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nr637
21/12/2011, 2:54 PM
I'm only guessing at the following,

Cobh Ramblers,
Tralee,
Carlow,
GUST,
Mullingar?

Anyone with more definite information?
Mr A
21/12/2011, 3:04 PM
Mullingar aren't in there. I'd say the other four are though, GUST and Cobh for definite.
nigel-harps1954
21/12/2011, 3:25 PM
Tralee have as well haven't they? I think it's Tralee, Carlow, GUST and Cobh. Possibly one more club to make 14 teams?
culloty82
21/12/2011, 8:16 PM
Yeah, AFAIK it's just the four Nigel mentioned - surely that makes 12 teams though, given that you've counted Galway on the double?
Jofspring
21/12/2011, 8:18 PM
Wasn't there 4 though before GUST even decided to make a move.

Fanad and Castlebar where mentioned.
El-Pietro
21/12/2011, 8:18 PM
Fanad?
culloty82
21/12/2011, 8:33 PM
No news about Castlebar, so don't think they'll be involved. Fanad would make sense given they were also in the A Championship, but the Harps and Derry fans say they've withdrawn their application.
gufct
22/12/2011, 12:41 AM
Fanad and Castlebar are not applying and Carlow by all accounts are going to play in Buckley Park,Kilkenny !!!
Sam_Heggy
22/12/2011, 8:16 AM
All very mixed messages from Fanad. Some say they have applied others say not.

It would be great to be going back to Buckley Park, some great times down there through the years as a Harps fan.
Mr A
22/12/2011, 8:52 AM
I also remember getting a 3-0 hammering down there on the 23rd of December when Speak couldn't make it as he was working. The temperature was only a smidgen above absolute zero as well.
A face
22/12/2011, 9:35 AM
I cant remember driving back from Kilkenny once, to Cork which is normally about 2 hours and it took 5 hours. The fog was so thick i was praying for other locally based drivers to be on the road and tail gate them for a bit, their red brake lights were the only thing i could see.

Edit: we had just sign Jimmy 'The Gnome' Mulligan but he wasn't playing yet, so when ever that was.
Dodge
22/12/2011, 9:44 AM
Did someone say Buckley park?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1IdFUXeb3w
gufc2000
22/12/2011, 12:26 PM
If Fanad or Castlebar haven't applied, then it would make sense to add GUST, Carlow, Tralee and Cobh to the First Division.
Lim till i die
22/12/2011, 1:48 PM
It would make equally as much sense (and I reckon it's at least as likely) to add two of the four.
El-Pietro
22/12/2011, 1:53 PM
it would have made bags of sense to include Cobh this year but they went with 11 teams - who knows how many they will let in
culloty82
22/12/2011, 1:59 PM
True, but if all four clubs meet the standards set, what would be the point in keeping two of the clubs and not the others? It would prove a massive rejection of the A Championship, for instance, if Carlow and Tralee are sent back to their old leagues, and their contributions to the U-19 League were effectively wasted. Also, new areas will hardly be encouraged to enter teams in the future, unless clubs are only excluded for failing on their licences.
WoodquayBoy
22/12/2011, 2:12 PM
I can see them just putting 1 in - Cobh maybe - and having a 10 team division, 36 games each
gufc2000
22/12/2011, 2:20 PM
I can see them just putting 1 in - Cobh maybe - and having a 10 team division, 36 games each
That still only leaves 9 though.

1. Limerick
2. Wexford
3. Waterford
4. Salthill
5. Mervue
6. Athlone
7. Finn Harps
8. Longford

We have more than likely 8 definite teams. More than likely a jump to 10 or 12 teams will take place
WoodquayBoy
22/12/2011, 2:29 PM
My bad with the sums, at the Christmas sherry a bit early!
nigel-harps1954
22/12/2011, 8:49 PM
I think the Galway thing is throwing a lot of people off, including me. 4 teams would be ideal, but even if they had two in that would be pretty handy. Why not just invite about 10 teams and make a massive division? That would be some craic.
legendz
23/12/2011, 1:55 PM
It's crazy that it'll take until February 12th before first division licences are held. It's not surprising talk has started about a possible reserve league. There needs to be some intermediary league. Let's say GUST can't qualify for a first division licence, would they take a place in an intermediary league as Cobh did to give themselves some level to start from?
bluewhitearmy
23/12/2011, 3:46 PM
It's crazy that it'll take until February 12th before first division licences are held. It's not surprising talk has started about a possible reserve league. There needs to be some intermediary league. Let's say GUST can't qualify for a first division licence, would they take a place in an intermediary league as Cobh did to give themselves some level to start from?

Who is talking about it?
Sam_Heggy
23/12/2011, 4:00 PM
Who is talking about it?

It was spoke about at the Under 19's workshop last week in Athlone.
Lim till i die
23/12/2011, 4:03 PM
http://www.whiskyintelligence.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/simpsons_flying_pig.jpg
BulmersKid
24/12/2011, 9:28 AM
It was spoke about at the Under 19's workshop last week in Athlone.

It that not just rebranding ther A-Champiuonship???