Galway FC

[nigel-harps1954]

I think this is terrific news, one Galway club in the LOI. Might get all the old Galway Utd fans back out supporting senior soccer in Galway again.

We'll see....I still see a potential massive split in Galway football. This project could go right down the $hitter the same was SD Galway did.

[Aaron]

I dont think many took the renaming of Salthill Devon that serious, just a token to try get Galway fans onbaord. this on the other hand is a Galway named club, colours, play at Terryland etc...so may well bring the old faithful back out

[Terry]

Galway FC confirm Sponsor & invite Manager applicants


Galway FC are pleased to confirm that they have been invited to submit a licence application by the FAI for the forthcoming 2014 League of Ireland season and that work has now commenced on preparing that application.

To support this new dawn in Galway soccer we are delighted to announce that the Comer Group (www.comerproperty.ie) have agreed to be primary sponsor of Galway FC for the next 3 seasons and we would like to thank the Comer Group for their support.

The position of manager will be key element to the future success and sustainability of Galway FC and we now invite applicants for the position of First Team Manager of Galway FC. Interested candidates should submit their CV to The Secretary, Galway FC, Eamonn Deacy Park, Terryland, Galway or by e-mail to galwayfc@galwayfa.ie by close of business Mon November 11th 2013. Further details on the position can be found http://galwayfc.galwayfa.ie/

The Galway Football Association have confirmed their support and all home games will be played in Eamonn Deacy Park (Terryland Park) the home of Galway football.

Supporter’s involvement is a key ingredient and critical to the success and integration of this new entity in the community and Galway United Supporters Trust (GUST) continue to work with the board and the co-op subcommittee on examining the development of a cooperative structure.

Galway FC will continue to update supporters and all those with an interest in Galway football with further developments in the coming weeks.

[Longfordian]

Johnny Glynn must be in with a good shout for the manager's gig if he wants it?

[nigel-harps1954]

Johnny Glynn must be in with a good shout for the manager's gig if he wants it?


It would be a disaster for all involved if he didn't get it. Easily the best candidate after working an absolute miracle with no budget at Mervue. Would take a whole promotion challenging team with him too you'd imagine.

[redarmyfaction]

So GUSSET have been caught with their pants down again.

[Terry]

So GUSSET have been caught with their pants down again.

What?

[Guitd]

So GUSSET have been caught with their pants down again.

GUST members have been elected to the posts of Secretary and ast.Treasure to the new club and have a working committee with the board in setting up a co-op to run the club in the future ...GUST have a strong involvement In this new club going forward along with Mervue ,Salthill and the Galway FA

[redarmyfaction]

GUST members have been elected to the posts of Secretary and ass.Treasure to the new club and have a working committee with the board in setting up a co-op to run the club in the future ...GUST have a strong involvement In this new club going forward along with Mervue ,Salthill and the Galway FA

Good to know ye are involved in the ass end of things anyways.

[micls]

I think you're mistaken there.
The situation would be similar to Cork, and previously Limerick.
Cork City FORAS FC only changed its trading name after acquiring the right to use the business name "Cork City FC".
Likewise, Limerick 37 FC only changed its trading name after acquiring the rights to use the business name "Limerick FC".

Yes, but there were extenuating circumstances. We could have risked just using Cork City FC, but Coughlan was lawsuit happy and looking for a reason to sue us/ a way to get back at us. Not sure this would be the case in Galway.

The trading name of the company was still FORAS, it's the club name for the senior team that was changed.

[Sean South]

GUST members have been elected to the posts of Secretary and ast.Treasure to the new club and have a working committee with the board in setting up a co-op to run the club in the future ...GUST have a strong involvement In this new club going forward along with Mervue ,Salthill and the Galway FA
Shhhhh... You'll have the mental cases in the Gusties harping on again here calling you a traitor.

[Terry]

how? this is more than what the GUST were asking for.

