20 Teams, 2 Divisions, 1 National League

[Elfman]

There's something I don't understand about this. Fair play to them, they appear to have a very good Youth set-up etc, but then they say:
"McNally believes it is important that Klub Kildare has a senior side as it will give their young players a pathway to senior football."
(By "senior" football may I assume he means adult football i.e. age rather than level?)

Anyhow, what has been stopping them from establishing their own adult team(s), entering the local Kildare & District League (or whatever), then working their way up to be able to compete in the LSL?

Good question and I agree it's confusing but no, I believe he's reffering to both adult and senior level i.e. a nationwide team.

From my view, and I'm happy to defer to Burnsie's more extensive knowledge on this, what is stopping them is the underage structure. Klub Kildare are one of the "created county" clubs that gave a pathway to the national level for underage players.

If their senior men's team was to play anywhere other than the LOI, I'm sure they'd be a lot of junior and intermediate clubs questioning why their underage age teams can't play at a national level too.

[Elfman]

One drawback is they wouldn't be able to call upon players from their loi underage teams to play for the Senior team without a transfer, while other clubs can draw from their U18 sides seamlessly.

Interesting admin quirk, I wasn't aware of this myself. Where did you come across this Shearer - did it affect a Limerick team?

[Shearer]

Interesting admin quirk, I wasn't aware of this myself. Where did you come across this Shearer - did it affect a Limerick team?

If you had an underage loi team and a Leinster Senior League team they would be under two different leagues with different windows.

Open to correction.

[culloty82]

That was part of the reason why the Kerry Academy sides had to incorporate themselves separately from the KDL even before the Kerry FC adult team was formed, the more pressing element being the legal necessity of keeping the boards of both entities separate, even when some individuals would still serve on both.

[nr637]

Assuming your suggestions are close to the mark, where might they draw the line between a 10 x team Northern Division and a 10 x team Southern Division?

P.S. Your second reference to Kildare - assume you meant some other county?

Looking at the potential list of teams that have been mentioned through various social media outlets and are now part of the FAI's process to accept 20 teams.

I have created a possible location of these teams,

Leinster
Dublin - 6 Clubs
Kildare - 1 Club
Carlow/Kilkenny - 1 Club
Meath - 1 Club

Munster
Cork - 2 Clubs
Limerick - 2 Clubs
Tipperary - 2 Clubs
Waterford - 1 Club

Connaught
Galway - 2 Clubs
Mayo - 1 Club

Ulster
Donegal - 1 Club

Nice 1 m8.

[Elfman]

That was part of the reason why the Kerry Academy sides had to incorporate themselves separately from the KDL even before the Kerry FC adult team was formed, the more pressing element being the legal necessity of keeping the boards of both entities separate, even when some individuals would still serve on both.

If you had an underage loi team and a Leinster Senior League team they would be under two different leagues with different windows.

Open to correction.

Makes perfect sense now, thanks for the education lads.👍

[Hacker]

Looking at the potential list of teams that have been mentioned through various social media outlets and are now part of the FAI's process to accept 20 teams.

I have created a possible location of these teams,

Leinster
Dublin - 6 Clubs
Kildare - 1 Club
Carlow/Kilkenny - 1 Club
Meath - 1 Club

Munster
Cork - 2 Clubs
Limerick - 2 Clubs
Tipperary - 2 Clubs
Waterford - 1 Club

Connaught
Galway - 2 Clubs
Mayo - 1 Club

Ulster
Donegal - 1 Club

Nice 1 m8.

Any idea on who the two cork clubs are ?

[nr637]

Any idea on who the two cork clubs are ?

From social media outlets, College Corinthians & UCC. while Ringmahon Rangers also made enquiries.

[timothydec77]

From social media outlets, College Corinthians & UCC. while Ringmahon Rangers also made enquiries.

College Corinthians have strong links with UCC. Corinthians was founded by UCC graduates. UCC is the College reffered to.

[Mr A]

Mad to think there'd be a university in Cork

[EatYerGreens]

From social media outlets, College Corinthians & UCC. while Ringmahon Rangers also made enquiries.

UCC should be in senior football for their shirts/logo alone

[Martinho II]

UCC should be in senior football for their shirts/logo alone

Any picts of their jersey EYG?

[EatYerGreens]

Any picts of their jersey EYG?

Their logo is a skull and cross bones, and they put it on the front of all their sports kit.

This is the GAA shirt = UCC GAA Jersey Red | O'Neills

I think it looks cool. Though if I was Bank of Ireland, I'd want a bit more space between the company name and the skull/crossbones. Otherwise it makes the bank look like pirates

[LTFC]

Their logo is a skull and cross bones, and they put it on the front of all their sports kit.

This is the GAA shirt = UCC GAA Jersey Red | O'Neills

I think it looks cool. Though if I was Bank of Ireland, I'd want a bit more space between the company name and the skull/crossbones. Otherwise it makes the bank look like pirates

I am with you there, pirates are kind of romantic thieves. Bankers arent romantic.

[EalingGreen]

I am with you there, pirates are kind of romantic thieves. Bankers arent romantic.

Hmmm.

"Romance" is it?



(I assume their Ladies team has the same badge)

Meanwhile, UCC are rather more refined:

[EatYerGreens]

Hmmm.

"Romance" is it?

That just makes them look like a loyalist paramilitary group to be honest

[EalingGreen]

That just makes them look like a loyalist paramilitary group to be honest

Well they're in a somewhat Loyalist area, but tbf, they've players and managers etc from both communities. Overall a smashing set-up - Youth, Women, Community etc - with excellent facilities. Great fund-raisers, too. And they're certainly ambitious, currently in the PIL (3rd tier) and looking to progress further under new manager Gary Hamilton (bit of a coup to secure him after Glenavon). Could bring Senior football to Lisburn in a way that Distillery aren't really managing.

As for the badge, I was once going into an away game with NI, when the group of lads ahead of me were stopped by security. They had a regular NI banner, but it also had two v.small Skull/Crossbone logos in the top corners, to denote they were from Ballymacash NI Supporters Club. The Stewards were concerned that this was some sort of White Supremacist symbol (or something) and they only got in after the UEFA Representative was contacted to come down and approve it!

[CraftyToePoke]

Nice 1 m8

What is this ?
I know what this is, but what is it doing here ?

It is clearly there in the FAQ / Rules of the site that this isn't a mobile phone and no text speak is allowed, go have a read : https://foot.ie/faq.php

Posters on here mostly come to get away from that carry on and read well written content. I know you are here out of interest in one subject only but try to play along.

Are there no Mods still alive in the LOI section lads ?
Standards are all the separate this place from the rest of the feral illiterate free for all shambles the online world has become.

[John83]

Nice 1 m8.

Just to let you know, text speak is against the rules here. https://foot.ie/faq.php?faq=rules#faq_txtcaps

[joey B]

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