Heard on the ray-dee-o that the Showgrounds has pased a UEFA inspeciton and will host Sligo's home games in the Europa this year!?!?!?!?!?!
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Heard on the ray-dee-o that the Showgrounds has pased a UEFA inspeciton and will host Sligo's home games in the Europa this year!?!?!?!?!?!
Well it is our home ground...:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy
Alot of work was put in by the club MC to ensure it would pass.
Good news for Sligo. Hope you sell out.
Latest from our chairman on our forum.......
"there's no regionalisation scheduled fror this season (unless objections made by a number of associations are succesfull)"
Could be a nightmare.
Testicles :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Maribor
*shudder*
Just because it is your home ground does not autmoatically mean it was oging to pass an inspeciton. Delighted for ye to have gotten clearance, just a little surprised
Visas required for Armenia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
Armenian one can be done online, others I'm not sure.
Some potential nightmare trips for Derry and Sligo.
One of the Azeri teams is in/near a disputed region (Zaqatala), as is one of the Armenian teams (Kapan). Irtysh Pavlodar of Kazahkstan are pretty much in China, and were part of the famous GULAG archipelago...
Shudder indeed Dodge.
And then there's Distillery :)
Yeah we'll all be praying for a NI or Welsh team. New rules mean that some of them are in the second qualifying round
From my former life working in the field of Visas, its easier to get a visa for a game like this than for normal travel. It will take the co-operation of the national federations, and none of them ever want to be seen not to be doing everything in their power. It might involve only official trips though
Here is the full list of countries that Derry and Sligo could be going to:
Northern Ireland
Wales
Luxembourg
San Marino
Andorra
Faroe Islands
Malta
Albania
Estonia
Montenegro
Macedonia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
"were part of the famous GULAG archipelago..."
You should see about getting a P/T role for the tourist board, with descriptions like that:cool:
Id take anybody from estonia upwards forget the rest of themQuote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong
The Faroe is a nightmare to get to, and not a lot there(bar a lot of blacksheep)
If only Harps had drawn them, we met one of the convicted sheepshaggers the last time we were there:eek:
Northern Ireland
Wales
Luxembourg
San Marino
Andorra
Montenegro
Malta
Affordable games.
Luxembourg
San Marino
Andorra
Faroe Islands
Malta
Albania
Estonia
Any of them thank you please. To be honest, I'd hate to get NI. First time going on an away trip as I was only a youngen the last time we played in Europe, so if we do get knocked out in the first round I'd rather it be in one of those rather than NI. Some euro away trip that'd be. More than likely come home the same night. No thank you. :o
Malta or Estonia my personal prefered pick out of them.
Northern Ireland - yes
Wales - hope so
Luxembourg - ok
San Marino - ok
Andorra - ok
Faroe Islands - no way
Malta - would be nice
Albania - would be interesting
Estonia - wouldnt mind
Montenegro - not really
Macedonia - not really
Armenia - no
Azerbaijan - jesus no
Kazakhstan - def no
:)
San Marino or Andorra would be nice....could do with improving the farmer's tan.
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Originally Posted by Maribor
bet you with the brian kerr connection now at faroe maribor he might be a good host if ye get a faroese team...:D
Andorra would be great.
Wales would be handy though.
Aye, 80 euro return on the boat. Poifect. Suppose we'll just have to wait what the draw conjures up. Have a feeling it will work out....
I wouldn't rule out Montenegro. They seem to be setting themselves up as a summer tourist destination.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flexy
Aye, no doubt, would be a nice place to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFingallian
But, as has been pointed out elsewhere, their co-efficient is not necessarily a true reflection of the standard their top teams are playing at. Its a recently formed league, teams previously competed in Serbian (and Montenegran?) league.
Montenegro is lovely. But been there already in the last 12 months!
Unfortunately none of the coastal teams have qualified, but an easy enough journey in from the riviera to Niksic or Podgorica.
Main problem for any of the southern European places will be flight prices. Savagely expensive at a week's notice.
What are the chances of any of our teams home games being broadcast?
