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The league needs a strong Limerick.
Tenants like Shamrock. They seem to have followed in ye're footsteps in terms of becoming tenants. There were even talks of the Markets Field being a municipal stadium as well, which is what the Tallaght Stadium is? Wasn't there talk of a Munster Flame Rugby League team or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Limerick won't be going back to Jackman Park. It'd be like Cork City going back to Bishopstown!Quote:
Originally Posted by adamd164
Not at all. Nothing unusual in ground delays unfortunately. I've noticed a lot more interest in the city in how the team are getting on. The trick there is to get that group going to games because so far they have not.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Official attendance for Youths v Athlone was 149.
I think the irony may have eluded you.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
ITT: Some oddly sour Cork fans.
*sighs*
For the last time: The Markets Field project is in this current phase out of Limerick FC's hands.
I would have thought this was fairly easy to understand.
But I'll put it another way for you.
Supposing a local Cork celebrity, say Brendan O'Connor, donates some money to do up the local school. He places the school in a trust saying the building can only ever be used for a school. Excited, you go to the meeting in the old halla and the builder says "Not a bother twill be done by Tuesday". Well you meet Johnny down the pub after and when he asks you how things are going you say "fantastic, not a bother, done next Tuesday."
Next Tuesday arrives and you go down for the unveiling but alas it's not ready. You meet the builder who tells you that at the last minute Mike Murphy has stuck his oar in to give his two cents, he wants a wash pool for the kids of Calcutta, a giant mirror and a throne installed. No bother though says the builder, Thursday week and twill be sorted.
Well when Johnny down the pub asks you now you say "Slight delay Johnny but its all for the best, Thursday week." "Powerful" says Johnny. "Barman, can I have another pint of Beamish, Guinness is pure ****e altogether you know."
Thursday week comes and you run down the road, this school is going to be great. The builders standing there you notice there's only been a tiny bit of work done. The builder explains that just as they were about to turn the sod Fergal Keane arrived in demanding a twenty foot statue of the Queen. Simon Coveney arrived in just after him demanding it be twenty five feet. "We eventually got them to settle at twenty two and a half feet but tis set us back another while" says the builder. "Don't worry about it, Wednesday fortnight you'll have a school fit for a, well, queen."
Later in the pub when Johnny asks you how the new school is you puff your cheeks "I tell you biy the delays are gettin a bit much now, but I've been told Wednesday week, and twill be all sorted. Give us another pint of Beamish there barman, tis just as well we have it with all this going on, i'd be driven mad altogether if I had to drink that Guinness ****e."
But alas, as time goes on the Tuesdays and the Wednesdays and the Thursdays pass, Eddie Hobbs arrives looking to slap apartments on the side of the school, Ronan O'Gara arrives looking for the half erected statue of the queen to be torn down, Mary Kingston arrives looking for a padded cell to be built, Dervla O'Rourke wants a fourth place added to the podium in the school gym, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers rocks up looking for a spare smoke.
Delay, Delay, Delay.
You explain to Johnny in the pub with increasing bewilderment each time.
You know the school is going to be built eventually. Ballsy O'Connor is a powerful man and he's not going to let his donation go to waste.
Despite this full knowledge that the school will be built you cannot give an exact date. Only dates that the builder gives you.
Because its out of your hands.
Sure the builder might make you feel a bit silly sometimes. But that's not the issue. Thanks to Ballsy the long term future is secure.
But in the meantime though the school year is about to start.
So you move into a prefab.
Because it's out of your hands.
That's basically in a nutshell the craic with Limerick. Very simple really.
Luckily our prefab is Thomond Park.
Which takes a lot of pressure off the builder and has gotten Johnny up off his barstool and out to the odd game.
Right, aside from the Markets Field issue, which I hope I've explained above in a way that Cork people can understand, lets look at some other things Limerick have said and how they worked out:Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Take on the FAI for the right to host marquee friendlies - Check
Win the First Division - Check
Take our time selecting the right candidate for managers job - Check
Secure a Premier Division Licence - Check
Put together a competitive squad - Check
Improve training facilities - Check
Improve off field structures - Check (CEO position filled with sole intention of causing Cork maximum needle)
Start to grow roots in the community - Check (Reclaim Project, kids from Limerick going to Arsenal, kids from Arsenal coming to Limerick, Prison Project)
Grow the club - Check (Schoolboy setup - 0 teams four years ago. 11 teams this year.)
Football for all - Check (Special Olympics Team competing, thirty strong group within our schoolboy setup as well.)
Was it Meatloaf who sang "Ten Out Of Eleven Aint Bad"??
Are there issues?? Of course there are we're a League Of Ireland Club but overall we're doing alright and I reckon anyone looking for some good old League Of Ireland Disaster Porn (and who among us isn't??) would be much better off looking elsewhere in the medium term.
This danger exists solely in your head.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamd164
We had 1700 at a UCD game on a miserable Tuesday night.
In Jackman you can divide that crowd by six.
Limerick FC have absolutely nothing to gain from leaving Thomond Park and moving back to Jackman Park.
Thomond Park Stadium have absolutely nothing to gain from Limerick FC leaving.
Win. Win.
The danger exists solely in your head.
There once was a young man called John,Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Whos reign people thought far too long,
But with free drinks on the train,
And sing songs on the plane,
Shur what could be possibly wrong??
There's part of me that really hopes ye end up back in Jackman after that rantQuote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Yeah, and who's Johnny?
There's taking sly digs at rivals and there's going way, way, way too far LTID.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
No need for bringing him into it. No need at all
Ah Sligo lighten up. He was bitching at Cork fans.
