sadloserkid
12/03/2008, 3:40 PM
Who else applied to replace Limerick FC at the time that they were replaced by Limerick 37? Nobody. It's not comparable to the current prospect of Limerick being invited to join the other nine 'top' teams in the proposed AIL ahead of Cobh, Harps, Sligo, Bray, UCD and whoever else.
I am somewhat of an oddity amongst my fellows because I think that Limerick 37 are a new and seperate club but even I recognise that many of the personel both on and off the pitch and virtually all of the fan base crossed over. The whole episode was basically an underhanded stunt by the FAI to squeeze out Danny Drew. Even at the time most Limerick fans, while glad to see the back of Drew, recognised and highlighted the underhandedness of this.
Likewise my disgust at Galway's 'promotion' a couple of seasons back had nothing to do with the club involved and everything to do with the fact that I utterly opposed to promotions being decided by off the field criteria. If this makes me a bad person then so be it. This is why (and Jebus and whoever else) are quite appalled at the prospect of L37 being invited to skip up a couple of rungs on the ladder and take our place at the top table. I don't believe it is comparable to L37's origins. That club took a place that was vacant and that nobody else had shown any inclination to fill. There was also a clear link between that club and the one it was replacing (in the same manner of Fiorentina's current guise amonngst others).
Apologies if this appears to be massively off-topic. As far as the AIL setup currently proposed goes it was best summed up below with the reference to canals (and if it was to be beheaded and left in an Ireland shirt I'd have few complaints).
I am somewhat of an oddity amongst my fellows because I think that Limerick 37 are a new and seperate club but even I recognise that many of the personel both on and off the pitch and virtually all of the fan base crossed over. The whole episode was basically an underhanded stunt by the FAI to squeeze out Danny Drew. Even at the time most Limerick fans, while glad to see the back of Drew, recognised and highlighted the underhandedness of this.
Likewise my disgust at Galway's 'promotion' a couple of seasons back had nothing to do with the club involved and everything to do with the fact that I utterly opposed to promotions being decided by off the field criteria. If this makes me a bad person then so be it. This is why (and Jebus and whoever else) are quite appalled at the prospect of L37 being invited to skip up a couple of rungs on the ladder and take our place at the top table. I don't believe it is comparable to L37's origins. That club took a place that was vacant and that nobody else had shown any inclination to fill. There was also a clear link between that club and the one it was replacing (in the same manner of Fiorentina's current guise amonngst others).
Apologies if this appears to be massively off-topic. As far as the AIL setup currently proposed goes it was best summed up below with the reference to canals (and if it was to be beheaded and left in an Ireland shirt I'd have few complaints).