Convert friend to eL thread

**dynamo kerry** · 24/08/2006, 10:26 PM

mini project time

lets attempt to convert friends to Eircom league.

I'm going to work on 2 mates. one from galway one from cork by sending them match reports every week until they take an interest (barstoolers for english game)

now maybe some of you do this anyway but tomorrow I'm emailing a rake of my mates with last nights match reports.. try and use the big games to generate a bit of excitment around the draw for derry tomorrow.. worth a shot yeah?

'feelin -good-bit-of-enthusiasm' sure to wear off but sure, for as long as it lasts!

**pete** · 24/08/2006, 10:28 PM

Its a pity no Uefa cup on irish tv as there are a lot of people who will watch does big games on tv who don't really have an interest in attending matches. More tv viewers will eventually mean more sponsorship monies...

**dynamo kerry** · 24/08/2006, 10:31 PM

too true.. it would be a crying shame if both derry games aren't on rte

**nshoop** · 24/08/2006, 10:59 PM

I wouldn't put it past rte,they're a disgrace

**dfx-** · 24/08/2006, 11:07 PM

Ah sure they'll show Derry if they're playing some other team they can't possibly beat, to be sure to be sure.

**mypost** · 25/08/2006, 2:40 AM

Originally Posted by dynamo kerry

too true.. it would be a crying shame if both derry games aren't on rte

Derry will be on RTE if they play West Ham, Blackburn, Newcastle, or Hearts. The only way to get RTE interested is to play one of those.

But Derry seem to be managing quite well without RTE atm.

**theworm2345** · 25/08/2006, 3:20 AM

How do we convert? I would love to support the EL, but I get 0 coverage, and its hard to follow online

**Strabane_Harp** · 25/08/2006, 9:27 AM

More TV coverage will convert people to Eircom League

The first i knew of Finn Harps was watching them play in the FAI Cup final.

I couldnt have told ye there was a team 10 mile away before that, but christ im hooked for life now

**BohsPartisan** · 25/08/2006, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by dynamo kerry

mini project time

lets attempt to convert friends to Eircom league... by sending them match reports every week until they take an interest (barstoolers for english game)

Tried that a few years ago. Just used to get replies saying please take me off this list.

**dynamo kerry** · 25/08/2006, 11:32 AM

that would involve mailing everyone I knew

just two lads who don't know about their local side!

did you mail every person you ever heard of?

**BohsPartisan** · 25/08/2006, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by dynamo kerry

that would involve mailing everyone I knew

just two lads who don't know about their local side!

did you mail every person you ever heard of?

Except Bob Geldoff. I don't like him.

**Strabane_Harp** · 25/08/2006, 12:12 PM

i emailed a guy who knew nothing of the league once

John Delaney his name was

**dublin15bohs** · 25/08/2006, 1:36 PM

I dragged a friend along to see bohs and everton he hasnt missed a game since and is becoming a member next season

**Kingdom** · 25/08/2006, 3:30 PM

I know its slightly off-topic but what the hey. I've been a member here for 2 years and for the most part I'd pay little attention to the eL. However for the last 6 months I'd say I've hit the refresh button more often in the Eircom League section than in any other.
I haven't been in the position of going to games this season for one reason or another but I expect that to change and when it does I think there's more chance of me going to an eL match than there is going to the boozer to watch a Premiership match.

And the reason for this sudden interest in the league? Well imo anyway there are a couple. The main one for me, believe it or not, is the downturn in fortunes of the National team. I would always have been a follower or Premiership and Serie A, whilst paying the odd visit to a National League ground, but the National Team was what it was all about for me. And there has been less and less enjoyment following Ireland for the past couple of years, and that leaves a massive void to fill. Its not possible to constantly go to the boozer on a Sunday, nor affordable to go across the water to live games. So that leaves the football thats on your doorstep.

Add in the extra exposure the league has got over the past year or so (to the eL regulars it might not seem that way, but the two broadsheets

have actually increased their coverage of the league), and my interest in the league has increased hugely. The most excitement I've gotten from football this year has been following the efforts of the three teams in Europe. Waiting to see the Uefa draws, following the games over the net or bbc vidiprinter!, following the co-efficients thread, man, its been so refreshing.

I suppose what I'm saying is this. If I can feel relatively positive towards the league, then I'm sure there are hundreds more like me. Its just up to the officials in charge to convince people that their local eL club is the place to be.

**CharlesThompson** · 25/08/2006, 4:53 PM

Nice honest and open assessment there Kingdom. So we'll be seeing you down Dalymount Park regularly enough then, seeing as Bohs would be the obvious team for you to support!

**Kingdom** · 25/08/2006, 5:01 PM

Funnily enough Charles Dalyer would be the ground of choice. I do get sick of the knacker kids running round going to Burdocks instead of watching the matches.

Although Richmond probably would be easier to get to travel wise.

I just think the league or the clubs individually need to increase the public's awareness of the league. I went to a good few Bohs games last season and thought that the �15 entrance was a bit much. Maybe I'm out of order but I didn't think so at the time.

**dublin15bohs** · 26/08/2006, 9:58 PM

well said kingdom were all sick of the little scumbags who go to cause trouble and dont even watch games they give all young bohs fans a bad name and there is some of us who are decent.

**dcfcsteve** · 27/08/2006, 10:34 PM

Converting non-EL friends can be tough, but it is do-able.

It helps if a couple of you are fans, rather than you being the wierd one. I've got a few Belfast based friends who would be City fans to varying degrees now, because myself and another lad have been banging on about the team to them so much.

Let them see your enthusiasm, and then if they are decent/proper friends they'll be curious and open to the idea of you dragging them along one evening when they're at a loose end. Get them into a good game, or one with a great atmosphere, and they'll catch the bug.

I find that anyone who stands amongst the Derry City fans for a game (particularly a big one) is an instant convert. We brough a Scottish Aberdeen fan along to the Gretna game in Motherwell, as his fiance is the sister of a mucker from Derry. He loved the game (who wouldn'#t have loved the 5:1 gubbing) and was hugely impressed with our support. She mentioned yesterday that she heard him coming home ****ed on Friday night, fumbling with his door key in the lock whilst singing Derry City songs. Two weeks after his first City experience !

**RonnieB** · 27/08/2006, 10:53 PM

In my local there are about 4 who go a fair bit to LTFC home games. Funnily enough they are all lads who moved back from england and love going to a footy match while the rest of the natives drool over andy grey.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 27/08/2006, 11:06 PM

I've been trying for ages but I can't get any of my mates to come along to a UCD match. Most of them just couldn't be arsed with the EL, already support one of the big Dublin teams or don't want to "waste a Friday night". I'm going to try and drag a few when we run a bus to Drogheda seeing as there will be plenty of banter on that trip and more of a chance of going again rather than if they showed up on Saturday, for example.