New north Dublin club planned

[Philly]

They want a D1 License. Maybe they are planning on Longford not turning up next season?

[Iorfa]

from what i hear its going to be run totally different to any other club who have ever played football in the league.

Properly?

[harps1954]

It'll mostly be made up of senior reserve sides. All premier clubs must enter a team and first division clubs are encouraged to do so. I don't think the numbers are entirely settled but apparently it'll be run on a North South split.

Plus, there is an entry fee of €5,000 to take part. This is on top of the €17,000 league fees for being a Premier Club (I think it's €10,000 in the First). As Galway Harps said, all Premier Clubs must enter a team in the 'A' League. So that's an extra €5,000 with all the other costs on top. And all Premier and First Division clubs must have an under-20 team (replacing the under-21 league) next season.

[dcfcsteve]

from what i hear its going to be run totally different to any other club who have ever played football in the league.

So they're a GAA club then......!

Should have no problems getting funding so..... :D

[Supersaint]

i think new dublin clubs are needed in the new lower leagues to keep underage players in the country.there is only four eircom league dublin clubs that they can join.

[GavinZac]

i think new dublin clubs are needed in the new lower leagues to keep underage players in the country.there is only four eircom league dublin clubs that they can join.

Easy to do I know, but you forgot UCD.

[Jerry The Saint]

Easy to do I know, but you forgot UCD.

Or did he.....

[Schumi]

Easy to do I know, but you forgot UCD.Think he may have 'forgotten' someone else (and Bray).

[John83]

Think he may have 'forgotten' someone else (and Bray).
First division clubs don't count. ;)

[Bald Student]

Originally Posted by Supersaint
i think new dublin clubs are needed in the new lower leagues to keep underage players in the country.there is only four eircom league dublin clubs that they can join.Easy to do I know, but you forgot UCD.You see, he said that there's only 4 Dublin clubs a young player can join.
The fifth club used only buys in 'galacticos' with its massive finances and when they dried up it made do with the players who couldn't get a place for the UCD U21s, when they had completed their Collingwood Cup duties of course.

[GavinZac]

You see, he said that there's only 4 Dublin clubs a young player can join.
The fifth club used only buys in 'galacticos' with its massive finances and when they dried up it made do with the players who couldn't get a place for the UCD U21s, when they had completed their Collingwood Cup duties of course.

Would he say that about his own club? :D

[Bald Student]

Would he say that about his own club? :DStop interrupting. Unless you're taking a cheap shot at Shels you have no business in this thread.

[GavinZac]

Stop interrupting. Unless you're taking a cheap shot at Shels you have no business in this thread.

I'm trying to spread my cheap shots evenly.

I don't know if theres much point in adding dublin clubs to the A CHampionship as there will be at very least 4 dublin reserve teams in it anyway.

[LeviathanNI]

How many Dublin Clubs are there all together? Dublin is the largest city on the Island, and if it is going to be saturated, then maybe (and this may have already happened) the senior clubs could look into 'adopting' the smaller teams as feeder clubs?
I know up here in Belfast we have too many clubs - Linfield, PSNI, Queens (South), Glentoran, Dundela (east), Crusaders, Cliftonville, Brantwood (North) and Donegal Celtic (west). Used to have Distillery as well, but they moved to Lisburn. That is just the ones I can remember right now, and I am sure there are a few more.. but without doubt, so many teams cause the talent pool to be too diluted, and spread out, resulting in people, who may not be good enough, a chance to play at the highest level.

I have a few mates who are/where Fingal CC Councillors, might give them a shout after the elections to see what they have in regards to planning etc.. see how far this has gone.

Having said that, if the new team are going to start from the bottom and work their way up, that has to be admired.. the problem comes when they start to steal fairweather supporters who may decide to follow the new team instead of the established clubs.. especially if they start winning all the time and get promotion quickly (a la AFC Wimbledon)

Bolded teams are Premiership

[Dodge]

Having said that, if the new team are going to start from the bottom and work their way up, that has to be admired..

The point being made is they're not starting at the bottom

[Peadar]

When drogs move to Meath, there will be room for another club in north Dublin.

[Sumac]

And rumour has it that the new club will be managed by Pat Fenlon.:D

[lilywhite stu]

There's no need for a senior club in this fictional place known as fingal. Drogheda already has a fan base in Balbriggan and Bohs is planning to move pretty far north anyway. there are probably too many clubs in the Dublin area as it stands, well illustrated by the failure of Dublin City and the inability of one Dublin team or an other at any time to get have their books in order.(ie. Shels this year Rovers last year)

If anybody is looking for a place to set up a new senior club they should look no further than Meath, large and growing population with no club. Not like in Dublin where there are plenty of clubs. Three of which are currently playing within an asses roar of each other.

