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Topic: Treaty FC
Posted By: scottyccfc
Subject: Treaty FC
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 9:54am
Another one bites the dust.

Trouble at Market Fields and Bruff



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Posted By: savo01
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 9:57am
what's happening? 

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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 9:57am
Care to share with the group?
 
Or is this based on a facebook post from someone not affiliated with the club?


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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 9:58am
Originally posted by savo01 savo01 wrote:

what's happening? 
Some randomer posted on his facebuke that the club had folded. For no reason. Yesterday.

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Posted By: AnCearrbhach
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:01am
Apparently  nearly all the staff where laid off and the sugar daddy has pulled the money.

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Posted By: scottyccfc
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:03am
Yeah they should see season out but with Shane Duggan and all under 19s.
First Division looks likely


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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:04am
And not a whisper of it from said staff or the media...
 
Amazing that there are still people who will pass this nonsense off as FACT!!
 
 


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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:04am
Originally posted by scottyccfc scottyccfc wrote:

Yeah they should see season out but with Shane Duggan and all under 19s.
First Division looks likely
I know this is a waste of time, but your source?

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Posted By: scottyccfc
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:04am
Originally posted by roverstillidie roverstillidie wrote:

And not a whisper of it from said staff or the media...
 
Amazing that there are still people who will pass this nonsense off as FACT!!
 
 

Hooooooooooooold your horses.. "Trouble at Market Fields and Bruff" is what I said.


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Posted By: scottyccfc
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:05am
Originally posted by roverstillidie roverstillidie wrote:

Originally posted by scottyccfc scottyccfc wrote:

Yeah they should see season out but with Shane Duggan and all under 19s.
First Division looks likely
I know this is a waste of time, but your source?

If you ask a stupid question you will get a stupid answer.
Nothing to do with a facebook post anyway


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Posted By: Nah Nah Nah Nah
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:27am
RTID giving out to people about making posts without being able to back them up immediately. What next.

For what it's worth (very little) I've heard that there is a strong basis to this rumour with regards to layoffs etc. 


Posted By: ShamtheRam
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:32am
JP McManus is their sugar Daddy is he not??

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Posted By: Nah Nah Nah Nah
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:35am
Pat O'Sullivan


Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:37am
I think there is trouble at every LOI club

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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 10:45am
Thankfully not at City!

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Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2015 at 11:33am
Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Thankfully not at City!
Yet Big smile

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Posted By: Doyler1993
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 12:00am
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Limerick will issue a statement within 24 hours addressing recent speculation. Signing of Turner a good indication though.



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Posted By: 1980
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 10:12am
http://www.limerickfc.ie/statement-from-chairman-pat-osullivan

Following ongoing speculation and rumours over the past weekend and enquiries from local and national media, as Chairman of Limerick FC, I would like to state the following:

The O’Sullivan Family and their company, the club’s main sponsor Galtee Fuels, over the past 12 months have made it clear that they can no longer continue to fund the club to the level that they have in the past number of seasons.

My first involvement began when Limerick Football Club called a public meeting on the 12th July 2009. This meeting was for the purpose of trying to raise funds to keep the club alive as the then owner of senior soccer had given written instructions that unless financial support from the people of Limerick was given then the club was to be closed down the following day. At this meeting I was the only person that stated that I was willing to give financial support to the club.

On the 14th July I put the club in funds to meet its immediate financial needs.

Promptly, I met with the club Committee, the senior team manager and the players and assured them that I would meet the liabilities of the club for the remainder of the season. When I took over senior soccer my commitment was to:

  • 1. Bring the club to Premier status
  • 2. Return the club to its natural home, the Markets Field
  • 3. And also to put the club on a sustainable pathway through the development of underage structures, and to find a suitable base for the club to call its home

To ensure that soccer continued to be the largest played sport in the region, I applied for a licence to the FAI and was successful. My reason for saving Limerick soccer was driven by a number of factors including using sport to change the perception of Limerick at the time which had significant ongoing anti-social issues.

