B Teams

[sidewayspasser]

And they got invited to apply while St Francis didn't.

Makes you wonder.
Were they invited though? What proof do we have other than a post on a twitter account that anyone could have set up?

[pineapple stu]

Well true. Either would be a proper GLITW moment I guess.

[boynemunich]

I've heard they've hired Jonathan Gabay head of marketing.

[El-Pietro]

At this point I'm assuming there there is something nefarious about Irish Sea FC/Dublin County FC. They talk about getting promoted and into Europe in a very short time frame while also talking about running a financially stable club. They don't mention anything about growing their community/fan base so I'm not sure where they expect funding to come from.
They are either extremely naive or they have some sort of ulterior motive that I don't want to get banned for suggesting.

[nigel-harps1954]

The Twitter exchanges with 'Forgotten Clubs', who is involved with this Irish Sea FC/Dublin County FC craic are glorious. Great reading on a dull Wednesday evening.

[joey B]

The Twitter exchanges with 'Forgotten Clubs', who is involved with this Irish Sea FC/Dublin County FC craic are glorious. Great reading on a dull Wednesday evening.

He's just helping set up more content for his website in a couple of years!

[nigel-harps1954]

He's just helping set up more content for his website in a couple of years!

He's actually involved with this new club. So it makes it even more fun.

[joey B]

He's actually involved with this new :Dclub. So it makes it even more fun.
Yeah that's my point :D!!

[Martinho II]

Positive sign alright that the FAI are not just taking all-comers
St Francis obviously arent giving up from their statement, would be interesting to see on what basis they were turned down by the FAI as their facilities are better than Cabos.

Pity as last time I was in Baldonnel was in March 2000 .Ground must have come on in leaps and bounds since I was last there.

[Martinho II]

The weird Ukraine references are.. well, weird.

http://dublincountyfc.com/camps/

A/c under maintenance wtf?

[ger121]

Irish Sea FC. Something fishy about this lot. Application will be ship. Definitely in over their heads & I can sea them sinking without a trace. Fintastic!

[nigel-harps1954]

Pity as last time I was in Baldonnel was in March 2000 .Ground must have come on in leaps and bounds since I was last there.

Another team with next to no spectator facilities and potential crowds of about 100.

No problem with my side joining that are financially capable and have a decent plan in place, but St Francis didn't work the first time, so I don't see how they'll work this time.

At least with Cabo, if they can get themselves into their own ground in their own area, they might have a chance to grow.

[D24Saint]

Pity as last time I was in Baldonnel was in March 2000 .Ground must have come on in leaps and bounds since I was last there.

AFAIK it�s the same except for the artificial pitch.

[ltfc_2004]

The orginal PFC Shipbuilders in the companies office in the UK. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10223419

is Aaron involved ?

I half expect random coach names and players to be named off the football manager database ... The Ukrainian version lasted 2 seasons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Sudnobudivnyk_Mykolaiv_(2016)

[Buller]

Irish Sea FC. Something fishy about this lot. Application will be ship. Definitely in over their heads & I can sea them sinking without a trace. Fintastic!

:o My head hurts!

[John83]

A/c under maintenance wtf?
Yeah, I'm getting the same. Maybe they saw someone had made the Ukranian Shipbuilders connection and yoinked it.

[Mr A]

Please enjoy this snippet grabbed before it was taken down "FOOTBALL IN DUBLIN
In its earliest days, association football was largely confined to the city of Dublin and its surrounding county.[3] Gradually it became more widespread throughout the country, to the point where in the modern day there are clubs in all of the counties of Ireland. Currently, average league attendances at matches in the League of Ireland is around 2,000.[4] Many of the country’s top players move to leagues outside of the country, particularly the Premier League in England, which is one of the reasons why significant numbers of locals follow clubs in that league.[5] Having said that, the best Irish players have always followed the best wages. This did not stop the game entering into a “golden period” after the second world war when grounds would be full every weekend to watch a league game. It was the start of televised football in England, and the amateur setup in Ireland, that led to a decrease in attendances and a lack of support for the home teams.
Professional Football has continued for 90 years in row in Nikolaev. In recent years more than 30,000 fans have turned out for Ukrainian Cup Games. In 2014 MFK Nikolaev Averaged 6,600 fans per game to lead the First Division."

[Nesta99]

Please enjoy this snippet grabbed before it was taken down "FOOTBALL IN DUBLIN
In its earliest days, association football was largely confined to the city of Dublin and its surrounding county.[3] Gradually it became more widespread throughout the country, to the point where in the modern day there are clubs in all of the counties of Ireland. Currently, average league attendances at matches in the League of Ireland is around 2,000.[4] Many of the country�s top players move to leagues outside of the country, particularly the Premier League in England, which is one of the reasons why significant numbers of locals follow clubs in that league.[5] Having said that, the best Irish players have always followed the best wages. This did not stop the game entering into a �golden period� after the second world war when grounds would be full every weekend to watch a league game. It was the start of televised football in England, and the amateur setup in Ireland, that led to a decrease in attendances and a lack of support for the home teams.
Professional Football has continued for 90 years in row in Nikolaev. In recent years more than 30,000 fans have turned out for Ukrainian Cup Games. In 2014 MFK Nikolaev Averaged 6,600 fans per game to lead the First Division."

This is all so much BS that it could be only cooked up by John Delaney as part of his desperate undercover master plan to re-infiltrate Irish football...though these clueless people probably actually do know more about football that he does. Funny that in a few days 2nd World War, Mussolini, Nazis and Swastikas have been mentioned in one way or another and I doubt there is a single Fascist among us!


Pity as last time I was in Baldonnel was in March 2000 .Ground must have come on in leaps and bounds since I was last there.

You are being generous Martinho, Oriel Park's stand is phase one of 3 from the late 60's, Tallaght was 20 years in the making until SDCC got involved and Finn Harps have a half built stand over 13 years and counting. 20 years is nothing in LoI developments for little to happen!!



:o My head hurts!

Tatiana Pavlova
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Sud...ykolaiv_(2016) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Sudnobudivnyk_Mykolaiv_(2016))

Sweet name...

[EalingGreen]

Professional Football has continued for 90 years in row in Nikolaev. In recent years more than 30,000 fans have turned out for Ukrainian Cup Games. In 2014 MFK Nikolaev Averaged 6,600 fans per game to lead the First Division."
I suspect that that 6 year old "6,600 fans per game" was deliberately chosen as the best recent(ish) figure - and that's for MFK, the main club in the city of 480k inhabitants, not Lukens' cowboy outfit!

And even a cursory glance at the footnotes to MFK's Wiki page reveals gems such as:
"Club announced its dissolution on 2 July 2008. PFL proceeded to remove the club from the professional ranks. The club under pressure from local civil sources reapplies and the PFL grants the club reinstatement in the Druha Liha Group A for the 2008–09 season at the expense of FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv who withdrew to allow the League to have 18 teams.
and
"The club were deducted 3 points for failure of payments of financial obligations ordered by the PFL. (31 May 2012)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MFC_Mykolaiv

You can see why Lukens would be attracted to #GLITW ;)

[Nesta99]

Looking at the PFC Shipbuilders site, thought that the main picture of this 'Ukrainian' ground looked a bit like a LoI ground, some potential but needed work only then to cop it was flipping Morten Stadium. Strange one for a site for on a Ukrainian football team. Also this snippet which could be a lost in translation moment and nitpicking:

Dennis Lukens is one of a handful of Americans that holds a UEFA Pro License (United European Football Association) and United States Soccer Federation “A”� License. He is enrolled and studying for his UEFA Pro License held by one other American and considered the highest coaching license in the world.

So Dennis is a UEFA PRO license holder but he is enrolled and studying for a UEFA Pro license, also might be handy to be a bit more accurate with the name of the license awarding body (even if essentially means the same)! Read no more after that opener.

[EatYerGreens]

Looking at the PFC Shipbuilders site, thought that the main picture of this 'Ukrainian' ground looked a bit like a LoI ground

Was Tom standing outside it ?


only then to cop it was flipping Morten Stadium.

So that WAS Tom standing outside it then...

[Nesta99]

Was Tom standing outside it ?

So that WAS Tom standing outside it then...

Not totally sure, it could have been JD since he ended up being down on his luck,

[El-Pietro]

Their new crest is something else...

[pineapple stu]

Just started a new thread specially for them...

Mentallers

[El-Pietro]

It has been drawn to my attention that there sre in fact two twitter accounts and its entirely possible I've been following a parody account. Its impossible to tell

[MKMK]

Have they got a cluhouse, gym and Bar

[Neish]

Have they got a cluhouse, gym and Bar

Have they got bar ( summarized your question there to filter out the unimportant)

[EatYerGreens]

Have they got a cluhouse, gym and Bar

Nevermind that - have they got a DVD ?

[pineapple stu]

I believe it was just two hours of eastern European polka dancing

[Nesta99]

I believe it was just two hours of eastern European polka dancing

Nick Leeson leading each dance?

[Martinho II]

Nick Leeson leading each dance?

Wheres NL Nesta now do you know? Ah the memories with him!

[Nesta99]

I think mainly public speaking Martin, saw a piece a while back about the statute of limitations being up on compensation so he'd be able to keep his 'celebrity' Big Brother fee. But not in sport admin still afaik.

[EalingGreen]

On the subject of 'B' teams in the second tier, the Belgian example is interesting. (Well about as interesting as anything Belgian gets :cool:).

Having previously expanded their PD to 18 teams, they had been hoping to reduce it again to 16, only the combination of the threat of legal action, and Covid, caused them to suspend this. This then had repercussions for their second tier, as follows:

"The Pro League also failed to reach an agreement about the integration of reserve teams in the second division and amateur leagues. 'We are quite far in our discussion,' said Fran�ois. 'But there is still a lack of clarity about the amateur league. If it cannot restart in February, we will probably have a blank season. And then there will be no places available for reserve teams.'

At the moment, Club Brugge is the only club which is represented in the second division through a reserve team. ‘Club NXT’ however are bottom of the table with seven point from 14 matches, having won just a single match."
More here: http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2020/12/15/belgians-keep-option-retaining-18-team-top-tier-open/

And more here on the Belgian pyramid generally:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_football_league_system

[Nesta99]

Maybe i should have started a new 'youth academy' development thread as i cant find one but it could fit here either.

Whatever about 2021, from 2031 leagues are in the bag!! Watch out Roadstone Academy...

Now if their were league titles given out for video production and for that dulcet and lilting Dundalk accent (headphones in and crank it up to full!) we'd set for decades!! :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVketyDEKHQ

[Charlie Darwin]

It took 20 years but Dundalk have finally realised the importance of production quality on a DVD.