New crossborder tournament: Unite the Union Champions Cup
https://www.sseairtricityleague.ie/n...s-cup-/id-2602
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The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and Irish Football Association (IFA) have announced the creation of a new cross-border tournament - the Unite the Union Champions Cup.
Sponsored by the trade union Unite, the competition will see the SSE Airtricity League Champions play the winners of the Danske Bank Premiership in a two-legged final.
The first edition of the competition will take place in November 2019 and will be formally launched at the Unite union’s Fifth Irish Policy Conference in Malahide on Monday May 13.
Unite have signed a three-year deal to sponsor the cross-border tournament with €50,000 set to go to the winners, €25,000 for the runners-up and a further €25,000 ring-fenced for community-based projects in the competing team’s local areas.
A kind of Setanta-lite I suppose. Weird name for it, and weird sponsor for it. I wonder how long it will last.
Not bad prize money for a one off tie though.