reforming defunct clubs/LOI 1st Division

Chippy,

savo01 wrote:   If a Kerry, Mayo, Carlow, Tipperary County side were formed would there be anything worng with them being part time clubs getting a couple of hundred at games?  It could only help grow and sustain football in ireland and give us a decent spread of clubs with a proper structure in place.

Formed by who?

Cabra Hoop wrote: The options are :   One divison of 14 teams - a shortened league season of 26 games to reduce travelling/wages costs, the current season is too long and to many games against the same opponents   To keep interest throughout the season, the final european spot and the second relegation spot to be decided on a play-off basis depending on final league standings   2 regional leagues with winners promoted to league (if the opt in and have acceptable facilities and are finacially sound)

So you want the government to back the regional leagues to put select sides in a club league?

Edited by roverstillidie - 12 Jun 2013 at 1:27pm

Two sh*te leagues on the same island, is a merge the way forward?

While I liked the central infuence used in America and Austraila to get the MLS and A-League up and running it was probably much easier for them to get the public to buy into the idea when they were starting from scratch compared to here where there is already a strong league tradition.

The first division is a depressing place alright, a graveyard of football but I can't imagine a single division, without promotion or relegation to be any better. Franchise or FAI backed clubs certainly aren't the way forward either as pointed out, just look at SD Galway last season as an example or of course Sporting Fingal.

If Sporting Fingal had actually been located in Fingal could/would thay have succeeded.  It seemed a good idea and I know the council were involved.  Was it too much too quickly.  It's a real shocker that they won the Cup and went bust a year later. 

Fingal is a relatively new area within the greater metropolitan area and is populated by people moving into newish estates. And those people would already have an affiliation to clubs prior to moving there. A Bohs fan who moves to Swords say is not going to stop supporting Bohs and support a new club, the only way this would have worked is for an already well established club to move to the area akin to Rovers move to Tallaght......to start from scratch takes bundles and bundles of money, a new stadium, a large young population base and a period of immediate sustained success. Even then its not guaranteed to last after the initial honeymoon period wears off. Rovers crowds have levelled out somewhat recently and only about 2-3% of Tallaghts large population attend games. And Rovers are considered a success story, so what chance does a smaller club in a provinical town have with the omnipresence of the GAA.