Boylesports Sponsorship

[LeixlipRed]

Dead langauge??? I use it every day and i am far from dead nor are the 23 children that i teach in my Gaelscoil! 'Boylesports Premier League' sounds good and doesnt reek of inferiority complex as Jinxy is saying.

23 kids who won't speak a word of it outside of school or after they finish school. Keep dreaming though

[jinxy lilywhite]

We could get away with it. When FIFA arbitrated on this very issue in 1950, they declared that for World Cup matches, the FAI's representative team must be called "Republic of Ireland" and the IFA's team "Northern Ireland" (with this arrangement subsequently being extended to the European Nations Cup/Championship).

However, as the original Football Association on the island, FIFA also permitted the IFA to continue using the title "Ireland" for all non WC/EC matches, such as the British Championship and friendlies.

This we did for another 20-odd years, until we voluntarily and unilaterally decided to rename ourselves "Northern Ireland" for all games.


Good job it's not down to you, then, isn't it?

P.S. Has your heart gone "Whoooooooooooooa" yet, or is your state of ignorance still keeping it ticking along at an idle rate?

Nah, I just don't give a toss about this Nordie boll0cks. No-one here does. So go looking for reasons to be offended somewhere else and let us get on with our thread, eh.

FFS lads give it a rest will ya. It's the 21st Century not the 20th

[Nesta99]

Hope I didn't offend you by claiming schools shoved Irish down our/my throats in my wasted youth

Not at all, great thing bout teaching Irish in a Gealscoil is that most of the kids are doing the language voluntarily so no resentment at teaching a 'pointless' subject.

Sheridan your response to ealing re nation state etc was amusing...now quit while ahead as your last response is making you out to be a totally ignorant prat!

[EalingGreen]

Nah, I just don't give a toss about this Nordie boll0cks.

If you don't "give a toss", then why did you feel compelled to introduce "It's called that because the shower up North lay claim to the title Irish League" or "Meh. You'd still be calling your national team Ireland if you thought you could get away with it" or "Nation states take precedence over provinces as far as I'm concerned" into the discussion?

No-one here does.

Really? Care to explain the separate section dealing with the Irish League, or the threads covering e.g. the proposed new All-Ireland league, or Setanta Cup. Not to mention all the Derry City fans who post on this Board?

So go looking for reasons to be offended somewhere else

I'm not in the least offended, even by someone who clearly considers that abject ignorance (or worse) is no bar to his spouting his opinions for all to hear. Amused perhaps.

and let us get on with our thread, eh.

I was quite happy to go on merely browsing this thread out of general interest, until "someone" started taking it off-topic, to an area where I have a particular interest (and some small knowledge).

"We don't care if we win lose or draw,
Damn the hair do we care..."

[EalingGreen]

FFS lads give it a rest will ya. It's the 21st Century not the 20th

Fair enough, JL.
In future, I shall try to restrict myself solely to correcting factual inaccuracies, without further comment.
After all, taking the p1ss out of Sheridan is too easy...

[amaccann]

6 Counties arguments has NOTHING to do with this topic. "Factual Inaccuracies" be damned. Yeesh.

Back on topic - if this proves to be true, it could be another great boon for the league. Though 5 quid says it still won't make the headlines.

[Nesta99]

23 kids who won't speak a word of it outside of school or after they finish school. Keep dreaming though

Are you some deity that can predict what every one of the students will or wont do in their future lives...such arrogance! Im a realist and i as a product of the Irish education system recognises its failings, in particular the way in which it teaches languages. I also know that Irish has limited use and usage, doesnt mean that i would didmiss it and condemn it to be forgotten aspect of our unique national character(one of the better ones as opposed to things like anglophobia, obsession with our superhuman ablity to hold our drink, general xenophopia, selective hypocricsy ie anglophobes referring to english football teams as we, snide tendency to didmiss anything 'Nordie' etc)

Apologies for bing off topic but people who present opinion as fact show limited capacity for constructive comment

[Titan]

Doesnt look like they will be the title sponsor. more like an associate sponsor

http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...k=view&id=3498

[Nesta99]

Pity, just falls short of what could have been valuable and credible branding of the league

[jinxy lilywhite]

Fair enough, JL.
In future, I shall try to restrict myself solely to correcting factual inaccuracies, without further comment.
After all, taking the p1ss out of Sheridan is too easy...

No its alright. All of us are entitled to our opinions and certainly entitled to defend ones comments and views.

Doesnt look like they will be the title sponsor. more like an associate sponsor

http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...k=view&id=3498

No it doesn't but the potential of this could be good. People backing on everything thats Irish football in the summer could generate further interest from beyond our shores but people who like a flutter could actually attend games to see what teams are like and thus increase attendences. Highly naive and optimistic but you never know. I hope the FAI have done their maths on this and have got a good deal for Irish Football in general.

[pete]

Sorry but I have to laugh at the notion that dropping "of Ireland" somehow makes the product more marketable. It was the eL (no Ireland) for years & it did not make the slightest difference.

[BohDiddley]

All the same, 1890 was a great year altogether on the, er, island.

[Blueandproud]

Decent sponsor.

I'm glad the League of Ireland has gotten a high profile sponsor
to replace eircom.

eircom League - R.I.P.

[holidaysong]

Decent sponsor.

I'm glad the League of Ireland has gotten a high profile sponsor
to replace eircom.

eircom League - R.I.P.

It's not quite dead yet!

[KevB76]

I think if we lost the "of Ireland" and just said per se the "Eircom(or whoever sponsors the league next season) Premiership" or the "Eire League" we would have a better product to sell to the people who don't go the games.

Eircom League >> Eire League.
Not seeing a huge difference there!

[oriel]

Sheridan, your comments to Ealing Green were totally obnoxious and against the general good level of banter on this forum. You should have checked your info first for a start, everyone knows the IFA was the first association on this Island as at the time it repersented the whole Island as NI only became a (partially) legal entity in 1926.

The term Irish Lge admitably must be confusing to say people in england etc, but then again to them its all Ireland, not political just pure lack of interest on their part. Hence you will hear sky etc mixing up the FAI and IFA, quite common and hardly a big deal.

So put this to bed

[gotaroundbetter]

The "of Ireland" was only appended to the "eircom League" last year. League of Ireland will always be a generic term for the competition regardless of its official title. It's called that because the shower up North lay claim to the title Irish League.

Quick someone reclaim the title "Irish League" as I'm sure UTV advertised the fixtures as the JJB sports Premiership this evening

[Boh_So_Good]

eircom League - R.I.P.

Is that an opinion or the mission statement of the Irish sports media?

[Penfold]

Saw a report that Boyle Sports will be giving 1 million euro over 4 years. Is that a league prize pot of 250,000eur per year? Or is it allocated in different ways. Anyone heard anything on this?

new to forum

Penfold

[finnpark]

I think its for round the pitch advertising? I thought it was 600K per year but could be wrong.

Fair play to Boylesports, hopefully Ladbrokes will now get behind the league.

Those other Irish independent bookies should be getting behind the league too.

I think that each club should have a betting partner anyway like whats done in England. See Crewe for example, their betting partner appears on their website etc: http://www.crewealex.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/