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    They do have a fence around the pitch at Maynooth town's ground. It's the Uni pitch that has no fence. Maynooth University Town is a merger of the university team and the Maynooth town senior team.
    I guess they'd need to just erect some kind of a stand at either pitch in order to get into LOI.
    In terms of their training facilities they'd put most LOI clubs to shame tho. They've even used Carton house pitches in the past for scholarship trials and training etc. That's where Real Madrid among others have based themselves before so Maynooth is very well stocked with plenty of top class training facilities and gyms etc. If they can just get a stand sorted...

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    Do the merged team play at Maynooth Town's ground or the university's pitch?

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    They played their cup game against Cobh in Baldonnell
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    They play at Maynooth town's ground. That's where they beat Cobh on Saturday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954 View Post
    They played their cup game against Cobh in Baldonnell
    Maybe I stand corrected. Livescore told me it was at Rathcoffey road ground, which is Maynooth town's place.

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    Extratime has Baldonnell. My dream draw is a spin back to Maynooth so I was annoyed to see it isn't a possibility https://www.extratime.com/matches/detail/44105/2/
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    Wonder is LOITV a reason for that? Non-league Cup ties have been moved all over the shop this year (eg Liffey Wanderers playing Cobh in the UCD Bowl)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Philosophizer View Post
    Maybe I stand corrected. Livescore told me it was at Rathcoffey road ground, which is Maynooth town's place.
    Though two years ago they played Waterford in the Cup at Rathcoffey Road:



    They appear to have excellent playing facilities there, but little or nothing by way of a "stadium".

    https://www.maynoothtownfc.ie/

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    You did - Philosophiser had me confused with the separate Maynooth Town/Maynooth University pitches.

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    I think they played this years 1st Round in the Uni pitch.

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    This is pure speculation but if there's ever going to be a stand built in Maynooth, you'd imagine the uni ground would be a more likely location. Universities would have easier access to funding for facilities and the likes.

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    How are the non-league teams that qualify for the FAI cup determined?
    oh boy I'm not good at football forums

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    Quote Originally Posted by GUFCghost View Post
    How are the non-league teams that qualify for the FAI cup determined?
    Eight quarter-finalists of the FAI INtermediate Cup, plus four semi-finalists from the FAI Junior.

    As it happens the vast majority who got through this year were from the Leinster Senior League

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nesta99 View Post
    Station Rd was a nice wee ground especially with the temporary seating in. Any excuse to throw this vid up too
    Hahaha the background music in that, almost gospel choir like… wtf

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    Quote Originally Posted by Philosophizer View Post
    If they can just get a stand sorted...
    And some supporters to fill it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Philosophizer View Post
    This is pure speculation but if there's ever going to be a stand built in Maynooth, you'd imagine the uni ground would be a more likely location. Universities would have easier access to funding for facilities and the likes.
    Though less chance of developing a fanbase.

    Is there anywhere else in Western Europe where students have less of an emotional connection to their university than Ireland (for both current and past students) ? The whole going home every weekend thing etc etc. UCD has a nice little ground on a big campus with a large captive audience on its doorstep, and has played some decent football and big games over the years, but has never been able to develop a crowd. I suspect Maynooth uni would be even worse in that regard, as it's much smaller.

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    I suppose they'd be banking on tapping into the Maynooth Town aspect of the merger there as well.

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    All fair points. They'd never realistically have much of a fanbase no matter where a stand is built, if they ever build one. If they joined the league I'd imagine their attendences would be similar to ucd or Cabo. The population of the town is small, only 15K. But their team has been decent since the merger and the uni started offering football scholarships, as has been proven by their results in recent years.

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    And the Maynooth town ground isn't even in the town. It's a bit outside the town, a 25-30 min walk from the main street.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    I suppose they'd be banking on tapping into the Maynooth Town aspect of the merger there as well.
    But how likely is that when you've got university in your name and if you were playing at the campus ?

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