Mid-season friendlies

[gufcfan]

Fairplay to Limerick. I hope a fortune was made on it.

[Youths4Ever]

There is a family fun day in Ferrycarrig Park Wexford on Sunday August 19th . A wexford youths pink team v Wexford youths black team will take place. It is a fundraiser for Nicola Furlong's family. She was murdered in Japan a couple of months ago.

Full details on this can be found here
www.wexfordyouthsfc.ie/NicolaFurlong.html and here http://foot.ie/threads/169934-Nicola-Furlong-Fund-Play-Like-A-Pro

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

My point is that it is easy to knock others efforts. We know that very few of those people will be in Jackman for the next home game. However if you have spent a long as we have in the backwater that is LOI 1st Division you be delighted to get 20,000 through the gate to see your team play.

That wasn't your point though or else you would have said that rather then trying to have a dig at when we had 20k at a match. Yes it's great ye had a big crowd but it sounds like there is no long term benefit from the game to ye.

I'm not expecting ye to get 20k at league match (or even 2k in the first division) but I would have hoped that in a city like Limerick with a team top of the first division that ye'd be able to average more then 650 for the season.

[gufcfan]

I'm not expecting ye to get 20k at league match (or even 2k in the first division) but I would have hoped that in a city like Limerick with a team top of the first division that ye'd be able to average more then 650 for the season.
It's a very poor First Division. It would be hard to expect them to attract more than that with the quality of the opposition and the facilities or lack thereof in Jackman Park.

[Market's Field]

That wasn't your point though or else you would have said that rather then trying to have a dig at when we had 20k at a match. Yes it's great ye had a big crowd but it sounds like there is no long term benefit from the game to ye.

I'm not expecting ye to get 20k at league match (or even 2k in the first division) but I would have hoped that in a city like Limerick with a team top of the first division that ye'd be able to average more then 650 for the season.

Believe whatever you want. Yours was the first dig with there's never a problem getting a crowd for foreign teams. Not many have managed to pull in 20k for such games which was the point in my comment. I've no interest in knocking Sligo - how would that help the cause?

We've been so long in the first division that there is a whole generation who have no idea what's it's like to have a decent football team to support. Anything that brings them in contact with the senior soccer team in the city is a positive

[gufc2000]

“The individual will be banned from all future games at Thomond Park and Jackman Park and the matter will be passed on to the police.”

​That chap will be delighted to hear that Limerick are moving to the Markets Field next year then

[Paddyfield]

Limerick FC should be applauded for organising this game, creating an awareness of their club and making money.

Why do threads like this always turn into a bitch fest?

[sadloserkid]

Limerick FC should be applauded for organising this game, creating an awareness of their club and making money.

Why do threads like this always turn into a bitch fest?

Most LOI fans (indeed, most people in general) are odious, dislikable tossers basically. :(

I appreciate your recognition that the Man City game was a good thing for us though. Seems to be eluding some people here.

[nigel-harps1954]

Don't think anyone is doubting it was a good thing for the club.

[razor]

We've got Blackburn on Sunday at 2pm.
Here's hoping it goes ahead, unlike their last attempt to play a "friendly"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/9454195/Blackburn-Rovers-friendly-against-NEC-Nijmegen-in-Holland-is-called-off-after-fans-are-accused-of-rioting.html

[sadloserkid]

Don't think anyone is doubting it was a good thing for the club.

According to one of the posters above there is no long term benefit to the club. None. That's a bizarre statement to make. Even leaving aside the financial benefits there's just as much reason to hope that a handful of those in attendance who wouldn't normally go near a LOI game may make the effort to darken the gates of Jackman Park before season's end. I know at least two people in that particular boat myself. That's not even looking at the increased profile we've had as a result of the game.

[marinobohs]

According to one of the posters above there is no long term benefit to the club. None. That's a bizarre statement to make. Even leaving aside the financial benefits there's just as much reason to hope that a handful of those in attendance who wouldn't normally go near a LOI game may make the effort to darken the gates of Jackman Park before season's end. I know at least people in that particular boat myself. That's not even looking at the increased profile we've had as a result of the game.

