LOI Magazine

EARLY & OTHER PUBLICATIONS.
It may be of interest to some , but recall on a visit to National Library in Kildare Street, a few years back, viewing copies of an Irish Soccer Newspaper of the 1920's, cant remember what coverage of EL of the day they covered but recall had a lot of content re Junior Leagues of the day.
Though you may debate the pros & cons and viabilllity of relaunching of a league publicatioin may I bring to your attention a guy down in Waterford publishes a monthly magazine on the local Junior League with articles also on Wfc. Always try and pick up a copy when passing through in summer. There was also a Munster Soccer Magazine though I think short lived a few years back.
Now please dont jump on my back re following but true - Whenever the last Eircom League publication was done always looked to pick up a copy whenever in Dublin, on not seeing any for a while called in the then HQ in Merron Sq, young secretary took name and adress and duly recieved for a short while copies of publications before its demise for no charge.
On seperate note does the FAI still print an annual Handbook ?

Spotter Magazine was the most professional magazine i have ever seen in Ireland (and i include international programmes in there too). It was brilliant, but that needed advertsiing as well and stopped as a result.

The climate should be much more favourable now. eL has been gradually getting more coverage generally (outside of Mary Hannigan's planet) and there is a groundswell that Irish football is on the up.
The regular highlights package from RTE will be a huge bonus. If they are serious about growing the game, FAI and clubs should co-operate to promote the mag with pitchside ads etc. That'll help kickstart an audience.

It seems there's some interest so I'll set up a site shortly to explain the idea how it's really for the fans and how it'll work. When it's done i'll post the link here.
It is a commercial enterprise (because if it's not it'll die) and I'm sure foot.ie wouldn't appreciate me running a business from their forum.

I'll post a link to it when it's up if you want me to. What do you think guys?

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Originally Posted by GroundFootball

It seems there's some interest so I'll set up a site shortly to explain the idea how it's really for the fans and how it'll work. When it's done i'll post the link here.
It is a commercial enterprise (because if it's not it'll die) and I'm sure foot.ie wouldn't appreciate me running a business from their forum.

I'll post a link to it when it's up if you want me to. What do you think guys?

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By all means post a link. If you want to advertise on here (and it would probably be advisable, at least at the beginning), I'd contact Dahamsta. He may be amenable given the nature of the project.

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Originally Posted by John83

By all means post a link. If you want to advertise on here (and it would probably be advisable, at least at the beginning), I'd contact Dahamsta. He may be amenable given the nature of the project.

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I wont speak for him but it might be worth suggesting that the magazine be called foot.ie or that foot.ie help pioneer the magazine in some way, exactly how i dont know but its a ready made platform that is teaming with ideas.

GroundFootball, would it be along the lines of When Saturday Comes?

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Originally Posted by BohDiddley

The climate should be much more favourable now. eL has been gradually getting more coverage generally (outside of Mary Hannigan's planet) and there is a groundswell that Irish football is on the up.
The regular highlights package from RTE will be a huge bonus. If they are serious about growing the game, FAI and clubs should co-operate to promote the mag with pitchside ads etc. That'll help kickstart an audience.

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Good points there BD. I also think that as long as the Setanta Cup is going that it would benefit from the inclusion of the IL.

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Originally Posted by Buller

Just dont call it "eircomLIVE"... I can't believe the new highlights show might be called that... Also, yes but I think it has been tried before but not enough people bought it.

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Yeah but i thinbk that now there is largely more interest in the country of the league then there was we'll say even 5 years ago!