wow - this thread has turned to muck awful fast...
not surprising given the original post.
why would larne go amateur, or want to? i should point out larne were never relegated on the pitch and have 2 senior cup finals and a few semis under their belts in the last 7 years.
what about the likes of distillery, dungannon, newry and institute? do they go amateur as well or is there space in your 2 leagues for them?
can derry city play in the same league as linfield etc? according to other posts on this forum and others there might be trouble (rolls eyes).
and belfast celtic to come back and straight into a top ail??
coleraine, crues, ballymena and the ports all in a second division? behind who in a top league? (i think you previously mentioned c'ville down there too, not to mention you would probably turf glenavon in there).
so basically you picked 2 of the biggest teams on the whole island, plus another who say they still can't play with the first 2 and some historical society thats not even a football club to fill the NI spaces in a fantasy AIL?
i think you've been on the funny pills tbh.
Last edited by -lamb-; 20/11/2009 at 7:54 PM.
Larne FC for Larne Town. Inver Park for the people.
wow - this thread has turned to muck awful fast...
not surprising given the original post.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Belfast Celtic aren't going to be re-formed.
There already is a "Celtic" Club, based in West Belfast, playing in the IL.
Quite apart from anything else, why should a Club spring up out of nowhere, to take it's place at the top table - that's insulting to every other Club on the island.
So basically, we're down to two IL Clubs - Linfield and Glentoran - in an AI Premier League...Derry City are a LOI Club.
So you think that the effective addition of Linfield and Glentoran to the current top tier in the LOI is going to be the saviour of Club football on this island?
Considering AI leagues outwith a "Premier" league is a complete non-starter.
How would a mid table clash, in a second tier, between say Institute and Waterford, benefit either Club?![]()
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
Is the All ireland league for rugby working? if so, can this be used as a framework for the all ireland football league?
Perhaps it can be organised similar to the way the conference league was organised, into 2 sections north and south, and then play offs.
Hmm. If it's all so 'offensive' to our unionist 'friends', why even come on here? It's not as if we can even reciprocate on your equivalent, such is the collective paranoia on there. Although entirely typical.
You should listen to Back to Walsall, but if not....
If you want to continue in your own spiral of low achievement in both club & representative football fine.
Normally, we wouldnt be bothered, but recent events and our own cycle shortly reaching a relative low it means neither team will be going near finals for a decade or so;which a combined team could do something to counter.
It'll just be a question of who reaches the relative bottom first......
Jesus lads, not another thread about this!
As far as i'm concerned the 'international' team arguement was sorted when the eligibility issue was sorted.
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
Last edited by Not Brazil; 20/11/2009 at 10:33 PM.
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
Should we be flattered that we could somehow effect this?
You lot really are paranoid!Still we'll welcome you 'aboard' when it happens!
Anyway , somehow Delaney & Kennedy are hardly likely to ever consult us on this. Though If FIFA were to insist on this it would probably be the only good thing they ever did.....
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
Your the one using that as a reason for not wanting it, not I. I myself am neither for or against one team in this island at this stage. By de facto, we already have this situation with Gibson, Wilson et al available for the Republic.
It seems a lot of northern ireland fans have little man syndrome!
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