QuoteGreat stuff
I really doubt that I will see them next season but I really hope they do well on and off the field .
Welcome Mervue. Looking forward to our trip out that way.
Great stuff
I really doubt that I will see them next season but I really hope they do well on and off the field .
With the League Cup regionalised you could easily meet them that way..Originally Posted by Claret Murph
Great stuff
I really doubt that I will see them next season but I really hope they do well on and off the field .
Don't want to come across as an a$shole, but I think this could impact football in Galway negatively. The city definately does not have the population to sustain to 2 LOI clubs and this will ultimately split potential support. Mervue are a sucessful amature club and should stay in the amature leagues. I hope they dont run into financial difficulty as junior football in the city needs them.
Last edited by Buller; 07/12/2008 at 2:34 PM.
Yep, find it hard to see a positive in this. Galway have struggled enough as it is without the added complication of another LOI club on their doormat. Clearly Mervue can't be denied their spot on sporting merit, and good luck to them for having the liathroidi to take this challenge on; but overall it can't be a good thing for football in the region. It's ironic that the pyramid system has produced this anomaly. The pyramid is now two-headed in Galway.
whats going to happen now to crowley park now thats its sold??
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
It was sold to a property developer. It is literally a few minutes from the GMIT College. However, with the downturn in the economy, I wouldn't be shocked if the proposal is stalled. Then again, it may already be a done deal.
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I used to go to N.C.W. games, think St. Jamses Gate came into the league instead and were themselves replaced by St. Francis, or maybe vice versa.
Makes no odds on the conditions of Fahys Field cos they'll be playing in
Terryland if they get a licvence. In return Fahys Field will be used by the Galway & District Football League for unnderage finals or something like that.
Galway and Mervue will use Terryland on alternative weekends.
Thats the deal being mooted by Mervue anyway.
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Sounds like Jackman Park. Now there's 2 clubs with sub standard grounds.The Wexford lads wont like that ,their used to their comforts.
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GUFC paid two grand a game for use of Terryland a couple of seasons ago in the first division. I presume Mervue will have to pay a similar fee. G&DL will have to be seen to treat both clubs equally.
If we play at Jackman Park, we will play anywhere. Our bus pulls in to the ground before kick off and stays till the game is over. I'm sure Mervue will at least try to comply with their licence and we look forward to the trip. Welcome MervueSounds like Jackman Park. Now there's 2 clubs with sub standard grounds.
Im presuming the angle they're coming from will be that the use of Fahys Field
will cover the cost. Dont know though, only presuming
Larry Be Wyse
www.acsportsimages.com
As Ash has said, having the use of Mervue's facilities(astroturf/pitches) for representative team's training and matches as well as maybe the odd local final I imagine would offset a lot of the cost. Galway United have nothing to their name with which to barter with.
United also have the use of temporary office space in Terryland, and advertising hoardings at the ground. I'd imagine that any rent paid by Mervue would be lower than the figure paid by GUFC.
Thats spot on. They entered the league as Newcastle Utd in 1985, changed to Newcastlewest, then dropped out in 1991 to be replaced by St James gate
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Well best of luck to Mervue, it's great too see a junior club making the step up, and I'm a Salthill Devon man by the way.
Not sure how it will all turn out though. They will probably hold their own on the pitch but there is so much to organise off pitch. I think they plan to use Fahys Field but it has to be developed first. Probably will only get a couple of hundred and some of them will be Mervies who would normally got to terryland so GUFC might lose a few punters along the way.
when we joined the league we had no floodlights for a few games i think we had temp seats for the majority of the season and we initially played sunday afternoons,sure mervue can get around this at least temp,till something permanent put in place so they can use there own ground,good luck see you next season
this is like a joke but without a punchline,galway need the support of the league not a kick in the teeth like this,Mervue is a housing estate,a housing estate with a junior football team the same as a thousand others around the country,pure desperation from the LOI looking to add a team to the league,best of luck to mervue but still a joke,
Agree that their promotion will negatively impact United, but the simple fact is they were good enough to qualify for promotion and so deserve their shot. Players will play on amateur terms, and to be honest, if it goes ti.ts up, they can always pull out so you can't blame them for accepting invite to apply for licence.
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