Yes - it should be 22 I thought there was one year they were both at 12 but I’m wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
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Yes - it should be 22 I thought there was one year they were both at 12 but I’m wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Killarney Celtic are a district league club. They are joining what is supposed to be the top tier of amateur football. It could be 5-10 years before any NL club obtains a First Division licence.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
The National League will only be positive if it is the start and not the end of the FPP. That will depend on clubs having ambition to play at a higher level.
In other words - let's all just wait and see :ball:Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Is there anyone who would know anything about Ringmahon Rangers and if it's something they are considering at all? I'd have thought that after netting one of the biggest transfer fees in Irish football history that they might look to give their players a national platform to aspire to.
Was that Caoimhin Kellehers last club before Liverpool yurt?Quote:
Originally Posted by yurt
Yeah it is. They got about 3mil from his transfer to Brentford.
I really don’t think they are too pushed to join. Most of their better players in the last few seasons are playing for Ringmahon because they actively don’t want the travel and commitment of LOI. Joining the third tier loses this attraction and could easily lose a lot those players who have made them one of the best intermediate teams around.Quote:
Originally Posted by yurt
They also have lost two Intermediate Cup finals recently and definitely favour another tilt at winning it, over giving a new third tier with little prestige a go.
Also their own academy is solid but losing ground to larger schoolboy clubs like Carrigaline and Midleton given no new housing is being built in Mahon/Blackrock and it’s an ageing part of the city. So that talent pipeline isn’t guaranteed to sustain a third tier club.
CK United will play their home games in the new National League at Buckley Park, when the arranged season kicks off.
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=CK%20United
Structure and facilities
Buckley Park has two spectator stands; the Tennypark House Stand, which held 600 people, and the City End, a 1,000 seater stand
The grounds have a TV gantry, floodlights and a car park
https://www.kilkennypeople.ie/resize...?1746974423846
Great to see Buckley Park back again
What social media outlets are naming those clubs?
Basic rule of this thread at this stage sources have to be namedQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Please.Quote:
Originally Posted by nr637
Source.
A come on people, you know how it is, all the usual social media outlets, you know how it works, various threads, forums, rumours.......
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Still, a link we could actually click on ourselves would help ...
“Some people are saying”
I’d add Achill Islanders FC to your list. It’s all the talk over on Bebo and MySpaceQuote:
Originally Posted by nr637
A rule was set of no speculative lists, so either sources or I delete.Quote:
Originally Posted by nr637
A social media post speculating isn't sources either, by the way.
Life now is all about clicks and links! :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Former Cork Business League side Curry House Hungry Tigers are set to join the third tier.
Source - Waterford Whispers.
Funny, that's precisely how sources work.Quote:
Originally Posted by nr637
I've just read on Foot.ie* that Trim Celtic, St Pat's CY, Limerick Utd, Peake Villa, Fairview Rangers, Monaghan United,Tullamore Town, Malahide United, Ballinasloe Town & Avenue United / Newmarket Celtic (Clare)are the clubs that were declined entries after their initial applications, but seemingly are to be considered in further FAI reviews after finalising certain criteria to join by the January extension.
Citogenesis!
(*Well, I did before the post was deleted while I was typing!)
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Originally Posted by nr637
Harsh on the fella who started the thread in the first place to list possible teams!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Aside from speculation...Quote:
Originally Posted by nr637
Reports of CK playing in Buckley Park are interesting. Between that and having academy sides, will be interested to hear how far along they are towards obtaining a First Division licence.
Is that Bebo FC and MySpace FC that you are on about m8! :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Loving it! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
Considering all the lists of teams that were posted over the last few months and then the 15 teams so far, announced by the FAI, were all on those lists and the original 67 applications, so the sources being asked for must be getting some of their information right!
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On all of those lists or some of those lists ?Quote:
Originally Posted by nr637
Throw enough ****e at a wall, some of it will stick !
Dunno about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
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Originally Posted by nr637
Last edited by nigel-harps1954; 09/01/2026 at 6:12 PMQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Is a moderator gaslighting the original poster or something?!
No, he's just sick of repeating himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Also when asking for sources, you usually expect the poster to provide them rather than posting more nonsense.
