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Originally Posted by Longfordian

It's absolutely a welcome announcement but as you've pointed out it's now very expensive to be a LOI club. Correctly so as the top level of football in the country, but people need to be aware of how much money the club needs each year just to stay afloat. I have major concerns about the sustainability of LOI football in Longford.

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You'd have to take it as a positive though that the board have pushed ahead with expanding the Women's side of the club. Surely they don't do that if any key stakeholders are thinking of walking away?

Is it senior? Thought it said u-23, which reads like academy talk to me.

Regardless, as good as it is I too have concerns over how viable this is. Its become very clear the last 3 years how challenging it is to run the senior mens team, very much living within their means. I don't see how they can juggle a second senior team. I just hope they've done their planning, crunched the numbers and determined it'll be sustainable

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Originally Posted by outspoken

You'd have to take it as a positive though that the board have pushed ahead with expanding the Women's side of the club. Surely they don't do that if any key stakeholders are thinking of walking away?

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It's actually easier for a small club to be competitive at a national level in the women's game as Athlone have shown. But is there sufficient local interest to support it given how difficult it is to get crowds out to the men's games?