View Full Version : If you were to rename the league ...
EnDai
28/09/2005, 12:55 PM
Eircom A* League
(Eircom A-Star League)
GavinZac
28/09/2005, 1:03 PM
All-Ireland Inter-City Soccer Championship
Irish National League Premier?
(and if you go along with my plan for german style provinical divides)
Irish National League South Division / North Division / Pale Division
Larry 'da' Wyse
28/09/2005, 1:45 PM
Late entries
'Liga C' ;-)
'In league with the devil' - O. Byrne new chairman
I'rish Super League' sounds oke to me. As does 'Peile League'
superfrank
28/09/2005, 1:48 PM
Em, the Irish Premiership.
blutil
28/09/2005, 2:05 PM
how bout we pick the best of them and have a poll ?
but what could we call the poll ?
thejollyrodger
28/09/2005, 2:21 PM
there is bound to be a few more... there is some lame attempts here though.
The league needs a new name (like england going from Division 1 to the English PL) to highlight that it is a better standard, better football and all the rest of the GENESIS recommendations. It will give a better chance for new sponsorship money, government money and advertisment so hopefully crowds will increase.
Unless there is a really catchy (and easy to say) Irish word, im going to go for
The FAI Eircom Super League.
liambo
28/09/2005, 2:27 PM
what about THE DUBLIN AND DISTRICT LEAGUE :D :D :D
The Stars
28/09/2005, 3:27 PM
No........The Lovely League is the best suggestion.
Slash/ED
28/09/2005, 4:14 PM
Éiresraith / Gaelsraith :: Irish League
Éirecraobh / Gaelcraobh :: Irish Championship
Intíresraith :: Domestic League
(I like this if you pronounced it "inter-sray-th" :))
Intírecraobh :: Domestic Championship
Idírsraith :: Inter League
Príomh-aire :: Premier in Irish
Note these a crude translations done using the online dictionary at http://www.crannog.ie/focloir.htm
iCraobh :: iChampionship
(I crave)
;)
I think something like this would be excellent, far better than anything out of the report. I'm no great user of the launguage, but like people said, it'd be something unique to us rather then calling it the FAI premiership :rolleyes:
No its got to be a marketing tool, not a word people won't be able to pronounce (and I'm a strong advocate of the Irish language)
sligoman
28/09/2005, 6:27 PM
The E-10 or the EE-10? :confused:
The Stars
28/09/2005, 6:29 PM
no......
sligoman
28/09/2005, 6:32 PM
no......Feck you, it's better than all your suggestions :D
Troy.McClure
28/09/2005, 7:30 PM
How about we play to the leagues strengths? The Hoof League! :p
'The eL' has a good ring to it imo. Maybe the Eircom 10? Or does that sound too much like the Rossport 5? ;)
sligoman
28/09/2005, 7:39 PM
Maybe the Eircom 10?That's what my suggestion was(E-10) ;)
blutil
28/09/2005, 7:44 PM
how bout the Premier Eircom Irish League or PEIL !
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/fogra/peil.gif
monkey magic
28/09/2005, 7:52 PM
how bout the Premier Eircom Irish League or PEIL !
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/fogra/peil.gif
now theres a man with too much time on his hands :rolleye
get a girlfriend man, dere great for passin those cold, wet september nights...
blutil
28/09/2005, 8:00 PM
i will gladly accept any girlfriends
sullanefc
28/09/2005, 8:18 PM
The Peil Eire League (sounds alomost spanish when you say it quickly)
Peil Eire A (premier division)
Peil Eire B (first division)
Slash/ED
28/09/2005, 8:40 PM
Some young player could then be christened the fresh prince of Peil Eire.
how bout the Premier Eircom Irish League or PEIL !
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/fogra/peil.gif
But what happens when Allianz take over the sponsorship? It would really sound like a Dublin and District League then!
(Yes I realise that the spelling doesn't exactly match but PAIL does sound like PALE)
The Stars
28/09/2005, 9:02 PM
Loving it Slash/ED.....
Dupuy at UCD......that ryhmes too.
EnDai
28/09/2005, 10:53 PM
Some young player could then be christened the fresh prince of Peil Eire.
LMFAO! :D
pineapple stu
29/09/2005, 12:21 PM
'The eL' has a good ring to it imo.
I think so too. The suggestions in the Genesis report were complete and utter tripe. The eircom Professional Super League?!?! The two things a league like that aren't are professional and super.
