About a third of the teams in the league are from the Dublin area, which reflects the population pretty well.
And yet the teams relegated from the Premier and in most serious financial difficulty are Bray and Limerick. I think most would prefer a less Dublincentric League but it must be done on merit. there is no appetite here for the American franchise model and where non Dublin clubs were 'dropped in' (thinking Kilkenny City or Monaghan as prime examples) they just didn't work.
About a third of the teams in the league are from the Dublin area, which reflects the population pretty well.
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
Plus football is by and large an urban sport.
Of the Top 10 population centres in the ROI - Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Drogheda, Swords, Dundalk, Bray, Navan - only 2 don't themselves have an LOI club. And of them - Swords was essentially covered by Sporting Fingal, and Navan is arguably covered by Drogheda United.
The 11th biggest population centre - Kilkenny city - tried but failed to sustain an LOI club, as did the 15th biggest (Newbridge).
So in a country who's urban centres aren't generally big, it's hard to see where there realistically are obvious candidates for an LOI team to prosper which either don't already have one, or haven't previously tried and failed.
As we know, the percentage of Irish people who are open to supporting LOI football is pretty low.
Would that then be exacerbated in commuter areas like Kildare, where many of those who are open to it come from areas or families which would already have an affiliation to an existing club in Dublin or elsewhere ? So they're as likely to support Bohs or Rovers as Kildare County - leaving an even smaller pool for the latter to appeal to ?
Tim Clancy to Shels.
He's(Clancy)is contracted to Drogs until eos 2019.
honest interview with LMFM here from the Drogs chairman - https://www.lmfm.ie/on-air/shows/sun...clancy-future/
Vinny Perth was mentioned a target also at work this week.
Ian Morris touted as Owen Hearys successor .
Couldn't see Rice being a popular appointment amongst the Shels support don't think that one would be runner.
Morris appears to have done good work off the pitch with Bohs underage ranks but taking a punt on a rookie manager along with expectations of winning the FD title next season wouldn't make much sense
But then again basically offering Tim Clancy the job after Drogheda's embarrasing performance against 9 man Shels two weeks earlier didn't make any sense either so who know's who will end up in the job
The Leinster Senior League needs a strong Bohemians
Twotter is telling me Ian Morris has been given steerage at Shels.
https://www.shelbournefc.ie/news/459...new-head-coach
Morris it is.
Mick Cooke was in the Aviva (sporting a Dundalk top), he'd have been a fairly low risk or safe pair of hands for Shels needs this coming season. Is he doing anything at all currently or completely retired?
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