QuoteIf I had the cash BTID I'd name it after one of the Athlone Town greats (probably Turlough O'Connor) or simply call it the New Mels Park and name the stands (I'd have the cash to finish the job) after former greats and 1 after myself of course
I believe the naming rights for the stadium are available for purchase but serious companies dont see it as a viable commercial opportunity!!Originally Posted by endabob1
Bohs Will Be Back!!!
If I had the cash BTID I'd name it after one of the Athlone Town greats (probably Turlough O'Connor) or simply call it the New Mels Park and name the stands (I'd have the cash to finish the job) after former greats and 1 after myself of course
The endabob1 Stand?If I had the cash BTID I'd name it after one of the Athlone Town greats (probably Turlough O'Connor) or simply call it the New Mels Park and name the stands (I'd have the cash to finish the job) after former greats and 1 after myself of course
Would that me the prawn cracker stand
What are the odds we'll end up back in a redeveloped Bishopstown.....We're already bought and according to the new owners those are the plans, as well as building up the 'Rebel Army' brand hugely.
They're not Russian gangsters, and the stadium they want will be 28,000-30,000(currently looking for a site, but they could very well be full of crap.
We'll just have to wait and see. If Tynan is telling the truth we're laughing
The figure of €30-35 million Euro of an investment nearly made me choke when he said it at the fans forum.
The off season will show us how serious they are as regards transfers
Correction "The Legendary Endabob1 Stand"
Interesting thoughts, and if I won the euro-millions I'd definitely buy Waterford - put an initial investment into a ground and enough facilites to keep the club self sustaining - gym, astro-pitches etc..
If you can't buy your own club, then it'd have to be Cork. Captive audience of over 100K (Cobh not really serious competitor in that vein) in the city alone. Milk the inferiority complex and rebel ****e for all it's worth and it'd be a definite contendor to build up a club.
In general I'd tend to pick a club outside of Dublin that didn't have any competition for a fanbase (although there theoretically are enough to go around in Dublin as well.)
Foot.ie's entire existence is predicated on the average idiot's inability to ignore other idiots
As a few others said Dublin is necessary for the potential fanbase but the problem in Dublin is lack of interest in Irish football. You would need to start a new club to attract new fans. Only Cork, Derry & Sligo have enough population combined with track record in football.
The recent takeover of Cork City is interesting as it does seem to be investment & not a hobby for local rich businessmen which is possibly an eL first. The mention of 25-28k stadium was a surprise but apparently this has been investigated for the last 6-12 months already.
Certain. It was after he mentioned the 35-40 million I stopped being able to hear properly
The whole rooms mouths dropped, as he carried on speaking. Til someone called him back to repeat the figure......his response was 'HOw much do you think it woill cost to build a state of the art stadium?'
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Maybe call them Dublin City, tap into the whole Viking thing; a surefire winner.
Can have shirts that look identical to Dublin GAA jersey's, you'd clean up on the merchandiseMaybe call them Dublin City, tap into the whole Viking thing; a surefire winner.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
Firstly I doubt he did offer us any offer, however if its the same as Pats, what is the package. We know we are sitting on land worth €50m, I doubt Kelliher offered us anything like that, so why would we sell to someone who could in 5 years move us out and build on our ground. Our problem is we own an asset worth far more than our club is worth, and anyone interested would be deterred by that.
Nahhhh - club shops just aren't open often enough to sell that many.Can have shirts that look identical to Dublin GAA jersey's, you'd clean up on the merchandise
Unless you teamed-up with a local retail chain.......
interesting, can i ask why?
Cmon County!
Donegal churns out quality young players every year but a lot either go to England or if they dont get a starting place in the Harps line up lose interest and dont work at developing their game.I would buy Harps and get the best youth coaches money can buy and concentrate on local talent.
If I had to pick a team outside of Harps it would have to be Shamrock Rovers.
The least the Goverment should be doing for the Eircom League is offering potential investors tax free incentives likethey give their horsey buddies.
56 posts without mentioning Limerick.
So here I go - Limerick 37.
Big potential fan base, with a decent stadium near the station you could get some good crowds. And of course I like them.
If any EL club looked like it was getting its act together I'd buy it using proxy agents. I'd pick the dopiest losers to run the club for me and I'd stop any investment into it so it had to keep scratching a miserable existance in its run down stadium in front of a few hundred fans.
Then, when I finally controlled all the clubs. I'd buy a second hand rain jacket and sleep rough long enough until my hair was all straggly and grey. Then I'd just spend my time visiting my clubs at random games and talking gibberish to the locals and otherwise glorying in my very own personal league. And even though those common fans might look down on me I would own those beatches lock stock and barrel.
Cogito ergo Bohs
pointless investing in the likes of monaghan, kilkenny imo. population would never be enough to support the club long term.
a bit like jack walker at blackburn, when he went, then it had to fend for itself and will at best only ever be a middle of the road EPL club and in all likelyhood drift into the nether regions of 2nd or 3rd tier football over the next decade or two.
personally if i bought a club I would probably be the Irish version of Vladimir Romanov! i would find it very hard to let someone else run it and probably meddle in affairs so much that i'd destroy the club!
but if i were to invest it would obviously be GUFC for me. outside of my own club it would be Rovers or Cork.
nonsence. if a move was touted it would be a push for joining the EPL and not an All Ireland League imo!!!
the suggestion that someone would donate money through a supporters trust may seem good in theory but would never work.
the people involved in supporters trusts do carry out sterling work but if they were just given a lump of money every month/year then the temptation for resting on their laurels would be massive. I mean why break your neck selling lotto tickets when Mr. X is giving you half a million every year!!!
in fact after a year or two the positions on the supporters trust would become very attractive and you would never know who would fill the roles!!!
A bit like Socialism and the Green party, while talking from a pulpit it is easy to have great theory but when the power comes it is much more difficult.
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