Limerick soccer has never had a pathway or structure from schoolboy to senior soccer to allow those who wish to play this sport to do so at the highest level with the best of coaching in parallel.

We started with Baby Blues at three years of age in 2010. We have now bridged the gap from schoolboys to our senior team. We now have an Under-19 team playing in the Elite League. We will have a national Under-17 team commencing in August. We have produced in excess of 20 young international players playing for Ireland. Over the past two weeks, seven Limerick youths played International soccer for Ireland.

The purpose of the investment in the underage structure was to provide a conveyor system of local players for our senior team, and we have achieved this.

We support ladies soccer; we would like to do much more here.

We fully fund and sustain special needs soccer teams.

Limerick senior soccer has never had a home of its own. We have now addressed this matter by the purchase of the FCJ convent in Bruff, along with extra lands which will become a regional Centre of Excellence for soccer when completed, for which we expect full planning permission during February 2015.

The club will also return to the Markets Field in March 2015 which had been one of my original ambitions.

With the reduction of the significant annual sponsorship that has been provided by Galtee Fuels and the O’Sullivan Family over the past six years, this requires that the club must now learn to live within its means. A position which should not be uncommon or a surprise to many individuals and companies that has observed what has happened in our country over the past number of years.

I am committed to ensuring the long-term sustainability of Limerick senior soccer which brings many social benefits to our community.

In conclusion I wish to thank all who have supported the club over the past years – commercially, voluntary and paid employees – and I look forward to your continued support to achieving the further development of Limerick soccer and its collaboration with other sports to assist in the process of healthy living particularly for our valued youth.

Yours in Sport,

Pat O’Sullivan,

Chairman, Limerick FC.



Posted By: Madferret
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 10:17am
Blah, blah, blah,.......

Yours in the shíts,

Pat O'Sullivan


Posted By: PanteirA
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 10:21am
Big cutbacks so for Limerick. Will be difficult to increase their attendances while moving into the Market Fields


Posted By: Madferret
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 10:43am
Indeed PanteriA. And the one feckin season they needed to get off to a decent start on the field when the struggle with LEDP has been such a drag. I'm all support for long term structured development but can't understand why when they knew Markets Field was coming up they start ploughing scarce resources into the place in Bruff, which could prove to be a bottomless pit. 
Surely the more important immediate priority was to get a decent senior squad assembled in a well finished ground, given how we know how fickle sports fans are in this country, and having lived there Limerick is certainly not lacking in that regard. Exhibit A Munster Rugby I'm old enough to remember the days of Fred Cogley commentating with a man and a dog present.
Now there's a danger they'll end up not just with a hastily assembled, inexperienced and uninspiring squad but having left it until just days before Christmas to sign-off with a contractor, Market's Field won't be near ready for March. In fact, it won't be ready for May at the very earliest & they would be better off coming clean now and causing less annoyance both to the locals & to the rest of the League aswell when they inevitably announce on the eve of the season that they're still scraping paint off walls.


Posted By: ontheball
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 11:09am
Don't know much about Limerick F.C. but I'm sure they are no different to any other club in Ireland.  Pat O'Sullivan, a local businessman decides to pump a lot of his hard earned money into the club which one would hope, others would come on board to financially help the club and go from strength to strength.  Unfortunately in League of Ireland it doesn't work like that.  It's little wonder that businesspeople the country over are not jumping in to sponsor their local League of Ireland club.  It always seems to end in tears.

As in all regions of the country there are plenty of soccer supporters but if most of these who regularly fly over and back to watch foreign clubs playing devoted just part of their "soccer" time and money on their own local club, League of Ireland clubs would be more sustainable and would attract more Pat O'Sullivan who would stick with it for the long term.


