ya foggy is a very good player do you know if they got any new players form lads year?Originally Posted by Tipp Top
Sunday 19th August with 4 Premier games. Sunday 26th shield fixtures in all divisions. Youth league starts 25th August. No word if all teams are returning a lot of talk about clubs in trouble both for funds and players. Affliation of €300 per team has to be paid by Monday 13th, so clubs will have to decide by then.
Sunday the 19th not the best day to start, alot of lads will be dissapointed to miss the hurlin.
probably play the games the saturday evening
if it wasnt for birds and booze id have played for ireland juniors!!!!!
Have heard of good few teams on verge of folding. Alot are starting the season also and will have the bare 11 players. These clubs could get into trouble midway through the season also. just a sign of the times i suppose.
One positive though is that theres rumoured to be few extra youth teams this year. August 25th an early start for the youths, hopefully most of the rural teams can avoid gaa clashes etc and fufill their early fixtures.
looking forward to another season overall and best of luck to all clubs
if it wasnt for birds and booze id have played for ireland juniors!!!!!
At the moment still only 8 youth teams. Cullen have gone and Galbally are in, Bansha are on their own this season. Tipp Town are still trying to get a team but no luck yet, so still 4 in Div One and 4 Div 2. Even the €1000 grant from TSDL did not tempt teams to try and put teams in. even if 2 teams got together like Donohill and Bansha did last season. surly we can get more than 8 youth teams in South Tipp.
heard today that ted o connor, michael ryan and derel loughnane all leaving villa for thurles town.
If thurles town sign those 3 they will be serious opposition to nenagh in north tipp this season and peake villa will be in big trouble without them.
if it wasnt for birds and booze id have played for ireland juniors!!!!!
your right if thurles get those 3 player they will be a big treat, where does michael ryan play
Derek Loughnane, Noel Kent and Harkins are off to Borris, O Connor will play in Dublin and a few will probably end up at Thurles Town, can't see Villa entering a team in the Premier League for the forthcoming season
whats going on with villa why are they all leaving
Have heard the Old Bridge have folded due to lack of players??
If Old Bridge have gone, surly the League will not leave the premier with only 7 teams. This Could mean Borris or Cahir having to move back in to Prem League to make div one 8 teams and Prem 8 Teams.
It would be shocking to see a big club with a history like Peake unable to enter a team in the Premier ... With reports that The Old Bridge are folding as well its a clear sign times are changing in the T.S.D.L , Even just to look back to last season when i saw the sad state my own club Town were in when they couldnt even field a team towards the end of the season , Its sad to see some teams in such a mess , hopefully they will sort it out before start of season
"I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell."
Heard today that the Old Bridge have indeed folded .... Sad day for soccer in Clonmel
"I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell."
very sad for the club. great history in the 80s winning tipp cups, in the 90s munster youths cup and in recent years 3 division 1 league titles plus numerous cups and fai runs. I think enough is enough and tsdl must step in to save the club. I know there stuck for players and premier league is last place you want to be going in that situation but this club is nearly 40 years old . could they be placed in division 3 or 4 where they could thread water for a few seasons due to it being less demanding and maybe get in a few lesser players to bulk up numbers and stay afloat. at least then they would be competitive and not taking 8 or 9 nil drubbings week in week out in the premier which would probably leed to them folding mid season this year if they were to enter with the small numbers they have. hopefully this might lead to the club surviving for a few years and then a better decision could be made on the clubs future. Tsdl should do everything they can whether it be giving them a months grace to get house in order or provide financial assistance to help the bridge in a bid to keep them alive. Im sure no other club would object to this kind of aid to keep one of our oldest and most successfull clubs alive
if it wasnt for birds and booze id have played for ireland juniors!!!!!
We lost Rock Rovers last season , yet I heard no one saying the TSDL had to step in and save them, as a league the TSDL has to treat a new club like Tipp town the very same as a club that has been around for 30 or 40 years. I can tell you there are over 10 Clubs that are on the verge of folding if not this season then next, Players are not there and Money has dried up from fund raising, unless you have a strong Lotto going you are in trouble and there is only so many times you can hit the same people for funds. The league tried to bring in a rule to let only 1 team go in to prem to help out the yo yo teams , but all the lower league clubs voted it down, so as to the point that other clubs would not object, the other clubs are figthing their own battle to stay afloat and it's swim or drown I fear!!!
Unfortunately for the Old bridge one of their biggest problems was they had no home ground . As stated on their official statement on facebook today they lost green lane years ago to the flood relief scheme which we all really knew anyway , but they were promised a pitch and facilities elsewhere which never happened. When a club at that level has no pitch or facilities it's very hard to attract players down. Its very sad to see the club fold, they have a great history within the T.S.D.L and had a brilliant youths team back in the day , They have produced some wonderful players down the years , it a sad day for local soccer ...
"I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell."
That's a real shame for old bridge , I had some great memories of green lane or maybe not so good it was a tough place to get a result , as for villa I do hope they can sort it out because these player mentioned and a few other have messed the club around for years (as well as town ) coming and going over the years , they have been no good for either club it might be a tough couple of years for villa but they have a good schoolboy structure and can survive and come back stronger in the long run , I know this sounds harsh but good riddance to bad rubbish !
how would people in south tipp feel about inviting nenagh town into the tsdl to go straight into the premier if some of these clubs are folding? they are regular winner's in north tipp lges and cups and are also munster junior finalist from last season and would surely be a great addition and i know alot of teams in north tipp would rather give them a walkover than play them. you could also look at nenagh celtic coming as they have been very successful in north tipp over the years but at the moment are probably not in the best place to make such a move. the tsdl is quickly becoming a farce im afraid to say.
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