Goodbye to Galway United as Salthill Devon takeover is completed

[Ash]

I remember a few years back when we joined with St Francis there was talk of changing our name to DUBLIN SAINTS. The fans went mad and protested at an early stage and it never happened in the end. Hopefully it won't happen with Galway Utd

Yeah cos Dublin Saints would be a cr@p new name for Galway Utd

But seriously forks,
if they do change name, I presume it would be to something like
Galway FC or maybe Galway County!
Cant see Salthill or Devon getting squeezed in there anywhere

[sonofstan]

seriously though, changing Galway Utd. to Salthill Devons would be like Pats bcoming Emmet Rd. Athletic or us becoming Ashington Celtic -Everyone know where Galway is, who knows where Devon Park is?

[CollegeTillIDie]

what? Lets all go backwards?? Also my friend of little knowledge of galway football, Galway Rovers is a different juvenile club again who are in competition with SD.

Ok Galway Rovers, played in the 1976/77 League Cup and entered the League of Ireland in 1977 fact. Subsequently became Galway United.
This junior club is quite clearly a more recent innovation than that.

If there is a proposal to change the name because of the change of ownership, which quite frankly would be silly as Galway United is an established brandname ,then the original would have been preferable to some kind of thing involving Devon. Only incorporate Devon into the name if Ambrosia Creamed Rice come up with a sponsorship deal with thousands of Euro.

One thing I do know about football in Galway is this, because United supporters I have met have pointed this out to me down through the years.
Relatively few citizens of the City of the tribes deign to darken the doorsteps of Terryland Park;Most of your support comes from the surrounding areas of the county and some from outside counties such as Mayo, Roscommon and North Clare.

Galway United , like the Dublin clubs, are suffering from Irish Lazy ****e syndrome that means anything involving having to go outside into fresh air away from the pub is not to be contemplated in the evenings.
However a return to Sunday afternoons would not work as they wouldn't come out to see real football then either

[sadloserkid]

Only incorporate Devon into the name if Ambrosia Creamed Rice come up with a sponsorship deal with thousands of Euro.

Damn it, I knew somebody was gonna beat me to an 'Ooo Arr' type reference...

[Terry]

Ok Galway Rovers, played in the 1976/77 League Cup and entered the League of Ireland in 1977 fact. Subsequently became Galway United.
This junior club is quite clearly a more recent innovation than that.

Galway rovers was founded in 1937 as the local soccer team for the claddagh area where they still remain to this day.

[Metrostars]

As a Galway United fan since when I went to see them play Bohs way back when the likes of Paddy Mulligan were playing, this whole saga saddens me. There is nothing wrong with the name. There was nothing wrong with the name when Johnny Glynn scored in Landsdowne Road. Nothing wrong with it when Ski McGee and Denis Bonner scored when we won the League Cup or when greats like Chick Deasy, Mags Mannion, and Tommy Keane played for Galway United.

Also, if "the club has been wandering aimlessly" as O'Reilly tell us, why are many of the old board still going to be on the new board? Forget that crap. It will be just the same old stuff. Just a different name. Just no more maroon. Just sky blue stripes.