Starting to take shape amazing work by Danny Devenney and Marty Lyons - 2 sides complete of the stadium facing the Falls Road - Messi has come to West Belfast!! smile emoticon
Edited by Double Maxim - 23 Jun 2015 at 7:27pm
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The IFA said they'll make up their mind next year (serious).
'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick
Be great to see Belfast Celtic in the LOI in 2020.
If the speculation is true?
No Northern club can join the league. Alton United were kicked out. Derry City is an exception because they were refused entry to the Irish league.
'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick
Be great to see Belfast Celtic in the LOI in 2020.
No Northern club can join the league. Alton United were kicked out. Derry City is an exception because they were refused entry to the Irish league.
Not exactly true.
First they withdrew for a period when the Brandywell was deemed unsuitable on security grounds (eg the Ballymena United bus was burnt out on a visit) and they had been required to play "home" games in Coleraine.
They played junior football for a period and when they reapplied some years later, the IL still wouldn't sanction games at the Brandywell.
DCFC eventually applied to join the LOI in 1985, which was successful, but only after receiving special dispensation from both the IFA and FIFA (UEFA?).
So whatever the rights/wrongs of the DCFC situation back then, the IFA would not now be willing to grant another dispensation (why would they?), nor is there any reason for FIFA/UEFA to do so.
P.S. I may be wrong, but DCFC may technically still be a member of the IFA, though playing in the LOI under the jurisdiction of the FAI? I do know that their womens team plays in the NIWFL:
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