Will an All-Ireland Premier League ever happen?

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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

It's not an argument for not having a pyramid and I don't know how you managed to take such a ridiculous conclusion from what I said.

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It's an argument often made. Apologies for taking you up wrong.

Great idea in theory but would never work in practice

Firstly it would need to be sanctioned by FIFA which I never see happening. Can't see many IL clubs going for it as they would end up with much more travel and accommodation costs. There would also be people who would travel to games with the sole intend on causing trouble, especially with the like of Linfield vs Derry

Folks being a little bit defeatist on this matter I think. Things do change overtime, roads/transport should improve, demographics change etc. The crowd at Harps v Derry the other night prove what a hindrance the border is to the development of Ireland, Dundalk v Newry could be the same. No matter what Branding is used(Unionist and the BBC used to refer to the North as Ulster when I was young) now it is called Northern Ireland, it is still has an un-natural feel to it. Most sport in Ireland is organised on an "all-Ireland" basis for a good reason, and so should soccer. I would be with the late Derrick Dougan on this.