QuoteGreat to see this happening. Sligo are doing really well since they're up, Limerick doing good now too, Galway off to a good start, Finn Harps next? Would love to see a Kerry team to complete the teams from the west. Best of luck to Tommy Dunne !!
All right, I'll give you that one.Originally Posted by Longfordian
Great to see this happening. Sligo are doing really well since they're up, Limerick doing good now too, Galway off to a good start, Finn Harps next? Would love to see a Kerry team to complete the teams from the west. Best of luck to Tommy Dunne !!
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
The hope is to have a Kerry U19 team in place for the end of next year upon completion of upgrading the facilities at Mounthawk stadium. I doubt there'll be a Kerry team in the LoI in the next 5 years but at least having a youth team in place will be progress.
https://foot.ie/forums/117-Kerry-FC
A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
A question for all clubs here, how many volunteers do you need to insure a game is organised properly and runs smoothly. I know the figure will be different depending on attendance, but it would be interesting to find out for example Dundalk, Cork, Sligo etc. I remember back in the day Galway Utd used to hire a few private security guys, combined with volunteer fans to do the stewarding at games. The GAA is always good at getting people to help out during match days, but from my observations the LoI supporter is not bad either at giving his/her time and labour for the cause. The GUST will be a great resource for Galway FC if they manage to keep them onside.
Person on every turnstile, and/or ticket point. Match programme sellers, person on gates/emergenct exits. Bar staff, shops. People selling goal times lotto tickets etc. First aid eg Order of Malta. Ballboys/girls. People helping out with corporate guests eg match sponsors. Then add in stewarding which will depend on who the opponents are, how many can be paid or are willing to put themselves in harms way if need be or how many are going to supplement professional security firm. Event controllers and safety officers are generally volunteers, board members, maybe even the club doctor might be providing his time for free. So its a bit how long is a piece of string. The more the better in relation to programme and lotto sellers. Stewarding is a strange one as having a few good stewards is better than having dozens that stand watching the game and do nothing. The rest would be ground and club specific and ye could work most of it out eg Oriel Park would have 5-6 turnstiles, 5 or 6 matchday ticket point sellers. Security on player and official entrance and corridor in to dressing rooms in addition to those at ground entrance and in the ground i chance a guess at 15-20 plus Gardai. 2 bars and 2 shops 10 people. 5-10 programme, goal time and lotto sellers. So crude way of guesstimation but anywhere between 35-50 depending on opponents, attendance, away fans in addition to paid or professionals like Gardai or medics
My main issue with Galway Fc is Mervue & Salthill have done a deal where Galway Fc will use Salthill & Mervue to train at reduced costs ( will cost galway fc 1,000+ a week)even though clubs have offered Galway fc training facilities free of charge, & because Galway fc are not allowed any youth teams any solidarity money due to Galway Fc is to be split between salthill & mervue.
Will be interesting to see if Salthill & Mervue will still be involved when 5 year deal runs out
total bull there trainee.
The only costs charged to GFC will be for maintainance, electric etc. Mervues facilities are the best we could ever hope for. Any club offering facilities don't compare to what they have.
Just wondering are those board seats in addition to or instead of the seats held on the board by GUST?
Edit: just saw on GUST forum that these are new seats. Seems a positive move.
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A bit misleading. The "co-op" only elects two onto the board.
Agree with Sean South, it is not really a co-op or members club the way Galway fc is organised at present, but it could happen, and hopefully it will in the near future. For me the best way to sort out the "problem" in Galway soccer would have been to give the Galway Utd fans group a licence and let it be decided on the pitch who would represent the city/county in the LoI. It is also possible that two league of Ireland teams could operate out of the city.
However that is all irrelevant now, and I hope that this new club can prosper and that it manages to win back the still fairly substantial number of people who are interested in the LoI in the region. Rugby has made great progress in recent years (possibly helped by the void left by Galway Utd) but I still think there is something false about the Connacht rugby boom and it could collapse quickly. Not a big rugby fan so I could be totally wrong on this.
The Connacht rugby boom is no more false than it is in the other provinces - as long as you're doing well and there are world class players dropping by every now and then, there will always be a market for that. Not being in the HEC will definitely hurt their attendances though.
Connacht while seemingly making progress really aren't. The only reason they have been in the last three Heineken Cups is because Leinster have won 2 Heineken Cups and an Amlin Cup giving Ireland another team in the Heineken Cup. Their form in the league is a perfect example of how little they have really progressed. Have they even finished above the bottom 2 in the last 5 years? Fair enough they have had the odd giant killing but other than that haven't really accomplished anything. They will always be the poor cousins in the IRFU's eyes losing all their top talent year after year and for that reason will never push on. There is definitely a boom there at the moment which at any stage could burst. The one thing I will hand to them is they have certainly increased their core supporters over the last 5 years or so.
They've finished eighth the last two years and tenth the season before. Given they have a smaller budget than the Italian teams, that's not bad going. They're having a bad season this year with a new coach and they won't be in the HEC again, but they're generally improving on the field. Whether that sticks, who knows.
Going by what was mentioned in the Indo last weekend Connacht Rugby are a million euros in debt
Munster are in debt also as far as I know. Pretty sure the whole if the IRFU is currently in debt.
Yeah but the IRFU wouldn't wind up Munster whereas I would say they would be delighted to see the back of Connacht. They're tried to disband them once before.
Before eventually doubling their budget. Connacht aren't going anywhere.
Na can't see Connacht going anywhere. If anything they will always be used for Munster, Leinster and Ulster to send out lads on the fringes for a few years.
Ah lads not feckin' eggball please, must be the most ludicrous game in the world
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