A 7-team league First Division Next Year

**pineapple stu** · 08/01/2014, 10:09 AM

There's only one club has had two teams in the FAI Cup in the same year.

Just saying.

**Mr A** · 08/01/2014, 10:11 AM

Home Farm did previously also- and they actually met if I recall correctly.

**pineapple stu** · 08/01/2014, 11:45 AM

Home Farm v Home Farm Everton?

Bah. A split, not a B side. Don't try and knock this - it may be the one thing we have going for us all season!

(Well, that and Bray having no players)

**Dodge** · 08/01/2014, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Who would have been the third team?

No idea. I can see Buckley's point that the league didn't even bother to check if any other clubs were interested

I've no problem personally (as a fan) that rovers were hand picked but I can see how clubs are ****ed they weren't given the same opportunity

**bluemovie** · 08/01/2014, 3:22 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Who would have been the third team?

Shamrock Rovers C, of course!

**legendz** · 08/01/2014, 8:31 PM

If clubs are so eager all of a sudden to field reserve teams, the A Championship should return with it's north and south leagues. Invite a few junior/intermediate teams, only a €5k registration fee as before, a small bit of criteria with a sprinkling of some fudge and there it is!

**Jofspring** · 09/01/2014, 12:24 AM

I always thought (form the outside looking in) that the A league was fantastic for us. It gave players a chance to develop at a level between senior and underage (19's) and it gave lads coming back from injury some game time.

**legendz** · 09/01/2014, 7:31 AM

Originally Posted by Jofspring

I always thought (form the outside looking in) thao2t the A league was fantastic for us. It gave players a chance to develop at a level between senior and underage (19's) and it gave lads coming back from injury some game time.

Limerick, Shels and Harps fielded a second team when it was optional at the time. If some premier teams did not want a reserve team, the only change should have been removing making it compulsory for premier clubs.

**Mr A** · 11/01/2014, 9:37 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

There's only one club has had two teams in the FAI Cup in the same year.

Just saying.

Not happening this year by the look of things: http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/...ieve-1-5802503

**pineapple stu** · 12/01/2014, 12:55 AM

Yeah, the LSL team got banned by the FAI after qualifying the last time. Seems quite pointless tbh.

Though our LSL team played Arklow when they were in the Cup, and the winners went on to play the LoI team. So we were quite close to UCD v UCD in the Cup. Bumper crowd for that one!

**WoodquayBoy** · 13/01/2014, 11:24 AM

First Division fixtures out tomorrow:
http://www.airtricityleague.ie/news
News Centre

First Division fixtures out tomorrow

Created on Monday, 13 January 2014 10:58

The 2014 Airtricity League First Division fixture list will be released tomorrow at 12noon and will be available on the Airtricity League website,www.airtricityleague.ie

The Premier Division fixtures were released on December 20.

**disgruntled** · 14/01/2014, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy

First Division fixtures out tomorrow:
http://www.airtricityleague.ie/news
News Centre

First Division fixtures out tomorrow

Created on Monday, 13 January 2014 10:58

The 2014 Airtricity League First Division fixture list will be released tomorrow at 12noon and will be available on the Airtricity League website,www.airtricityleague.ie

The Premier Division fixtures were released on December 20.

Can we have an extra helping of fudge with that please

**Cuyahoga** · 14/01/2014, 11:21 AM

Fixtures are out now . http://www.airtricityleague.ie/image...xture-List.pdf

**Mr A** · 14/01/2014, 11:22 AM

The opening weekend’s First Division fixtures are:

Friday, March 7

Galway FC v Longford Town, Eamonn Deacy Park, 7.45 pm
Finn Harps v Waterford United, Finn Park, 8pm
Shelbourne v Wexford Youths, Tolka Park, 8pm

Saturday, March 8

Cobh Ramblers v Shamrock Rovers, St. Colman’s Park, 7.45pm

**Charlie Darwin** · 14/01/2014, 11:28 AM

You'd think they'd try to set up a few derby-ish fixtures for the first week. Shels-Rovers B, Galway-Longford, Waterford-Wexford.

**Mr A** · 14/01/2014, 11:30 AM

And the greatest derby of them all.. Cobh v Harps.

But yeah, ideally they would make anyone travel too far the first day. But that Galway Longford game looks a belter- the two favourites going head to head on the first day.

**nigel-harps1954** · 14/01/2014, 12:10 PM

The friendliest first series of games I can remember for Harps in a long, long time. 3 home games out of the first 4. Only one Friday away game in the First series to Shelbourne, one Sunday away to Shamrock Rovers and one Saturday away to Longford, meaning the furthest we have to travel is Dublin for the first 7 weeks.

I know many Dublin clubs complain about travelling the whole way up to Derry/Harps/Sligo, but it's an absolute breath of fresh air to us not to have to worry about trips to Waterford/Cobh/Wexford until the second round of games. By then, hopefully the club will have saved enough money to pay for those three trips in the second round comfortably.

Delighted to be honest with the way it's playing out.