LOI Promotion Activities

[2 Year Contract]

Bray announce partnership with Next Level Soccer of Phoenix, Arizona. Sounds like an Athlone-Valeo style thing

https://www.braywanderersfc.ie/news/club-announcement-partnership-between-bray-wanderers-fc-and-next-level-soccer/

[redobit]

Christy Moore played a tribute concert in Sligo for the late Tommie Gorman. They were good pals. Proceeds to the Showgrounds redevelopment fund, which Tommie was a massive contributor. Great night with some local musicians joining in.

[2 Year Contract]

Wasn’t sure which thread to put this in but The Athletic have published a very good article on young Irish players and academies etc

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6215426/2025/03/20/ireland-melia-duff-noonan-atherton-northern-republic-academies/?source=twitteruk

[EatYerGreens]

Bray announce partnership with Next Level Soccer of Phoenix, Arizona. Sounds like an Athlone-Valeo style thing

https://www.braywanderersfc.ie/news/club-announcement-partnership-between-bray-wanderers-fc-and-next-level-soccer/

Have any of these arrangements in Irish football ever lasted more than a short period of time?

[2 Year Contract]

An incredible league we have

https://x.com/chazaustin10/status/1906068782528811252?s=46

[culloty82]

Links broken, 2YC.

[2 Year Contract]

Links broken, 2YC.

He’s deleted the tweet now. It was ex Premier League striker Charlie Austin trying to find out who has been prank calling him pretending to be from Shamrock Rovers trying to sign him :D

[Nesta99]

It was bizzare, he put up the UK number that was supposedly Rovers wanting people to flood the number. The comments unsurprisingly for X were equally strange. The usual comments on potatoes and on being sure the calls werent bomb threats. Some sleuths seemed to identify the prankster and doxxed him with photos. It wouldnt have been totally outrageous for Rovers to have been sussing out an exotic signing like this mind!

[nr637]

Cork City to screen away games live at cinema.

https://cork.arccinema.ie/whatson/specialevent1

The Derry City v Cork City was a great success, https://www.facebook.com/CorkCityFC/videos/1847538145996244

Next up, Sligo Rovers V Cork City Saturday 26th April 2025.

[nr637]

Cobh Ramblers FC release press statement.

04.04.2025

We would like to clarify recent developments regarding FC32 Global Holdings Inc.

FC32 Global Holdings is separate to Cobh Ramblers FC Limited with no bearing on the club’s future operations.

The club remains independent, and its operations continue

Full Story: https://cobhramblers.ie/cobh-ramblers-fc-statement.../ (https://cobhramblers.ie/cobh-ramblers-fc-statement-regarding-fc32-global-holdings-040425/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR5Bk7KYdhC0_hkevu1lQnS6 2UpPHk3wxI0Oe8kCt_dh6t6Qaq4y1itKIRlXfA_aem_to_e3T3 kNiMUPdFePqr_rg)

[2 Year Contract]

Really good open and honest interview with Paddy Kirk here

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/15109838/paddy-kirk-bohemians-football-photographer-instagram-dubstreetwear-dubstreetcafe/

[RealJohn91]

Didn't think he had a good season last year but I'm still surprised he didn't have many if any offers on the table.

[2 Year Contract]

Didn't think he had a good season last year but I'm still surprised he didn't have many if any offers on the table.
Sign of the times I suppose, as he says himself in years gone by a player of his profile would always have had a few premier division offers even purely based on “he’s played a load of games at premier level in recent years, we’ll take him”

[Elfman]

Looking at this year's squads and their standing last year, I would have thought Cork, Waterford, Sligo and Drogheda all could have used him at LB but maybe he didn't fancy leaving Dublin with the photography going so well for him.

However, the strangest decision for me was that Bohs decided to let him go without another LB signed, replacing him with a 19yo loanee and a left-footed CM.

[RealJohn91]

Looking at this year's squads and their standing last year, I would have thought Cork, Waterford, Sligo and Drogheda all could have used him at LB but maybe he didn't fancy leaving Dublin with the photography going so well for him.

However, the strangest decision for me was that Bohs decided to let him go without another LB signed, replacing him with a 19yo loanee and a left-footed CM.
Reynolds likes that left back to move into midfield and that didn't suit Paddy at all to say the least.

[Elfman]

I appreciate that view and it might simply be a case of "how flexible do you want your manager to be in his vision" but considering the lack of options in that position I thought they'd have kept Kirk as a backup.