I get peoples desire to speculate here but to Nigel's point it has to be moving the conversation along or contributing something meaningful. The only thing that seems to be known for certain is 15 teams with potentially 5 more due to come, when? nobody knows but rehashing the same list of names from 14 months agon without adding anything new isnt especially interesting.
its as deeply frustrating to me as it is to everyone here that local and national press dont seem to running this down or that everyone in Abbottstown is for once in their life being tight lipped but unfortunately it just does seem there isnt much to add at this stage. Theres questions around the participation in the Donegal League and the LSL I'd be interested in knowing more about but theres just nothing to go off of
Or looked at another way - if you speculatively name pretty much every adult team of-note in the country, then you'll obviously get quite a few of them right :DQuote:
Originally Posted by nr637
Academy sides:
• CK United (Carlow/Kilkenny)
• Mayo Football Club (Mayo)
Senior League:
• Home Farm (Dublin)
• Lucan United (Dublin)
• St. Francis (Dublin)
District League:
• Bonagee United (Donegal)
• Cockhill Celtic (Donegal)
• Killarney Celtic (Kerry)
• Letterkenny Rovers (Donegal)
• Mervue United (Galway)
• Newbridge Town (Kildare)
• Salthill Devon (Galway)
• Villa FC (Waterford)
College teams:
• TU Dublin (Dublin)
• UCC Soccer (Cork)
https://www.fai.ie/latest/15-clubs-c...tional-league/
Academy sides must be building towards a First Division licence. The status of current senior leagues is questionable without clear link to district leagues. Would be curious about the lure of National League for senior league sides and college teams. Senior league clubs making the leap must be eyeing a First Division licence.
District league clubs wanting to play at the next highest level outside of hollow senior leagues is understandable. District clubs for years have settled for dominating their leagues and targeting the FAI Junior Cup. Whether that ambition will extend to the highest level of amateur football only remains to be seen.
LoI clubs for years were essentially senior teams only. Nowadays LoI clubs have academy sides, having a stronger connection with communities, schools and families. There are going to be amateur clubs who are pragmatic that amateur level is the height of their ambition.
One of the few details so far is that division winners will contest a National League playoff. If the winner has a First Division licence, they'll go forward to a promotion/relegation playoff. CK United could obtain a First Division licence but have their path to the First Division blocked by a strong amateur side. There might have to be scope eventually that the best side finishing in the top 3 of their division holding a First Division licence can go forward to the promotion/relegation playoff.
That's the approach taken in the lower levels of the Scottish leagues, in that the champions of the Highland and Lowland Leagues must meet SFA licensing requirements to be considered for promotion to League Two:
https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/sc...tie/?rid=14258
Similarly, such refusals at Tier 2 level happen annually in Wales.
Meeting licencing criteria to be considered for promotion is fine. CK United have academy sides which must cost a bit of investment, even at a basic level. Mervue and Salthill could concentrate on a senior side only without those academy costs. If CK United holding a First Division licence have there promotion path blocked by a Mervue, Salthill or any other NL focusing on a senior team only - it is restrictive. There might need to be some leeway around finishing in the top 3 or something agreeable by the clubs and FAI.
How much of an issue do people think this will be ? Hard to get a read not knowing the local politics of it
https://www.westernpeople.ie/sport/m...rid-83496.html
Turns out Mayo's biggest First Division obstacle could well be their own League - surprising if they haven't co-opted some of the members onto the Mayo FC board?Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
https://www.westernpeople.ie/sport/m...rid-83496.html
You can say that again!
As you say, hard for a non-local to get a read on such things, but when Kerry were progressing through the Academy ranks and then preparing for adult football, it was initially wholly directed by the KDL, and then when legal incorporation was requested by the FAI, members of the League continued to serve on the new board, so would seem the logical blueprint for Mayo to follow to avoid such disputes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roones26
Nationa League sound to GAA, when's it likely to be named and any good ideas for a name. One that doesnt devalue alike. Simple (Sponsor) League of Ireland Division 3. I think it needs to reflect that it is part of LoI structure in the name so National League nearly sounds like its a higher level that the PD. LoI Conference? Im sure someone could could come up with a good balance for a name! If the could get Bord Failte as sponsors, they could become creative.