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Not directly related, but this statement by Wexford FC on their new admin structures seems a template that Kerry could follow going into the future - as well as their Supporters Trust, it's proposed that clubs in the Wexford League along with businesses in the county would buy a shareholding in the local LoI club, increasing financial stability:
https://wexfordfc.ie/latest-news/134...14th-july-2022
Unless any amount of a cash injection is pressing, i'm not sure about the timing for looking for people to purchase shares. Sounds positive in principle though.
Rather belatedly, they've cottoned on that the free-scoring form of the U19 squad is their best promotional tool for the considerable future:
https://twitter.com/KerryFC/status/1547996814187438087
Five of the U19 squad called up to train with the Irish U19s this week, which was, after all, the main reason for entering that league:
https://twitter.com/KerryFC/status/1549770831911235584
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Originally Posted by culloty82
That's some achievement. Would it be fair to say a player who's good enough for the U19s national team is good enough for the first division?
The FAI have made some comments about wanting to increase the geographical spread of the youth leagues. Kerry FC are a good example of why this is important.Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Clare, Tipperary, Meath and Laois - Offaly are probably stand out areas to try and encourage the local district leagues to consider representative teams at youth level.
It's fair to say that the U19s would be the core of a 2023 First Division squad - admittedly they struggled for results in the first phase of the season, but 46 goals in all competitions shows that scoring hasn't been an issue, so they'd just need to add some more senior defenders and midfielders from the KDL to the mix.Quote:
Originally Posted by GUFCghost
Another piece in the licence application jigsaw being sought, in the form of a Youth Academy coach with the prerequisite UEFA qualifications:
https://twitter.com/KerryFC/status/1550792372900040704
Among those involved in Kerry's 2010 Kennedy Cup squad were Shane Ryan and the Clifford brothers - who knows, perhaps if David had played as a striker, rather than as a defender, sporting history might have taken a notably different turn ...
Will they be signing Yerra Mina from Everton ?
Now that it's August, a look at the timetable that Kerry will have to meet:
August 31st: Completed licence application submitted to FAI.
September 15th: Receive preliminary report stating that all necessary information has been received.
September 30th: All financial documentation must be submitted to the FAI.
September/October: Application is reviewed according to the five licencing categories.
November (Date TBD): Licensing Day.
November: Unsuccessful clubs have 5 days within which to appeal.
Sky Sports will be misisng a trick if they don't provide live minute-by-minute coverage of LOI Licensing Day.Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
"Exciting news Jeff - A representative of Galway United has just arrived at Abbotstown brandishing a DVD. Reports that Dundalk are feeling nervous. Maxi last seen at the Applegreen Service Station in Drogheda filling a green can....".
Samuel Aladesanusi called up to a 30-man Irish U19 squad in the UK this week:
https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/mu19...rs-for-uk-camp
Fair play to the lad, as the only one in that panel that isn't attached to a senior football club.Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Damien Locke has been appointed as Head Coach of the Youth Academy - he played for Dynamos during their spell in the A Championship, and more relevantly where the FAI and LoI are concerned he also managed Wexford Youths in 2017:
https://twitter.com/KerryFC/status/1556582920378269696
The Kerryman covers the press briefing:
https://www.independent.ie/regionals...-41897731.html
A good read. A good pick up for Kerry FC to get on board. They also have Brendan Maloney coaching their U17’s. Brendan played a few years in the Championship with Nottingham Forest and had a long spell at Northampton Town, possibly first team manager?.Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
There is a serious amount lot of pedigree and the age profile of these coaches and being local is fantastic!
Certainly appears as though the personnel boxes will be ticked off in good time:
https://twitter.com/KerryFC/status/1557389983916466178
Promising signs! Ciarraí abú!Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Compare and contrast the way that Kerry FC are going about their business to get everything in order re joining the LOI with the shenanigans of that Irish Sea Border mob a year or so ago - who thought that all you needed to have a senior football team was a load of bizarre press releases and some weird social media activity by an obnoxious kid. Literally like night versus day. Thank god the FAI didn't fall for it.
All being well, I'm looking forward to getting to a game in the Kingdom next season.
It gives you every confidence that Kerry FC are going about their business as one should.
Boxes getting ticked and the people who are running the club have the know how to run a proper club. Time will tell but signs are good!
Maybe we're only seeing the process in the open now, but I can't remember this kind of happening when Cabintely went up. If I'm not mistaken, weren't they kind of promoted at the last minute?
