Under 19 Running Costs

[Charlie Darwin]

From Ballybofey maybe. From Galway, no chance, especially if you have a season-long association.

[tiktok]

What's so comical about that? Most clubs just hire a local physio to come in for the day with the under-19s.

Harps will play 9 home games this season minimum (excludes friendlies and cup games).
That's say 27 hours of a Chartered Physio's time for €1000, or an hourly rate of €37.

That seems cheap to me, before you factor in that the above assumes they never bring a physio to training or away games, and none of their players will get injured requiring attention by a physio for an entire season. If Harps are getting that level of support for €1000, fair play to them.

[razor]

and they train at their own base in Bishopstown.

It may not be in the U19 budget but we pay rent on this.

[the 12 th man]

Seriously? Only 150? That doesn't sound right.

If it's elite U19's throw in Linos and a 4th Official and you're up to over 300.

[tiktok]

It may not be in the U19 budget but we pay rent on this.

Of course, didn't mean to imply otherwise.

[Trainee]

Seriously? Only 150? That doesn't sound right.

Ref costs about are all local based (same refs that ref in junior league). Ref cost around €80, 2 linesmen cost about €35 each & I dont think their is a 4th offical in U 19 league

[optimus]

The fact that Limerick U19 train three nights a week in rented facilities for ten months of the year would be a big costs that a lot of the other clubs mentioned wouldn't have to factor in. An AstroTurf pitch for an hour could set you back up to €100 (€200 per session, €600 per week, €24000 per annum) of course, they also have to rent a pitch to play matches.

People tend to underestimate costs e.g. the figure of €1000 per annum for physio for a season is comical.

I've seen it mentioned that Cork City's costs about €50k per annum, and they train at their own base in Bishopstown.

not from sept to march they don't .. astro rental