Sporting Fingal to be offered First Division place
Sporting Fingal will be offered the opportunity to replace Kilkenny City in the Eircom League of Ireland First Division.
Reacting to the decision of Kilkenny City to resign from the Eircom League of Ireland, Director Fran Gavin, said:
“Kilkenny City’s decision to resign is based on practicalities. They do not have sufficient people on board to meet the demands now being placed on clubs in an effort to raise standards throughout the league.
“When the FAI took over the running of the League we said that there would be a realignment as the demands on clubs to adhere to higher standards increased and this is an example of this.
“Kilkenny City were a well run club. They had very good facilities at Buckley Park and managed their finances prudently but they had reached a crossroads. After a period of reflection they decided that they didn’t want to push on to the next level and I fully understand that and compliment them for their honesty.
“The objective of the Football Association of Ireland is to create a League of Ireland that contains well run clubs, living within their means and offering the best possible facilities to players, officials, spectators, sponsors and media. I have no doubt that other clubs will arrive at the same crossroads as Kilkenny and face the same questions and I hope they answer them as honestly as Kilkenny have.”
“The vacancy that now exists in the Eircom League of Ireland First Division will be offered to the highest placed team in the recent IAG process for the A Championship which is Sporting Fingal.”
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I think scrapping the First Division should be given considerable thought to be honest, it's completely unworkable when you had clubs like Kilkenny getting 50 people at games, or the rest of us getting 500. Whether it means reforming both divisions into one 16-20 team Premier with two A Championship type leagues to ensure there at leats is a relegation situation or something else I don't know though, but financially the First Division just doesn't work
No need for that little dig...Originally Posted by Tis-smeee
“The vacancy that now exists in the Eircom League of Ireland First Division will be offered to the highest placed team in the recent IAG process for the A Championship which is Sporting Fingal.”Just when we thought we might get through a season without someone being elevated on spuriously contrived criteria. I've no doubt Sporting Fingal are the best placed of the A-Leaguers to compete at this level, but the brazenness of this takes the biscuit.
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Absolute madness. Dublin needs another eL club like a hole in the head.
Agree completely, 1st division is pointless, it does nothing for the league or the clubs its only purpose seems to be confirming peoples low expectations of the LOI.Time to scrap it.
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You need some sort of a buffer!!!
All clubs have their day in the First Division. Getting rid of it will solve nothing.
John Delaney!! GET OUT!!!
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Did Sporting Fingal do a DVD or what?
The clubs didn't know they might get a league place when they did this surely, so logically they should have been able to bid again- I'd way prefer Tullamore to get the slot if they're anyway ready.
* I know this joke is old and unfunny at this stage, but it simply has to be done.**
** No I can't explain that, but you know it as well as I do.
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
The clubs in the First Division that could hack it in the Premier Division could be invited to the new Sooper Dooper League again. The Clubs that are a mess could play in an A League type set up where the winners would be considered for inclusion in the Sooper Dooper League if the met pre- agreed criteria. Sound familiar?
The Christmas trees in Abbotstown would want to watch out!
Galway United - Connacht Champions 2008
You don't get it ??
You need a lower division so that 10 or 12 teams can fight it out for promotion. What will usually happen is the ones who get promoted are doing things correctly. When promoted they stand a better chance of doing well in the premier
Having no first division would result in less teams getting their act together.
Did you not do probability in school ?
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There would be promotion relegation if A League clubs got their act together and/or League teams let their standards slip.
Galway United - Connacht Champions 2008
It's certainly a pain to see yet another Dublin club in the LOI, what's the alternative? A half-baked provincial outfit with no support?
As Opposed to a half baked Dublin outfit with no support
Ya but whos to say Sporting Fingal will have more support than Kilkenny? You certainly dont know yet. Cities in Europe have at the most three clubs and their populations are greater than that in Dublin. There are now 7 clubs in the top two flights in Ireland from Dublin. It wouldnt happen anywhere else. Support is evenly spread throughout Dublin for these clubs but the League does not need another Dublin club IMO. I think SF will struggle to get support to be honest. Hope im wrong though!!
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7 in Dublin?????????????????
They struggled in the last election alright but they're coming back strong
It is difficult to tell at this early stage tho wether or not SF will be able to establish a credible fan base. They will after all be concentrating on the north side of Dublin i.e. Swords Malahide area as far as i am aware. Fingal county is growing rapidly so who knows. its all down to their promotional methods
No fans, no place, no history, no reason.
The game is trying to widen its appeal and, arguably, has started to turn things round from an absolutely disastrous position. Now this.
The public has a choice between genuine, historic clubs, like Bohs, Pats, Rovers and Shels, and the makey-uppy, Mickey Mouse projects of people who should be providing education, health services, and answers to climate change.
My hope is that people, confronted with and provoked by something as falsely based and ludicrously titled as 'Sporting Fingal', are spurred on to seek out the real deal in their football heritage.
Am I missing something - the Director of the League just said he hopes more teams drop out of the league?
Dublin is defined as anywhere you can get to on Dublin Bus or by Dart. That's why the Drogs are moving to Meath, to maintain their country status after the Northern Line is electrified.
"The Christmas trees in Abbotstown would want to watch out!" GUISA SAIGON......
A little rich slagging Dundalk off when the biggest gangsters are pulling the strings at your own Club.....
Which leads me to another point.....
How the hell did Galway Utd ever get in to the Premier Division!!!
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