Yeah, about six weeks out or something. Shamrock Rovers B pulled out.
The Kerry FC process of joining the league is a proper courtship, whereas Cabinteely's elevation was a shotgun wedding.
With Killarney Celtic poised to complete another local league and cup double this evening, it will be interesting to see what attitude their players would take towards a senior Kerry team - on the one hand, they would be realistic contenders for the FAI Junior Cup, which would be in full swing by next February, but on the other, they have long been frustrated by the protracted nature of the KDL fixture calendar, and high-profile First Division opposition would certainly be attractive to many of the squad. Either way, it's not a debate they'll have to consider for another 90-100 days.
But at the end of the day both end up f**ked?Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
What sort of season is Kerry football playing, to be finishing up in August ?Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Am I right in thinking they won the league with a 100% record?Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Some of the players will surely feel they want the challenge of League of Ireland.
Kerry clubs tend to get to the QF at best of the Junior Cup if I’m not mistaken. Maybe if they’re a really good side they’d have a chance but there’s so much luck involved it would be very tough to win.
Yes, they won all their games, and it's their fourth straight double. As for the season ending in August, the cup generally only gets started after the league ends, but fair to say that the calendar itself tends to be fairly chaotic, with clubs often giving walkovers or seeking postponements for spurious reasons at times.
When a team does the double four years on the trot you have to ask two questionsQuote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
1. Are they that good?
Or
2. Is the opposition that bad.
Have they ever qualified for the FAI Cup? I don't remember them in it
They did reach the Junior Cup semis in 2019-20, so presumably would have qualified for the 2020 edition had Covid not intervened.
In fairness, they can only beat whatever opposition is put in front of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shinkicker
Though if they were much good on a national level, they'd have made progress in the national cup tournaments as well.
Killarney Celtic are a decent Junior side. Having walked the Kerry League the past number of years I think it will come down to the players either wanting to A) Play at a much higher level every week or spend their best years chasing the FAI Junior Cup.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
A player would go from 6-8 good games a year to 36. Each is to their own but any young ambitious player would surely try and get on the Kerry FC squad.
Matt Keane made the move to Treaty to play LOI and they will see that and want to follow, IMO. They could well follow him to Kerry FC should he decide to play LOI with his own County.
If it works out anything like Wexford Youths did, long term it'll probably make Killarney an even stronger junior side. North End United would have always been the big junior side in Wexford and had a few decent FAI junior runs, they probably suffered a bit when Youths was set up and took some players from them, but in recent years they've seen a lot pf players with League of Ireland experience coming back to them and they won the FAI Junior in 2018 and are consistently in the shakeup these days. The league of Ireland team brings players into the area as well as giving opportunities to locals and why they drop back to local leagues it raises standards there.
Wexford have bucked the trend as a completely new LOI entity that hasn't disappeared (yet ?).Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
How is the club funded these days ? Is Wallace no longer involved at all ? It's a shame the club hasn't managed to build up much of a support base in the town - but I guess always struggling near the bottom of the FD will do that to a club.
I'd say Wexford are unfortunate, similar to Longford, in that where their ground is located goes against them. It must be a 10km run out from the town to Ferrycarrig Park, especially with the last 2km or so out through the back roads.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
They've shown in the past that they can attract a steady crowd to games, and big crowds for one off games, but you can't help feeling the location kills any chance of a decent growth for them.
Stand to be corrected on this as well, but I think Wallace is still a fairly primary sponsor of the club as opposed to directly involved anymore.
Wexford are largely run by their Supporters Trust, with local businesses and football clubs also asked recently to invest additional finances:
https://wexfordfc.ie/latest-news/134...14th-july-2022
Brian Ainscough is in charge of the administrative end of Kerry's bid, and has said that the financial backers will only be made public if/when a license is granted, which raises suspicions, but hopefully is only to avoid a repeat of the Irish Sea debacle.
I think it's reasonable to respect their privacy if it doesn't come off. Otherwise any organisation in the town looking a few bob for something will know that there was a group of people prepared to invest in something for the area that didn't come off, and who therefore have available money kicking around (so cue the begging bowls). It's their money, so their right to stay private about it all. I'd be slightly more concerned if they wished to remain in the shadows even if the license bid succeeds (but again - it's their money).Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Wexfords sponsors Wallace we were talking about it at the game the other nite think its MWs Co that is in Temple Bar that is sponsoring them!