GUST apply for first division licence

If GUST meet the criteria I don't see any reason they should not be in the First Division. The FAI have no right to be iffy about it to be honest if they can meet the full criteria. GUST will be bringing more fans than Tralee, Carlow or whoever joins I'm sure and there is also a space there to be filled. Surely they could assemble a team to compete at worst at the bottom to middle of the division. The division is missing some decent crowd pullers next season. The last few years we have had Cork, Shels, and Derry who would all have had decent crowds (500+). These teams will be replaced by teams that might have more in the 100-150 range at a guess (and that might be being generous).

Next year the only teams that I can see pulling over 250 fans (at worst) every week to games will be Limerick, Waterford, Finn Harps, Longford and maybe Wexford Youths and Athlone. GUST could be added to that if accepted. Who knows about Cobh, they might get a bit of support back if they return.

The Division does need a Galway Utd team in some guise. I know there are two other teams to compete with in Galway but as far as support goes they would still be well a head.

otherwise GUST will be down watching Limerick for some LOI football as things are going to be bitter in the city of the tribes

Fully agree loi needs Galway united to be competing however that cannot be addressed until the three team problem is sorted.
Only my opinion but don't think the fai will lose this opportunity to reduce it to two teams and hope that some magic amalgamation takes place

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Originally Posted by geezer

Are you for real.
One of the best stadia in the country that cost 3million to develop and now will be growing weeds.

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The use of Terryland Park has absolutely nothing to do with the GUST though??

Don't the Junior crowd use it for games??

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1000 regular LOI Patrons. coming looking at games even though the home team hadnt won a game in 34?

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Pure fantasy.

And a dangerous fantasy if that's what you're basing any figures for next year on.

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600 season ticket holders

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Fair enough but they were flogged at 100 quid a pop were they??

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supporters want to keep their club alive whats so different in that to Cork or Derry. At least we have supporters who want to do that unlike , fingal, kildare, dub city etc

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It's very different to Cork and Derry in terms of short term potential IMHO.

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Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne

GUST will bring the following :

- the use of one of the best football stadia in the country

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See above Re: Terryland. (I'm open to correction but I don't see what it has to do with the GUST.

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- support of responsible local businesses

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What does this even mean?!

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- people who have years voluntary experience in the LOI

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This is possibly a problem given recent history.

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- large city and county wide support (1,500 after one win out of 39 competitive matches)

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Again, dangerously delusional.

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We will be a sustainable League of Ireland club run by League of Ireland people

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Cringe! tbh.

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Originally Posted by geezer

sold all 600 season tickets last year which entitled all to membership of Gust on purchase of
We also put in €107000 this season over and above on of the season ticket figures, we have over 90 in a monthly draw and we have re introduced the club lotto 2 months ago

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How does this breakdown roughly? That's decent.

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Originally Posted by A face

I haven't read the rest of the thread yet but that is one mad cap statement right there.

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FFS face. :rolleyes:

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It have them written off even before they begin. I'm glad FORAS didn't listen to those kind of statements when it was crunch time. Fair play to GUST and i hope that all the hard work pays off for them

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I said it was different to FORAS.

It is clearly, obviously, different to FORAS.

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Originally Posted by geezer

updating on whats happened since that DVD , that dvd was the "businessmen regime" that bull**** fudged a team up a division, it racked up mad debts up, won awards, it was a sham, The club has truly itself to blame but then left it to long time supporters to try and sort. No hands up, no responsibility just a disappearing act.
Sligo at least have seen off ceo types etc that know it all but there are not many league clubs that have not suffered under "businessmen" promising all sorts and leaving a bucket of ****.

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Here we come to the crux of the issue.

This is a regime whos arse most of ye would have bent down to kiss at the time "that bull**** fudged a team up a division" and who continued were continually blindly supported even when other people within the league were starting to ring alarm bells.

By the time the GUST finally publicly pulled the plug on its support for this regime not only had the horse bolted but it had shat all over many local businesses.