*legs it*
I'd home school my kids before taking that p*ick's charity!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Thats silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Athlone Town vs Cobh Ramblers 311
241 belfield bowl ucd v Dundalk
241 in belfield tonight as per dfc twitter page.
2,311 at Sligo v Limerick.
723 at Harps Longford.
410 horrified individuals in the RSC according to Extratime.
Shocking. About 100 Dundalk fans there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dillonman
Very poor attendance at Belfield, I expected more at Atlone as well. My guess is that 40-50 people were watching the League of Ireland game between Salthill and Wexford last night. Great strike for the winning goal by the Youths player. Maybe a Wexford fan can give a better estimate, also had a few of them left before the end, and missed that goal?
Drogheda fans saying the need to get in over 1,000 on average to even have a chance of paying wages.
A Sunday afternoon kick-off with no English football will be a good test of how much the Drogheda public back their club and team.
Happy with Harps attendances so far. They can only keep going up if the team keeps winning. Was delighted to get over 700 on a night as cold and blustery and wet as last night.
A good result in Mervue next week will hopefully see us closer to the 1,000 mark against Wexford. Been a few years since there was over 1,000 in Finn Park for a league game that wasn't against Derry, would be wonderful to see again.
Extratime:Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
http://extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/19100/1/Quote:
Teams are in for this afternoon's game, both sides are playing a 4-5-1 formation. There are just over 250 hard souls here and when i say it's cold, it's very cold.
2,334 at Cork v Derry
1,704 at Shels v Rovers.
I cant understand why Drogs didnt go for Sat night for this game v Bray. Sunday afternoon was just asking for trouble, unlike Shels, they had a choice.
Looked less at our game tbh but then im not good at estimatingQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Week 3:
Missing Salthill v Wexford.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,684 (1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366; 1,993; 1,924; 1,463; 1,976)
Bray - 1,200 (965; 1,121; 952; 1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Cork - 2547 (2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681; 3,142; 2,897; 2,941; 3,644)
Derry - 1,825 (1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436; 3,363; 2,614; 3,229; 2,698)
Drogheda - 825 (977; 811; 859; 1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 2,326 (949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Limerick - 2,735 (734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD; 517 FD; 670 FD; 364 FD; 669 FD)
Pat's - 1,706 (1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 4000 (3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Shels - 1402 (1,187; 781 FD; 737 FD; 972 FD; 986 FD; 888 FD; 1,690; 1,949)
Sligo - 2,498 (3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
UCD - 236 (506; 558; 610; 272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 346 (271; 200; 354; 462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cobh - 824 (2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403; 240)
Harps - 667 (429; 433; 644; 480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106) -
Longford - 320 (365; 315; 230; 260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD)
Mervue - 265 (243; 349; 123; 166)
SD Galway - 100 (182; 125; 122)
Waterford - 519 (453; 466; 619; 434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 149 (302; 216; 343; 494; 767; 810)
PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,995 (1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 402 (372; 578; 682; 417; 641; 722; 570; 520)
OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,178 (1,101; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)
TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 8,534
OVERALL ATTENDANCE: 45,980
The figure given was before kick-off. Had to be more than 250 at the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
Don't know how credible source would be a new user with 7 posts, but I've been to United Park today and counted exactly 296 brave people, one by one, just before the kick off, and kept an eye at the gate for a few minutes after it, when about 100 people entered, giving a total of about 400 (let's believe there were 2 in the bathroom and 2 in the queue for a cup of tea). Even considering the awful weather, that this is probably the coldest stadium of Ireland, that until the noon people weren't even sure that this game was going to happen (there were no burger and chips in the stadium because according to the lady "this is too few people to bother with frying them") and that certain team isn't exactly the opponent people most want to watch (but to be fair, they brought a decent number of supporters. Actually there were two banners from Trabzonospor there, so possibly some turks came to try to improve the numbers), this is totally embarassing.
Its embarrasing seeing our average gates is only fifth in the first division.. in fairness though its not good when our only home game in the first div so far is one of the top teams.. for gods sake ppl in longford come out and follow us!:o
Must have been a load of Rovers fans in the Riverside coz from looking at the match, I'd say there wasn't even 700 Shels fans in the main/lego stands.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
I've got to pull you up on that comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by luiz
You have clearly never been to Ferrcarraig or Carlisle grounds... They'ed by baltic in a heatwave.
Sligo last night was baltic it was genuinely colder than Stockholm the night before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy
Lourdes Stadium (showing my age here) was notoriously the coldest ground in the league although I was only there once. Never thought United Park was a s bad although quite close by.
The attendance was poor but it was certainly more than 250.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
250 + 1 man and a dog then.
400 estimated by Extratime.ie. I'll probably go with that after the post by luiz and ET article unless I can get an official attendance.
Sunday afternoon was a bad call by Drogheda (because of the ill-fated midweek Turkish friendly perhaps?). When you consider the direct clash with Louth intercounty GAA match right beside HD Park it appears completely mental.Quote:
Originally Posted by MeathDrog
A crowd of c 400 for a team that won a cup last season, finished league runners-up and making Setanta progress - it beggars belief
Nice one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dunny
Was there a match on in the Gaelic grounds? Didn't even notice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
To be fair there was a large crowd in attendance for the Limerick game. That awful performance probably kept a lot of people away for the mean time.
Another consideration is that we have a ridiculous amount of fixtures in March. People are cherrypicking which games to go to and all LOI fans are guilty of this.
And finally, it was absolutely f*cking freezing. :) No conditions to be out at all.
about 20-30 teenaged Cobh fans, and 6 Cork City fans among that number.Quote:
Originally Posted by Battery Rover
Well, I've been to Carlisle and didn't find as bad as people say. Personally I think that Drogheda's stadium is much worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy