Quoteno 1 wud go 2 the games.............. but if they but it 1/2 way i think i wud go.........but the the thing is i live about 2 mins walk away from oriel park
From eleven-a-side.com
Could a merger between Dundalk and Drogheda United assure the long-term survival of senior soccer in County Louth?
In his column in The Argus, Gerry McDermott addresses the issue, pointing out that while Dundalk are just about keeping their heads above water, the situation in Drogheda is “dire”.
The Drogs, he says, only have themselves to blame and accuses them of recklessness in signing four players on transfer deadline day.
“Buoyed by their success in winning last year’s First Division title, and taking 13 points from their first eight games this season, Drogheda appear to have got carried away with themselves,” claims McDermott.
He is critical of the decision to implement a full-time set-up mid-season, which sent the wage bill soaring, even though revenue projections stayed the same.
Training takes place in Dublin with all the imports based in the capital thus widening the gap between the fans and players, resulting in a fall-off in attendances in recent weeks.
Concluding with a reference to the forthcoming Uefa Licensing System due to be implemented in 2004, he points out that “the demand on clubs to get their houses in order will be absolute.”
“The idea is to prevent clubs like Drogheda getting into financial problems midway through the season and it can’t come quickly enough,” he concludes.
no 1 wud go 2 the games.............. but if they but it 1/2 way i think i wud go.........but the the thing is i live about 2 mins walk away from oriel park
Children in the dark cause accidents.
Accidents in the dark cause children.
Drogs seem to have been mismanaged for a lot longer than 3 months if yer man White's article in yesterdays IoS is to be believed
Can't see a merger as the solution there. All that would probably happen is the club be based in one of the towns so their fans continue to go but the fans based in the other town won't travel.
Besides given the apparent level of mismanagement at Drogs they'd just mismanage more money.
Seems like Drogs messed up big time as i don't know the population of the town but must have grown hudely in recent years so much greater access to potential new fans.
Every time they´ve been promoted that i can remember they spend a fortune on crap english players, go down and nearly go bust- their whole ethos is totally wrongOriginally posted by TommyT
Drogs seem to have been mismanaged for a lot longer than 3 months if yer man White's article in yesterdays IoS is to be believed
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