New north Dublin club planned

**Poor Student** · 16/05/2007, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Philly

On the A League, does this mean a team can get relegated to the A League from D1 etc?

Yes. It's slightly complicated. The 'A' League will be divided into regional groups and will also contain reserve teams of senior clubs. The highest placed non-reserve team in each group (as long as they finish in the top four) will playoff to decide who will then playoff against bottom in the first division.

**Jerry The Saint** · 16/05/2007, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Torn-Ado

Ceirtlis is correct. http://www.citypopulation.de/Ireland.html

For once.

Interesting to see Lucan and Clondalkin included in there.

Here's another list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...nd/Largest_100

Either way, Swords can be said to be the biggest town without a LOI club but Bohs moving there will fix that - leaving Pats as the biggest/only club in Dublin City and ensuring an even spread of clubs across the Dublin admin regions.

Is the new 'A' league expected to be up and running for next season? Otherwise this looks like a play by FCC to take Shelbourne's place

**WeAreRovers** · 16/05/2007, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by drummerboy

Liam Campell (ex Pats) was supposedly involved.

One of those names is correct.

Dodge - I know of one LOI club director who lives in 'County Fingal' and he's on a one man mission to stop this county nonsense.

KOH

**Dodge** · 16/05/2007, 12:45 PM

Best of luck to him...

Wasn't Liam BUCKLEY the acceptable face of Drumaville's land grab in Tallaght too?

**DecBoh** · 16/05/2007, 1:20 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

Either way, Swords can be said to be the biggest town without a LOI club but Bohs moving there will fix that

We're not moving to Swords, we're moving to Harristown....hell of a lot closer to Ballymun than it is to Swords. Ballymun, Santry, Poppintree & Finglas would be closer than Swords.

**drummerboy** · 16/05/2007, 1:25 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Best of luck to him...

Wasn't Liam BUCKLEY the acceptable face of Drumaville's land grab in Tallaght too?

Appologies, Liam Buckley it was who was trying to sell this in presentations around north Dublin to junior clubs.

**BohDiddley** · 16/05/2007, 1:30 PM

Irish football needs another Dublin club like it needs a hole in the head, and Fingal council staff obviously need more work to occupy themselves with.
The game needs to consolidate and build on what it has, rather than engaging in these madcap schemes. It seems just anyone come along and apply for an eL licence. Shouldn't a club have to play its way into the league?

**WeAreRovers** · 16/05/2007, 1:38 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Best of luck to him...

Wasn't Liam BUCKLEY the acceptable face of Drumaville's land grab in Tallaght too?

Correct and right.

KOH

**incident** · 16/05/2007, 7:00 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

Not exactly a long-term grassroots project then - the only way this could work is if they took the place of another Dublin club in next year's First Division

According to Genesis (assuming they're even pretending to follow it anymore), the A League is supposed to start with the 2008 season, so they could enter at that level.

**GavinZac** · 16/05/2007, 7:18 PM

Originally Posted by BohDiddley

Shouldn't a club have to play its way into the league?

If you mean Wexford, they were very successful at intermediate level.

**Tis-smeee** · 16/05/2007, 7:26 PM

Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

I've an idea, call the team Dublin City and have them play in the Dublin GAA colours to sell lots of merchandise.

Its a sure-fire winner....

potm when in context

**Poor Student** · 16/05/2007, 7:32 PM

Who cares if it's a Dublin club as long as its a sustainable entity? Dublin City's problem was not being the nth Dublin club but having ambitions above its station and no solid foundations. If they're a developmental club along the lines of the old Home Farm and ply their trade in the 'A' Championship then I don't see the problem.

**neutrino** · 18/05/2007, 12:40 PM

any thoughts on this. another dublin city(unfair comparision maybe) or can it succeed in getting established ?

May 18, 2007 (eleven-a-side.com)

Proposals to form a new eircom League of Ireland club in north Dublin, putatively titled Fingal FC, are in the pipeline, according to a Friday morning newspaper report.

The Irish Daily Mirror claims that Liam Buckley, the former Athlone Town, St Patrick’s Athletic and Shamrock Rovers manager, is at the forefront of the plan.

The new club could take part in the eircom League’s A Division – effectively a new third tier, including some reserve teams from existing League clubs – which is scheduled to come into being in 2008.

Buckley & Co have been in discussions with Fingal County Council over the possible use of the Morton Stadium in Santry as the home venue for the new club, which could be run as an adult outlet for alumni of the thriving North Dublin Schoolboys’ League.

**Bluebeard** · 18/05/2007, 12:55 PM

Well there can't be a new club until another one drops out, unless they expand the league (unlikely), which begs the question - who will they replace?

Given the current regimes hope for franchise football and the theory that there will be a fair and equitable distribution of football across the country, it stands to reason that they are not doing this on a mere whim if they have any sense, but are looking at things with some insight. In itself, this suggests that there may be an axe about to fall somewhere in or near Dublin, and, based on performance, it is most likely Shels, which in my book would be a bit unfair. They can hardly chop UCD or Bray, who are the other "Dublin" sides most likely, as they are doing quite well. Wexford, Dundalk and Drogheda are not going to get chopped, and Longford, Kilkenny and Monaghan are the next closest with any remotelikelihood, but they are well out of the Pale, regardless of where they train.

Sounds well suspect to me, whether there is anything in it or not. I'm putting my money on "not".

**TheBoss** · 18/05/2007, 12:59 PM

The League is somewhat expanding into the A Championship for 2008 season as the 3rd Level.

**BohsFans** · 18/05/2007, 1:27 PM

Originally Posted by neutrino

Buckley & Co have been in discussions with Fingal County Council over the possible use of the Morton Stadium in Santry as the home venue for the new club.

It got a grant of �450,000 recently as well.

**Pablo** · 18/05/2007, 1:42 PM

whats the point in that? The support and talent is diluted too much already.

**dcfcsteve** · 18/05/2007, 3:33 PM

Originally Posted by Bluebeard

Well there can't be a new club until another one drops out, unless they expand the league (unlikely), which begs the question - who will they replace?

Given the current regimes hope for franchise football and the theory that there will be a fair and equitable distribution of football across the country, it stands to reason that they are not doing this on a mere whim if they have any sense, but are looking at things with some insight. In itself, this suggests that there may be an axe about to fall somewhere in or near Dublin, and, based on performance, it is most likely Shels, which in my book would be a bit unfair. They can hardly chop UCD or Bray, who are the other "Dublin" sides most likely, as they are doing quite well. Wexford, Dundalk and Drogheda are not going to get chopped, and Longford, Kilkenny and Monaghan are the next closest with any remotelikelihood, but they are well out of the Pale, regardless of where they train.

Sounds well suspect to me, whether there is anything in it or not. I'm putting my money on "not".

Why would the FAI want to boot out any existings teams unvoluntarily ? Better the devil you know, and all that...

**finnpark** · 18/05/2007, 3:36 PM

There are too many teams from Dublin in the league already.

What about Cavan,Mayo,Tipp,Laois,Kerry,Leitrim, Clare,Roscommon,Meath etc.

Theres more to this world than just Dublin you know.

**Dodge** · 18/05/2007, 3:39 PM

Originally Posted by finnpark

There are too many teams from Dublin in the league already.

What about Cavan,Mayo,Tipp,Laois,Kerry,Leitrim, Clare,Roscommon,Meath etc.

Theres more to this world than just Dublin you know.

But the people setting up the club aren't from there. NOTHING stopping any clubs being set up in those areas. For once, this is not the fault of the FAI