What sort of time frame has the FAI stated regarding the creation of a new A division and u-20's league?
Also, the reduction to 10 teams in the premier if that is still going ahead.
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A League is next season, I think the U-20 league is too.
10 team Premier will happen in 2009.
Any Idea when we will know what clubs will make the A Championship?
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I vaguely remember it being mentioned of the A league that it would comprise mainly of teams that were in the u-21's who were not already involved in the existing league.
Not my words now mind.
Difficult to say if such a thing could be sustained. Would the A league have promotion relegation to first division.
Personally i doubt it as it would ruin any club getting relegated into it.
I'm not against ir but im not sure if its a runner.
If memory serves tho i think the fai have no choice but to implement it
AFAIK its to be a mixture of reserve teams and new teams (possibly those in the U21 league) with promotion/relegation play offs between the winner and bottom team in first division. Reserve teams can't be promoted
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That's a given but i think it might do a lot of harm relegating a club from the 1st.Originally Posted by Dodge
Then again i suppose you have to give the A league teams something to play for.
Would be good for the teams that have been knockin on the eircom league's door the last few years.
A mixture of reserve and new teams would be good as young players could play at a meaningful competetive level.
Time will tell if it all works... i really hope it does tho.
Some teams like salthill devon and castlebar celtic would be in with a shout if they wanted to join.
Castlebar anyway seeing as they only have the league team in the u-21's.
Hard to say whether it would do them any good.
For a lot of small clubs like them(no offence intended) i think entering the lower wrungs of the eircom league
would cost a bit more than to stay where they are.
It would also possibly permanently put their best and brightest in the shop window around the country.
Money would have to be spent on bringing the club up to this A league license standard
What yee think?
I doubt there will be too many requirements for a team to get into the A league to be honest. I seem to recall that a team has to finish at least 4th in their section of the A league and ahead of all other non-reserve sides to win play any such team from the other section for the right to challenge the bottom first division team to get into the league. From the point of view of many intermediate and junior clubs they will probably regard it as likely to be a difficult and expensive league to compete in. A good few of the premier reserve sides are likely to be of a pretty high standard so getting that fourth place would not be easy. It would leave the way open though if someone wanted to invest serious money in a new club and get them into the league.
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There was an ad in the nationals a few weeks ago looking for prospective clubs to apply.
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The A League is a terrible idea. No First Division side could afford to enter & means Premier division sides will need to maintain another senior side.
First Division teams aren't required to enter a team in the A League.
Agree that it's a terrible idea.
I meant to say that because they not required to enter none of them will due to finances.
Seems to be a backward step as the U21 league was to encourage teams to keep younger squad members. The A league will just encourage keeping older backup squad members.
The league definitely needs a reserve league. Pats signed a couple of players who aren't match fit and the only games they can play are the first team.
Remains to be seen if it works out as well as the spanish versions
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Senior players can play for the U-21s though can't they?
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spot on very silly plan but i think they have made there minds up and will not be consulting clubs
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Is it not being imposed on them by the powers that be?
That was by impression
A straight reserve league whereby teams can field anybody they like from the club, senior, reserve, u-21 would be too much of a financial burden for most as nobody would be interested.
I wonder could a premier reserve team get into 1st division. That mite not be a good idea. Takin up the place of another team that would not have the support of a "parent club" behind it.
Aswel, someones post led me to believe it would be regional. Ah sure jesus if thats the case, on this side of the country it would turn into another connacht senior league.
And on the subject if the spanish league, soccer is the no. 1 religion in spain, never mind sport! Different situation altogether
Reserve teams can't get promoted.
financial burden? they dont need to field full strength teams
no, they can't.I wonder could a premier reserve team get into 1st division. That mite not be a good idea. Takin up the place of another team that would not have the support of a "parent club" behind it.
regionality depends upon the number of applicants. id imagine the FAI would quite like the idea of lessening the influence of the regional FA's. i cant, however, see enough clubs from connacht applying to form an 8/10 team division. "regionalisation" will most likely be identical to italy/german/spanish models - aligned on a North/South divide.Aswel, someones post led me to believe it would be regional. Ah sure jesus if thats the case, on this side of the country it would turn into another connacht senior league.
the FAI arent expecting clubs to immediately have support in this league. i expect, they will want the same level of participation that they get from the extra U21 teams. but who knows? if castlebar find themselves with a home game against shels to decide if they can get up or not, even if they lost it'd bring a whole new audience into the EL family circle. the A league would also make for a stronger showing from the participating senior clubs in the cups, something desperately needed.And on the subject if the spanish league, soccer is the no. 1 religion in spain, never mind sport! Different situation altogether
Last edited by GavinZac; 16/07/2007 at 8:56 PM.
Im not sure what ur gettin at there but i mean would the A league have separate squads to Senior side, i'd imagine so. thats just me thinking out loud.
I suppose like you say, a situation where a team like castlebar needing to overcome the reserve team of a big team or shels it would give the profile of the local game a boost no matter the result.
In the long term would entry to the league be on invitation. Say you had a team finish rock bottom a few years in a row...
Thanks for the input gavinzac
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