[gufct]

The most important paragraph of the press release which will hopefully lead to a members owned and run club with seats on the board for the other stakeholders as well those elected by the members. Gust are not loonies just people who want to see a community based sustainable club being allowed to grow in Galway City and County.

"Supporter’s involvement is a key ingredient and critical to the success and integration of this new entity in the community and Galway United Supporters Trust (GUST) continue to work with the board and the co-op subcommittee on examining the development of a cooperative structure."

[galwayhoop]

Those four leagues at u17 & u15 would be great. I like the current u19 set up. one top division and two regional 1st divisions. would some of those clubs still be able to field teams?

If clubs played each other on the same day at two age groups the cost would be reduced massively. Eg. Derry City v Shamrock Rovers u17 & u15. One big bus to take both squads to Dublin.

Reduced rate for feeding the team due to large group discount. Or better yet make the home team responsible for feeding the away team after the match. Most clubs have a restaurant/hotel as a sponsor so could get good reduction on this. Each team reciprocates.

Make part of the criteria that games get played where there is two pitches. Play both games simultaneously.

Easy.

[wonder88]

Either the club is members owned or it is not. Fine if this is the what is going to happen in the near future, but the idea that a committee will look into the possibility of co-op ownership does not give me much confidence. A co-op will likely happen if Galway FC struggle badly at the start, however if things go well why would those "stakeholders" with the power give up their control of the entity.

[gufcfan]

Either the club is members owned or it is not.

Exactly. It makes no difference what the opinion of supporters is when they will be given a pat on the head and told they were democratically defeated any time a decision of any importance is made.

Mervue and Salthill reps have no place being on a board of this entity and neither do GUST. GUST members never voted to support this.

Either it is a one man, one vote co-operative that can't be hi-jacked by local gombeens or national "administrators", which is likely has been already... or they can take a run and jump.

[Mr A]

A co-op can be hijacked too... and usually without much cost to those doing so.

If the club is well run and transparent that's a hell of a start. Fans representation is important- but won't be a silver bullet by any means.

[Redzer]

Has Galway FC a crest? Any pic's

[Buller]

Galway F.C. will be launched next Monday evening, December 2nd at the Connacht Hotel, Dublin Road (5.30pm).

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[A face]

Galway F.C. will be launched next Monday evening, December 2nd at the Connacht Hotel, Dublin Road (5.30pm).

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Best of luck to them. I just hope to god it all goes well and we have another strong team competing for honours in the league. The league needs to have a strong team in Galway and i hope they can put all the recent history behind them now and all get behind this team. This is the best means available to Galway football to get players playing to the highest level they can. Onwards and upwards !!

[oriel]

Total anorak question, but in Terryland did they have one side of the ground with 'Galway United FC' painted into the stand seating, if so assume the word 'United' has to come out?

[gufcfan]

Total anorak question, but in Terryland did they have one side of the ground with 'Galway United FC' painted into the stand seating, if so assume the word 'United' has to come out?

It reads "GALWAY" on one side and "GAILLIMH" on the other.

Salthill Devon removed any mention of Galway United around the place when they moved in.

[Charlie Darwin]

It reads "GALWAY" on one side and "GAILLIMH" on the other.

Salthill Devon removed any mention of Galway United around the place when they moved in.
That would have been a much better name than Galway FC. Galway Gaillimhs FC.

[Mr A]

5.30 seems a pretty dreadful time for a launch. Too early for most people to get to after work. Anyone know what the reasoning between this was?

[Sam_Heggy]

Galway should walk the First Division this season. By the sound of things, they will have a budget bigger than half of the premier division sides.

[Patrick Dunne]

I presume that the early time is to faciliate media. Galway FC will have a decent First Division budget, certainly nothing near what would be required to compete in the Premier Division.

[Sam_Heggy]

I presume that the early time is to faciliate media. Galway FC will have a decent First Division budget, certainly nothing near what would be required to compete in the Premier Division.

Believe me, there is no teams in the First Division that will be able to offer the same wages. €400 a week plus accommodation is massive in First Div.

