team buses for loi teams

**Martinho II** · 28/07/2012, 1:33 AM

I was working late in Carrickmines earlier this morning and called into the 24hr petrol station in Lucan to purchase petrol for the car for the trip home. To my surprise I saw a stylish bus which was the Mervue Utd team bus with their name on the bus and the mervue squad and management team enjoying their well deserved break from winning in wexford..

It got my mind racing is there many other team buses in the loi? The only one I have seen was Wexford Youths minibus!

**gufcfan** · 28/07/2012, 1:53 AM

It belongs to a coach company. It's just branding as part of some sort of sponsorship.

**gordongekko** · 28/07/2012, 10:52 AM

Were they lost?.

And ya it cost Mervue a fortune to get that logo on the bus. Money which could have been much better spend paying their bills and developing players. Anyone notice their league position rather than the 13 year old bus?

**Trainee** · 28/07/2012, 12:13 PM

The Bus with Mervue on it is owned by Farrell's coaches
http://www.farrelltravel.ie/our-vehicles/

I think Wexford are they only LOI team that own their own bus

**Jofspring** · 28/07/2012, 12:24 PM

The only way most loi teams could have there own buses is if they picked up a decent second hand one at a good price. Somewhere to store one would be a problem for most too.

**Longfordian** · 28/07/2012, 12:38 PM

The Town used to own a wreck of a bus back in the 80s. The manager would drive it to games. Then they'd all get hammered on the way back home. Any wonder we hardly won a game in those days?

**L.T.F.C.** · 28/07/2012, 2:20 PM

I hate GUST.

**gordongekko** · 28/07/2012, 3:34 PM

I hate strawberries

**Martinho II** · 28/07/2012, 9:57 PM

Originally Posted by Longfordian

The Town used to own a wreck of a bus back in the 80s. The manager would drive it to games. Then they'd all get hammered on the way back home. Any wonder we hardly won a game in those days?

never knew that fact longfordian.. was that in billy bagsters days with the club do you know?

**geezer** · 28/07/2012, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

never knew that fact longfordian.. was that in billy bagsters days with the club do you know?

at least Mervue are promoting football with their bus and they always have match signs around the eastern edges of the city and do their own thing, not sell their souls, change their name or try 3 card tricks, as for the other crowd seemingly all their people are busy at the arts festival. The Galway District League junior team were able to get 405 people at their friendly tonight V Port Vale

**Longfordian** · 29/07/2012, 1:28 AM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

never knew that fact longfordian.. was that in billy bagsters days with the club do you know?

It could be Marty. It was particularly active in Zac's time from what I hear!

**gordongekko** · 29/07/2012, 3:00 AM

Originally Posted by geezer

at least Mervue are promoting football with their bus and they always have match signs around the eastern edges of the city and do their own thing, not sell their souls, change their name or try 3 card tricks, as for the other crowd seemingly all their people are busy at the arts festival. The Galway District League junior team were able to get 405 people at their friendly tonight V Port Vale

This is where i disagree with you. One city One County One Club.

**ped_ped** · 29/07/2012, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by gordongekko

This is where i disagree with you. One city One County One Club.

Argue that the FAI should never have let them in, argue that there's no room for anything more than one team in Galway, argue what you like, but Mervue aren't in the wrong in any part of this. And One City, One County, One Club is your opinion and nothing else. Mervue have as much of a right - or, having managed to work with the money they had, more of a right - to be in this league as any team bearing the name Galway and claims some sort of superiority.

I've been a well-wisher and a fan of Galway almost as long as I've been supporting Limerick and I always liked to see them do well.

I'd love to see them back in the league.

I'd also love to see the minority of their fans to stop laying into the clubs that have managed to keep senior football in Galway.

**geezer** · 29/07/2012, 1:12 PM

Originally Posted by ped_ped

Argue that the FAI should never have let them in, argue that there's no room for anything more than one team in Galway, argue what you like, but Mervue aren't in the wrong in any part of this. And One City, One County, One Club is your opinion and nothing else. Mervue have as much of a right - or, having managed to work with the money they had, more of a right - to be in this league as any team bearing the name Galway and claims some sort of superiority.

I've been a well-wisher and a fan of Galway almost as long as I've been supporting Limerick and I always liked to see them do well.

I'd love to see them back in the league.

I'd also love to see the minority of their fans to stop laying into the clubs that have managed to keep senior football in Galway.

Airtricity League football in Terryland is dead as it is, when you get 8 times more attending the local district league sides pre season friendly there is a major problem. I have only admiration for Mervue, it was Galway Officials now camped out in Drom who made their name on the back of Galway United who gave them a pathway, they took it fair play.

The exit of Monaghan and the insatiable weekly demand of cash & costs at lOI level are worrying some of the Mervue members and it could impact their incredible work at juvenile level.
Airtricity league is finished in Galway as far as the sporting paying public.
Kids annual subscriptions are funding awful expensive seats in high places and everyone locally sees it for what it is

**CraftyToePoke** · 29/07/2012, 1:13 PM

Originally Posted by gordongekko

This is where i disagree with you. One city One County One Club.

Are you applying this to Galway alone or nationwide? I mean apply it in Louth and Dublin and see where we are.

**Spudulika** · 29/07/2012, 4:01 PM

Originally Posted by geezer

Airtricity League football in Terryland is dead as it is, when you get 8 times more attending the local district league sides pre season friendly there is a major problem. I have only admiration for Mervue, it was Galway Officials now camped out in Drom who made their name on the back of Galway United who gave them a pathway, they took it fair play.

The exit of Monaghan and the insatiable weekly demand of cash & costs at lOI level are worrying some of the Mervue members and it could impact their incredible work at juvenile level.
Airtricity league is finished in Galway as far as the sporting paying public.
Kids annual subscriptions are funding awful expensive seats in high places and everyone locally sees it for what it is

The Airtricity league is not finished in Galway, 2 teams are playing, and they do have people attending. Bitching and carping at the 2 clubs does nothing to help the situation, only show up the LOI "fans" for what everyone thinks them to be. Bigoted knackers who aren't good enough to get into GAA or Rugby clubs (it's total crap, some of the biggest scumbags I've met at rugby matches and I have been appalled at GAA "fan" behaviour many times). Personally I want to see Galway United in the league, I never wanted to see them leave, nobody did. But give this anti-Mervue/SD Galway crap a rest. When you have to do down rivals so much it shows you have zero confidence in your own set up. Such sentiment runs all the way up to fervent nationalism.