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Shamrock Rovers youth developement seems to be pretty good.
They are constantly having trials for various age groups and are signing young players from development squads.
They have just signed a young lad from Donegal who they saw playing for Ireland home based u-18 team.
With respect I don't think that a University will ever have any credibility as a professional football club and I think the extremely poor crowds and lack of ability to hold onto players demonstrates this.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Would love to be enlighten on how this works out as I know in Waterford there seem to be a problem say with the u20's your taking players from their junior clubs at the start of their season and their not happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Battery Rover
Whats the story with dual registration something that can't/ won't happen in the Waterford jurisdiction should it be taken out of the hands of local officials.
Love to hear how schoolboy sections are formed( is it down to hard work or are you restrained by the attitudes of the local junior/schoolboy committees ??) Did Wexford youths have a similar prob,?
Credibility's irrelevant. There's plenty of clubs in the league currently who aren't credible as professional outfits, but players play full-time for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by finnpark
If crowds increase, we could go fully pro. Same as any other club.
Barry Murphy and Paraic Amond both came through the Rovers schoolboys. Also expect to see good things from Ciaran Kilduff and Dean Lawrence who are out on loan in the first division and came thought the schoolboys next season in Tallaght. Dave Mooney also came through a few years ago and his younger brother is also currently playing for the u17s.
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Barry Murphy came from Leicester Celtic schoolboys. Went to Rovers when he was about 19.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackholesun
We have produced some wonderful, young, local, talented players
such as, Kenny Browne, Paul McCarthy, Kieran Fitzgerald,
Gary Dunphy and David Grincell to name but a few.
Serious question, where does the finance for UCD come from?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Serious question, where has the finance for Galway gone?Quote:
Originally Posted by gufcfan
The answer to your question is complex and in the hostile environment of foot.ie you'll be lucky to get a full one. We don't have much in the bank, when money is available through traditional revenue streams or succesful applications then we spend it.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufcfan
UCD Sports getting 1.25m in 2006 allocated to UCD Soccer and UCD Rugby for the UCD Bowl. Phase I.
http://www.ucd.ie/campusdevelopment/...ield_bowl.html
"..Project Timeline
Phase I of this project was completed late 2007. An allocation of €1.25 million was made to UCD in 2006 as part of the DAST annual sports capital grant scheme. "
http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/squad.phpQuote:
Originally Posted by niallsparky
You are wrong, he first played for Rovers in 2001 and he is still only 23, which meant he was 16 when he signed for us.
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from what I can gather attempts where made to set up schoolboy section this year in the youths but it was blocked by local junior/schoolboy committees. I am open to correction on this as I do not know full in's and out of it will not go into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by gotaroundbetter
Before we became a LOI club we did produce youth players and still are doing so Kevin Doyle being the most famous. Some of the current crop have been capped by Ireland and may have a professional future
A superb politician's answer, giving lots of info but no answer. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce
DRDoc's post is much more to the point.
Edit - or it would have been if it said "Serious question, where does the finance for Galway come from?" Didn't notice the sly little aside!