2008 Licences

[Lim till i die]

Lim till I die, Droghedas actions will result in fans of other clubs not being able to get tickets to see their team play ?

But I thought it was all about the safety??

How many clubs will be affected by the cut in allocation to a piecemeal 400

If you're happy with that then fair enough

It doesn't affect me in the slightest*



*See that sentence. That counts for 90% of the league.

[SeanDrog]

LTID on the ball.

"something about nothing" is probably the best term to apply to Higgens attempts to whip up a people the boards are quite this weather and we need a scandal to get the blood going

[Battery Rover]

I heard that dundalk and athlone did not get a premier licence hard to believe. they both have good grounds, is it true?

We failed to get an A license due to an issue with the press facilities and the lack of a tv gantry (both being sorted)from what I heard. All other parts of the application achieved A criteria

Just something else to add on this. We knew that we had the issues above and only applied for a 1st Division license.

[passerrby]

from www.eircomloi.ie
All 12 Premier Division clubs have received Premier Division licences, as have three clubs in the First Division who fulfilled the criteria for a Premier Division licence. The remaining seven clubs, including Sporting Fingal, have been awarded First Division licences.

Im told it was longford, waterford and monaghan who got the premier, if so then maybe the rest only applied for first div licences. (only guessing)

[eelmonster]

Fair play to Mons, I'm very surprised Dundalk and Shels failed to get a Prem. licence.

[higgins]

I'm not trying to make a big deal of this. I asked a question first off and nobody has answered it. It's safe to say the issue was the FAI thought you were allowing more than what had been agreed into games last season.

I'm not expecting everyone at United Park to fear for their lives when I say putting peoples safety at risk but the max groud limits are set with peoples safety in mind. So to go over that figure is putting peoples safety at risk. You can argue about the safe figure that was set but thats another issue.

I don't have to say sorry for anything that happened at Shels in the past. I was one of the ones speaking out against a lot of the sh!t that went on, I don't feel any need to defend what happened. I just don't agree that our champions ground should be in such a heap. It's clear from the players you are buying that the money is there.

It would be a matter of opinion of course but I'd like the FAI to put more of an effort in getting grounds up to standard. If you're saying theres nothing that can be done that would have an effect on the capacity of the ground then I have to take your word on that, I just find it surprising.

As for Shels we went from around 1500 at the start of last season to around the 600 mark at games towards the end. Shels probably won't need those 400 away tickets, that's fair enough but don't count on it being too long before we do! We had over 100 down in Kilkenny last season when we were out of the running for the league.

[higgins]

Fair play to Mons, I'm very surprised Dundalk and Shels failed to get a Prem. licence.

Shelbourne did not apply for a Premier Division licence.

[ndrog]

Higgins please spare me the lectures from that moral high ground your looking down from .As a shels fan its laughable .DUFC is busting a gut to try and get the capacity raised and have carried out lots of repairs around the ground to do this .New steps , crash barriers etc .They are also working extremely hard to secure the new stadium There was issues with a certain fire officer who was totally over the top in his assesment and with his crowd capacity estimates .How do you know how many people were let into utd pk for our home games last season ? were you there every game .No . The fire officer was and i seen people being counted by him as they entered the ground .thats how over the top this guy was .

[higgins]

All ticket because Drogheda were allowing too many people into the ground and this went against the fire officers stadium regulation figure ?

Well then ndrog can you answer the question that I asked that started this conversation ?

Why does me being a Shels fan have anything got to do with this?
When Shels stepped out of line I was all in favour of them getting punished, go check the old posts. I want progress for the EL, thats all 22 clubs not just Shels. Nothing seems to have changed around here ?? You still can't debate something without the club you follow being brought into the debate and other peoples past failures dragged up and used as an excuse. It's very strange!

[passerrby]

this guy must have a bee in his bonnet about drogs for some reason most fire officers are not that ott. also am told this morning that it was dundalks pitch that was the problem with the A licence but this does not make sense if its good enough for first div the it must be good enough for premier div.. i dont think there is any difference in licensing requirements for different div is there ?

[OneRedArmy]

i seen people being counted by him as they entered the ground .thats how over the top this guy was .

I would have thought thats exactly what a fire officer should be doing if he thought attendences were being underreported?

FFS away clubs frequently do this for cup ties when they think the gate might be fiddled!

[monutdfc]

Im told it was longford, waterford and monaghan who got the premier, if so then maybe the rest only applied for first div licences. (only guessing)

I didn't think we could qualify for a premier licence - is there not a requirement for a minimum number of covered seats?

[holidaysong]

this guy must have a bee in his bonnet about drogs for some reason most fire officers are not that ott. also am told this morning that it was dundalks pitch that was the problem with the A licence but this does not make sense if its good enough for first div the it must be good enough for premier div.. i dont think there is any difference in licensing requirements for different div is there ?

Well the pitch was ok for a Premier Licence last year...

[ndrog]

I would have thought thats exactly what a fire officer should be doing if he thought attendences were being underreported?

FFS away clubs frequently do this for cup ties when they think the gate might be fiddled!

Attendances were being reported properly as far as i know .The inspector is an over the top idiot .Utd park is no less safe than any other eircom leauge ground .It dosent have seats and uses portaloos , does this make it really unsafe .I dont understand it tbh .

[L37Ultra]

Fair play to Mons, I'm very surprised Dundalk and Shels failed to get a Prem. licence.

So what happens if either Dundalk or Shelbourne win the First Division? Will they be allowed participate in the Premier League next season?

[GavinZac]

So what happens if either Dundalk or Shelbourne win the First Division? Will they be allowed participate in the Premier League next season?

that will depend on whether they get a Premier license, next season

[eelmonster]

Well the pitch was ok for a Premier Licence last year...

7.1.2 (Alternative 2) of the Licensing Manual would suggest that the pitch wasn't the problem.

[LeixlipRed]

So what happens if either Dundalk or Shelbourne win the First Division? Will they be allowed participate in the Premier League next season?

When people ask questions like this you have to wonder do they understand the annual process of handing out these licenses. And we didn't apply for a Premier License because we don't need it. And since our run in with the license people 2 years ago we keep our heads down

[L37Ultra]

When people ask questions like this you have to wonder do they understand the annual process of handing out these licenses. And we didn't apply for a Premier License because we don't need it. And since our run in with the license people 2 years ago we keep our heads down

Trust me as a Limerck supporter I know all about the license's process , but whats the point of 1st Division clubs applying for Premier League license then?

[jebus]

And we didn't apply for a Premier License because we don't need it. And since our run in with the license people 2 years ago we keep our heads down

You see that's why I don't like Shelbourne, no bottle. Do you think having run-ins with the license committee each and every year has ever prevented us from being the eL version of the uncle who drops his pants and starts doing the hokey pokey on the dancefloor at these meetings? No