Barstooler: "Celtic got through."
Me: "Dundalk got through!"
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
A few boys I know were out in carlingford and tried almost every pub in the village for the dundalk game last night. All showed sell thick and wouldn't switch over for dundalk.
I can appreciate the quality of the league. I don't understand how limited barstoolers can't work out the logic of talent in the league when you look at where many of the Irish squad started their careers.
With the poor marketing of the league that many in the league have acknowledged, the league needs the stories that getting to Europa League basis more often than not can create. It's not right and it shouldn't have to take that.
The league's champion as seen in the last 4 years will not always get through their first qualifying round. Hopefully it will be more of a regular occurrence though.
I have heard there's a bus going from Kells to the Celtic v Barca game tomorrow...
You've got no fans.
On a surface level Meath and Kildare would stand out as areas for involvement in the U17 and U19 leagues.
Rightly or wrongly a LoI club won't gain support just because they happen to be the nearest. I'm not aware of Limerick for example doing anything to gain support from parts of Clare, Tipperary or Kerry. Limerick have done a lot of good work within their own community. If they want to gain support from a wider area they'll have to get involved in those areas and gain publicity from the local media.
Our underage teams played regularly in Ennis before, we have had links with at least one club in Tipperary and I know, first hand, elements (small I'll grant you but they exist) of Limerick support from all those areas. Don't let that get in the way of the conspiracy though. And before you say it, yes, I will enjoy watching my local LOI team in action (indeed I'll enjoy two where possible, the team where I'm from and from time to time I wonder out to watch the team where I live too).
The ball is round and has many surprises.
There is a supporters club out in Clare (Ennis I believe) called the Banner Blues. A good lot of people travel in from Tipp and areas near Kerry. A big chunk of our support comes from county Limerick also, some places a good 45-60mins from the Markets Field.
I often spot Sligo rovers posters up in shops in Carrick on Shannon while Dunnes pub have an advertisement in the Showgrounds. In the good old days I use to spot the odd Leitrim jacket around Flancare Padk but we don't even try to encourage locals out these days never mind people from other counties
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