The SDCC and Rovers have really done fantastic work with promoting their games and buliding the stadium.
Heres hoping it will usher in government support for new development
The SDCC and Rovers have really done fantastic work with promoting their games and buliding the stadium.
Heres hoping it will usher in government support for new development
Again, I go back to the amount of our supporters who live and work away from Longford. A good few years back we had a young crew of lads who would organise pre match events in the local pub and they'd run a mini bus,away fans would come in as well and there would be a small bit of buzz but most of those lads have now moved out of Longford. That pub isn't even there anymore either, it's a struggling town so we probably are overly critical of ourselves at times.
In fairness Outspoken you are spot on with Longford being a come out of the woodwork sort of town! I do think that why we got serious crowds over 20 years ago when Stephen Kenny was in charge was the mgr and players would go to a local pub after the game which was very popular back then and the PR was brilliant as it brought out the locals out. Once SK left that died a slow death Alan Mathews didnt have much interest in that and it hasnt being the same since then! I would love my club to try this again as I dont go into town socialisin after matches any more but would be happy to do so.
As for Pineapple Stus point hes spot on. There was huge interest in us in our non league days. That was because we used to be in the Greyhound track which from wot I heard from older supporters was much loved and brought locals out in their droves. Alas we got evicted from The greyhound track in 1972 and that was the end of that. We then moved to Abbeycartron and had to rebuild and the crowds were seriously bad.
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
BetweenTheStripes.net - Home of Between the Stripes LOI podcast.
https://www.balls.ie/football/6-form...-in-use-300971
Its an old article but Abbeycarton gets a mention. The article lists Harold’s Cross aswell which is sadly no more.
Abbeycarton doesn't look it has changed much since I was there. I remember a fence around the sloppy bumby pitch with a small sheltered area, very basic LOI ground even for 30 years ago.
They had big plans about twenty years back. I'm not sure what blocked their entry at the time.Mullingar which does'nt even have LOI
Do any Derry fans know how many tickets they were allocated for Friday?
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