[Patrick Dunne]

The average wage of the playing squad will be nowhere near that figure.

Its the silly season in LOI - I hope no-one is going to Harps claiming that Galway are offering them €400 a week !

[Olander]

Get rid of Dunne if he's offering any Finn Harps player €400 a week!!! :p

[Terry]

new website: www.galwayfc.ie

a proportion of the players coming into the club will be on amateur terms. I'm sure there will be hardly any players on wages even close to €400/w.

[Mr A]

Its the silly season in LOI - I hope no-one is going to Harps claiming that Galway are offering them €400 a week !

I think you have bigger things to be worried about (http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/son-charged-with-mother-s-murder-in-co-kerry-1.1611815) Mr Dunne.

[TheBoss]

Here is a better quality logo for Galway FC.

[Charlie Darwin]

It's just the GUST logo sans the "United Supporters Trust" part, right? Does that tell us something about the make-up of the club's decision-makers?

[Sean South]

Best of luck to them. I just hope to god it all goes well and we have another strong team competing for honours in the league. The league needs to have a strong team in Galway and i hope they can put all the recent history behind them now and all get behind this team. This is the best means available to Galway football to get players playing to the highest level they can. Onwards and upwards !!

The "league" got on fine without a strong Galway club over the past five years.

[A face]

The "league" got on fine without a strong Galway club over the past five years.

In the last five years the league got on fine? Is that how you'd describe it?

[Sean South]

In the last five years the league got on fine? Is that how you'd describe it?

Stick to what you said. Having a strong Galway club which never existed in the past won't stop clubs ran by gombeens going under.

[peadar1987]

The "league" got on fine without a strong Galway club over the past five years.

I'm still not quite sure what your issue with the term "the league" is, and why it must always be placed in inverted commas.

Anyway, a strong Galway club is good for the league. A strong Cork club is good for the league. A strong Dublin club, Sligo club, Athlone club, or wherever is good for the league. The broader the league's appeal across a wide geographical base, the stronger it is, all other things being equal. Or would you consider the league to be equally as well off with 20 teams from all over the country as it would with 8, all from rural Monaghan?

[Dodge]

It's just the GUST logo sans the "United Supporters Trust" part, right? Does that tell us something about the make-up of the club's decision-makers?

Probably tells us more about the graphic designers.

[gufc2000]

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/reborn-galway-must-win-back-trusted-support-29798981.html

[wonder88]

A very good article in the Indo, it sets out what this Galway fc is about. LoI fans are always excited to see a supposed strong club come into the league, and this is understandable. The same feeling was expressed for Limerick's return to the top division early this year, and for those old enough to remember the entry of a Cork team and before that Derry to the league. Hard to see how this Galway fc project will work out, but they should really walk the first division next year and then we will see how much support the club can get to add to the sponsor money in order to fund a decent playing panel that can be competitive in the top flight.

[Jofspring]

A very good article in the Indo, it sets out what this Galway fc is about. LoI fans are always excited to see a supposed strong club come into the league, and this is understandable. The same feeling was expressed for Limerick's return to the top division early this year, and for those old enough to remember the entry of a Cork team and before that Derry to the league. Hard to see how this Galway fc project will work out, but they should really walk the first division next year and then we will see how much support the club can get to add to the sponsor money in order to fund a decent playing panel that can be competitive in the top flight.

What makes you say that?

[bluewhitearmy]

What makes you say that?

Some of their fans are talking about trying to sign people like Gaffney, Russell and Davoren so im guessing they either have a nice bit to spend or are mental.

[Charlie Darwin]

Some of their fans are talking about trying to sign people like Gaffney, Russell and Davoren so im guessing they either have a nice bit to spend or are mental.
Or their fans don't have a clue. If they can get 1,000 people a week in and have the €100k a year in sponsorship it's alleged, they should be able to put together a decent First Division squad but that's just lala land.