I also feel Flores doesn't have the speed to get back into position from midfield so was already surprised they didn't get an upgrade in the winter.

[2 Year Contract]

Brilliant in depth article on the Pats academy. Reading about all the detail and professionalism shown by the club really shows how utterly laughable the FAI’s proposal was to take the best players away from clubs to give them coaching together, even more so the fact that the ye didn’t even contact the clubs before revealing it.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2025/05/03/behind-the-scenes-at-st-patricks-athletics-academy-where-the-next-mason-melia-may-have-arrived/

One of the most interesting stats there being that average contact coaching hours is 230 mins a week at LOI U15 and U17 levels, while Pats are providing 450 mins at U15 and 705 mins at U17 level. Still a way to go to match the minutes provided at English Cat 3 (720 mins) and Cat 2 (885 mins) level academies, but that’s the whole point of why the club and others around the country are looking for government funding

[D24Saint]

https://youtu.be/klyjY_BVmY8?si=1h5oNkK2UQ0N5yv1

It’s unfortunate the kids couldn’t behave themselves in what otherwise would have shone a positive light on the league.

[outspoken]

https://youtu.be/klyjY_BVmY8?si=1h5oNkK2UQ0N5yv1

It’s unfortunate the kids couldn’t behave themselves in what otherwise would have shone a positive light on the league.

Question for Sligo fans, there was a small element of absolute tools following the club around ten years ago, their main "ring leader" wasn't the full shilling at all, used to be messaging other clubs fans trying to arrange scraps, is he and that band of little twerps involved with these kind of scenes or did they grow up or eventually get banned or what? Found it incredible that for years Sligo didn't appear to do anything with this individual and group of clowns despite the fact they were well known for causing trouble

[Nesta99]

https://youtu.be/klyjY_BVmY8?si=1h5oNkK2UQ0N5yv1

It’s unfortunate the kids couldn’t behave themselves in what otherwise would have shone a positive light on the league.

Although those 2 Gardaí moved pretty quick, maybe even a record for policing at LoI, and stopped the direct confrontation, and then fans became the usual thowing shapes and line dancing at each other before the additional Gardaí arrived. Wasnt it Sligo lads in Derry that there was footage of random attack from nothing, ame crowd? Galways fans werent shy firing a few flares back either so not totally 'ambushed'.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Question for Sligo fans, there was a small element of absolute tools following the club around ten years ago, their main "ring leader" wasn't the full shilling at all, used to be messaging other clubs fans trying to arrange scraps, is he and that band of little twerps involved with these kind of scenes or did they grow up or eventually get banned or what? Found it incredible that for years Sligo didn't appear to do anything with this individual and group of clowns despite the fact they were well known for causing trouble

Generally don’t sit anywhere near them except on away trips but seems to be a new brand of trouble the last while. Arriving in dressed in black and snoods hiding their face and the likes. I’m sure they’ll mature and be replaced by likewise.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Although those 2 Gardaí moved pretty quick, maybe even a record for policing at LoI, and stopped the direct confrontation, and then fans became the usual thowing shapes and line dancing at each other before the additional Gardaí arrived. Wasnt it Sligo lads in Derry that there was footage of random attack from nothing, ame crowd? Galways fans werent shy firing a few flares back either so not totally 'ambushed'.

Derry lads random attack on a couple of people in Sligo is I think what you’re on about. I doubt our lads would be brave enough to start anything up in Derry.

[Martinho II]

Although those 2 Gardaí moved pretty quick, maybe even a record for policing at LoI, and stopped the direct confrontation, and then fans became the usual thowing shapes and line dancing at each other before the additional Gardaí arrived. Wasnt it Sligo lads in Derry that there was footage of random attack from nothing, ame crowd? Galways fans werent shy firing a few flares back either so not totally 'ambushed'.

I never associated a scum aspect in the Sligo rovers support at all so Im shocked. Didnt even think there was a hatred between Galway Utd and Sligo Rovers.

[Nesta99]

Derry lads random attack on a couple of people in Sligo is I think what you’re on about. I doubt our lads would be brave enough to start anything up in Derry.

Fair enough, the few incidents in Derry and the Sligo fans being started on kind of merged in the swiz cheese memory. Still, its fooking annoying that its any part of things at all here as idealistic as it may be.