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Longford Away first up - Shame it'll be behind closed doors
First Division Fixtures out next monday
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https://cms.sseairtricityleague.ie/s...b%20010221.pdf
Longford Away first up - Shame it'll be behind closed doors
First Division Fixtures out next monday
Do we know who's in the First Division yet?
Or is that when/how we're going to find out?
Isn't that the way it is each year? Very difficult for First Division clubs to price season tickets for the Christmas market as they don't know how many teams are in it and how many home games they'll have.
I thought we at least knew who was in the division this time in past years tbh.
The date for release of fixtures this year was delayed. Last year, fixtures announced on 10th Jan, Rovers II were confirmed the day before!
First Division fixtures are next Monday I believe.
Supposed to announce licences on Thursday then 1st division fixtures next Monday
Maybe it's the delay makes it feel different alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bucket
Though I don't think Rovers B was a surprise really, was it? Compared to this year, where two Limerick sides, a Wexford side and Irish Sea wotsit have applied, and there's slight question marks over Rovers B staying on
It was no surprise, it was a big talking point with some clubs threatening boycotts. All will be revealed Thursday. Let them all in, what's the worst that could happen?!
Its a fairly brutal finish to the season for Drogheda.... Bohs (a), Dundalk (h), Rovers (a).... More than likely thats the top 3...
Sligo (a) before that. I know there is only 9 teams in the league... but I dont think you could have asked for a harder finish to the year than that for Drogheda.
By a strange twist of fate its the third time we have met Derry City in the top flight on first day of season. In 00/01 under Stephen Kenny we won 1-0 in the Brandywell. Two and half yrs later in 02/03 under Alan Mathews we won 3-2 in the Brandywell again. Wondering can we do it again? Think it will be very tough imo.
BTW when is foot.ie 20th anniversary coming up does anyone know?
Hopefully we'll have a European spot wrapped up by then ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
Hopefully we could see some fans allowed into grounds (in very small number say 200) by May. Will the First Division be 3 rounds of fixtures this year, 27 games?
So it seems Division One fixtures to be announced next Monday 8th at 5pm. Licences to be announced around two weeks later, you really couldn't make this stuff up. Will Rovers B still be involved if Treaty Utd are to get a licence? Are the Dublin County shower still knocking around?
https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...-40042752.html
Don't forget Yola United.
Will they even get to be a YOLO?
pretty sure Yola withdrew their application (along with St Francis and one or two others who were initially mentioned)
It's a little bit terrifying that this Dublin County/Irish Sea shower haven't been shot out of a cannon yet
Remind me again who YOLA are again as Im losing track of this !
They were the 'I can't believe it's not Wexford Youths' entrant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
You couldn't make this **** up
I have no idea if SRFC ii will be in the league again this year but considering the excelent football played last season , the lack of any hassle around first team players playing etc and the alternative possibly (subject to Limerick x 2 , Yolo, Dublin County etc etc) being someone being idle every week i wonder what the teams themselves would prefer.
I'd be amazed if the number of new applicants accepted into the league isn't exactly one, at SR2's expense.
Are licenses still being announced today?
23rd February.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bucket
So Bray announced as home to TBC in the first game - presumably Treaty United, but Rovers II intend on being in the division too.
This could get fun... :rolleyes:
If Treaty and this Dublin crowd got in, then Shams B would presumably be a shoe-in as a 12th side.
Or maybe Treaty will only submit underage teams and Shams B will be the 10th side. Who knows.
Rovers inside man! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Irrespective of 1st Division clubs protesting on the principle, I think Rovers B will stick until additional Premier clubs look to enter second teams meaning a firm policy decision one way or another so an all or none thing. It would be fun if you end up with another few clubs look to follow Rovers example.
Just after seeing that the Premier Division fixtures have the four European qualifiers playing each other in the weekend in between the first and second legs of the first round of Europe. Some progress at last maybe? Or just a coincidence?
Looks like 1st division fixtures will need to be redone as rovers B, Treaty Utd & Dublin county are all going granted a licence meaning it will 12 team division
where did you see that?
Heard it from a few places & its into some of today's papersQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
That's ridiculous if that's the case. Why would you release a set of fixtures that you have to tear up a week later?
I had heard it suggested that a 12-team FD could involve a 22-game league season and the First Division Shield at the start to add games. So that's a big change for the league season.
I would be shocked if thats true. There was nothing in Sun today about it. Its a farcical decision by the FAI.
Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Surely it would be better to go with a top 6/bottom 6 split after 22 games which would finish on 27 games followed by the playoffs. Rather than playing for a meaningless shield
If you did that, the bottom half would be meaningless and the top half would be close to it too given how big the play-offs are.
The Shield would have a trophy and I think it'd be the better option tbh
i cant see anything anywhere on the first division.
a twelve 12 division would be some change from the 7 teams it was a few years ago but i struggle to believe the dublin county thing is credible.
Noooooooo!! Was bad enough when the Premier Division experimented with that format. Maybe if the top of the bottom 6 got some backdoor in to the promotion playoffs it could keep some interest going for bottom 6 fans. But nothing to win or really lose then it would be saving money to keep BCD games.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
*anything ye see about Dublin County/Irish Sea FC seems like a p*ss take. Believe it when seei it but its like a parody of a parody of a parody! Thank fook there was no twitter back in Dublin City days..
Never went as low as 7 teams. 8 was as bad as it got.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Agree on Dublin County alright. If nothing else, they've 5 weeks to put a team together (and an underage structure). They'll either be crap or full of random foreigners no-one's heard of or would generate interest. It's not the way to enter the league.
Dont think I explained that very well, I mean after 22 games the final 5 fixtures would be determined by league placing. The top 6 would play the bottom 6. Of course a side in the bottom 6 could still make the playoffs in those final games. Just an idea as a 22 game season would be far too short IMO. Ideally I’d like to see it be a 33 game season but I’m aware first division clubs haven’t been in favour of a longer season in the pastQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Its was in the StarQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Oh ok. I think that'd amount to roughly the same thing though - the seventh placed team would be at a huge disadvantage relative to the sixth placed team, so it would effectively become a top 6/bottom 6 (especially when you look at the big gap between top half and bottom half last year)Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
If you take it that a 33-game season isn't ideal in a covid year when there's likely to be disruption, then certainly there's no really satisfactory answer. I still think an extra trophy is better than some dead league rubbers. But the main thing is that things shouldn't remotely have come to this, where we have a fixture list which contains a team called TBC, and yet even that fixture list may need to be thrown away to let in two new teams five weeks before the first match. It's daft.