Kerry FC Promotion Activities

[legendz]

https://twitter.com/KerryFC/status/1639945288621383683?t=YJS-JMZxK252AhsITwqP_Q&s=19

Kerry FC has teamed up with @radiokerrysport to bring you a weekly slot of all things Kerry FC, with club news from the senior team, our 4 Academy sides and general club updates.

Join our Media Officer Ivan Hurley every Sunday at 17:05.

[culloty82]

Good to see the player portraits continuing in the Kerryman ?on a weekly basis, all 30 would be covered by the end of the season at the current rate of progress.

[legendz]

https://twitter.com/KerryFC/status/1642527307595403265?t=9Q9BmSxDQdKMMpPhTAcm4Q&s=19

Matt Keane and Leo Gaxha will be guest coaches over the two weeks of the Easter Camps.

[culloty82]

https://twitter.com/KerryFC/status/1642527307595403265?t=9Q9BmSxDQdKMMpPhTAcm4Q&s=19

Matt Keane and Leo Gaxha will be guest coaches over the two weeks of the Easter Camps.

Looks to have been a decent attendance at Week 1:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtV6GxxXsAE1BN_?format=jpg&name=small

[legendz]

The FAI Cup clash with Ringmahon Rangers has been announced for the regular Friday evening time of 7:45 on July 21st in Mounthawk Park.

[legendz]

Cork, Treaty and Cobh are the big games to be looking forward to next season. Three southwest derbies. Cork City and Limerick FC have had support from Kerry down through the years, and both those clubs have had some of Kerry's better players down through the years. Billy Dennehy of course played for Cork.
No Connacht trips next year. One Ulster trip, to be made twice. A first trip to Dublin. Half the First Division are Leinster teams.
The Cork City visits by far should bring the most coverage. Would be an interesting opening game if they opt to start the season with some local derbies.
Suggested local derbies to start next season:
Kerry FC v Cork City
Cobh v Treaty
Athlone v Longford
Wexford v Bray
One remaining fixture then, not a derby of course, Finn Harps v UCD.

[legendz]

Kerry FC Players And Staff Pay A Visit To UHK Children’s Ward
https://traleetoday.ie/kerry-fc-players-and-staff-pay-a-visit-to-uhk-childrens-ward/
A nice gesture by the club as always.

[legendz]

RTE's A-Z of the League of Ireland First Division in 2024
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2024/1230/1484645-a-z-of-the-league-of-ireland-first-division-in-2024/

A – ASTRO

We start off on a bad note unfortunately with news that the number of astro pitches has jumped from two to five in the First Division for next season with work on a new Bray Wanderers surface having started in the last couple of weeks.

Cobh Ramblers played their first home games of this year in Turner's Cross as they waited for their new surface to be laid. They joined Kerry FC and Athlone Town in having an artificial surface.

Dundalk's relegation means 50% of the 2025 competition will be played on astro.

B – BASEMENT

There was a real battle to avoid bottom spot in the First Division this year.

It had looked like Kerry FC were going to avoid it in their second year as a League of Ireland club with Longford Town enduring a miserable campaign.

Town have struggled to compete with some of the financial firepower around the league.

They did manage to avoid the embarrassment of slipping to 10th place by taking five points from their final three games to leapfrog the Kingdom.

K – RYAN KELLIHER

The star of Kerry FC's season. He bagged 17 goals in all competitions including two against Bohemians in the FAI Cup. Strikers that score goals are proving very hard to find at Premier Division level. While Kelliher was reported to be under contract, he appeared on the PFAI free agent list last month but Kerry have now tied him down - he penned a new contract last week that will keep him there for 2025.

S – SUSPENSION

One of the longest bans in memory in the First Division came as UCD's Harry Curtis received a ten-match suspension for using "discriminatory language" in a clash with Kerry. Dundalk goalkeeper George Shelvey received a similar ban following a red card after their defeat to Drogheda United earlier as the FAI came down hard on such offences. The UCD youngster accepted the ban and the club promised to help educate him on such matters.

Z – ZILCH

Kerry FC failed to win a game on the road. Apologies to the Kingdom but it is worth noting they didn't pick up three points on their travels and it will sure to be a target next year.

It is not easy joining the league as a new side and it remains very early days. The Kerry project will take time to build; the FAI Cup quarter-final with Bohemians where they came so close to an upset on penalties was an example of their growth.

[legendz]

Bit late in the day for a thread, admittedly, but feel free to add your club's offerings here! Kerry have announced that they're switching suppliers from New Balance to Macron:

https://kerryfc.com/macron-become-kerry-fcs-new-technical-kit-partner/

Interesting news on the change of kit supplier as shared by Culloty in the main forum. Not ideal that it is so late though, as kind of acknowledged by the club!

[culloty82]

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[legendz]

https://x.com/KerryFC/status/1887144571638857986?t=jn0mh-WDYXoI8awvh6Bdnw&s=19

The traditional open training session / meet and greet is on Sunday morning. Good for families. They usually have had that on the Friday. Possibly Sunday morning is more family friendly?
They are a bit late promoting it on social media. Late announcements have been the story of the off season.

[legendz]

Season ticket sales going well and free buses for supporters travelling to away games. A lot of good news in the build up to Friday night.