QuoteThere was four Youths players on that team too. Think it was Jamie Carr, Craig Wall, James Scallan and Tom ElmesOriginally Posted by Lim till i die
I actually remember a couple of years ago when I was in Athlone IT, they were lodging an application to join the A league at the time, the final year of the A league. When they heard it was the final year they pulled out the application.
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There was four Youths players on that team too. Think it was Jamie Carr, Craig Wall, James Scallan and Tom Elmes
Yup, I meant Carlow IT and not FC Carlow.
Players can go there and do their coaching badges. I think at the end of 3 years there you can have your UEFA B License (obviously if you pass that is).
College teams in the LoI? What a farce.
Gary Shaw of LTFC goes there I think.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
For what it's worth two officials from the FAI were in Cobh on Wednesday night at the Under 19 game with Cork City 'on a reccie' according the de echo.
Make of that what you will but I won't get my hopes up just yet.
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Cobh were treated terribly when they were expelled, especially considering Cork 'only' got relegated for similar problems.
Also rumour over the weekend that Newry are applying to join the FD IN 2013.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), only Irish club to win a game / points in Europa League Group Stage (2016).
So, after the comments made a few weeks back, if Dundalk win the play-off, does Waterford pull out of LOI altogether??
I think this is a bluff on Waterford's part. There was nothin in last fridays match programme at all about it!
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There was no way that was going to be mentioned in the programme on Friday! "we're 2-0 up, but if we lose, the club will probably fold". Had things gone wrong on the night, that would've been enough to have a few of us jumping off the bridge.
It could be seen as part bluff/part realism. The chairman said it again on local radio on Saturday that promotion is so important because playing in a six or seven team First Division would be unfeasible for any club. If we don't go up, I could see him pulling out of the club, but I don't think he can pull the club out of the league. At the same time, I can't see any other way of raising the funds necessary to keep us going in the First Division. He's our Sugar Daddy - although he's more of a Canderel Daddy given the paltry wages involved. So even though I'm not sure if another year in the reduced First Division would see us pull out pre-season, I really don't know if we could complete the season and might end up doing a Monaghan. Hopefully we can just do the job on the pitch this week instead.
Seems strange that the play-off is key to Waterford's future - after all, bar Wexford, you've the south-east to yourselves in terms of crowds, and while past history will do nothing for present-day finances, one would have thought it would help to rally people around the club, similar to what happened with Cork and Dundalk.
On twitter, Gary Dempsey seems fairly sure "the big prem teams have been asked if they want to enter a reserve team into the first division next year". So the First will be the new A Championship?
No the first will still be the first with a few reserve teams to make up the numbers. If clubs have the money to run 2 teams like that cant see a problem with it being honest.
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How many reserve teams will Limerick be entering?
i cant see teams being able to afford to enter teams into two divisions, and if you have to charge 10 euro minimum then how many people will go watch their reserve teams?
If we can charge people a 5er to watch the reservs out at Btown on Saturday nights or afternoons, I'd consider getting a season ticket. But I wouldn't be going to many, if any away games. Newry maybe!
So if a club finishes fourth it could b promoted? A recipe for many more monaghan situations as a promoted team normally at least can live on inflated attendances as a result of a good run then the novelty of the big teams coming to town. The reserve idea suits all those who take money from our game not those who pay for it. It will fail again but keeps the administrators in the game for another year. Itd a swirlpool of failure
No, the way it works in Spain is that Barcelona/Real B can't be promoted. If they win the league or finish in a promotion spot, the next best team will be bumped up.
I'm not sure any of the reserve sides would be capable of mounting a serious challenge in the league anyway. None of the big sides have the money to be competing for players with other FD sides so it'd be youth players. Even so, Bohs are the only big team with an academy of note, and even they pinch half their players off Belvo.
Last edited by Charlie Darwin; 01/11/2012 at 12:52 PM.
The A division promotion required the non-reserve teams to finish in the Top 4. Assume this will have something similar
Rovers, Sligo and Cork were the teams actively looking for this the past couple of months apparently
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Sounds like a ridiculous idea. Reserve teams aren't going to entice people in the gates of Lissywoollen, Finn Park and wherever else. If it happens, it will be another shoddy attempt from the FAI to keep things ticking over.
Lower the entrance fee, relax licenicng for a seaon (happens already but sure at least it would be officially known that's in operation this time round) and entice new teams in. See it as an audition for a more definite organised structure in 2014.
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