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Taken from the Wesxford people, the sports section is a bit all over the place but there are some articles to do with Wallace and the current youth team as well as WYFC
http://www.unison.ie/wexford_people/...issue_id=15235
MICK WALLACE'S dream of bringing League of Ireland soccer to the county was realised yesterday morning (Tuesday) as the F.A.I. confirmed that Wexford Youths F.C. will ply their trade in Division 1 this season
The club has been awarded a First Division Licence for the 2007 campaign by the FAI's First Instance Committee following a successful application.
Speaking to 'Sportplus', long-haired construction boss, Wallace, expressed his delight at the news.
'It will be great for soccer in Wexford. It will give us the chance to bring the whole thing to a new level. The club will be community-based and will be different from any other League of Ireland club,' he said.
Wallace, who has managed the Wexford Youths team for well over a decade, leading them to two All-Ireland titles, is looking forward to the challenge ahead.
'It's going to be tough for the first couple of seasons in particular, but we've proved with our success at under-age level that the players are there. We have the best record in the country at Under-18s for the past ten years. We won't be able to turn Junior players into top-class League of Ireland players overnight, but I'm confident that we'll get there.'
The eircom League has been under the spotlight recently for all the wrong reasons, with Premier Division champions, Shelbourne, in financial crisis, but Wallace is determined that Wexford Youths F.C. will do things right.
'We will bring a positive element to the League of Ireland. We'll be an amateur team made up of local players and the club will be run properly. The problem with a lot of Irish clubs is that they have been run very poorly,' he said.
With the league campaign kicking off on March 9, time is of the essence, but with Wallace always expecting to gain entry, preparations are already well under way.
Wallace has pumped e2.5 million of his own money into his state-of-art-facility in Newcastle, Crossabeg, and with the help of Head Coach, Pat Dolan, a preliminary squad of 30 has been selected.
The Wellingtonbridge man says he is hoping to see a large number of fans coming through the turnstiles when the season gets under way.
'It will be interesting to see how many people come to support us. Obviously I don't want to lose too much money, so it would be nice to get all the backing we can,' he laughed.
Wallace said the club will initially play their home games on Sunday afternoons, with Friday evenings pencilled in when the evenings get longer.
With plans to install floodlights at the complex shortly, Friday evening games could become a permanent fixture from the start of next season
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