Posted By: Nah Nah Nah Nah
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 3:07pm
I can understand his frustration at the support levels not being what he was hoping for but surely a more staggered approach to his withdrawal of funds would have made more sense for the long term stability of the club rather then just turning around and saying that he's withdrawing his funds and letting staff members go (which he kindly omits to mention unless his last line is meant to be a reference to it) 


Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 4:09pm
Originally posted by ontheball ontheball wrote:

Don't know much about Limerick F.C. but I'm sure they are no different to any other club in Ireland.  Pat O'Sullivan, a local businessman decides to pump a lot of his hard earned money into the club which one would hope, others would come on board to financially help the club and go from strength to strength.  Unfortunately in League of Ireland it doesn't work like that.  It's little wonder that businesspeople the country over are not jumping in to sponsor their local League of Ireland club.  It always seems to end in tears.

As in all regions of the country there are plenty of soccer supporters but if most of these who regularly fly over and back to watch foreign clubs playing devoted just part of their "soccer" time and money on their own local club, League of Ireland clubs would be more sustainable and would attract more Pat O'Sullivan who would stick with it for the long term.
Hold up. Local businessmen getting involved in football and then pulling out is hardly unique to Ireland....

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Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2015 at 3:32pm
 
Limerick FC will operate off one of the smallest budgets in the League of Ireland's Premier Division next season after their chairman confirmed that he will be implementing a series of cuts.
 

Having generously financed the club over the last six years, Pat O'Sullivan issued a statement yesterday outlining his policy change. Belt-tightening will be the new watchword at a club who were one of the league's highest spenders since returning to the top flight two years ago.

"The O'Sullivan family and their company, the club's main sponsor Galtee Fuels, have made it clear that they can no longer continue to fund the club to the level that they have in the past number of seasons," wrote O'Sullivan in his statement.

"My involvement began when Limerick FC called a public meeting on July 12, 2009.

"This meeting was to try to raise funds to keep the club alive as the then owner of senior soccer had given written instructions that unless financial support from the people of Limerick was given, then the club was to be closed down the following day.

"At this meeting I was the only person that stated that I was willing to give financial support.

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"With the reduction of the significant annual sponsorship that has been provided by Galtee Fuels and the O'Sullivan family over the past six years, this requires that the club must now learn to live within its means."

For manager Martin Russell the implications are serious. Having declined at least two job offers before accepting a role with Limerick, Russell now has to cut his cloth to suit, a skill he perfected during his four years in charge of UCD.

However, part of Limerick's attraction was their capacity to compete in the spending stakes. That strength is now gone. Russell, however, is not gone. He is willing to work within the new framework.

Similarly, O'Sullivan is also sticking around. "I am committed to ensuring the long-term sustainability of Limerick senior soccer, which brings many social benefits to our community," he wrote.

Irish Independent

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/" rel="nofollow - -  



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Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2015 at 9:32pm
Market's field not ready and won't be used for first two months, no alternative home secured

farcical day for the LOI


Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2015 at 9:41pm
Originally posted by nvidic nvidic wrote:

Market's field not ready and won't be used for first two months, no alternative home secured

farcical day for the LOI
 
 
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Posted By: GreenArmy!
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2015 at 9:42pm
They'll have to find a temporary ground, a possible two months is too long to reverse fixtures.
Wonder how possible Thomond is?


Posted By: Madferret
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2015 at 9:49pm
Originally posted by Madferret Madferret wrote:

Indeed PanteriA. And the one feckin season they needed to get off to a decent start on the field when the struggle with LEDP has been such a drag. I'm all support for long term structured development but can't understand why when they knew Markets Field was coming up they start ploughing scarce resources into the place in Bruff, which could prove to be a bottomless pit. 
Surely the more important immediate priority was to get a decent senior squad assembled in a well finished ground, given how we know how fickle sports fans are in this country, and having lived there Limerick is certainly not lacking in that regard. Exhibit A Munster Rugby I'm old enough to remember the days of Fred Cogley commentating with a man and a dog present.
Now there's a danger they'll end up not just with a hastily assembled, inexperienced and uninspiring squad but having left it until just days before Christmas to sign-off with a contractor, Market's Field won't be near ready for March. In fact, it won't be ready for May at the very earliest & they would be better off coming clean now and causing less annoyance both to the locals & to the rest of the League aswell when they inevitably announce on the eve of the season that they're still scraping paint off walls.

