Dundalk FC Thread

I have no idea what they see in Dundalk.  How do they plan on making money from them?

From what I read a stadium upgrade is on the cards and I presume new players so are they willing to make a loss for the next few years?

100% of the club? Fecking eejits.

Edited by AnCearrbhach - 18 Jan 2018 at 11:18pm

Borussia wrote: Trap junior wrote: I have no idea what they see in Dundalk.  How do they plan on making money from them? From what I read a stadium upgrade is on the cards and I presume new players so are they willing to make a loss for the next few years? TJ : Any truth to the rumour that the paid for the club in Bitcoin with their Revolut card ?

Knowing the people of Dundalk it's a possibility but they won't see the Bitcoins in their wallets until they get them back from the wallet inspector


Edited by Trap junior - 18 Jan 2018 at 10:25pm

Trap junior wrote: I have no idea what they see in Dundalk.  How do they plan on making money from them? From what I read a stadium upgrade is on the cards and I presume new players so are they willing to make a loss for the next few years?

Edited by Cabra Hoop - 19 Jan 2018 at 8:59am

Cabra Hoop wrote: Trap junior wrote: I have no idea what they see in Dundalk.  How do they plan on making money from them? From what I read a stadium upgrade is on the cards and I presume new players so are they willing to make a loss for the next few years?   Might be able to see the match from the away end so ..............   Dundalk is a small enough town and is unlikely to ever attract more than 3,000 regularly (3,000 is about 10% of the towns total population). They have fans from Ardee and smaller neighbouring towns to be fair but the club is unlikely to see any sizable increase in gate revenue. There is very little other local income streams, so  the assumption could be made is that they are using Dundalk as a conduit to earn money from competing in Europe every year.    Aside from that I can only think of the new owners establishing a facility for the development of youth system to export players for profit or being a feeder/developmental club for Bournemouth. Or both. This I think is the more likely scenario.   Of course, the doomsday situation for Dundalk is that its a land grab - Oriel Park being perfectly located next to the train station on the Dublin to Belfast line in a town a few miles from the border between North and South. With Brexit fast approaching, the land on which Oriel Pk stands would be a developers dream. Hope the land has been registered for recreational purposes only.

Twoinarow wrote: Cabra Hoop wrote: Trap junior wrote: I have no idea what they see in Dundalk.  How do they plan on making money from them? From what I read a stadium upgrade is on the cards and I presume new players so are they willing to make a loss for the next few years?   Might be able to see the match from the away end so ..............   Dundalk is a small enough town and is unlikely to ever attract more than 3,000 regularly (3,000 is about 10% of the towns total population). They have fans from Ardee and smaller neighbouring towns to be fair but the club is unlikely to see any sizable increase in gate revenue. There is very little other local income streams, so  the assumption could be made is that they are using Dundalk as a conduit to earn money from competing in Europe every year.    Aside from that I can only think of the new owners establishing a facility for the development of youth system to export players for profit or being a feeder/developmental club for Bournemouth. Or both. This I think is the more likely scenario.   Of course, the doomsday situation for Dundalk is that its a land grab - Oriel Park being perfectly located next to the train station on the Dublin to Belfast line in a town a few miles from the border between North and South. With Brexit fast approaching, the land on which Oriel Pk stands would be a developers dream. Hope the land has been registered for recreational purposes only. They dont own the Oriel outright, The Casey family still own all the land. On a lease for hundreds of years that only football will be played on it

I just can't see where any money is going to be made by them, if it's all based on selling players for high fees and European money it seems pretty foolish, I'd hope there's some kind of fan involvement behind the scenes to keep an eye on what these guys are up to but a 100% share I guess dismisses that.

How much money could these investors even hope to make by qualifying Dundalk for the Europa League?

Reportedly they’ve bought the club for well over a million. If they increases wages and running costs, then there won’t be much spare change from making 5-6 million euro in prize money, if the club manages to qualify for the EL group stages maybe once in four or five years.

Unless they think that they can bring in a few Bournemouth youth players on loan, and qualify on the cheap, which isn’t particularly likely.

02ba_rebel wrote: This will end in tears.