QuoteThree teams from Galway now, so?
And the A League is now those four, plus the 12 Premier Division teams plus maybe four First Division teams? Two divisions of ten, or thereabouts?
Tullamore's a bit of a surprise.
Four clubs have today been formally entered into the eircom League of Ireland in order to compete in the new ‘A Championship’ division, which will commence during 2008.
The four clubs accepted into the A Championship are: Mervue United, Tullamore Town, Salthill Devon and Sporting Fingal.
These four clubs will be entered into the 2008 A Championship.
The A Championship will be the third layer of the eircom League of Ireland and competing in it will give Mervue United, Tullamore Town, Salthill Devon and Sporting Fingal the opportunity to win promotion to the First Division.
The prize money for winning the A Championship will be €20,000.
Three teams from Galway now, so?
And the A League is now those four, plus the 12 Premier Division teams plus maybe four First Division teams? Two divisions of ten, or thereabouts?
Tullamore's a bit of a surprise.
Interesting...
Is Mervue in Galway?! That would be 3 teams in Galway?
Is Salthill Devon technically Galway United's reserve team?
Otherwise welcome to the new teams.
Originally Posted by Buller
Interesting...
Is Mervue in Galway?! That would be 3 teams in Galway?salthill devon have no affilitaion to us at all, we both have sepearate under-21 teams to highlight this, Devon owned us for a part a few years ago and we still use there facilities for training purposes as they are of the highest quality! viewed here>>>http://www.salthilldevon.ie/dromphotos.asp no surprise in Devon moving up anyway but bit surprised bout mervue
yes mervue is located in the city center, would be one of the top 2/3 teams in the county with Athenry and S.Devon. they have a lovely pitch and have recently built astro pitches, have various national honours at under-age level in the past 2/3 years
there under-age teams and Devons steal all the best under-age players round town and all finals consist of Devon Vs. Mervue if the draw allows it, they remind me off the ''old firm'' of under-age football
so does this mean that these 2 clubs will be pulling out of junior football??
Last edited by gilberto_eire; 19/12/2007 at 6:22 PM.
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Tullamore were in the Old League of Ireland B Division in the Late 1970's and 1980's.
In 1984 they were invited to apply for the new First Division that was being formed.
They declined. It's only 23 years late, welcome to the League Tullamore
Is that the finalised list of clubs, or just the clubs so far?
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Thats just the new clubs. Won't be anymore
3 clubs in Galway is strange
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I was hoping a few munster clubs would have been up for it. Perhaps after a few years things will see safer.
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Was a joke of a league to begin with anyway , 3 teams in galway , what a joke. BTW What is the licensing requirement for the A league?
More begrudgery towards Galway what a surprise. I'm sure that there was a long process involved in assessing the teams that applied for membership to the A-League. Like Gilberto I'm a bit surprised about Mervue United. Salthill Devon are well worthy of the A-League their set up in Drom is unbelievable for a so called small club. Dont know anything about Tullamore or sporting Fingal but welcome to all of the clubs to the league.
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Its not begrudgery - its genuine surprise.
Also, Im fairly certain that almost any team who applied would have been accepted. Perhaps theres some reason why Galway clubs arent happy with what they've got and see this as a better option?
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Gavin
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"Ex Bardus , Vicis"
I'm surprised the Mullingar teams, the Trins and the other Under 21 teams that aren't in the EL (outside of the 4) didn't go for this.
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What spectator facilities do Trinity have? I'm assuming you must be able to offer some sort of seating or at least standing to get an 'A' Championship licence.
I'd say once the league is up an running you'll see at least two or three teams come in again next year provided it isn't a total disaster.
Does this mean the team that finish bottom in the first division will be relegated? ..... i doubt it very much or there would have been more said about it but can anyone clarify if the bottom team in the first division does or does not get relegated.
Mervue have none of the above, unless they are planning on using Terryland?
afaik there is relegation and i will lump on wexford for that honour
IF non-reserve sides finishes in the top 6 of one of the A Championship divisions, and IF they meet div 1 critera, then they will face the bottom club of the 1st division in a promotion/relegation playoff.
IF non-reserve sides finish in the top six of both, the top non-reserve sides from each A Championship side will play off before continuing as above.
Your Chairperson,
Gavin
Membership Advisory Board
"Ex Bardus , Vicis"
Actually now that you say that, Salthill don't have any either. They've plenty of room to put a stand up in their setup though. Maybe I'm wrong. Does anyone know if there's capacity requirements for the First Division licence even?
Gavin, I think it's the top four.
From what I have heard from the local Athlone junior league players Tullamore FC sold there old ground to a developer in return for a few million euro and a new ground with top class facilities.
Their old ground is now a big health centre
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