I hate to say I told you so etc...


Posted By: Nah Nah Nah Nah
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2015 at 9:52pm
Presume they'll go to Thomond until it's sorted alright but that's not going to be for free


Posted By: billyoung
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2015 at 9:54pm
Was expecting this the pics have been up on the bohs.com for a while and its just a pitch with a shed on one side,was never going to be ready how the f**k did they get a licence for this season for that building site?.mad stuff and not what the league needs really.good few of our lot have been putting off making plans for the first game for a while now,anyone think the fixtures will just be reversed or will it go back to thomond for a bit?


Posted By: St.Pauli Reloaded 2
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2015 at 10:36pm
Originally posted by billyoung billyoung wrote:

Was expecting this the pics have been up on the bohs.com for a while and its just a pitch with a shed on one side,was never going to be ready how the f**k did they get a licence for this season for that building site?.mad stuff and not what the league needs really.good few of our lot have been putting off making plans for the first game for a while now,anyone think the fixtures will just be reversed or will it go back to thomond for a bit?
And to think that Delaney was pictured with a hard hat on him in said Shed LOL


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Posted By: Madferret
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2015 at 10:37pm
Fair play to O'Sullivan, by all accounts he has put his heart, soul, sweat & tears into Limerick FC and no little investment either so we shouldn't be too critical of him as there are sadly not enough like him in LOI. But back in October he was promising (always a dangerous thing to do in any walk of life) the ground would be ready for start of the season.  http://www.limerickpost.ie/2014/10/01/limerick-chairman-hopes-for-markets-field-move-before-march/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" rel="nofollow - http://www.limerickpost.ie/2014/10/01/limerick-chairman-hopes-for-markets-field-move-before-march/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
He was still insisting on that last week when interviewed. Perhaps he has been carried away by his own enthusiasm but he needs to learn a thing or two about managing people's expectations. I suppose people should be thankful he didn't go down the Tony Maguire "it''ll be 3 to 4 weeks lads" Press release strategy.

LEDP signed off on the contract just before Christmas. Works commenced 5 weeks ago in early January. 
Even if they had recruited 100 sub-contractors for the job, worked night & day and fed them Gold Blend Tea intravenously I don't know how anyone ever thought a small family construction company would have floodlights, groundworks, turnstiles, toilets, changing rooms, medical rooms, Officials rooms, Doping rooms, Admin facilities, Media facilities, entrance & egress, a 1,000 seat stand and second away stand and all associated ancillary works all completed in 7 weeks.
The LEDP statement today mentions "Health & Safety" as one of the key factors why the ground won't be ready. Give me a fcukin break and come clean with local people.

Limerick have a home game on May 16th with Cork City and they should aim for that as an ideal opener if possible. But they need to think things thru without any more rash press releases announcing another "Official opening" date only to have to more egg on their face. 



Posted By: Doyler1993
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2015 at 9:38pm
Limerick FC are delighted to announce that we have tonight secured Jackman Park as a home venue for our forthcoming games.

The Limerick District Management Committee (LDMC) have given their full backing to keeping senior soccer in the city. The club are most grateful to the LDMC for their support, along with the Football Association of Ireland.

The club also take this opportunity to thank all of the sporting organisations inside and outside the city that made their stadiums available to us since we were informed that the Markets Field would not be ready for our opening games.

We are now looking forward to our first league match against Bohemians, which takes place at Jackman Park on Saturday 7 March.

The kick-off time has been brought forward to 6.30pm to facilitate away supporters who wish to travel to the game by train.

Limerick FC.



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Posted By: Madferret
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2015 at 10:05pm
Never did I think I'd see the words "delighted to secure" and "Jackman Park" in the same sentence. A handy leg over the fence for the half steamed objects arriving by train but location is about all it has going for it. And I guess the rent is less than Thomond.  

I wonder did Limerick at least seek to have their first 3 or 4 home games of the season reversed to bring them up to mid-May and the Officially "Official" Opening of the Markets.


Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2015 at 12:06am
Originally posted by Doyler1993 Doyler1993 wrote:

Limerick FC are delighted to announce that we have tonight secured Jackman Park as a home venue for our forthcoming games.

The Limerick District Management Committee (LDMC) have given their full backing to keeping senior soccer in the city. The club are most grateful to the LDMC for their support, along with the Football Association of Ireland.

The club also take this opportunity to thank all of the sporting organisations inside and outside the city that made their stadiums available to us since we were informed that the Markets Field would not be ready for our opening games.

We are now looking forward to our first league match against Bohemians, which takes place at Jackman Park on Saturday 7 March.

The kick-off time has been brought forward to 6.30pm to facilitate away supporters who wish to travel to the game by train.

Limerick FC.


Good idea for a bigger crowd. They should do that for Cork fans too as they normally out number the home support.


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Posted By: Fireball07
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2015 at 11:57pm
Decent performance against Cork today in the MSC. Not sure how much of a barometer it is for the league season, maybe it's given us fall hope, but there were some excellent individual performances. Paudie O'Connor looked hugely assured for a 17-year-old at centre-back. Duggan superb.


Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2015 at 5:04pm


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Posted By: PanteirA
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2015 at 5:02pm
Such a poor away attendance for a Munster derby. Limericks start to the season wouldn't have done much for their potential support either. We would have brought a bigger crowd to Cork ffs


Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2015 at 5:55pm
Originally posted by PanteirA PanteirA wrote:

Such a poor away attendance for a Munster derby. Limericks start to the season wouldn't have done much for their potential support either. We would have brought a bigger crowd to Cork ffs


better songs too


Posted By: Xpro
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2015 at 12:30am
It`s the 3rd biggest city in the Republic but as "Corkery`s" pic shows, their away support would fit in a 7-seater taxi. Maybe Limerick have been playing too long outside the LOI Premier? Their amateur clubs were always quite strong and have done well in the AUL Junior Cup over the years.

They`ve a good manager who knows how to scrap off buttons of a budget, as he did with UCD. They`ve also a few experienced heads like Shane Duggan, Ian Turner, Aidan Price and Vinny Faherty to guide the youngsters along. But here`s the rub: will a fickle Limerick soccer public come out to support a team whose biggest goal (realistically) is survival in the LOI Premier?




Posted By: starryplough
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2015 at 9:43am
Terrible crowd alright, had the match kicked off by that stage? In fairness though I've seen a number of other teams in the league with similar away supports on a regular basis


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Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2015 at 12:15pm
Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

Terrible crowd alright, had the match kicked off by that stage? In fairness though I've seen a number of other teams in the league with similar away supports on a regular basis
Ya, the match was on. They started waving the flags when they were losing. The munster derby thing appeals to Limerick but not Cork. Cork have tried marketing Limerick and Waterford as a derby but it doesn't seem to work. You could get 4,000 against Pats and the next week be done to 3,000 because it's Limerick or Waterford. 


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Posted By: Bitored
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2015 at 3:46pm
Originally posted by corkery corkery wrote:

Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

Terrible crowd alright, had the match kicked off by that stage? In fairness though I've seen a number of other teams in the league with similar away supports on a regular basis

Ya, the match was on. They started waving the flags when they were losing. The munster derby thing appeals to Limerick but not Cork. Cork have tried marketing Limerick and Waterford as a derby but it doesn't seem to work. You could get 4,000 against Pats and the next week be done to 3,000 because it's Limerick or Waterford. 


While fans will come out when there's a good team in town its a lot to do with the amount of times teams play each other too.
In order to market a derby it cant be happening every week.



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Posted By: gspain
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 9:42am

I don't think that photo was taken when the game was on.  There were a number of people in the away end who are not in the photo.  

We didn't have great support on friday night but it was quite a few more than in the photo.  I also know of away fans who were there in the home end. 


Posted By: RKBarmyArmy
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 12:26pm
Come on, if there was 5 more in the away end that would have been doing well for ye, I was shocked with the low support, even Waterford used to bring more for the so called "Munster Derby".