........... and potential sponsorship from Fyffes :cool:

[nigel-harps1954]

Not too sure it's increased profile. The folk at the game, we'll say, who have never been to a Limerick game, see them getting beat 4-0, by essentially a reserve, of the reserve Man City team. "Sure they can't even beat Citys 3rd string team, why would I bother going to watch them again?".

People always say it's going to increase the profile of the team. I remember Harps beating a Celtic team in 2007 full of international players, Gravesen, Sno, O'Dea, Balde, Pressley, Caldwell to name a few. Completely out-played, out-classed, and bossed around that team. This was a Harps team absolutely flying at the time, and playing some great football. There was something like 6,000 in Finn Park that day, next home game we were back to 1,500, the same as we were getting most of that season.

It'll take more than getting beat 4-0 by Man City in front of 20,000 people to raise the profile of the club.

[sadloserkid]

........... and potential sponsorship from Fyffes :cool:

So much for us helping Dundalk eh?


Not too sure it's increased profile. The folk at the game, we'll say, who have never been to a Limerick game, see them getting beat 4-0, by essentially a reserve, of the reserve Man City team. "Sure they can't even beat Citys 3rd string team, why would I bother going to watch them again?".

People always say it's going to increase the profile of the team. I remember Harps beating a Celtic team in 2007 full of international players, Gravesen, Sno, O'Dea, Balde, Pressley, Caldwell to name a few. Completely out-played, out-classed, and bossed around that team. This was a Harps team absolutely flying at the time, and playing some great football. There was something like 6,000 in Finn Park that day, next home game we were back to 1,500, the same as we were getting most of that season.

It'll take more than getting beat 4-0 by Man City in front of 20,000 people to raise the profile of the club.

Don't disagree with your overall point here that there will be little tangible gain from increased profile but there's definitely more awareness of the club around town than previously. Now all going well this bit of publicity will hopefully be followed by firstly promotion and then a return to the "spiritual home". All of these things together are worth something, it all adds to the construct that we are a club that is moving, finally, in the right direction. It's not that long ago that we were up in Pike, last in the First Division by a country mile and playing in front of SD Galway type crowds. Drawing the current Premiership Champions HAS raised awareness of the club in the city, I've never seen billboards with Limerick on them before for example.

It's not going to turn us into Manchester City over night, it won't even turn us in Cork City overnight but it has definitely, despite the unsavory incident, helped raise the club's profile, it's just another small step but from my point of view what matters is that it was in the right direction.

[dong]

Are Bray playing a Liverpool 11 today?

[Spudulika]

Who are Bohs playing this morning?

[Fester]

Cork City 1 v 3 Blackburn FT

[Fester]

Are Bray playing a Liverpool 11 today?

Yep kicked off at 3pm. curently Bray 1 v 3 Liverpool R

[Fester]

Bray 1 v 5 Liverpool R FT

[razor]

Cork City 1 v 3 Blackburn FTGood runout for the U19s, they played well and went ahead early through Andy O'Connell but 2 goals from Colin Kazim Richards and a peachy free kick from Gamst Pedersen settled it.
Crowd of 1492

[Cuyahoga]

Just seen the Chelsea team on extratime.ie that are playing Dundalk tonight, never heard of any of them.

[Longfordian]

Heard of the Clifford lad, never heard of any of the rest. Saw their youth team playing last year against Man Utd in the Youth Cup, don't think any of them apart from him were playing. Must be this year's u18s.

[Jofspring]

I sure you aren't confusing him with Conor Clifford. Never heard of any of them myself, not that I'd be tracking reserve English teams.

[Longfordian]

Don't think so, this lad's English, considered a decent prospect I think.

[Acornvilla]

Nathan Ake was playing too wasn't he, dutch underage captian, just won the euros didn't they, was u19 or something afaik, pretty sure he was in america with them (1st team pre season) as was Billy Clifford. I've also heard of Todd Kane and Banford thats about the height of it. They tend to loan a lot of the best kids out.

[HomerJay]

Nathan Ake was playing too wasn't he, dutch underage captian, just won the euros didn't they, was u19 or something afaik, pretty sure he was in america with them (1st team pre season) as was Billy Clifford. I've also heard of Todd Kane and Banford thats about the height of it. They tend to loan a lot of the best kids out.
Yeah Ake was the one that impressed most from the Chelsea team. Very well controlled on the ball and composed. He could be good in a few years.