Newtown FC... They are amalgamating with Park AFC.Quote:
Originally Posted by summervilleman
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Newtown FC... They are amalgamating with Park AFC.Quote:
Originally Posted by summervilleman
technically both teams will be going .. newtown fc will amalgamate with park afc at end of this season :confused: and after 1 year approx park rangers will change their name and a new super shannon club will be unleashed upon the world :ball:Quote:
Originally Posted by CousinSylDolan
Newtown wont be selling their pitch on the cheap will they?? since its so hard to get one in Ennis!!:p
Hacker,
You asked will Newtown play to their full potential, thats a very hard question, simply because i don't think they have done this all year with the exception of the FAI games. I don't think that they will go into any of their remaining games looking to lose.
Just want to mention something about the amalgamation. Newtown A have won 2 Clare Leagues and 2 Clare Cups in it 31 year History. Park have won 1 lawson Cup and 1 Touhy Cup in Their 30 odd year History. Thats 6 Trophy's in 60 years of business. The School Boys / Girls and youths on boths sides are struggling for Numbers so plan i presume is to TRY to improve this as it is poor reflection for the time and effort put into both.From what i here, Parks facilities will be for Junior teams and Newtown will become an Acadamy for School Boys / Girls.
For a town of Shannon size its nothing short of embarrasing for None of the Clubs to be challanging at the top every year, NOT 1 in every 10.
2 teams, Newtown and Park, Newtown will be gone this year and Park next.Quote:
Originally Posted by summervilleman
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Originally Posted by hacker
Will play in whatever div Park play in as they will be called Park afc next year
heard a rumour that if this goes ahead there will be ramifications. something to do with newtowns lotto grant having a clause that they are a clare club. b4 somebody starts ranting about this its only what i heard and im putting it out there to c if its true.Quote:
Originally Posted by smellyfeet
Heard that aswell.Cant understand why newtown didnt wait until the season was over to announce this:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by out red
The name will only change, just like Corofin did a few years back. If you change the name it doesn't mean you have to drop down division.Quote:
Originally Posted by hacker
I hope the Clare League can find a way of preventing this.
Anyone who thinks the Park heads will welcome the Newtown lads and treat them as equals is crazy. This will be an unmitigated disaster resulting in the loss of a proud club, the disenfranchisement of more people, and the diluting of football in Shannon.
are you involved with newtown ?? did you have anysay on this happening.. who made final decision cannot see the whole club being behind this move .. could be a few problems between both sets of clubs as they both have seperate histories / drinking spots and would not be suprised to see a few newtown lads packing it in rather than joining park ... but time will only tell if it is a good move ... looking at it from the outside i cannot see why newtown are doing it .. :ball:Quote:
Originally Posted by Traw_Law_Law
In relation to the Limerick and Clare leagues what do Newtown hope to gain by doing this? Im not saying they are incorrect to do this but what are the benefits? When they amalgamate with Park there is still going to be the same fight for players with Shannon town, Olympic and all surrounding clubs in that area. Not only that but is the schoolboy setup in Limerick better than it is now in Clare? I think not. Also do they expect to get the same respect in Limerick as the likes of Fairview, Pike, Boro etc as I always thought Park were like Charleville and just considered to be a drive out the country. Isnt Stoney the chairman of the Clare schoolboys league - what happens there???
Can't comment on first question because i myself don't know what they will gain. The benefits would be that they "Newtown and Park" would have teams in every age group from 11's up to Junior. At the moment both clubs only have some School boys and girls at different age groups and both their Junior teams are bad,so i'd say they will be trying to get that to change by joining together. Only time will tell if the new club will get respect but i do agree that it is viewed by other Limerick teams to be a drive in the country, but the likes of the View, Pike and the Boro won't have any bother as Park are in division 1B and won't effect them for as long as they stay in that division. Stoney is Schoolboys Chairman in Clare so he would have to step down i suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by guvnor
Personally i think with the players park and newtown have at the moment it would be a good strong Division 1A team,its going to take time for all these players to get used to it seen as alot are just bitching about it at the moment,put it this way lads, the lads who have decided on doing this,are doing it for the right reasons.the likes of stoney,peter webb,anto nolan,tom mcdade they all know alot more about there clubs than everyone on this website does,so it must have been a good call by the club men to do this,imo their will be more than 2 junior team,maybe 3 or 4,only time will tell,goodluck to all invloved. :ball:
hacker
if this grant thing becomes an issue maybe rineanna could apply to the lotto for funding to buy the newtown pitches:D:D
if newtown were top of the clare league would this move be happening i very much doubt it. to be honest i think this will turn out to be an absoulute farce. newtown members cant get on with themslves never mind joining trying to get on with another club. whats going to happen when they have their first disagreement!!! which will surely happen knowing those involved
newtowns last involvement in clare league will be relagation from the premier league some legacy. can see why the move is on their players are too good to be playing first division clare football. first divison in limerick is some leap in standard boys. delighted for ye
i don't agree with what is happening myself tulla b ,, but if you ever get to the same facilities / standard of football .. then you can be sarcastic & bitter about newtown legacy to clare league :pQuote:
Originally Posted by tulla b
WRONG, unless you are directly involved please refrain fron sending mails that you know nothing about, you can PM me anytime.:ball::ball:Quote:
Originally Posted by old git
You are spot on Hacker, everyone is hearing something but we should wait for an official response.
As for the top and Bottom I think the results of Thursday's games will go a long way to the outcome at the top and Bottom.
Rineanna will be safe with a win ( maybe even a draw ) Bridge Cel need a win as a draw will see them stay in the relegation spots. Does it matter what result Newtown get?
