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Originally Posted by White Horse
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You're on a roll Christmas tree hugger.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Not being funny, but there's not a club in this league (bar Wexford Youths and a couple others) that hasn't been liquidated and technically ceased to exist at some point. Dundalk included. This slagging thing over how old people's clubs are is a bit mental considering the league we're in.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
I must have missed the AGM where it was announced that Bohs had ceased to exist?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Jaysus, are you serious?!
Finn Harps. Just sayin'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I SAID A COUPLE OF OTHERS IT'S NOT A CONTESTQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
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We took our points deduction like men, up in Longford. None of your sissy liquidating.
Dunno...Dundalk and Cork fans are making it look like a contest, just thought I'd join in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Eh ...No.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
No reason to bring Senior Citizens into itQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Dundalk has never technically or otherwise ceased to exist - transfer of ownership yes, come damn close a few times yup most definitely. The thanks of your post are predictably mostly fans of clubs who have been unfortunate to have actually fallen over the precipice, missing a Derry City contribution i think. It is just as amusing to have fans deny the reforming of a liquidated club as it is those who point the finger in a financially precarious league.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
So Shamrock Rovers, Derry City, Cork City, Galway United and anyone missed - your roll or honour should be expunged prior to say 2012. Council or Provincially developed grounds are just a pure cheat and should just not be allowed. Sligo Rovers messed the perfect model up so i'm adding them to the list of deserving of any slagging just for the laugh. Oriel Park well what a place....it rains on away support dampening their enthusiasm, has a pitch that everyone else hates, has a bigger trophy cabinet than the away dressing room - perfection of course!!
Call me crazy, but I'd take a council owned stadium with good facilities over a privately owned stadium that you're not allowed to upgrade or acquire funding to upgrade any day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
You are crazy Nigel!
And some people wondered how Boez fans could let their members led club be sold out from under them.:loser:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Jaysus , I missed that AGM too? Who owns us now?Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
The wind must be easterly again... Enjoy your time at the top, there's only one way DOWN. Your post shows exactly what you know about Irish Football. sfa.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Sounds like a raw nerve was touched!Quote:
Originally Posted by strikeforce
Ah go on. I'll bite. Please enlighten us.Quote:
Originally Posted by strikeforce
Celebrating Unglamourous clubs, number 3 on the list our very own Limerick FC
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...football-clubs
Looking at the current PD clubs, the only club that fits the bill is Bray Wanders. The company was formed on 30/7/85 just prior to their entry into the LOI. Bohs are a close second with the company being formed on 31/7/34. All the other PD clubs have had reincarnations of one sort or another down through the years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
That's a brilliant piece, can almost smell the Bovril.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
Thanks, I copy and pasted the link myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
When you put it like that it sounds like an unusual thing. Sporting financial behomoths like Chelsea, Man City and United etc have all changed or 'reincarnated' due t a business market. It isnt remotely similar to a club liquidating due to financial and then relaunching; Fans may cling to the belief that clubs that are financial fails are one and the same as an original entity but are also deluded. Glasgow Rangers FC are not the same as the current Rangers FC, for example, even if the newco has purchased the name of the defunct club much like Cork City!Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePrisoner
Gretna that Derry hammered no longer exist even if there was a Gretna in the Highlands division 4 b league currently. Comparing sour grapes with bananas!
Ok, maybe reincarnations was not the correct word, and I take the point you're making. Off the top of my head a number of the current PD clubs have been run by companies that no longer exist, whether by liquidation or otherwise eg Pat's, Drogheda, Cork come to mind as clubs that were liquidated at one point. The current company that operates Shams was set up in 1996 and went into examinership (ie went bust for want of a better expression) in 2005. So what happened to the entity that operated Shams prior to 1996? Who cares?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
My post was to counter the argument that most/all clubs have folded at some point due to financial difficulties in their LOI career - Bray Wanders being the exception. The club has been operated by the same company since entry to the LOI in 1985. Who or what that operated Bohs between 1890 and 1934, god knows!
According to Rovers fans , a committee made up of Lord Kitchener, General Maxwell, Ayn Rand and William Martin Murphy.Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePrisoner
So Bohs were by a KerrymanQuote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Have we?Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePrisoner
Not a reincarnation as such but Longford Town Football Club Limited was formed when we joined LOI I think and it still exists and owns the ground today but a separate company holds the FAI Licence. It was all under the one company until about 2008 or so I think.
probably 2009 as there has being no AGM since Sorbo got onto town committee that year!Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Limerick got a mention last week, it's Dundalks turn this week
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ccessful-towns
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Originally Posted by PartySaint
You own club too.
“St Patrick’s Athletic just won the 2015 League of Ireland Cup without beating a league team,” writes Sean DeLoughrey “They received a bye in the first round, beat non-league Crumlin United 4-1 in the second round (yes, the League of Ireland Cup includes a small number of invited non-league teams), then beat Cork City, Shamrock Rovers and Galway, each on penalties. Winning a League Cup without beating a league team must be a first?”
Ah great, I stopped reading after the Duundalk bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Why are you so against AGM's Sorbo Haha 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
Another piece celebrating the Bohemian experience.
http://www.babagol.net/2015/11/a-boh...ience.html?m=1
Town did it on the way to the FAI Cup final in 2004 I think!Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Sorry that was actually us not beating anyone without a replay required.
never, NEVER...Quote:
Originally Posted by outspoken
To bring this thread back on topic: Tallaght is the most uniformed and best-looking ground in the league (even with the open ends) but the fact that the stands are so far from the side-line will always kill it. I know they’re building a 3rd stand next year, but even if it becomes fully enclosed some day, the distance from the main stands to the pitch is just painful.Quote:
Originally Posted by ForzaHoop
As many have said before, Richmond is my favourite. It’s a proper traditional ground. Low roof on main stand which helps atmosphere, terracing for the lads who prefer to stand, good views from everywhere, but most importantly it’s really tight, so you’re v close to the pitch no matter what stand you’re in. Also a bonus that they can open all 4 sides if the crowd is big enough. The only downside imo is the ugly shed covering half of one end. If they could get rid of that and maybe replace it with something that covers that whole end (even a tarp roof like they have in Bray) it would be perfect for me.
The 1 stand in Athlone is lovely. Longford is a great ground – just a pity they didn’t fully enclose it when they were building it. At Bohs the Jodi is brilliant – I just hope the stands are tight to the pitch after the redevelopment, but I’m fearing it could end up like Tallaght. Tolka used to be great with the stands so close to the pitch. Now it’s in a terrible state of disrepair.
I don't agree with that. The seating pattern will always ruin that ground aesthetically; absolute idiots to have done it up the way they did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
Don't think the top ground in the league can be one with both ends exposed either. Turner's Cross way ahead in that regard. Stands at one end have really improved Richmond and the Showgrounds as well in recent years.
Well i wasn't saying that Rover's is the top ground in the league. That would be Turners Cross all day. My point is that due to it's uniformity and symmetry it is, for want of a better word, the prettiest.
I'm guessing you're talking about the chunks of different coloured seats. While i admit that it certainly looks a bit odd, and was clearly the result of a hap-hazard last minute dash to install seating, i don't think it detracts too much from the stadium overall, but that's just my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
No, i know you were talking about prettiest ground - I just disagree because the seats are an eyesore. Whoever did that should be severely beaten.
As a ground, it's grand like; just it's not the best-looking one.
In my opinion.