The best programme

[Schumi]

What is the best programme in the league?

[Schumi]

Leaving aside bias (maybe it'd be better if people voted for away programmes, i.e. not their own club?), I'd have to say that Cork's is the best I've seen. I don't buy programmes all that regularly so I haven't seen all of them by any means.

[James]

ok v early days yet.. lol only 2 votes but poll is bound to come out at a win for cork city given that most ppl here are from cork
hardly gona be a credible poll (even if gerry's cork city matchday mag is the best read EVER)

[Bluebeard]

Obviously, then, just vote on the away programmes if you feel you cannot make a considered and impartial choice! I would imagine that most of you who vote will be able to be level headed and fair and from Cork all at the same time

Only slagging boys, I wish our programme could be as good.

[James]

na methinks the cork muppets will vote for the city matchday mag cause its the best ... impartiality! never, shure we're from cork like

[pineapple stu]

Originally posted by James
the poll is bound to come out at a win for cork city given that most ppl here are from cork

Have to agree obviously - although how to explain Bohs' 30% so far???

Might be more informative if people give comments on the programmes they've read?

Bohs - Only saw this for us and Rosenborg - absolutely nothing in it. One long article (about Kenny hoping to retain the league v. us and the trip to Belarus v. Rosenborg). Even lost the full colour front cover! 5 /10

Cork - Wasn't bad, although when we played, it was a joint programme for the League Cup as well - don't know if it was made any bigger for the two games. Always one of my favourite programmes over the years. Very much livened up by those two articles by me this year, I thought! Don't like the A4, but that's just a personal preference I suppose... 7½ /10

Derry - Always a neat enough programme, although that random page taking really REALLY old jokes and inserting Finn Harps is a bit wierd! 7 /10

Drogheda - Didn't see this, but apparently isn't as good as last year. Wasn't bad last year, although as I remember, did suffer from a bit of a lack of content.

Longford - Hmmm...Shamrock Rovers are we? And Drogheda had this problem too! Seem to be many silly mistakes, and not a whole lot of content either. 4 /10

Pat's - Was impressed with the 48 pages - although 22 were ads! Then there was the manager's message, the chairman's message, the SEI message, etc., not to mention the two or three articles with the "let's take the pi$$ out of UCD 'cos we don't like them" (not saying they don't have a point, just to make it three times in the official match programme for the game against us is very petty.) Most of the articles were just reviews of the last fortnight's action as well. 6 /10

Shamrock Rovers - Didn't see. Usually good if not spectacular. Bobby Best does a very good job though.

Shels - Never a bad programme (think Cork got a very off day - shouldn't blunt the poll too much). E2.50 normal price, by the way. A few articles, although a bit more of the slagging og the opposition - 6½ /10

UCD - I know the reason I set out the programmes like this was to avoid favouritism, but I honestly reckon ours is the best programme in the league (in terms of content anyway - couldn't care less for all the glossy paper which everyone else seems to think is essential), which is why I voted for it. Okay, we don't go for mad glossy paper and fancy coloured designs, but sure there's no real need to if it's only going to cost a huge amount more - certainly, no-one's complained to us about it anyway. 6 ads (including the cover) in a 28 page programme - most of the rest is reading, and we try and keep the content interesting to home and away fans (general articles, round up of foreign leagues, reviews of previous encounters, etc.). We've added an extra four pages since we last played Cork as well. Dublin Daily gave us the best programme out of the ones they ever got around to reviewing (Drogheda, Bohs, Shels, Bray and Kildare), and I think I have to agree! 8½ /10

Waterford (almost forgot yez! ) - haven't seen it.

[ramsie]

Dont forget Cobh Ramblers programme "THE RAMBLER"

[A face]

Didn't look before leaping .... saw the poll and went straight for City, but if i could vote again i'd vote for Derry. Haven't read many but from what i have seen it is good.

[pete]

Turners Cross is the further "away" day for me.

CCFC "match day magazine" by far the best seen this year.

Bohs & Rovers euro efforts were very poor.

