QuoteFAI have shown they've no problem going with the 11 team league.
If rumors are true about GUST it must be a 10 team first div.
You have the 8 teams + looks like tralee will make it 9 teams, so it looks like its either Cobh or Carlow for the last spot
FAI have shown they've no problem going with the 11 team league.
Lets redefine what it means to heal
Cobh look to have clinched their place since before Christmas, Tralee and Carlow have ground issues, but both look more likely than not to make it at least 11 teams.
Last edited by culloty82; 08/01/2012 at 7:39 AM. Reason: Avoiding any unintentional offence to Galway fans.
Tralee and Carlow have no ground issues if Mervue and Devon can use fields with wood fences around them.Originally Posted by culloty82
And hopefully Carlow go ahead and use Buckley Park.
not good for their support but it would be good to use that ground alright
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west cork commandos
Are there any Carlow peeps on here?
If so, do you think the move to Buckley Park will happen? And what do you think of the move?
JC GUFC usually gives any updates on Carlow, haven't seen many more of their fans here, but maybe he'll know better.
Last edited by culloty82; 09/01/2012 at 12:50 PM.
Do I? Think you may be mixing me up with someone else!
Yeah, he'd a very similar name, hence the confusion, hasn't been around since the A Championship finished though.
Perhaps the absence of any supporters on here suggests it doesn't matter where they play.
Said somewhat tongue-in-cheek of course. Given our attendances by the back end of last season, I shouldn't be throwing stones from my particular glass house. I swear I heard an echo in the home game against Mervue.
I'm hearing that Carlow have been granted a First Division licence on the condition that they play in Buckley Park.
Funny how Galway Utd/Gust Utd fans keep insulting Mervue's and Salthill's ground when they have never even owed their own ground and only ever rented Terryland. Having visited Fahy's Field and Drom for underage games I know that their pitches are far from fields and are excellent playing surfaces.
True. But in terms of spectator (and indeed press) facilities there is very, very little, and whether you own your ground or not does not impact on licensing to any great extent.
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
What's wrong with renting a ground? Of all the things to criticise Galway over, ground ownership is a long way down the list.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
If FC Carlow have a pitch and dressing rooms, I can't see how they should be treated differently to other clubs that don't satisfy ground requirements.
A nice pitch won't stop you from getting pneumonia in the wind and rain.
Terryland Park is held in trust, for the benefit of football in Galway. The Galway FA have stated that GUST will always be welcome at Terryland Park. The rent paid on Terryland Park goes towards developing local football. No GUST FC / GUFC would mean that rental income and the % of ground advertising also paid to the local FA, would be lost. When Galway United were ignoring the Galway FA and not paying their rent, GUST were paying what they could to them and worked with them to clear arrears even before they took over the day-to-day running of the club last February.
There would be no Terryland Park without Galway United. The grants allocated to develop it into what it is now, unfinished as it is, would never have been given if the only people using it were junior clubs and representative teams.
Had Terryland been owned by GUFC it would have been sold years ago and if not, Nick Leeson would have found some way to... well I better not finish that sentence.
Playing in Kilkenny will make it difficult for Carlow, but the area at least has a good soccer tradition, and if everything else is above board, they'll be very competitive in the First Division. The Just Follow The Floodlights page thinks Salthill may be pulling out?
Last edited by culloty82; 11/01/2012 at 8:50 PM.
Personally all for election of FC Carlow, but to play out of Kilkenny ? Might as well re-elect Kilkenny City.
If this condition goes ahead would it not be Carlow's interest to consider a name change to appeal to a wider audience ? South Leinster FC anyone.
Fanad officials claiming they were accepted into the 1st Division but turned it down due to the amount of travel that will be involved.
Surely they would have known/had a fair idea of the sides that will be involved in the 1st Div this season?
Ya its been clear since the start of November that most teams would be from the south of the country. They must have looked into costs since and not found it worth it.
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