Originally Posted by
Nesta99
Well look how Drogheda thrived in the end due to their obsession with trying to emulate Dundalk. At the time populations were relative to today and Lourdes Stadium was on the outskirts of the town.
Its about creating an identity imo, a connect between the team and the town and rivalries do that. Trim people feel eclipsed and excluded by Navan even on an administrative level, as Drogheda people did and do. This cant be manufactured, or all encompassing like a county club. Now rivalries develop with success and sustaine competition between clubs anwhere in the country but getting there needs community buy in or someone just willing to foot the bill.
There is a combination of things that will help the success and growth of a new club or one that steps up to the senior game, a slow and steady sustainable effort with obvious improvement, but I also think an early seige mentalty that gets the locals bit between the teeth is part of it and local rivalry does that. Especially for the smaller community like Trim. Its a spring board rather than an isolated couple of games a season and there is an element of trying to out do the other competatively, attendances, merchandise, sponsorsip, facilities, community development, womens game, academy et al. This increases even the level of volunteerism and effort by wider members of the community rather than just those with a partcular interest, niche LoI types like most of us here on foot.ie. Well at least there should be when not trimming the fat or doing the silk purse stuff.
