more news soon

[jaorta]

(How come theres very little Blackburn, Bolton, Fulham jerseys on show around town?)

There are very little Limerick FC jerseys around town either but I would bet that there are more of each of the three clubs you named which is a thundering disgrace!!!!:shame:

[Monkfish]

There are very little Limerick FC jerseys around town either but I would bet that there are more of each of the three clubs you named which is a thundering disgrace!!!!:shame:

The fact we can only buy long sleeved bog standard kit (half way through the season I may add) cant help. I see a fair amount of lads in polos, rain jackets and tracksuits though.

[Jofspring]

The fact we can only buy long sleeved bog standard kit (half way through the season I may add) cant help. I see a fair amount of lads in polos, rain jackets and tracksuits though.

Switch to hummell I say. The Cork and Derry jerseys where nice and the fans seemed to have them by the start of the season. They also have them in short sleeve which helps. Umbro while I like their stuff seem to be a waste of time and Linerick aren't the only team to have trouble waiting for kits.

[Monkfish]

Hummell would be great, Puma even better! but if the club is getting the best deal from Umbro then they'll stick with them.
Problem is though the lack of jerseys around town, get a nice top for sale and lads will buy them, we wont shift truck loads ill admit but just a few around town would raise the profile of the club.

[L37Ultra]

Hummell would be great, Puma even better! but if the club is getting the best deal from Umbro then they'll stick with them.
Problem is though the lack of jerseys around town, get a nice top for sale and lads will buy them, we wont shift truck loads ill admit but just a few around town would raise the profile of the club.

Its also bad for the sponsors. If the Jersey sponsors know that the Jerseys aren't readily available throughtout the season then I can't see the club attracting a big sponsor deal for the Jersey as they know many people won't be wearing them around town etc..

[legendz]

jaorta, Monkfish, Jofspring and L37Ultra, do any of ye have any update on the Market's Field situation?

[Monkfish]

Nope, bids have been made but nothing new the last few weeks.

[Jofspring]

No still no news but in staying in line with being way off topic a jersey like the one below with white instead of grey would be the job, especially in short sleeve. I know loads of people that have wanted to buy jerseys but have been put off by the long sleeve baggy looking jerseys. I'm sure Cork and Derry must be getting a decent deal. I know they shift a lot more jerseys than us but i think with a nice kit we would sell our fair share also. Whats the price of the current jersey? Cork looking for €53 and Derry something similar. I'd definitely pay that kind of money for a decent jersey. €55-€60 at most.

http://www.hummel.dk/Sport/Apparel/Football/Men/~/media/Sport/2010/view/03%20037%207045%20jpg.ashx?db=master&20100204T1531322010

[redron]

No still no news but in staying in line with being way off topic a jersey like the one below with white instead of grey would be the job, especially in short sleeve. I know loads of people that have wanted to buy jerseys but have been put off by the long sleeve baggy looking jerseys. I'm sure Cork and Derry must be getting a decent deal. I know they shift a lot more jerseys than us but i think with a nice kit we would sell our fair share also. Whats the price of the current jersey? Cork looking for €53 and Derry something similar. I'd definitely pay that kind of money for a decent jersey. €55-€60 at most.

http://www.hummel.dk/Sport/Apparel/Football/Men/%7E/media/Sport/2010/view/03%20037%207045%20jpg.ashx?db=master&20100204T1531322010

I was looking through the Hummel (http://www.hummel.dk/Sport/Apparel.aspx) website before and saw this jersey. It's nice. It's the same as the Cork jerseys this year. They opted to take the jersey out of the catalogue (with the grey parts on the sleeves) rather than have a custom jersey designed. Cork don't have a custom jersey, despite the fact they have a sponsorship deal with Hummel.
Unfortunately, Umbro (http://www.umbro.ie) don't have a short sleeve jersey in their catalogue.
Issues around custom jerseys (with any company) include minimum order numbers, turn-around time, product life cycle, etc... No matter what kit supplier you go with, they all have very similar models.
AFAIK, the sponsorship deal with Umbro is excellent as far as the playing and training gear for the teams/players are concerned.

As you know, JOF, the club looked into having a custom jersey made with Umbro in 2008, but it didn't work out. Unfortunately, our circumstances have changed little in the mean time.
I think everyone involved in the club would like to have a custom jersey.
This year has been the first time in quite a while that we have had a national brand on the front of our jersey. Given how well the team has done and how close we came to making the play-offs, I think it will be easier to get an improved sponsorship deal for 2011 (or better still, a 2-year deal). If such a deal is struck early enough, then that could ease the path to getting a custom jersey made.