[pineapple stu]

Just read Drogheda's programme last night - hate to draw conclusions based on one issue, but it was appalling! Our player profiles (all eleven of them, which were spread out over two pages as the font size was so big!) were two years out of date, and Pat Jennings' profile started with Barry Ryan's old profile! And seeing as we'd been in touch with them only two weeks before about their profiles, there was no excuse for getting back in touch with us about ours! There was no content apart from a random three-page smattering of various football trivia - again, with a proper font, this would have taken up only one page. One page only had "Support the Drogs" on it!!! The manager's column used the term "had of gone in" - that's how much literacy was involved. And then there were the claims of how the printers produced the "quality match-day programme" and how Drogheda were playing "some of the best football ever seen in the eircom League"!!! I kid you not!!!

There were so many ads it was ridiculous - I appreciate they bring money to the club, but if they're going to charge two quid, they should have a minimum degree of content.

[The Donie Forde]

Originally posted by pineapple stu
And seeing as we'd been in touch with them only two weeks before about their profiles, there was no excuse for getting back in touch with us about ours

Any chance you could p/m me the contact you made, pineapple stu? Or maybe, e-mail me the profiles you (?) got from them? I've been on to Drogs at their 'official' e-mail address, and at their printers, but have received no reply...

Earlier in the season they requested and received penpix/info from us...

Most clubs have yet to learn this is a two-way street. I have considered not supplying info to clubs who do not reciprocate, but it is the fans who lose out in the end, not the clubs, if info isn't available.

Donie

[pineapple stu]

We had to take the info from their website in the end - there's a link in the Drogheda section of this website. They're over a year old though, so players have come and gone and bits of info are now completely inaccurate, such as their claim to have had the best defence last season!

There's an e-mail on the website, but when we asked about the pen pics, we were just told that we could use them and that they were out of date. There was no attempt made to provide up-to-date pen pictures, or even to say which players had since left or joined.

I'll PM you what we ended up with in the programme - how good it is, I honestly don't know though. It's certainly better than what's on the website.

[UCD_4_Life]

UCD's is the only one I get with any regularity so I'd have to go for ours.

Drogheda's can be decent at times, as can Bohs'.

[d13bohs]

Bohs programme isn't great but I don't often buy away programmes, the reason I voted for it was for the article on Ernie Crawford last night, any of you who visit the Bohs or eL mb's will see why

[TheRealRovers]

Your missing 12 first division clubs from that list

[pineapple stu]

What's the standard of programme like in the First Division like then? (Might as well get prepared... ) I presume they have to suffer somewhat from a lack of contributors and to a lesser extent from a lack of money?

[Finglas BSCY]

Originally posted by d13bohs
Bohs programme isn't great but I don't often buy away programmes, the reason I voted for it was for the article on Ernie Crawford last night, any of you who visit the Bohs or eL mb's will see why

"Ernie Crawford, he's our friend.....He hates Rovers"

[The Donie Forde]

Originally posted by pineapple stu
We had to take the info from their website in the end - there's a link in the Drogheda section of this website. They're over a year old though, so players have come and gone and bits of info are now completely inaccurate, such as their claim to have had the best defence last season!

There's an e-mail on the website, but when we asked about the pen pics, we were just told that we could use them and that they were out of date. There was no attempt made to provide up-to-date pen pictures, or even to say which players had since left or joined.

I'll PM you what we ended up with in the programme - how good it is, I honestly don't know though. It's certainly better than what's on the website.

Thanks, pineapple stu, and for the pm. Been on their site - I wouldn't use those penpix - just thought you might have had something more up to date from their editor when I saw your original post.

Thanks again.

Donie

[A face]

A few of you here are involved in putting programs together.

Between you, could give a little review of the other programs from what you know but include the first division.

I can only imagine that Galways is OK, Waterfords (when in the first) is good. Sligo Rovers (the ones that i have anyway) seem OK. Ramblers is poor enough in fairness. Where it doesn't have colour or paper quality ... it doesn't make up elsewhere.

Some are brutal altogether though.

[Cityace]

Oh, look at shelbourns per cent..............