Gareth
29/09/2005, 12:40 PM
The (Sponsor's name) Premier League - Plain and simple
The (Sponsor's name) League
The (Sponsor's name) Irish League
The (Sponsor's name) League of Ireland
The (Sponsor's name) Irish League Championship
Adding silly things like E-12 Super-duper GO league et al are just plain dumb. I agree with a model based on successful leagues. Barclays English Premiership, La Liga, Serie A, is there a copyright on us being called the Eircom Irish League cos of the Northern League? Surely we should have ownership of that title?
The EL is not to bad but when the sponsor changes it leaves you open to problems. Its not the name thats the problem, its the fact its not marketed. The el budget is a joke!!
...is there a copyright on us being called the Eircom Irish League cos of the Northern League? Surely we should have ownership of that title?
Don't be rediculous. The south were the ones that split. The 'Irish League' title is over 120 years old. We should only be using the term 'Irish League' if/when we get an all-Ireland league.
I agree that there isn't much wrong with the present name 'eL', its really just that it isn't marketed correctly.
blutil
29/09/2005, 2:01 PM
the eL is fine but as mentioned before, we need to have a name that will still have the ability to be marketed if the sponsor changes
Kingdom
29/09/2005, 2:14 PM
Don't you mean the St. Patrick's Athletic incorporating St. Francis' Football Club and Friends League. We know what happens to your friends.
St. Francis are now un-in-corporated.
Gareth
29/09/2005, 2:33 PM
Don't be rediculous. The south were the ones that split. The 'Irish League' title is over 120 years old. We should only be using the term 'Irish League' if/when we get an all-Ireland league.
I agree that there isn't much wrong with the present name 'eL', its really just that it isn't marketed correctly.
I am aware that we split but is it a registered trademark. I assume it is. Its the first name we are called thou. Anyone from abroad or even in the South call us the Irish League!!!! Its a constant correction I seem to have to make to people. Its awkward seeing as after the default league name (la liga, serie a) people say the Spanish League, the Italian league. However in Ireland we are not the Irish League ;)
NY Hoop
29/09/2005, 2:51 PM
I am aware that we split but is it a registered trademark. I assume it is. Its the first name we are called thou. Anyone from abroad or even in the South call us the Irish League!!!! Its a constant correction I seem to have to make to people. Its awkward seeing as after the default league name (la liga, serie a) people say the Spanish League, the Italian league. However in Ireland we are not the Irish League ;)
I hear you. How did they end up as the Irish League anyway? Especially when the majority of the clubs are, ahem, the other side?! Barstoolers call our league the Irish League
Bit like the hypocrisy of their "national" side wearing green yet having dozens of butchers aprons hanging :rolleyes:
Leave it as the EL. When another sponsor comes in just do as its done now. Any fancy names or premiership should be barred.
KOH
thejollyrodger
30/09/2005, 2:27 PM
too much narcotics infulence for my liking :D
The League formely known as the Chicken League of Ireland
The One Last Chance to make it Work League
The Premiership ( and every club changes its name to one in the real premiership- might draw in a few unwary punters)
Anyone from abroad or even in the South call us the Irish League!!!! Its a constant correction I seem to have to make to people. Its awkward seeing as after the default league name (la liga, serie a) people say the Spanish League, the Italian league. However in Ireland we are not the Irish League ;) Unfortunately, there are two juristictions in Ireland. The one to which you refer is the Republic of Ireland. The other one is also Ireland and is also Irish, and they had the name 'Irish Legaue' first (over 120 years ago, when it represented the whole island).
I hear you. How did they end up as the Irish League anyway? Especially when the majority of the clubs are, ahem, the other side?!By 'the other side' you mean they have a British identity. Yes this is true, but it does not mean that an Irish identity doesn't exist alongside it. It may not be the mono-ethnic Nationalist/Catholic/Southern type of Irish identity, but that's not the only kind of Irishness that exists.
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How about:
'League Éireann' or 'League Sacar Eireann'? I know its Béarilge, but the word 'sraith' is too difficult for non-Irish speakers to say/understand.
CollegeTillIDie
02/10/2005, 6:49 PM
What has the Plonk got to do with Delaney and his cronies being only interested in Man Utd? :confused:
Ok patsh
History lesson
1989 Roy Keane signs for Cork City on a Friday
Plonk fecks off to Old Trafford for a ManUre Match and doesn't bother to submit the registration form till Monday
Roy Keane signs for Cobh Ramblers on a Saturday Ramblers submit their form by registered post before close of business at the Post Office on Saturday. Therefore they have him registered before City's form reaches Merrion Square.
Result Roy leave Ramblers for Nottingham Forest rather than City.
Alles klar?:D
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