I'm very easy going when it comes to teams from outside of Leinster and away followings, because I know how difficult it is to juggle trying to get half days even full days off to get up the country every second week. But Limerick is only an hour and a half away at most. Even if you finished work at 6 you'd still make KO.


Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 12:31pm
That photo looks accurate to me. Kept looking over when the game was on, expecting more to arrive. They never did

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Posted By: AnCearrbhach
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 2:09pm
Really felt Limerick were on the cusp of something when they got promoted but can't help thinking now that they will return to  First Division obscurity for the forseable. Hopefully not though  

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Posted By: gspain
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 4:29pm

I'm in the photo on my own and I was sitting beside somebody for the first half.  I stood for the 2nd half and none of the people near me are in the photo.   A few missed the first goal but not many.  My guess is that it was taken as the teams came out. 

The away crowd was poor but not as bad as shown.  I counted 62 in the away end in the first half.     


Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 4:31pm
The fact you counted them sums it up. Sixty f**king two. Limerick are f**ked. Very sad

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Posted By: RKBarmyArmy
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 4:38pm
I'm really sorry, but there was not 62 fans in the away section Friday night. The picture is an accurate representation of the amount of fans Limerick bought. Take this from someone who stands in the first section of the Shed End directly opposite the away section, and who can easily count the number of fans in said section. 


Posted By: AnCearrbhach
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 4:47pm
Originally posted by RKBarmyArmy RKBarmyArmy wrote:

I'm really sorry, but there was not 62 fans in the away section Friday night. The picture is an accurate representation of the amount of fans Limerick bought. Take this from someone who stands in the first section of the Shed End directly opposite the away section, and who can easily count the number of fans in said section. 
Agreed, not a hope was there 62 must have been on the bucky on the way down seeing at least double.

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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 4:49pm
I was seeing double and 62 still surprised me

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Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 2:39pm

When you have a stadium like they do, you'll never get fans.



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'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


Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 2:55pm
Jackman park is the ultimate modern stadium. What other ground has a train station alongside it as well as a car park specifically for buses?

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Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands.


Posted By: Jason Kelly
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 6:07pm
LOLLOLLOL

http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2" rel="nofollow - http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2


Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 6:12pm
Originally posted by Jason Kelly Jason Kelly wrote:

LOLLOLLOL

http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2" rel="nofollow - http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2
Fair play to Limerick, if lads are putting others off and acting the maggot. A good approach IMO allowing these lads the chance to clear themselves.  


Posted By: Jason Kelly
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 6:19pm
Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Originally posted by Jason Kelly Jason Kelly wrote:

LOLLOLLOL

http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2" rel="nofollow - http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2
Fair play to Limerick, if lads are putting others off and acting the maggot. A good approach IMO allowing these lads the chance to clear themselves.  


I dont think they were "acting the maggot". Limerick is too rural for that type of thing.

Apparantly the Chairman wanted to ban singing in the Stand, the Limerick lads/ultras complained, and he just banned them all 


Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 6:52pm
You really do have to wonder what sort of idiots we have running clubs here at all. We have f**k all fans, solution; ban 30 regulars.


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Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands.


Posted By: Nah Nah Nah Nah
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 6:57pm
At least he's doing everything "In Sport". You wouldn't want to think he was losing his mind.


Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 7:56pm
Originally posted by Jason Kelly Jason Kelly wrote:

Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Originally posted by Jason Kelly Jason Kelly wrote:

LOLLOLLOL

http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2" rel="nofollow - http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2
Fair play to Limerick, if lads are putting others off and acting the maggot. A good approach IMO allowing these lads the chance to clear themselves.  


I dont think they were "acting the maggot". Limerick is too rural for that type of thing.

Apparantly the Chairman wanted to ban singing in the Stand, the Limerick lads/ultras complained, and he just banned them all 
As I said, if they were, not sure what rural has to do with anything, do rural alds not cause bother? We had Lims up in Gortakeegan before and there were a few young lads acting the maggot, one or two locked up for it for a couple of hours. As I said if there is a bit of bother, then fair play for them dealing with it. If it is what you say then agreed its ridiculous, but maybe Limerick fans can shed more light on it. 


Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 8:02pm
It appears the stand there is a 'family section', how you can have a section of anything on a field more suitable for piebalds is beyond me but if there was a situation ,there hasto be a better solution than turning away 30 regulars because some Ned Flanders type complained about swearing

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Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands.


Posted By: Jason Kelly
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 8:10pm
Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Originally posted by Jason Kelly Jason Kelly wrote:

Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Originally posted by Jason Kelly Jason Kelly wrote:

LOLLOLLOL

http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2" rel="nofollow - http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2
Fair play to Limerick, if lads are putting others off and acting the maggot. A good approach IMO allowing these lads the chance to clear themselves.  


I dont think they were "acting the maggot". Limerick is too rural for that type of thing.

Apparantly the Chairman wanted to ban singing in the Stand, the Limerick lads/ultras complained, and he just banned them all 
As I said, if they were, not sure what rural has to do with anything, do rural alds not cause bother? We had Lims up in Gortakeegan before and there were a few young lads acting the maggot, one or two locked up for it for a couple of hours. As I said if there is a bit of bother, then fair play for them dealing with it. If it is what you say then agreed its ridiculous, but maybe Limerick fans can shed more light on it. 


Era, rural lads wouldn't really be that clued up tbh. Thats just my opinion anyway. 

But anyway, this facebook page seems to have an accurate account of whats gone on. 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Army-Loyalty-Club/279080658915944" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Army-Loyalty-Club/279080658915944

Emails and everything. This chairman comes across as a right lunatic.


Posted By: starryplough
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 8:13pm
Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Originally posted by Jason Kelly Jason Kelly wrote:

LOLLOLLOL

http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2" rel="nofollow - http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2
Fair play to Limerick, if lads are putting others off and acting the maggot. A good approach IMO allowing these lads the chance to clear themselves.  


Ah come off it Sham, these are the small band of young Limerick lads trying to make an atmosphere at games. Surprised to see you backing Limerick on this one, weren't you leading the charge against Delaney when he tried to silence the ybiger's with their banners at the USA game?


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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 8:16pm
Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Originally posted by Jason Kelly Jason Kelly wrote:

LOLLOLLOL

http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2" rel="nofollow - http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2
Fair play to Limerick, if lads are putting others off and acting the maggot. A good approach IMO allowing these lads the chance to clear themselves.  


Ah come off it Sham, these are the small band of young Limerick lads trying to make an atmosphere at games. Surprised to see you backing Limerick on this one, weren't you leading the charge against Delaney when he tried to silence the ybiger's with their banners at the USA game?
Leading the charge? hardly. Involved in the protest and not happy with the way it was handled but thats it. Secondly, re read my post, I said if they were acting the maggot, ie causing trouble or otherwise engaged in behaviour that has no place at a match is what I meant. Lads singing is totally different and if you read my following post on it in reply to young Jason, you will see that I agreed it was ridiculous if that was indeed the case.


Posted By: starryplough
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 8:23pm
Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Originally posted by Jason Kelly Jason Kelly wrote:

LOLLOLLOL

http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2" rel="nofollow - http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2
Fair play to Limerick, if lads are putting others off and acting the maggot. A good approach IMO allowing these lads the chance to clear themselves.  


Ah come off it Sham, these are the small band of young Limerick lads trying to make an atmosphere at games. Surprised to see you backing Limerick on this one, weren't you leading the charge against Delaney when he tried to silence the ybiger's with their banners at the USA game?
Leading the charge? hardly. Involved in the protest and not happy with the way it was handled but thats it. Secondly, re read my post, I said if they were acting the maggot, ie causing trouble or otherwise engaged in behaviour that has no place at a match is what I meant. Lads singing is totally different and if you read my following post on it in reply to young Jason, you will see that I agreed it was ridiculous if that was indeed the case.


