Winter football & Saturday evenings are back at Terryland

**geezer** · 02/08/2012, 1:14 PM

September 1st sees the return of Galway United supporters trust football club at Eamonn Deacy Park Terryland to league of Ireland football. The 1st game against local rivals Mervue Utd will be great for those who struggled to get to friday games with work commitments and those who never really liked the summer football idea to comeback and watch real League of Ireland action provided for the city, county and the greater western region

This game will be promoted in the local press, social media. Matchday promotion signs around the city and posters will further promote the new season and a full match programme with player profiles will be available.

Season tickets will be on sale and all details of the new season and season launch will be available on www.galwaysoccer.com

**El-Pietro** · 03/08/2012, 10:32 AM

can you please clarify, this is the u19 team?

**Patrick Dunne** · 03/08/2012, 10:47 AM

FAI U19 Southern Division

Galway United Supporters Trust vs Mervue United

Saturday September 1st

KO 7.30pm

**Nailor** · 03/08/2012, 11:01 AM

Fair play to yous, but how can it be called Real LOI Action when it's an U19'S league? A bit of a stretch no?

**Patrick Dunne** · 03/08/2012, 11:23 AM

Fixtures and results are on the League of Ireland website, the U19 League is administered by the League of Ireland office.

**A face** · 03/08/2012, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne

Fixtures and results are on the League of Ireland website, the U19 League is administered by the League of Ireland office.

It is League of Ireland Football

**sligoman** · 03/08/2012, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by Nailor

Fair play to yous, but how can it be called Real LOI Action when it's an U19'S league? A bit of a stretch no?

It's not really but if it helps them get over the fact that Salthill and Mervue are in the LOI and they're not then let them.

**nigel-harps1954** · 03/08/2012, 12:16 PM

Of course it's League of Ireland football. What the hell else would it be?

**Redzer** · 03/08/2012, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Of course it's League of Ireland football. What the hell else would it be?

An underage competition which will give Mervue and SD Galway an opurtunity to pick up a player or two, and the chance for them to progress to LOI football.

**GCdfc** · 03/08/2012, 1:17 PM

What a way to sell it. Many people get annoyed at the lying and bull****ing that goes on from the boards of their associated club. Why would GUST start off with BS then? Annoy punters by misleading them. Stupid way to operate. Lose fans when they pay in and realise that it is only the u-19.

**Mr A** · 03/08/2012, 1:59 PM

I honestly can't see anyone getting this wrong and thinking it's anything but an U19 game.

**GCdfc** · 03/08/2012, 2:02 PM

If the spin in the press and local ads is the same as in the OP then people who don't know the league and might be interested in a "new" Galway United can easily take it the wrong way.

**Nailor** · 03/08/2012, 2:02 PM

Maybe if they'd said, future LOI players in action, would lessen the confusion of the original statement, although maybe that's the intention.

**Patrick Dunne** · 03/08/2012, 2:10 PM

Home matches for Galway United Supporters Trust will be advertised as being in the FAI U19 League.

**Mr A** · 03/08/2012, 2:18 PM

Let's face it, if you were trying to con people into coming to your games by misrepresenting them, I don't think League of Ireland is the way to go.

Rabid Polka Dot Monkey knife fights- maybe. Women's beach volleyball - certainly. Crippled Mexican donkey porn- long shot. A lecture on mid eighteenth century Connemara literature- that just might work. But LOI an football match against Mervue? I don't think so.

**GCdfc** · 03/08/2012, 3:13 PM

No club conned people in the past to see Celtic/Liverpool etc play when it was their u19's or reserves that no-one heard of?

**ped_ped** · 03/08/2012, 3:42 PM

You can't say it isn't LOI, it's a former (and hopefully future) senior LOI club vs a current senior LOI club in a stadium that's hosted LOI football for years . . .

I would say U-19 should be underlined, circled and written in bright colours, though. The ad doesn't lie but it does omit one important fact.

**geezer** · 03/08/2012, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by GCdfc

No club conned people in the past to see Celtic/Liverpool etc play when it was their u19's or reserves that no-one heard of?

ok we will keep the u19s bit smaller
It will be like this

Saturday Night Football 7.pm

GALWAY UNITED u19

v

Mervue Utd

Eamonn Deacy Park Terryland

___________________________________

thanks to all the offers of season tickets flooding in on www.galwaysoccer.com
Maroon Army members go free and Kids

**gufcfan** · 03/08/2012, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by ped_ped

The ad doesn't lie but it does omit one important fact.

It wasn't an ad. It was a post on a LOI forum. It was a bad idea to put it in the league forum. People were only ever going to pull the ****.

**geezer** · 03/08/2012, 11:11 PM

[QUOTE=gufcfan;1616593]It wasn't an ad. It was a post on a LOI forum. It was a bad idea to put it in the league forum. People were only ever going to pull the ****.[/QUOT

Positive promotion can do no harm for the league at any level

The Connacht Tribune, The City Tribune, The Sentinel, The Tuam Herald, The Galway Advertiser, the Galway Independent, the Western People, The Clare Champion have will carry a version of the poster. Between that, the poster run, The street signs & the local radio Galway Bay FM, Mid west radio, Clare FM, tipp FM, i-radio not to ,mention the city channel hopefully we can bring back and promote a taste of Loi football for all the people out here in the west like Sligo Rovers are getting starting on September 1st

remember winter season tickets launch soon on www.galwaysoccer.com

New special addition T Shirts on sale soon as well the Front will have I LOVE Galway United, the back will have a slogan that supporters come up with for a prize.