[OneRedArmy]

When drogs move to Meath, there will be room for another club in north Dublin.You do realise by moving to Meath they will actually be moving closer to Dublin?

[Peadar]

You do realise by moving to Meath they will actually be moving closer to Dublin?


Why is there no Whoosh smiley on this forum! :(

[OneRedArmy]

Why is there no Whoosh smiley on this forum! :(
Is that a rhetorical question?

[Jerry The Saint]

Potential new areas for A-League Franchises...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland/Largest_100

- Navan: close to Drogheda and other Dublin clubs.

- Ennis: close to Limerick

- Tralee/Killarney: good prospects, possiblity of making Kerry League into a club team?

- Carlow: close to Kilkenny

- Kildare towns: already served by County

- Mullingar: close to Athlone, Longford

- Clonmel: traditionally a lot of support for Waterford.

- Portlaoise/Tullamore: big space with no nearby team in Laois/Offaly/North Tipp region. Failed team in Thurles.

- Castlebar: another option, not a lot of support behind Mayo League team though.

- Cavan: not far from Longford, Monaghan

So adding a team to Kerry, Mayo and the midlands would give an almost complete geographical reach across the country. Starting below the league level in a regional competition may encourage some of the better run non-league clubs to make the leap.

[BohsPartisan]

If there was a Navan club, Parkvilla of the LSL would be prime candidates, unless there was a new club set up.

[Jaime]

According to this: http://www.rbk.no/incoming/article82220.ece (you wont understand the text, though)

A delegation from Dublin has been to trondheim to learn from Rosenborg, withthe view to setting up a new "big club" in Dublin/Ireland.

Joe Carr, mayor of Fingal, Dublin (it says) along with former gooner John Devine and 9 others have been visiting.


Know anything about those news? A new club?

[BohDiddley]

Translated (http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rbk.no%2Fincoming%2 Farticle82220.ece&type=text&text=&from=nor&to=eng), sort of...
edit: translation link doesn't work, and it's too big to paste here. Have a look via http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php?from=Norwegian&to=English

[GavinZac]

All in Eire has bumper respect for facts, and it is the accordingly we're here, completes Devine.

May merge the clubs afresh about a few year? AT orbit in Champions League...
FACT!

[Dodge]

Have a look via http://www.transex.com

Be very very careful if typing that address in...

[The Man Himself]

we dont need anymore dublin clubs.
theres way to many of them already

[The Man Himself]

Translated (http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rbk.no%2Fincoming%2 Farticle82220.ece&type=text&text=&from=nor&to=eng), sort of...
edit: translation link doesn't work, and it's too bit to paste here. Have a look via http://www.transex.com


id say your heading for a ban bohdiddley over that link.
bye bye:eek:

[BohDiddley]

id say your heading for a ban bohdiddley over that link.
bye bye:eek:
:eek:indeed.
It was meant to be tranexp, but that doesn't work either.
I've changed it.

[Comic Book Guy]

Surely people will have learned from the experience of St.James' Gate, Dublin City and St.Francis, the market in the Dublin area is too crowded.
I would say the likes of Kerry and Mullingar would be better options.

[passerrby]

Surely people will have learned from the experience of St.James' Gate, Dublin City and St.Francis, the market in the Dublin area is too crowded.
I would say the likes of Kerry and Mullingar would be better options.

thats why the fai agm is in kerry this year

[CuanaD]

who would support this team?we already have a fan base in balbriggan and ya often see shels/rovers shirts around that town too.and as far as i know theres a pretty big shels fan base in swords already.seems pointless to me

Not pointless to Fingal County Council - they are trying to promote the county as a seperate entity, not just 'another part of Dublin'. It has a rapidly growing (young) population of 250,000 - a good potential catchment area, although they would probably need to locate near Swords to have the best chance of sucess. Blanchardstown would have the largest population grouping in Fingal, but Swords has the advantage of being physically seperated from Dublin (city) by the Airport & is already the administrative centre for the county. Swords would also be fairly near to central in the county (see the map here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swords%2C_Dublin )

[Billy Lord]

I live in Portmarnock and take great offence that the FCC - or anyone else -regards the place as being anywhere other than Dublin. County Fingal doesn't exist!