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    Quote Originally Posted by EalingGreen View Post
    I'll accept both.

    Anyhow, the point is that despite being in the shadow of a bigger neighbour, they're not content to just get on with their reserves, academy and youth set-up etc, but are clearly ambitious to "up their game" across the board.

    Which has got to be good for football generally, not just in the town, but across mid-Ulster generally.
    I imagine Annagh is a village team like Ballinamallard then or are they a rival to Portadown ie local derby?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martinho II View Post
    I imagine Annagh is a village team like Ballinamallard then or are they a rival to Portadown ie local derby?
    No, it'll never be a "derby" on equal terms etc - Portadown (population 22k) simply isn't big enough to support two big teams and besides, Ports' rivals will always be Glenavon.

    Meanwhile Annagh are a good bit short of Ballinamallard, whose status belies the population of the village they play in.

    The way I see it is that Annagh are a small team, but with a decent set-up and reasonable ambition. Should they realise that ambition, then they could make the step-up to being a "middling" team and as such, replace Portadown FC locally if/when the Ports ever get back to being a top tier team.

    All of which would be healthy for football in that part of the Province.

    That's all, really.

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    Im a bit confused EG regards Annagh do they have their own ground and how far from Portadown are they? Sorry about confusion but when I read the link about Annagh it mentioned Portadown?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martinho II View Post
    Im a bit confused EG regards Annagh do they have their own ground and how far from Portadown are they? Sorry about confusion but when I read the link about Annagh it mentioned Portadown?
    Annagh United play in Portadown (town), with their ground being about a mile from Shamrock Park.

    And Portadown FC sometimes use Annagh's plastic pitch for training.

    Think of it like Liverpool (Ports) and Everton (Annagh), though somewhat scaled down!



    P.S. There's a pic of Annagh's ground in my post #197
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    Quote Originally Posted by EalingGreen View Post
    Annagh United play in Portadown (town), with their ground being about a mile from Shamrock Park.

    And Portadown FC sometimes use Annagh's plastic pitch for training.

    Think of it like Liverpool (Ports) and Everton (Annagh), though somewhat scaled down!



    P.S. There's a pic of Annagh's ground in my post #197
    Well explained Annagh yeah saw pict of ground previously on that post.
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    Wexford!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bucket View Post
    Wexford!
    Madness.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bucket View Post
    Wexford!
    The way the tweet I seen about this was worded it appears if the new Wexford team gets a licence the old one won't be in the league!

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    Where is the sense in that?

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    Do the FAI own Ferrycarrig or would a new entity play elsewhere?
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    At the moment, Ferrycarrig Park is jointly owned by the FAI and the Wexford Football League, with the League reportedly interested in purchasing the share of the ground owned by the FAI. As a number of posters have rightly stated, it's all about getting hold of the one licence for Wexford and I can't see the grouping who gets the licence using any other ground than Ferrycarrig Park.

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    Won't the new club need to find somewhere in town to play? Otherwise the crowds will continue to be fairly small. I know nothing of the football politics in Wexford.

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    Have the new group had any involvement with Wexford Youths/Wexford FC before?
    Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.

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    No names mentioned in the local Wexford press report this morning, perhaps understandably, so it's very hard to gauge the seriousness of the alternative project at this stage.

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    Unless it's based in the town I can't see it being any more successful than the current setup. And in the town off top of my head I can't think of any sites that would be able to accommodate being much more successful without a good bit of work being needed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop View Post
    Unless it's based in the town I can't see it being any more successful than the current setup. And in the town off top of my head I can't think of any sites that would be able to accommodate being much more successful without a good bit of work being needed.
    If only there was a politician for the area with a real passion for football who could help sort a stadium for an LOI club there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ForzaForth View Post
    No names mentioned in the local Wexford press report this morning, perhaps understandably, so it's very hard to gauge the seriousness of the alternative project at this stage.
    Apparently it's the Judean People's Front?

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    No, no, no, it's The People's Front of Judea

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    There was a fella from Wexford firing money at Limerick for about eighteen months with a view to Paud going away before Paud folded up the tent.

    If it's the same fella it's good news for Wexford

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    Ferrycarraig Park could work for Wexford with a good bit of community effort. Buses out of the town would be a start for this new investor.

    It's been said over and over again though, better access into Ferrycarraig from the main road would make life a whole lot easier.
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