20 Teams, 2 Divisions, 1 National League

[Nesta99]

Well considering there’s no plan for there to be relegation from the Third tier initially at least, it’ll work exactly how it’s working now, just with an additional tier added to the LOI. It’s essentially lowering the basement

and letting the riff raff move in!

[sbgawa]

relegation from the second to the third tier will make the 2nd division more compeititive IMO but i assume the promotion will be dependant on minimum standards of stadium etc
In the current scenerio where Athlone will prob finish bottom it would be a shame to see them go down and a team with crap facilities come up.....there is a lot of talk about miniumum standards for the 3rd division but that could lead to very few clubs being elegible for promotion

[sbgawa]

and letting the riff raff move in!


We are already used to the riff raff moving in , we had Pats over last week and like most unwanted visitors they arrived early and then we couldnt get rid of them :)

[nigel-harps1954]

relegation from the second to the third tier will make the 2nd division more compeititive IMO but i assume the promotion will be dependant on minimum standards of stadium etc
In the current scenerio where Athlone will prob finish bottom it would be a shame to see them go down and a team with crap facilities come up.....there is a lot of talk about miniumum standards for the 3rd division but that could lead to very few clubs being elegible for promotion

The only way things will ever grow and improve is by setting minimum standards and sticking to them. It happens widely in other countries and should also be the norm here.

[Nesta99]

Oriel Park meets all standards.....