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Your not half wrong there. Seen FAI homepage? They've headline sayin...Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
Dalymount Park pitch passed fit for eircom League tie
The eircom League, Premier Division, tie between Dublin City and Sligo Rovers
was confirmed for Dalymount Park on Monday, May 22, at 7.45 pm. after an inspection of the pitch revealed it was fit for play...
Will it ever end?
:eek: :ball: :rolleyes:
Speaking of which, all those who are in favour of replacing a club who are in the league on merit with a Kerry/Mayo team need to look closely at how the most recent example has worked so farQuote:
Originally Posted by Roo69
From the attendance thread:
Kildare - 368 (186; 298)
With an estimated home support of < 100 at their recent game vs. the league leaders. Fair play to those that do support them and keep the club going, but can anyone say they have improved the league significantly since replacing St. Francis. Imagine if St. Francis had been in the top half of the Premier and were thrown out to make way for 'The Thoroughbreds'.
Given the fact that Kildare came into the league with an established ground and a higher population centre than Kerry or Mayo what evidence is there that these new franchises would improve things.
UCD is the only club in South East Dublin - they could certainly argue they have plenty of 'potential', particularly as most other clubs are in a race to the outskirts of Dublin and they're committed to staying put.
Cork supporters can talk about fan quotas now as they're in a strong position. If Delaney's new league was due to come in during the Bishopstown era they should have been very worried. Small crowds for a relatively new franchise in a city which had proved itself incapable of supporting a football club in the long term - CCFC could have been one of the first clubs to make way for a South-West Ireland super club playing out of Tralee...
Ah but there's a crucial difference. Kildare have never been in the premier so its hard to judge. IMO if they got promoted they would get much bigger crowds.
CHF could build the San Siro on boez doomed site off the M50 and they still wouldnt attract flies.
Point is 5 senior clubs in the capital city is more than enough.
KOH
Exactly. Shels, Bohs, Pats, UCD and Dublin City is plenty. I mean, just because the city has something like a third of the population of the country, and probably the lowest ratio of football to GAA fans doesn't mean it can support more than one fifth the clubs in the league. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
Almost funny. Forget populations there are simply not enough fans willing to go. Look at last nights farce.
Dont worry CHF wont be around for long.............
KOH
all we can do is wait till next year when we won't have to put up with dublin city anymore
Don't know if you'd remember but back around 2000/01 we got a nice little deal out of NTL yet the money was completed wasted on paying players crazy money and trips before games to stay down in Glen of the Downs now to me that was an utter waste of money why couldn't it have been put to better use???? I see your point re local businesses but relaistically people won't invest money for no returns especially nowadays.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roo69
100 may be stretching it. I reckon it could well have been about 50Quote:
Originally Posted by BohsFans
22 players on pitch
10 subs from both teams
2 managers
2 physios
2 assistant managers
1 ref
2 ref's assistants
1 fourth official
1 referee's assessor
1 stadium announcer
2 mascots (that might be pushing it)
1 programme sellers
1 person working the turnstyles letting in
2 fans (1 from each team, they each brought a dog but I haven't included them)
PS Actually I have a fair amount of time for UCD and I'm sure they brought some fans to game last night (probably outnumbered ICBINHF). But continuity Home Farm are a redundant franchise. The sooner Revenue wind it up the better.
Agreed. And if there aren't enough people going to games of clubs that can draw from a hinterland of hundreds of thousands of people, I really doubt that a club from some hole with 20,000 people - most of whom don't like football to begin with - are going to be able to sustain a large attendance. The problem isn't the individual clubs, it's the national fan culture and the image of the league as a whole.Quote:
Originally Posted by NY Hoop
We had at least eight that I know personally, plus some more punters in UCD branded gear, maybe fans I don't know, or maybe just relatives of players, etc. A number of the usual group were still in Cardiff.Quote:
Originally Posted by soylent green
Stansted cursing Ryanair for delaying our flight by an hour actually!Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Pat Dolan was also there with a few people, and there were a few others knocking about in Bohs jackets. There was also a group of random scangers near us who just seemed to heckle Quigley.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
More Bohs fans, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
Jesus, I'm surprised they didn't open connaught st. for you - was there much of a police presence?Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
How do you know if you're paranoid? when you're at a DC match and you think there's someone behind you ....*
* courtesy Valerenga fan Baggins on our board (originally about FC Lyn)
Brilliant. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by sonofstan
Two and a half stewards. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sonofstan
Very good. :cool:Quote:
How do you know if you're paranoid? when you're at a DC match and you think there's someone behind you ....*
Explain the joke please!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
One of them was smaller (and possibly younger) than you.Quote:
Originally Posted by dmandmythdledge
Didn't see him!! Couldn't have been worse than Drogheda I suppose.
Isn't Charlie Sheen in that:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by John83