Just heard Eircom are severing all links with the league. anyone got any more info?
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Just heard Eircom are severing all links with the league. anyone got any more info?
Anyone else hear cracking coming from the roof?
A little chicken has just run past screaming something about the sky...Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
God shocking news, did they not hear our champions knocked out the champions of Estonia yesterday? :mad:
Someone might be able to verify this but when we were at the Fans Forum in Abbottstown last season it was said that to be involved with the International team you had to support the League of Ireland.
In the statement it says Eircom are to continue with the national team which contradicts what we heard from the FAI
I hope the sponsorship at least continues until the end of the season. It might work out well in the long term. Eircom's main interest is obviously the national team, maybe now the FAI will be able to attract a sponsor that is dedicated to the League of Ireland and will be interested in promoting it strongly. It probably doesn't do Platinum One's proposal any harm either.
Maybe get another sponsor on board. Wonder will Pat Grace's Famous Fried Chicken fancy it?
Platinum 1 or Setanta to "pounce"
our champions have given away their jersey to charity for christ sake. i dont think any company is waiting in line to take on the league.
another huge blow for the league. i for one am not too optimistic about companies queuing up to hand over their money to a league that can only attract bad press at the moment
lets face it eircom were crap for us but better than nothing.
i wonder if we could convince the toll people from the m50 that they need some good press, or the HSE ???????anyone????
The Mizzoni pizza and pasta league would go down well
I thought there was something like that in place too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Battery Rover
That was my understanding tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Battery Rover
Platinum 1 will be rubbing there hands at this.
The good thing about this however is people might call it the League of Ireland rather than the eircom League... I never got why everyone put the sponsor in when talking about it.. You don't hear the league in England being called the Barclays Premier League by fans.
Bunch of drama queens. Lets wait and see who we get on board before declarig the end is nigh. Sponsors come and go, eircom were always relectunt sponsors of the league so maybe now we'll get a chance to get a sponsor who actually wants to be involved
Perhaps some movement has been made with Drury already if they want rid of the league, but not the national team?Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
Not good news, does anyone know how much this is worth per year??
Ok the league isnt getting great press at the moment and this isnt going to help but eircom did ok out of the deal, their name is mentioned in literally everything to do with the league, from match reports to sports bulletins etc, surely another sponsor should be found without too much hassle. Any chance ford will want to take it on??
Why would they? They need the IFA and a lesser extent Linfield to agree to there proposal and there is no chance of that. Thats where there issue lies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conroy
I remember hearing from a person who was involved in the running of a league club a couple of years back that the Eircom deal was fairly crap for the league. He seemed to think the end of Eircom's sponsorship would offer an opportunity for the LOI to secure a deal that would really benefit the league.
3 Mobile ;)
Just have a feeling on this after some sponsorship I was dealing with locally in Athlone
Candidates to take over?
Umbro - Obvious FAI connection, heavily involved at junior levels
Ford - Main cup sponsors
Vodafone or O2 - Tend to be heavily involved in sponsorship deals, a core market that would be a target for them.
The Banks - Heavily involved in GAA and rugby sponsorship, might be enticed towards football.
Foot.ie - We all know Dahamsta is loaded :)
Owned by Eircom are they not?Quote:
Originally Posted by Battery Rover
Could care less whether eircom sponsor the league or not - they did nothing to promote it. However, I would be concerned if this is some FAI sell out, as with others, I thought this was all tied in with the League getting it's share of the National team sponsorship money (similar to the TV deal).
No - meteor are owned by eircon.Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
Nice pun if it was intendend! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Time to change the name of this section of foot.ie then.
Strange that they would withdraw as their name has become synonymous with the LOI over recent years. Just a silly example is that on holidays, my wee lad was playing Fifa on his DS and a little English lad was calling the league "THE EIRCOM". I suppose Eircom are not competing in an international market for this to be good (or are they ??) but maybe we could source a bigger sponsorship in this context.
Fair enough, I was going to include them in my list of possible sponsors too. The mobile phone companies would definitely be targeting the demographic that attends League of Ireland games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
On the plus side it gives me a free page in the match programme for another paid advert or more content if it is Umbro
When does their current sponsorship deal end? Are they withdrawing with immediate effect?
The demographic that attends the game is only a small factor. Its stipulated in all club/FAI contracts that the sponsor is mentioned in all adds/press releases and eircom definitely got their money's worth in terms of TV, radio and press coverage.
With TV increasing hugely the FAI have way more bargaining power than before, and in fairness the companies they've got on board for the FAi Cup etc have tended to be huge brand names
Just a few days ago you lads had me convinced that the league was in good shape - but don't know what to believe now.
The week starts off with Fintan Drury saying Eircom League is dying and needs All-Ireland League to survive.
And then, despite Drogheda's victory in Estonia the coach of Kiev really puts the Co. Louth side down on Thursday by saying: "Our opponents (next) play a very simple game using long balls forward and set pieces."
And then the news that Eircom are severing all links.
What's goin on lads?
Last year Vodafone pulled out of their deal wit Man Utd. They seemed to have pulled through that crisis.
Stop being a dick mark and only post on subjects you know about. if you want to learna botu the league read the posts first
eircom now saying this is untrue:
http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/soccer/mhqlausngbmh/
It's in Fintan Drury's interests to say the league is dying; Doolin's teams have always played long ball rubbish it's not news but lets see how they get on before believing what their coach says; and it's too early say whether it's a positive or negative of eircon pulling out. Any other clarifications required? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by mark12345
It's a farce. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by KianD
Vodafone were not too happy about the crowd trouble at some of the United games in Europe and that is why they pulled out. They have a very strict policy who they sponsor when it comes to football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Don't forget "sh*te football", "low crowds", "hooligan problems" and "absence of 80000 seater stadia".Quote:
Originally Posted by mark12345
Phew.
Finally enough excuses to stop going......
Get a ****ing grip will you? Do you believe all media spin?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers Maniac
This sums up the league perfectly, shockingQuote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong