I imagine Annagh is a village team like Ballinamallard then or are they a rival to Portadown ie local derby?Quote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
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I imagine Annagh is a village team like Ballinamallard then or are they a rival to Portadown ie local derby?Quote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
No, it'll never be a "derby" on equal terms etc - Portadown (population 22k) simply isn't big enough to support two big teams and besides, Ports' rivals will always be Glenavon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
Meanwhile Annagh are a good bit short of Ballinamallard, whose status belies the population of the village they play in.
The way I see it is that Annagh are a small team, but with a decent set-up and reasonable ambition. Should they realise that ambition, then they could make the step-up to being a "middling" team and as such, replace Portadown FC locally if/when the Ports ever get back to being a top tier team.
All of which would be healthy for football in that part of the Province.
That's all, really.
Im a bit confused EG regards Annagh do they have their own ground and how far from Portadown are they? Sorry about confusion but when I read the link about Annagh it mentioned Portadown?
Annagh United play in Portadown (town), with their ground being about a mile from Shamrock Park.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
And Portadown FC sometimes use Annagh's plastic pitch for training.
Think of it like Liverpool (Ports) and Everton (Annagh), though somewhat scaled down! ;)
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cp...naghunited.jpg
P.S. There's a pic of Annagh's ground in my post #197
Well explained Annagh yeah saw pict of ground previously on that post.Quote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
Wexford!
Madness.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bucket
The way the tweet I seen about this was worded it appears if the new Wexford team gets a licence the old one won't be in the league!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bucket
Where is the sense in that?
Do the FAI own Ferrycarrig or would a new entity play elsewhere?
At the moment, Ferrycarrig Park is jointly owned by the FAI and the Wexford Football League, with the League reportedly interested in purchasing the share of the ground owned by the FAI. As a number of posters have rightly stated, it's all about getting hold of the one licence for Wexford and I can't see the grouping who gets the licence using any other ground than Ferrycarrig Park.
Won't the new club need to find somewhere in town to play? Otherwise the crowds will continue to be fairly small. I know nothing of the football politics in Wexford.
Have the new group had any involvement with Wexford Youths/Wexford FC before?
No names mentioned in the local Wexford press report this morning, perhaps understandably, so it's very hard to gauge the seriousness of the alternative project at this stage.
Unless it's based in the town I can't see it being any more successful than the current setup. And in the town off top of my head I can't think of any sites that would be able to accommodate being much more successful without a good bit of work being needed.
If only there was a politician for the area with a real passion for football who could help sort a stadium for an LOI club there.Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
Apparently it's the Judean People's Front?Quote:
Originally Posted by ForzaForth
No, no, no, it's The People's Front of Judea
There was a fella from Wexford firing money at Limerick for about eighteen months with a view to Paud going away before Paud folded up the tent.
If it's the same fella it's good news for Wexford
Ferrycarraig Park could work for Wexford with a good bit of community effort. Buses out of the town would be a start for this new investor.
It's been said over and over again though, better access into Ferrycarraig from the main road would make life a whole lot easier.