Lifford, Avenue and Newmarket all have tricky away games and if they don't all get results it might end one of their challenges.
like who old git, if anything is happening it won't be open to other people,lads are great talking on the foot and in pubs but same old people year in year out.players play and then leave,nobody well 90% don't give anything back, i say again if anything happens it won't be open to other people.Quote:
Originally Posted by old git
[QUOTE=hacker;925707]lads stop this crap, Newtown will play every match 100%,Quote:
Originally Posted by smellyfeet
please pm me you are talking so much crap it is unbelievablei need to set you straight on a few things..................Quote:
Originally Posted by old git
syl shocked at you where did you get that Newtown are amagamating with park utter bullsh_tQuote:
Originally Posted by CousinSylDolan
again old git you know nothing,your guesses are way off,Quote:
Originally Posted by old git
haven't read all of them picking them out as i go along,talk about a rumour gathering pace....Quote:
Originally Posted by hacker
Originally Posted by Traw_Law_Law
Anyone who thinks the Park heads will welcome the Newtown lads and treat them as equals is crazy. This will be an unmitigated disaster resulting in the loss of a proud club, the disenfranchisement of more people, and the diluting of football in Shannon.
Guranteed Traw_Law_Law never had any say in anything Newtown have ever down,he just came on to stir ****.....to answer you,no decision has been made,we are in trouble at schoolboy level,with players and managers,all that has happened is there was a chat about football in general in Shannon, NO ALMALGATION and you can quote me on that.....Quote:
Originally Posted by old git
Lads the 2 pages of this thread is as good as watching coronation street or eastenders,drama queens living it up, keep it goin..:D:D:p
Guranteed Traw_Law_Law never had any say in anything Newtown have ever down,he just came on to stir ****.....to answer you,no decision has been made,we are in trouble at schoolboy level,with players and managers,all that has happened is there was a chat about football in general in Shannon, NO ALMALGATION and you can quote me on that.....[/QUOTE]
What odds are you willing to give that it is going through?? Coz I'd be willing to put money on it! ;)
How do we know your not just saying this now because newtown were wrong to let word of this getting out before the season had ended!? I bet theres not as much controversy with regards to park about the whole thing!? Whats changed that the 'rumours' this time around are stronger than ever after last time there was talks it was said it will never happen. That was only 2 years ago. What happened in 2 years that has brought Newtown to even consider this and bring it back into the fray?
Ballbreaker your a class act with all these denials!
Are you Bertie Ahearn in disguise!!:p
This has ramifications for everyone in both the clare and limerick leagues.
To say it's no-one's business is ridiculous.
Another thing, if every club folded whenever things were tough, where would junior football be?!!!
I've been associated with newtown since playing under-16 (15 years ago), actively involved in clare football on and off since, not here to stir ****, giving an opinion, which is what this forum is all about. I've been told by several club members and players that an "AMALGAMATION" (feel free to use my correct spelling ballbreaker) is going ahead. Newtown is to be folded, 31 years of history down the drain. I wonder what the founder members would make of this? Disgrace!Quote:
Originally Posted by BallBreaker
p.s. using a forum is not rocket-science, unlike spelling ballbreaker, i'm well aware of how to use the features of the site.Quote:
Originally Posted by BallBreaker
I won't bother pm-ing you, thanks anyway...
As for claiming that Park are Newtown rejects..Thats absolute rubbish talk! Does this mean that the subs down at Newtown now are future rejects?[/quote]
a post taken from page 6 of this forum..Seems we have a few Mystic megs amongst us!:D
Hi All
Newtown dominating the Clare league thread again I see. Pity it isn't relevant to football on the pitch. Be it a rumour or fact ,I for one think that it is another of those rumours that maybe true, but then again I couldn't care less. Good luck to Newtown and Park if they decide to head into the Limerick league in the guise of an "AMALGAMATION", thanks for the spelling tips Traw law Law. I do hope that it is for the reason stated earlier that they are doing it because of the schoolboys because if its for the adult teams then IMO it wouldn't be the best of decisions.!!!!! . Newtown no more , so what , a loss to the Clare league , who knows , a benefit to football in Shannon only time will tell. Still it keeps the old thread going for ye lads.
Next Rumour, Newmarket , Avenue and lifford to "AMALGAMATE" and conquer Europe. Sure its about as plausible as annual Newtown and Park lovefest.
All in all good luck to them all whatever happens this summer. At least the Clare league wont have to go looking for any trophies of consequence from a club that doesn't exsist. That would make for interesting posting from the over abundant Avatars with the 3 sinking ships attached. God help us how will Clare football ever recover from the loss of Newtown. still we can all go and attach the new Park AFC Avatar and post on the limerick league 1B thread for a "good" few years.
well pm me then because you are full of it,under 16 15 years ago:D:D, so you are 31 then and actively involved with clare soccer on and off (come on) i bet it's more off than on,you have been so actively involved you only just heard about this site(spare me) several club members and players (rumours) you wonder what the founder members would make of this,(Ask Them if you know who they are) Disgrace says the man who feels hard done by because he is associated with Newtown for 15 years,in what way are you associated,pm me and we will have a chat,::cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Traw_Law_Law
why doesn't that suprise me:rolleyes::rolleyes:same as always great for talking but no action......Quote:
Originally Posted by Traw_Law_Law
Always the Sportsman First!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by First
The subject obviously doensn't concern you so why bother writing an essay and having a negative imput on it?
people are entitled to their own views .. i know it wont make any difference to what is happening as both clubs will decide themselves at committie level .. :ball:Quote:
Originally Posted by BallBreaker
Another thing, if every club folded whenever things were tough, where would junior football be?!!![/QUOTE]
Great point!!