[redron]

Whats the price of the current jersey? Cork looking for €53 and Derry something similar. I'd definitely pay that kind of money for a decent jersey. €55-€60 at most.

The Limerick FC jerseys cost €50 for adults and €40 for kids sizes.
You can see them here (http://www.limerickfc.ie/clubinfo/colours.html).

[bluepowers]

that jersey is nice jof ... better then umbro jerseys ... new kit next season ....

[blueblood]

I see the Limerick Post says that Dick O'Sullivan chairman of Board na gCon told Pat O'Sullivan that everything possible would be done to assist the club.

Guess Limerick FC are the favourites for Markets Field and there were probably no other bid.

What are Board na gCon waiting for, who else could be our competition

[bluewhitearmy]

I see the Limerick Post says that Dick O'Sullivan chairman of Board na gCon told Pat O'Sullivan that everything possible would be done to assist the club.

Guess Limerick FC are the favourites for Markets Field and there were probably no other bid.

What are Board na gCon waiting for, who else could be our competition

Was told by someone in the know from the Greyhound side that Limerick were the only bidders alright.

[Jofspring]

Was told by someone in the know from the Greyhound side that Limerick were the only bidders alright.

Fingers crossed this deal gets done asap. Would be excellent to start building for next season with positive news.

[gael353]

Place is in an awful state at the moment lads. All the buildings were borded up and the grass let overgrow. They took out a lot of stuff like the turnstyles(last used in 1860) cos they were needed in other stadiums :rolleyes: whatever POS offered them he should knock it back a further 300,000 for the clean up job which we would inherit if we get in there

[Jofspring]

Place is in an awful state at the moment lads. All the buildings were borded up and the grass let overgrow. They took out a lot of stuff like the turnstyles(last used in 1860) cos they were needed in other stadiums :rolleyes: whatever POS offered them he should knock it back a further 300,000 for the clean up job which we would inherit if we get in there

True its probably in a state but i still think Limerick need to get something in their posession that has the potential to get work done to it rather than have nothing at all. Would be interesting to see what kind of prices would come in from builders looking to do the job. Potential their to get a great deal and possibly grants?

[Monkfish]

Dont worry lads, the people of Limerick will come out and land a hand in fixing the place up.............:bigsmile:

They wouldnt help a saint build his church. :rolleyes:

[francesco_1]

jofspring - Please show us how Limerick are bringing players through from underage right up to minor football? As far as I'm aware nobody has any problem with Limerick coming through the schoolboy ranks and making the natural progression up through the grades and into under 17 and under 18 football. In fact Limerick have every right to do so and more luck to them. They have entered U7's, U8's, U9's and U10's teams for the coming season and this is how the natural progression should take place. However, what has upset clubs is Limerick firstly offering trials to 16, 17 and 18 yr old players to play in an under 20's league to the detriment of local clubs. Some Limerick clubs who have fostered players from a young age right through the ranks now find themselves in a position where they have no under 17's or under 18's teams this season because they have lost players to Limerick. You can say all you want about it being a democracy and players being allowed to play where and with who they want, and you are dead right but it is not helping relations between the senior club and its Junior counterparts. There has to be a link back down through the rank and file. Every junior club who has the interest of its players at heart should be encouraged to see its players progress to play at a higher level and if that is to be League of Ireland then it should be all the more satisfying if it is with his home club Limerick FC. When they come out of minor football then their first port of call should be with the under 20's and then on from there. Not taking them up at 16 and 17 and making them part of an under 20's team, that is not fostering football.
Limerick advertised applications locally for players to join a minor team without permission to enter one in the first place. They were refused by LDMC who were within their right to protect the clubs in the league who have served in the league for so long. They then appealed it to MFA and having lost it there they are now appealing it to the FAI. What is the point of all this? Why spend a further €500 on another appeal to the FAI? Where will they get the players?? Lets call a spade a spade, the reason Limerick are going to these lengths is because of the potential financial upside this will bring in solidarity grants, plain and simple. Have a look at the youth leagues this season - 6 teams in division 1 (will probably be gone down to 5 by next week) and 4 teams in division 2. It's farcical! Is it Limericks fault alone? Absolutely not. Are they a contributing factor? Absolutely yes.
If the FAI allow Limerick to enter a team locally then the FAI decsion is binding. However, such is the level of antagonism towards Limerick at the moment that they will find out that there are no teams locally who will field against them. Now you can argue until the cows come home but the majority of people involved in schoolboy and junior football in Limerick are fair minded and sporting people who give of their time freely and also support the senior team. You need to ask the question - why are they all so pi$$ed off?
I would be more in favour of a representative of Limerick FC being put forward on the local schoolboy and junior councils and being a link between the bodies.
We have the strongest junior league in the country as we proved yet again last season - lets get the most from each other to make sure everyone benefits.......fairly.

