QuoteHe has no chance. There is to be a new league & the FAI decide who joins.
From the Mirror today...
Any comments? Does this mean you're likely to vote no, or will it still be a yes vote?Originally Posted by Danny Drew
He has no chance. There is to be a new league & the FAI decide who joins.
We'll see you in court, John.
It's almost inevitable that this will end up in the courts one way or the other.
I hope Drew hasn't put the kybosh on Limerick's hopes with his statement re promotion
Last edited by paudie; 23/06/2006 at 2:11 PM.
I'm what? I'm ants at a picnic?
Drew hasnt a leg to stand on. As a club, Limerick are in a lot worse shape than some of the lower placed Premier clubs.
Waterford will sail through the FAI requirments to join the new league for the following reasons.
1) Our 5 year record is quite good, starting from 2000-01 season when we reached the Cup semi-final, beating UCD along the way.
2) We are in a financially sound situation. No debts, no overdrafts.
3) Off the field work: Work is underway at rebuilding the RSC. By the beginning of next season there will be 3000 covered seats in place, new toilets, new athletics track, press facilities, club offices, disabled access, turnstiles and two new all weather training pitches at a cost of in excess of €1m. Further provision will be made for extra covered seating behind 1 or both goals should the need arise. WUFC has teamed up with WIT to offer sports/educational scholarships for new post LC trainees which is an important step in the setting up of a Youth Academy which will be inevitabel once the rest of the RSC complex is refurbished.
4) Cathcment area: Waterford City & County as well as the South East.
Now lets compare to Limerick.
1) Record in the last 5 years has been abysmal.
2) Financially sound.
3) Hogan Park is an absolute tip when I was last down there in 1997, hsnt changed since then I presume. Any plans to do it up within the next couple of years.
So there you have it. Mr Drew would be well advised as the UCD fans as well to accept that they dont quite make the cut this time round, spend an extra year sabbatical in the First Division, using that time constructively at rebuilding their respective club(s) and making a realistic challenge in 2008. Its not all tears girls.
Shame then that 2000/01 is six years ago.1) Our 5 year record is quite good, starting from 2000-01 season when we reached the Cup semi-final, beating UCD along the way.
If you'd like to refute my point that the proposal is illegal and as such can quite easily be challenged, please do so. Otherwise, don't bother repeating yourself when you've been shown to be wrong.
day but whinge about the new proposals. Clubs have to be pro active and get working on their structures and facilities and long term strategic plans or they will be left behind.
Of course they do. But it's illegal to relegate clubs on the basis of geography, attendances, etc.
The clubs signed up (democratic process) to this process already so cannot moan about it now.
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Last edited by 4tothefloor; 23/06/2006 at 9:26 PM.
If it's a four year history we're not doing too bad. In the last four years we'd have reached the first division play-offs and hopefully we'll be champions or R/U this season. Still in all cup competitions as well.Shame then that 2000/01 is six years ago.
This Season: Hopefully promotion
Last Season: Mid-Table Finish
2004: Bottom
2003: Promotion Play-offs
Hardly an 'abysmal' record partizan, not the best, but not the worst either.
1) Our 4 year record is decent, albeit in the First Division. Our 5 year record would include a trophy, League Cup Final win in 2002 (Correct me if I'm wrong on any of this, memory isn't what it used to be!).
2) Financially Sound.
3) Off the field work: Need to get our lease signed for Hogan Park. There are six figure Sports Grants waiting to be drawn down for development work at the ground. The ground itself is nice and tidy but is mostly terraced. Has one covered area, behind the goals. Seating was to be installed in this area but the lack of a lease prevented this. Ground does need to be painted badly - ie perimeter walls, club house etc. Above all else, a stand is badly needed. The current terracing around the ground would probably need to be stepped and finished properly.
4) Cathcment area: Limerick City & County, Kerry, Clare. We already have supporters from all these areas attending games.
Irrelevant. A contract which is ultra vires is invalid. Standard company law.
4tothefloor - in the last four years, you've been re-elected at least twice, I think (2002 counts as well)? Add that to poor facilities, a woeful Cup record (the LC win aside) and low-ish attendances and you're talking 70% of the votes that you're going to get screwed over on straight away. I odn't see where any confidence can stem from?
Do remember the year you finished bottom some of your games had attendances below 100. Your average attendance was somewhere between 100-200. Having a poor season compounds your problems double.
You can hardly call a series of 5 years of cup competitions which includes an actual victory in a competition "woeful." 1 cup victory every 5 years is a statistic a lot of teams would find agreeable.
FAI Cup - 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd (one win in four years)
League Cup - 1st, Q/F, 1st, Win.
So apart from the LC win (and obviously not to take anything away from it), yez have one win in the FAI Cup in four years and one group qualification in the League Cup in three years.
Are we going back 5 years or 4 years? Which is it like? We have not been re-elected twice, never mind 'at least', in the last 4 years. We won the League cup season 2001-2002, and finished bottom (I think), but that'll be 5 years ago by the end of this season. So is it past 4 or 5 years cos that is important?
The optimism comes from the fact that we have made huge strides as a club in those 4/5 years. From re-election to potential 1st division champions, whilst being financially sound and waiting on a lease deal to develop our ground. Plus Limerick would certainly be one of the catchement areas that the FAI wants to see at the top table of Irish soccer.
This year's separate. It's the four years previous to that (starting 02/03). Though you're right - yez avoided re-election by one place then, so I was wrong.
Three points to make.
DD is stupid to have said this. LFC have a lot of friends that want the club to be in teh premier and thriving. Annoying those friends is not a good idea. Someone will lose out in all of this and someone may have to be a lesson of - it's best to keep the head down and not draw attention to ourselves.
With regard to LFC versus UCD re cachement and attendances etc. Considering that no official attendance figures have been published in years how will attendance trends be measured. Also, in response to our low attendances in recent years - I think the important word is "trend". It is clear that UCD, DCFC and Bray attendance trends are flat. irrespective of sucess or league position attendances do not change. In Limerick on the other hand (which is a club which "stands alone in an area of large target market" quote eL document) the attendance figures clearly show a massive upward trend when the club has been challenging at the top of the first. Conclusion - there is more potential for higher attendances at LFC games than the other 3 dublin clubs. That is what the FAI is looking for.
Our Waterford friend's post is more compelling for what he does not say. He should also point out that who the chief executive is - will he put Waterford in the first division?
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