Sporting Fingal to be offered First Division place

[passerrby]

Fingal is not an area or a community it is an electoral area or CC area encompassing a huge amount of North Dublin Suburbs, I live in Fingal and the fact of this rarely enters my head, I'm a Dub thats it, same way as someone who lives in the Dunlaoire/Rathdown or South Dublin CC areas are dubs
Fingal will struggle to get any kind of Local Community Identity

I think block has hit the nail on the head if there is no local indenty then it will be near impossible to build a fan base, at best it would take many years to do so and the question is will the finances there for a long haul.
I dont think ive ever heard of someone discribe themselves as a fingalian

[dcfcsteve]

I think block has hit the nail on the head if there is no local indenty then it will be near impossible to build a fan base, at best it would take many years to do so and the question is will the finances there for a long haul.
I dont think ive ever heard of someone discribe themselves as a fingalian

Add to that the fact that Dublin teams struggle to tap into the sort of local/community identity that regional clubs can when they're doing well (e.g. Derry, Cork, Sligo, Galway), and I just can't see how a brand new team plopped by magic into an area with no coherent identity in a city that already has too many teams - most of whom have struggled to expand their occassional fan-base - and I just can't see how Fungus will succeed ?

Plus 'SFFC' is a sh!t acronym....... :D

[sullanefc]

Fingal is not an area or a community it is an electoral area or CC area encompassing a huge amount of North Dublin Suburbs, I live in Fingal and the fact of this rarely enters my head, I'm a Dub thats it, same way as someone who lives in the Dunlaoire/Rathdown or South Dublin CC areas are dubs
Fingal will struggle to get any kind of Local Community Identity

Thats fair enough I suppose. I don't know a lot about the area so I was just assuming.

When the GAA were considering breaking up the Dublin County team into 2 teams. Were Fingal going to be one half or what? It obviously didn't go ahead. Were the reasons above something to do with the fact that it didn't go ahead?

[Block G Raptor]

Thats fair enough I suppose. I don't know a lot about the area so I was just assuming.

When the GAA were considering breaking up the Dublin County team into 2 teams. Were Fingal going to be one half or what? It obviously didn't go ahead. Were the reasons above something to do with the fact that it didn't go ahead?

Correct! that was the plan. but on the contrary the reason's above were why they were trying to do it in the first place :eek:
the counselors in fingal have had a hairbrained scheme to make Fingal the official 33rd county of Ireland for some years now and the GAA team split was just another step on the way to an official split from Dublin in their eye's

[John83]

the counselors in fingal have had a hairbrained scheme to make Fingal the official 33rd county of Ireland for some years now and the GAA team split was just another step on the way to an official split from Dublin in their eye's
I's thi's 'something the people of Fingal want, or i's it purely a pipe dream of the counciller's'?

[Block G Raptor]

I's thi's 'something the people of Fingal want, or i's it purely a pipe dream of the counciller's'?

It's not even a pipe dream it's about as likely as any given Bond Villan's attempt at world Domination it is a ridiculous idea thought up by ridiculous people like this (http://www.labour.ie/michaelodonovan/) and this (http://www.fingalcoco.ie/YourLocalCouncil/Councillors/Mulhuddart/)

[Lim till i die]

it is a ridiculous idea thought up by ridiculous people like this (http://www.labour.ie/michaelodonovan/) and this (http://www.fingalcoco.ie/YourLocalCouncil/Councillors/Mulhuddart/)

Hmmm.

So you're saying it's a Commie conspiracy??

[Block G Raptor]

Yep I s'pose I am

[Lim till i die]

Yep I s'pose I am

Just scrolled down the second link and noticed the Fianna Failer :o

Before I'd just seen Labour and Socialist hence my fear of a Red Menace :)

[Billy Lord]

Hmmm.

So you're saying it's a Commie conspiracy??

There are no communist councillors on Fingal CC, but the Fingal Uber Alles march has been led for some time by FF, FG and senior 'county' employees.

[oldyouth]

Have we any registered contributors who are already Sporting Fingal supporters???

[Lim till i die]

There are no communist councillors on Fingal CC, but the Fingal Uber Alles march has been led for some time by FF, FG and senior 'county' employees.

Are we looking at as serious a threat as that from the secessionist Peoples Republic of Cork?? :eek:

[Block G Raptor]

Have we any registered contributors who are already Sporting Fingal supporters???

No!!:D

[LeviathanNI]

I was gonna say that the SP aren't commies, but anyway.. how much support and backing are they getting from FCC? Is there a website that outlines their ideas and plans at all?

Oh, and Drogheda aren't a Dublin team.. sure didn't they beat us in the final;)

[dcfcsteve]

Have we any registered contributors who are already Sporting Fingal supporters???

How can you support a team that still doesn't actually exist and was only schedule for birth in March 2008 ?? :confused:

Seriously - who's they're starting 11 ? What's their home and away colours ? Where can you buy a scarf or replica top ?

And does anyone really care...?

[John83]

How can you support a team that still doesn't actually exist and was only schedule for birth in March 2008 ?? :confused:

Seriously - who's they're starting 11 ? What's their home and away colours ? Where can you buy a scarf or replica top ?

And does anyone really care...?
I care who is they are starting 11 ?

[Block G Raptor]

I care who is they are starting 11 ?

:confused::confused::confused:

[dcfcsteve]

I care who is they are starting 11 ?

Good man John - you're now founder memebr of the official No.1 Spouting Fungus Supporter's Club ! :D

By the way - can you order a load of kit and some scarves as your first duty in the role ? Including enough for the team across c. 32 games. Maybe have a word with Carrolls and see if they've got a gap in their range for Dublin soccer attire. There's a good man...

[osarusan]

I's thi's 'something the people of Fingal want, or i's it purely a pipe dream of the counciller's'?

:DI got it John, even if nobody else did!

[Block G Raptor]

:DI got it John, even if nobody else did!

Ah the punctuation I see, I could start properly punctuating my post's but that would cut the post rate from John83 and osarasan in half

[John83]

Ah the punctuation I see, I could start properly punctuating my post's but that would cut the post rate from John83 and osarasan in half
And nobody wants that. ;)

[drummerboy]

I see they are advertising for someone to run the club. Looks like they will be employed by FCC, thats interesting.

http://www.fingalcoco.ie/CommunityRecreationandAmenitiesDepartment/CommunityCultureandSportsDivision/SportingFingalFC/#d.en.9378

Anyone fancy running a football club

[Réiteoir]

just been trying to find some info on the new club - and I came across this:

http://www.anfearrua.com/db.asp?a=topicdisplay&tid=431124

The GAA lot don't like the idea of this new club somewhat :D

[oldyouth]

I found that too and left a few comments, as you can see. They don't like 'outsiders'. Register and leave a few yourselves:D

[LeviathanNI]

Now now OldYouth.. you couldn't have used a bigger spoon :D

[oldyouth]

Very hard to make a comprehensive argument on their boards using words of less than 5 letters and ending every sentance with 'boy'. Anyway, I think they are fed up with me now. (But I'll be back!);)

[Jinxy]

I found that too and left a few comments, as you can see. They don't like 'outsiders'. Register and leave a few yourselves:D

I think you'll find they've no problem with outsiders. Plenty of soccer and rugby fans post on an fear rua. However you started talking about the grab all association in your very first post so what did you expect? Didn't really seem like you were that interested in discussing the issue the thread was about. As someone not in possession of the full facts at present I'll keep my own counsel, however it does seem at first glance that the Sporting Fingal concept is somewhat of a new departure for Irish soccer. If there is a precedent for a county council becoming involved with an individual sports club in this fashion I'd be very interested to hear about it.

[Rocky77]

Very hard to make a comprehensive argument on their boards using words of less than 5 letters and ending every sentance with 'boy'.

I find it very hard to understand how some people on this forum imply -- or even suggest -- that GAA followers are narrow-minded and introverted when statements like that are dished out.

I'll probably be chastised now, but I sometimes find it ironic, to say the least, when people are falling over themselves to crassly generalise the GAA as 'bigots' without really understanding why.

[Jinxy]

Very hard to make a comprehensive argument on their boards using words of less than 5 letters and ending every sentance with 'boy'. Anyway, I think they are fed up with me now. (But I'll be back!);)

You must be from the posh part of Wexford.

[oldyouth]

Jinxy, if you read all the posts, I admitted on their forum to just taking the ****. Also, is there a posh part of Wexford?

Rocky 77, where did you get the notion of bigot? Look up the dictionary and point out examples in my posts

[drummerboy]

Does anybody know what day of the week SF will be playing because as far as I'm aware the floodlights in Morton Stadium are not up to ELOI standard.

[Jinxy]

Jinxy, if you read all the posts, I admitted on their forum to just taking the ****. Also, is there a posh part of Wexford?

Rocky 77, where did you get the notion of bigot? Look up the dictionary and point out examples in my posts

I dunno, Courtown maybe?

[onceahoop]

Former UCD player Conan Byrne has signed for SF as a player and also as Sales and Marketing manager.

BTW colours are White (home) and Black (away) the sponssor is Keelings, the fruit and veg people I presume.

[Blanchflower]

No fans, no place, no history, no reason.

The game is trying to widen its appeal and, arguably, has started to turn things round from an absolutely disastrous position. Now this.

The public has a choice between genuine, historic clubs, like Bohs, Pats, Rovers and Shels, and the makey-uppy, Mickey Mouse projects of people who should be providing education, health services, and answers to climate change.

My hope is that people, confronted with and provoked by something as falsely based and ludicrously titled as 'Sporting Fingal', are spurred on to seek out the real deal in their football heritage.

100% agree.

From an outsider's perspective it doesn't seem right that an artificially-created plastic club with a ludicrous name should be picked from the ether and given a place in the LOI.

Surely there are other clubs around the country with a bit of tradition and a bit of support that would bring more to the league?

[Jinxy]

Will the coaching and administration staff of Sporting Fingal be employed by the council?

[Block G Raptor]

Will the coaching and administration staff of Sporting Fingal be employed by the council?

If so there initials should be CCFC (as in County Council Football Club)
don't how that suggestion will go down with posters on here from the other CCFC though

[Rocky77]

Look up the dictionary and point out examples in my posts

Look up my post and point out examples where I specifically accused you of it. What I actually accused you of was making an ill-informed, narrow-minded outburst.

[harpskid]

As far as I know, No, Letterkenny did not apply.

They originally applied, but withdrew their application. Fanad United applied but were turned down.

[John83]

I find it very hard to understand how some people on this forum imply -- or even suggest -- that GAA followers are narrow-minded and introverted when statements like that are dished out.

I'll probably be chastised now, but I sometimes find it ironic, to say the least, when people are falling over themselves to crassly generalise the GAA as 'bigots' without really understanding why.
I kind of agree. I've only skimmed the thread linked to above, but there seemed to be a fairly reasonable reaction of "why is council money backing a pro club?"

[GavinZac]

If so there initials should be CCFC (as in County Council Football Club)
don't how that suggestion will go down with posters on here from the other CCFC though

Its ok we're switching to the Munster Red Bull Rebels as soon as the new stadium opens.

[Billy Lord]

Jinxy: what's your problem? Fingal are offering employment opportunities that the GAA can't match as they are an amateur body - unless the taxpayer throws a few bob their players' way.
Besides, organised football was a part of Irish sporting culture before the GAA was invented so the reality is that football is more 'Irish' than all GAA games.
Get used to it: football is the Irish sport, it's what the kids want to play, especially as we become a more multicultural society.
Besides, how many counties play hurling with any seriousness? And what about handball? If the GAA are serious about promoting gaelic games why are they letting their best two activities die a slow death? Hurling and handball are great games that are uniquely Irish yet they're allowed to wallow while gaelic football - which is a poor mix of rugby and football and has more to do with handbags outside the chipper on a Saturday night - gets promoted to the hilt.

[kingdom hoop]

:( What a frighteningly terrible and irrelevant post!

The issue is that a local council is embarking on a fantastical self-serving crusade. By all means build masses of facilities to encourage sport in the community, but why the need to start a senior club before all that is done, a stadium built, or public demand for it?

You'd think they'd know to put the horse before the cart out Fingal way. :D

[fitzknows]

It seems to me that the FAI could be playing a very intelligent game. If they have engaged with the local councils with the view to providing modern sports facilities for the public while promoting Eircom league clubs as anchor tenants using these facilities then I do not see very much wrong with it. The facilities at the Regional Sports Centre in Waterford will improve dramatically this year while the facilities being proposed in Tallaght, Fingal and Limerick all sound promising and have all been earmarked for use by Eircom league cubs.

[Jinxy]

Jinxy: what's your problem? Fingal are offering employment opportunities that the GAA can't match as they are an amateur body - unless the taxpayer throws a few bob their players' way.
Besides, organised football was a part of Irish sporting culture before the GAA was invented so the reality is that football is more 'Irish' than all GAA games.
Get used to it: football is the Irish sport, it's what the kids want to play, especially as we become a more multicultural society.
Besides, how many counties play hurling with any seriousness? And what about handball? If the GAA are serious about promoting gaelic games why are they letting their best two activities die a slow death? Hurling and handball are great games that are uniquely Irish yet they're allowed to wallow while gaelic football - which is a poor mix of rugby and football and has more to do with handbags outside the chipper on a Saturday night - gets promoted to the hilt.

Easy tiger! It's a legitimate question. If there's a legitimate answer by all means fill me in. No need to go off on a tangent about the GAA. Close your eyes and imagine another poster asked the question if it makes it easier for you. Would your response still start with the words "Whats your problem?"

[Raheny Red]

SF have signed Steve Williams.

Link?

[Réiteoir]

SF have signed Steve Williams.

Link?

http://www.sinnfein.com/ (http://www.sinnfein.ie/) ;)

[oldyouth]

Hey Reiteior, (or is that Retard) I don't know what your point is but I'll NEVER click on a SF link!

[Réiteoir]

Hey Reiteior, (or is that Retard) I don't know what your point is but I'll NEVER click on a SF link!

This whole shortening the new club's name to "SF" conjures up all sorts of bizarre visions.

[oldyouth]

Reiteoir, why did you put up the Shin Fain link??

[Dunny]

Because Sporting Fingal were reffered to as SF they have signed Steve Williams and a link to where it says they have signed him was asked for, Réiteoir was merely having a laugh...Maybe you should try reading the thread before replying??