[Jofspring]

Some of their fans are talking about trying to sign people like Gaffney, Russell and Davoren so im guessing they either have a nice bit to spend or are mental.


Or their fans don't have a clue. If they can get 1,000 people a week in and have the €100k a year in sponsorship it's alleged, they should be able to put together a decent First Division squad but that's just lala land.

Surely that isn't the expectations. Even if they managed to pull 1,000 out to the first game, sustaining it is much more difficult. If they happened to get the money to sign those players then fair play to them and ya they will probably win the league but if they are basing it on projected crowds that high also they are in trouble from the get go.

I was under the impression they were coming back similar to Cobh with a young squad or one primarily of Salthill and Mervue players.

[Trainee]

Some of their fans are talking about trying to sign people like Gaffney, Russell and Davoren so im guessing they either have a nice bit to spend or are mental.

None of the above players will be signing for Galway Fc as they are all good enough to Play in premier league. I expect that most of the players wiill come from Salthill & Mervue with a few players like Derek O Brien to sign as well.

Galway Fc is rumored to have a playing budget of just under 2k a week, I expect shels & Longford to fight for top spot & everyone else fighting for 3rd place

[Charlie Darwin]

Surely that isn't the expectations. Even if they managed to pull 1,000 out to the first game, sustaining it is much more difficult. If they happened to get the money to sign those players then fair play to them and ya they will probably win the league but if they are basing it on projected crowds that high also they are in trouble from the get go.

I was under the impression they were coming back similar to Cobh with a young squad or one primarily of Salthill and Mervue players.
There's no way of guessing how much they'll get. I guess 1,000 would be very optimistic for the First Division - I stupidly was going on what they used to get in the Premier but this is a different kettle. They're not going to get Gaffney or Russell. Davoren maybe because he wouldn't have to move house, but by the sounds of it his wage demands were too much for Sligo, let alone Galway.

[JC_GUFC]

The "league" got on fine without a strong Galway club over the past five years.

Don't forget all the years before Galway Rovers joined.

I know you're just a WUM but it's not going to make or break the league. Support in Galway has been poor enough for a club with its catchment area. Galway is probably the most "typical" Irish region in terms of fairweather support for all sports. When the team was going well in the LoI 20 years ago Terryland was being packed out but when we were struggling along in the Premier crowds were just above the 1000 mark (not too bad in LoI terms to be fair) - however, probably the most passionate support came in the last season when despite being battered every week the attendances still held up pretty well. I doubt any other club, with the possible exception of Shamrock Rovers, would have achieved the crowds Galway United did in that season. That was due to the fact that the supporters were running the show and there was a lot of sympathy there. As soon as GUST got screwed over the LoI crowds disappeared. One 'derby' match last season had an attendance of 23! These facts can't be ignored by the new regime. The supporters have to be respected or very quickly this new team will go the way of SD Galway.

[Terry]

I cannot see this club going down the route of SD Galway. Going from the people visiting the stand in shop street, there is a huge appetite for LOI football to be once again back up the dyke road, and I would be expecting an even bigger average attendance next season that the one last seen when GUFC were last in it.

[galwayhoop]

As long as the team is in contention for play offs or promotion (which I expect them to be) then I would reckon average crowds close to the 1,000 mark.

[Nesta99]

How do Galway United fans see this new entity? Will they take on supporting a new club or will it be a general interest in LoI being played out of Galway, although Mervue and SD's foray would not suggest the latter. Genuine question as obviously a connection has to be created with a fan base. It didnt work with SF, Dublin City or Kildare (if it had been Newbridge would they have fared any better?). Cork fans have a good bit of experience with this type of thing and it worked out, but for myself if Dundalk FC were to no longer exist I dont think i'd be that fussed about a Dundalk United featuring a piece of say Bellurgan/Rock Celtic/Quay and remnants of the defunct club. It will be interesting to see how it pans out. I hope its a success and becomes a well supported club. Galway Gazelles FC - if things hit the skids do a Hull City job and really get the fans onside!?!:think: