Been hearing that it's due to be announced today that Boylesports are to become the new sponsors of the League of Ireland.
Interesting if true - would mean a lot more promotion of the League
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Been hearing that it's due to be announced today that Boylesports are to become the new sponsors of the League of Ireland.
Interesting if true - would mean a lot more promotion of the League
Will Pats have to drop Paddy Power?
Will they be giving prizes of Sunderland shirts & trips to the north east of England?
They might even advertise the league on the Sunderland jerseys - now that'd be great!
Would be a good sponsor alright. I'm annoyed that Boylesports don't sponsor Dundalk in some way seeing as how their HQ is based here and especially seeing as they sponsor Niall Quinn.
I dunno if it would be a good idea, it sounds like a bit of a gamble to me.
:D
Sorry, I'll get my coat.
wha a joe gamble.......:DQuote:
Originally Posted by amaccann
Could be a good announcment,if boylesports were to sponsor the league they would certainly advertise it better than eircom to maxamise their investment.
Much better than Eircom.
It's in Boylesport's interest for the Eircom League's image to improve and gain more exposure, positive exposure. Well done Delaney. I always said you were the man for the job... NOT.
So what are you's all gonna call it now. I'm stickin to the old reliable LOI.:D
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Originally Posted by gufcfan
The BS LOI ;-)
good one!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Larry 'da' Wyse
I reckon its a good auld sponsor. And if they plastered it across Sund-Oireland jerseys even better.
:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
That could actually be the most effective marketing of the league ever :cool:
You stick LOI on a Sunderland jerseys and all their Irish fans will just think they've renamed the premier league
Probably won't have to drop it, but it will certainly impact on us.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
They have to get rid of the "XXXX League of Ireland". That sentence just doesn't do it for me. If we lost the of Ireland bit and came up with something original that would instinctly stand out.
of England maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
You had Smart Telecom when it was the eircom League though? Drogheda played in O2 Park too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Was trouble with that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
BTW wonder will matt Williams have a phone in now saying the league isn't official dead. Any chance of backpage headlines in the rags?
*******...
Ladbrokes have a sponsorship with Sligo aswell, check out their shorts next time.
With Boylesports sponsorign Sunderland, do they have betting shops in the UK? I've never seen one.
Ladbrokes sponsor TG4's LOI coverage too.
They have a shop at the Stadium Of Light
Rovers have a deal with Willy Hills.
http://www.safc.com/home/?page_id=12493Quote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
Think that's their only store. Think they're trying to break through on the online market....
I hope you know what I mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
When we call it the "League of Ireland" psychologically we are saying that our league is inferior to other leagues say the "Bank Of Scotland Premiership" or the "Barclays Premiership". Though this maybe true in many cases we still do have a good product that can be sold to general public as opposed to Irish football supporters buying season tickets for Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Celtic, etc.
I think if we lost the "of Ireland" and just said per se the "Eircom(or whoever sponsors the league next season) Premiership" or the "Eire League" we would have a better product to sell to the people who don't go the games.
No matter who has sponsored the league that effin sentence is always on the end of it and it needs to go. I hold my theory (which is probably going to be torn to shreads) to the fact that as soon as LOI is mention to someone who has never attended a game the phrase "Not that f**kin sh1te again" always is spat back at you.
The "of Ireland" was only appended to the "eircom League" last year. League of Ireland will always be a generic term for the competition regardless of its official title. It's called that because the shower up North lay claim to the title Irish League.
There is one in Armagh. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pauro 76
lets call it Seria "B" - it would be like the italians never existed.....
On the LOI naming debate - hopefully now people will call it the League of Ireland and not the Boylesports League.. The term 'Eircom League' always annoyed me a bit - why give the sponsor name such prominance? You don't hear people going around saying the Barclays Premiership all the time.
I realised what you meant. I was just making a joke :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
You see we don't need the Ireland or Irish because you want to say to the people that there is no other league out there than ours. We have our own language that we could use to rebrand the league to something original that no other league can take away from us. I'm probably clutching at straws here but sure f**k it.
Don't think using a dead language to rebrand the league is going to have any impact.
Better than nothing and if it f**ks up then at least we can say well we tried it.
Irish maybe a dead language but in some way it is making a resurgance especially phrases. Just a pity the schools shoved it down our throats all those years but now I wish I knew more than "conas a ta tu?"
Founded in Belfast in 1890, The Irish Football League is the second oldest football League in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
In succeding years, it began to spread its membership beyond its origins in Belfast (the traditional home of football in Ireland), to cover other parts of Ireland, including Dublin, when Bohemians joined (1903), followed by Shelbourne (1904).
Following political partition in 1921, these latter two clubs broke away and formed a separate League of Ireland, along with six other Dublin clubs.
So there's no "lay claim" about it; the title of "Irish League" is and always was the property of "the shower up North", as you so charmingly put it. :rolleyes:
"And if
You know
Your History
It's enough to make your Heart go
Woaaaaaaaaaah"
:eek: Dead langauge??? I use it every day and i am far from dead nor are the 23 children that i teach in my Gaelscoil! 'Boylesports Premier League' sounds good and doesnt reek of inferiority complex as Jinxy is saying.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
Touché:cool: lolQuote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
Meh. You'd still be calling your national team Ireland if you thought you could get away with it. Nation states take precedence over provinces as far as I'm concerned.
I agree with our Northern Neighbour in relation to this. The FAI broke away from the IFA so the FAI at the time tried to distinguish the difference our league for various reason and I'm not going off topic into why the break up happened. The Northern league can call itself whatever it wants or lay claim to "Irish".
This is where we can be different though and use what is unique in Ireland to our benefit and where the people of the south and our ex-pats abroad can have a proud affiliation with the league instead of the embarrassment of coverage that the league now gets. An AIPL is not the answer because the basis of their arguement is to incl. linfield and glentoran and all will be rosy in the garden of Irish Football in general but the issues of self sustainablilty of clubs is not being addressed.
Hope I didn't offend you by claiming schools shoved Irish down our/my throats in my wasted youthQuote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
BTW: If the Boylesports thing is true is this the FAI giving two fingers to Drury (Director of Paddy Power) and P1 or Boylesports being a thorn in their side
We could get away with it. When FIFA arbitrated on this very issue in 1950, they declared that for World Cup matches, the FAI's representative team must be called "Republic of Ireland" and the IFA's team "Northern Ireland" (with this arrangement subsequently being extended to the European Nations Cup/Championship).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
However, as the original Football Association on the island, FIFA also permitted the IFA to continue using the title "Ireland" for all non WC/EC matches, such as the British Championship and friendlies.
This we did for another 20-odd years, until we voluntarily and unilaterally decided to rename ourselves "Northern Ireland" for all games.
Good job it's not down to you, then, isn't it? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
P.S. Has your heart gone "Whoooooooooooooa" yet, or is your state of ignorance still keeping it ticking along at an idle rate? ;)
Nah, I just don't give a toss about this Nordie boll0cks. No-one here does. So go looking for reasons to be offended somewhere else and let us get on with our thread, eh.