People who I assume given the amount they talk about it are involved at some level then preceded to have a mass public washing of dirty linen on the likes of foot.ie. Lord knows what was being said in the pubs and clubs of Galway. It was no way to conduct yourselves and it's worrying.

Some of the stuff that even went on this year while the gust was left running the thing was completely out of order (and defended by people like you on foot.ie ffs)

Lessons need to be learned from the razzmatazz regime ye all so readily bought into and when you see several people opn here wittering away about four figure crowds and talking down to Mervue and Salthill it kinda makes you wonder.



Straight up balls out, this isn't Lim till I die on an LOL Galway lulz wind up. It doesn't matter one whit to me who's in the First Division next year because I fully expect it to be a procession. If it was up to me I'd have GUSTFC in there in a flash, three teams an hour up the road, lovely stuff. I just don't get it though. Like what's the plan, genuinely??

Straight up balls out, this isn't Lim till I die on an LOL Galway lulz wind up.


never you would never believe it, Terryland is the home of Galway United, Its held in trust for soccer by the GFA but it was developed by the Terryland Development Committee. We have in writing that we are welcome in Terryland with open arms any season because of the integrity of the people involved with GUST

Bar giving you a copy of the business plan id be here all christmas, lets just say league of Ireland supporters are important to the League, The region is important, We have sponsors,investors & no mean amount of supporters but who wouldnt put any more into the old regime. We have an agreement to work and immerse ourselves into a huge area just west of the river with a club Corrib Rangers established over 30 years with juvenile, Junior teams that have welcomed us in, have secured top class training facilities in that area thanks to that partnership and will learn from each other on how to develop a football club in coaching, social and community skills.

Even if we dont secure a licence and im positive we will, The new Galway United ST FC will continue and is only entering its 2nd year. I would ask for your support and appreciate it and acknowledge hands up we swallowed some massive bull**** and believed it might work even at the expense of other clubs and thats probably unforgiveable but we have to re start and learn from the harsh lesson

Spot on Lim till I die, spot on squire.

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Lim Til i Die...by far the most knowledgeable person on foot.

Sorry geezer but that's pure DVD material but best of luck anyway

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Originally Posted by passerrby

Sorry geezer but that's pure DVD material but best of luck anyway

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=460INShy3BU

Happy Christmas everyone

Gust fc on a roll as it geathers momentum towards obtaining a lincence from the FAI to keep soccer in Terryland for the coming season http://www.facebook.com/#!/gustfc/posts/306915306014193

So ye have a sponsor but no license?

DVD is in the post

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Originally Posted by Dunny

So ye have a sponsor but no license?

DVD is in the post

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ya for those who dont know much about football, licences havent been issued yet for the coming season prob wont know until end of jan

Sorry. Gah it is for me so....:confused:

this is getting interesting i wonder when this will become public smells of a dirty tricks campaign starting http://www.facebook.com/#!/GalwayAdv...50503983981941

Could be wrong but it sounds an awful lot like nonsense to me. Sure it's no secret that certain people at Mervue were ready to do cartwheels last Valentines day when the FAI denied the old club a licence. Don't really know anyone at Devon, but they'll hardly be cheering GUST FC on when decision day comes around. They will hardly see it in their interest.

If it's a someone of stature in politics or business, let them have it, should they be revealed.

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Originally Posted by Guitd

this is getting interesting i wonder when this will become public smells of a dirty tricks campaign starting http://www.facebook.com/#!/GalwayAdv...50503983981941

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Dirtier than walking away from your debts or cheating other clubs?

You obviously haven't even the slightest idea what happened in Galway.

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Originally Posted by gufcfan

You obviously haven't even the slightest idea what happened in Galway.

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I know exactly what happened. Bottom line is Debts are being walked away from and other clubs have been screwed. Most recently Monaghan last season

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Originally Posted by Louth4sam

I know exactly what happened. Bottom line is Debts are being walked away from and other clubs have been screwed. Most recently Monaghan last season

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They're not the GUST's debts. I don't know what the current board of directors plan to do but I can't imagine they'll be able to pay them back without a club (or with a club, really).