It's a bit of a run out of Kilkenny, but it's a fine little ground. Wouldn't take a huge amount to get it up to scratch again.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
I doubt its as far out of Kilkenny as Bishopsgate is out of Longford Nigel! Shocked to see how diplated the ground has become. Last time I was there was 21years ago when Kilkenny City knocked us out of the FAI Cup in 02/03 season!Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
It's a fair bit out of the town Marty! Certainly not something I'd be walking anyway. About 4km out of the town centre. I was down around the ground a couple of years ago, but last was inside Buckley Park at the end of 2007 season with a big Harps crowd that night. Superb stand behind the goal that would rival anything in either division currently.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
The entrance to Buckley park is up the same lane as a nursing home off the Kilkenny to Callan road around 4km from the City Centre. The entrance is incredibly easy to miss as it isn't signposted at all.
We don’t know what the criteria is for the third tier, we may not need a stand...
https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2022/1...als-on-sunday/
https://foot.ie/forums/117-Kerry-FC
A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
Now that the FAI have formally approved Mayo FC for the 2023/24 season, maybe they could start in the Third Tier Proposal, if it ever gets established!
Further in what I posted the submission seemed to indicate that Buckley Park is in an area earmarked for development of housing and amenities. That would presumably help with the accessibility of the ground from the town - it's probably a similar distance from the town as Monaghan was.
That's one of the issues for clubs like Longford and Wexford I feel, it's an effort to get to the ground to arrange a lift etc. so it's very easy for crowds to drop off when things aren't going well.
In saying that if that stand can be salvaged and the pitch re-sown you'd think it would be the best option rather than building a whole new ground.
Apparently it is privately owned though, so a lot would depend on what the owner's wishes are.
I phoned the speaking clock to hear a voice speak, it said - "At the tone you will be very much alone"
Only for the Men's U14 and U15 leagues, so you'd imagine a senior team is probably at least 4 years away for them.Now that the FAI have formally approved Mayo FC for the 2023/24 season, maybe they could start in the Third Tier Proposal, if it ever gets established!
The women's senior team could be sooner than that if their u17 entry is successful. The Women's league is very young in any case so it wouldn't surprise me if they were entering into 2025/26 senior season.
I phoned the speaking clock to hear a voice speak, it said - "At the tone you will be very much alone"
Am I the only one who thinks that 'CK United' is a terrible name for a football club ?
Unlike last season, there doesn't seem to be any new edition of the Licensing Manual on the FAI website - at least then, a person could track the timetable to see the deadlines Kerry had to meet, whereas now we don't know about any third-tier schedule if/when it does go ahead next year.
Nope.
If they didn't want to be associated with a single town or county only (makes sense), then I think they should have gone for something like "South East Celtic FC" - a bit anodyne perhaps, but they could capitalise on being the only "Celts" in the LOI.
KilCarlow FC / CarlKenny FC?
Not The Irish Sea FC?
I'll get my coat...
There's surely got to be an opportunity for a team here called the Irish Rovers?
I was bemoaning the fact on our forum that we have Wexford FC, Kerry FC and now Mayo FC.
Terribly unimaginative names - I understand that they don't want the new entity to be associated with (Castlebar) Celtic or (Westport) United in Mayo's case but 'Kingdom FC' could have been a bit different for Kerry.
I phoned the speaking clock to hear a voice speak, it said - "At the tone you will be very much alone"
Or even "Kerry Kings FC" - at least until they get (ahem) deposed...
Aye, but don't you know the fate which befell the original Irish Rover?
Sure even the poor oul dog was drowned...
Are you trying to upset the sligo lads? they are a bit sensitive on this issueKilCarlow FC / CarlKenny FC?
Not The Irish Sea FC?
I'll get my coat...
There's surely got to be an opportunity for a team here called the Irish Rovers?
For years the First Division only had 3 series of fixtures, e.g. 27 games in 2019. The Premier Division and First Division both have 36 games this year. 11 teams playing 30 games wouldn't be ideal. Cutting 3 home games each.Now that the FAI have formally approved Mayo FC for the 2023/24 season, maybe they could start in the Third Tier Proposal, if it ever gets established!
With the Premier Division and First Division having a 36 game strong season, the third tier should build on that. Unexpected situations can arise. If there are 2 or 3 clubs with a First Division licence in a third tier, if any LoI club suffers an unexpected situation, a club can be ready to take their place in the following year. Where everything is going hunky dory, there can be a playoff mechanism from the third tier to First Division.
The number of potential first teams clubs in a third tier stands at 3. Kildare, CK and Mayo. Kildare and CK are likely to be the first two ready to join. The tipping point for a third tier then will be at least 6 LoI clubs fully committed to entering a second team. The running costs show be as low as entering an U19 team. The main additional cost will be the travel costs for a national league, as opposed to the regional leagues at youth level.
https://foot.ie/forums/117-Kerry-FC
A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
With this new proposed 3rd tier does that mean relegation from the 1st Div? That was one criticism the last time this was launched in 09!
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
You'd expect and hope so, whether that would be automatically or after a play-off could be decided later, when the number of interested first teams becomes clear.
A source in Mayo seems to expect a third tier in 2024 and that Mayo FC will join that tier in 2026.The FAI are to create a third tier for the for the upcoming League of Ireland season, in which an adult Mayo FC team could potentially compete in their first year.
"It’s a better launching pad for a young Mayo League of Ireland team, rather than being thrown in at the deep end and being hockeyed every week,” said a source
https://www.mayonews.ie/news/home/12...tablished.html
The Irish Mirror have suggested since the third tier talk first started that there is likely to be promotion/relegation.Promotion and relegation between the current First Division and the new third tier is on the cards but the reserve sides of existing League of Ireland clubs won’t move up or down.
https://foot.ie/forums/117-Kerry-FC
A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
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