My understanding is that, unlike in previous years, tv rights are centrally distributed, qualifying rounds and all, and the Irish rights were awarded to tv3 and Setanta.
http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/...5_download.pdf
- that's the bit that needs to be clarified - I think in previous years the centralisation started at either the group stages or 'round one proper' & didn't include the 'qualification' rounds. Where does it say (explicitly) that that has now changed?Quote:
Originally Posted by A N Mouse
Would be great to have all LOI Europa games shown live - especially if any of our teams could be shown winning comfortabally against 'lesser' opposition.
The best I could hope for is Sligo or the Scottish team. Not nesserily to get through a round, just these are the most accessible in such a short space of time.
Although I would expect Linfield to beat Sligo over 2 legs. But you never can tell.
My badQuote:
Originally Posted by CuanaD
Knew they kept on about greater centralisation of media rights as a benefit, just got confused.
Confirmed starts from group stages
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uef...id=788365.htmlQuote:
There will be full centralisation of media rights from the UEFA Europa League group stage, involving non-exclusive presenting sponsor plus a centralised match ball for the group stage and full sponsorship centralisation (as for the UEFA Champions League) from the Round of 32 onwards.
damn,we'll force them to show an irish team yet. :)
"The Europa League cup-holder spot will not be used because Shakhtar Donetsk already qualified for the Champions League. It is assumed that with the new format UEFA will make similar changes as with the old format (with priority to cup winners). This may be implemented such that the 4th qualifying round is extended with an extra match. This is accomplised when the cup winners of the 16th and 17th countries on the ranking list (Switzerland and Bulgaria) have direct access to the 4th qualifying round, the cup winners of the 28th and 29th countries on the ranking list (Cyprus and Slovenia) have direct access to the 3rd qualifying round, and the runners-up of the 35th and 36th countries on the ranking list (Ireland and Macedonia) and the cup winners of Andorra and San Marino have direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League.
However, the details of not using the title holder spots in the access list are not written in the regulations. And because this is the first year with the new format there is some uncertainty about the method UEFA will use to fill the empty title holder spots. This is especially the case with the Europa League cup-holder spot. UEFA might decide to give one team of the 4th qualifying round (playoff round) direct access to the group stage. In that case the cup winners of Bulgaria and Slovenia and the runners-up of Ireland and Macedonia would not be promoted to the next qualifying round. "
Update from Bert's site......
Might see Derry in the second round.
Bert is usually spot on with this stuff so good news for Derry there, especially as they will be seeded in EL QR2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maribor
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Originally Posted by holidaysong
Sorry holiday, dont mean for you to have to defend any website or anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong
But you're presenting two different situations on the same thread and then desribe the website as 'spot on'.
If 'the bertmeister' has to wait in line for the information from UEFA along with everyone else, that's fine. UEFA is the source.
Let's not pretend anyone else has special powers.
That first post that you quoted from me is almost a month old this stage. In the time since then we've found out that the title holder spot for the Europa League won't be needed as Shakhtar Donetsk have qualified for the CL through their league place. Surely you can accept that the information on that particular website can be updated accordingly?Quote:
Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce
It's been mentioned that with the draw on 22 June that it doesn't leave much time for booking flights etc with a game on July 2 or 9. But the second round draw will probably be on the 10th so that may only leave six days again to book travel for Pat's and Derry (and maybe us).
What's this maybe rubbish ? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Rory H
Welcome to the perils to European football......Quote:
Originally Posted by Rory H
It could be even worse if you're away for the 2nd leg of the first round, and then away for the first leg of the 2nd round (and that reads like a riddle, which it isn't...)
You might be travelling home when the draw is made and lose out on any potential cheap flights
We were kinda lucky lat year that all 3 away legs were first, and all 3 could be easily reached by ryanair/aer lingus
The first and second rounds are both drawn on June 22nd
It is daft - almost as if UEFA didn't want fans to travel, or didn;t care if they couldn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
I would hope that the various fan bodies in Europe at least, if not the FA's themselves. will make representations to UEFA about this. Only problem is -the countries with the best established fan groups tend not to be the ones who are in the earlier rounds (e.g. England, Germany).
Im hoping one of the irish sides get drawn the mighty FC Lahti from Finland, since I'm based here for the summer!!Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveyCakes
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Originally Posted by EAFC_rdfl
Nice one,free accomadation;)