With Limerick FC aside, the top clubs in limerick regularly poach youth players from other teams in Limerick and have been doing so down through the years.

[Monkfish]

With Limerick FC aside, the top clubs in limerick regularly poach youth players from other teams in Limerick and have been doing so down through the years.

Joke within the junior ranks is that Limerick are the new Wembley!

[lfc at heart]

sure didnt the ldmc object to Limerick having schoolboy teams, weres the logic in that, TAKING KIDS OFF THE STREET AND LETTING THEM PLAY A GAME OF FOOTBALL


SHAME ON YOU LDMC

[leather]

I am the last person in limerick to defend the LDMC....But the Ldmc have nothing to do with schoolboy football in limerick...The local clubs voted under the LDSL to not accept Limerick into their Leagues....

The respective bodies i.e ldmc or Ldsl only reflect the wishes of their members...

[Monkfish]

Sher wouldnt it make sense for Limerick to develop its own players from a young age other than having poach players from junior clubs after a few years?

Backwards yer going.

[leather]

would make a lot of sense...but this is the real world and sense does not prevail as a rule


Who are going backwards......???

[Monkfish]

Who are going backwards......???

Everyone as a result.

[legendz]

The article being referred to:

http://www.limerickpost.ie/index.php/navigation-mainmenu-30/local-news/2430-fighting-osullivans-back-limerick-fc.html

I hope things move on and Limerick do get to return home.

[legendz]

Things are really dragging on with this.

http://www.limerickleader.ie/sport/Limerick-FC-hope-to-finalise.6644332.jp

Meanwhile it remains to be seen whether Limerick FC will be permitted to return to the club's spiritual home in the Market's Field.
The club submitted a bid for the venue, but with the tender process still on-going it is not known at this point whether the Super Blues will be playing Airtricity League football at Jackman Park for the foreseeable future.

[Jofspring]

Is that a bit misleading from the Limerick Leader. From that you would think they are still taking tenders for the Markets Field. In fact tenders only had till October 7th to be recieved. So the process they are going through now must be The Greyhound Board just weighing up the offers. Rumours where Limerick FC where the only bid put in though.


Limerick Leader 15th September 2010: THE Irish Greyhound Board has issued the formal tender documents for the sale of the historic Market's Field Stadium in Limerick. Interested parties have until 4pm on Thursday October 7 to submit tenders.

[London-Irish]

What is the latest news? Moving or not? Where are Limerick going to play their home games in 2011?

[Jofspring]

What is the latest news? Moving or not? Where are Limerick going to play their home games in 2011?

Home games this season will be Jackman Park. No more word on the Markets Field at the moment as far as i know.

[bluewhitearmy]

Home games this season will be Jackman Park. No more word on the Markets Field at the moment as far as i know.

It first came up months ago if it was going to happen id say it would have by now.

[lfc at heart]

so does that mean they are in Jackman park for the foreseeable future,

[osarusan]

Front page of the Limerick Leader reports that the Market's Field has been bought by JP McManus for use by Limerick FC who will have a licence to occupy the ground, and as a municipal stadium for other sports also. We are expected to move there for "during 2012".

[leather]

If true well done too all concerned....
what a man....

[thomas72]

If true well done too all concerned....
what a man....


agree leather JP is a top top bloke.
if this is true what a helping hand jp has gave limerick fc and sport in genaral in this city

[Jofspring]

This is great news. Especially if the club can get promoted.

[Lim till i die]

Pat O'Sullivan deserves HUGE credit aswell, tis he put us in the position where we're touchable with a 40 foot pole by the likes of JP

[Jofspring]

Pat O'Sullivan deserves HUGE credit aswell, tis he put us in the position where we're touchable with a 40 foot pole by the likes of JP

Have to agree with this. We can't forget about Pat O Sullivan here. Without him the club might not exist or at least in its current state anyway.

Looking forward to see what the LEDP do with the ground. From here on who is going to invest in the facilities etc... The article in the paper is actually a little vague just saying a contribution from JP McManus has helped the LEDP purchase it, Limerick to use it and also it will be a Municipal ground.