EL Support in Ireland

[thejollyrodger]

supporting english club teams is a joke. They should have season tickets to their local EL team at the very least.

[FarmHoop]

The way that the Eircom league captured me I believe was playing underage football for Bohs. We used to meet the players, go to matches etc. After I stopped playing the underage football, I went off the EL a bit. I was always interested in what was going on i.e. checking aertel, listening to news updates but never went to games. But now in the past few years, I' ve started going to games again. Why? I don't know but I reckon I just have a deep down sense of loyalty for Bohs.

Summing up, I believe that if we had a more structured youth program, that it may help attract younger fans. That is, expand the youth setups of Eircom League teams by incorperating teams in different areas of the county so that the players have some affinity with the team. At present there are too many teams that stop at under 15/16 level and there is no where to go from there.

True, i went off playing after that age as my team had no further teams, thats why im gettin my younger brothers to join rovers youth teams. its the best way to go