Theres been no trouble at Limerick matches in recent times as far as I'm aware. The fb link looks to state exactly what I thought, a power trip on the more vocal and livelier younger fans. "Individual reprensentations" ffs how pathetic, the same club who are struggling badly for any sort of regulars and want to treat some of their match going fans like criminals


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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 8:28pm
Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Originally posted by Jason Kelly Jason Kelly wrote:

LOLLOLLOL

http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2" rel="nofollow - http://www.limerickfc.ie/limerick-fc-statement-2
Fair play to Limerick, if lads are putting others off and acting the maggot. A good approach IMO allowing these lads the chance to clear themselves.  


Ah come off it Sham, these are the small band of young Limerick lads trying to make an atmosphere at games. Surprised to see you backing Limerick on this one, weren't you leading the charge against Delaney when he tried to silence the ybiger's with their banners at the USA game?
Leading the charge? hardly. Involved in the protest and not happy with the way it was handled but thats it. Secondly, re read my post, I said if they were acting the maggot, ie causing trouble or otherwise engaged in behaviour that has no place at a match is what I meant. Lads singing is totally different and if you read my following post on it in reply to young Jason, you will see that I agreed it was ridiculous if that was indeed the case.


Theres been no trouble at Limerick matches in recent times as far as I'm aware. The fb link looks to state exactly what I thought, a power trip on the more vocal and livelier younger fans. "Individual reprensentations" ffs how pathetic, the same club who are struggling badly for any sort of regulars and want to treat some of their match going fans like criminals
just read the FB yoke there, it wasnt posted prior to my initial posts on the subject, so yeah it looks like has been suggested, some oul fuddy duddy dope with nothing better to be at. 


Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 8:35pm
How not to run a football club.

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Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands.


Posted By: PanteirA
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 11:27pm
That is a bizarre statement from Limerick. Looks like the chairman is a right prick.


Posted By: Bitored
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 11:43pm
I was reading the emails on the Limerick fans page and if even half of it is true it is unbelievable.
Is Pat O`Sulivan the chairman of the club?


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I won the Player of the Century award thanks to the people.Pele was second.He also came second behind Aryton Senna as Brazil's greatest sportsman.The award FIFA gave Pele isn't worth sh*t - Maradona


Posted By: PanteirA
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2015 at 11:57pm
As far as I know he is. Doing a great job there creating a friendly atmosphere. These lads went to the Cork game, so he is basically banning 80 per cent of their away support from home games    


Posted By: Nah Nah Nah Nah
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2015 at 8:53am
I hear they're going to introduce a swear jar


Posted By: RKBarmyArmy
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2015 at 10:15am
The group got onto the club about looking for an apology, so the club looked for a list of names, they thought they were getting an apology but instead he banned the lot of them hahaha, now if we are all not part of the greatest league in the world.......what a time to be alive. 


Posted By: deiseblue
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2015 at 12:19pm
Originally posted by RKBarmyArmy RKBarmyArmy wrote:

Come on, if there was 5 more in the away end that would have been doing well for ye, I was shocked with the low support, even Waterford used to bring more for the so called "Munster Derby".

I'm very easy going when it comes to teams from outside of Leinster and away followings, because I know how difficult it is to juggle trying to get half days even full days off to get up the country every second week. But Limerick is only an hour and a half away at most. Even if you finished work at 6 you'd still make KO.


The Munster Derby thing is a bit overblown.

Traditionally Waterford fans always saw Shamrock Rovers as being the most attractive games particularly during our golden years period , the Cork sides although pretty strong at the time were never thought of as particularly serious challengers.

The transient nature of Cork sides didn't particularly help in this regard as we saw the demise of Hibs , Celtic , Albert Rovers followed by the Cork City/ Foras/ Cork City again debacle & the fact that the Blues remain entombed in the First division means that derby games are unlikely for some time !


Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2015 at 2:19pm
Originally posted by deiseblue deiseblue wrote:

Originally posted by RKBarmyArmy RKBarmyArmy wrote:

Come on, if there was 5 more in the away end that would have been doing well for ye, I was shocked with the low support, even Waterford used to bring more for the so called "Munster Derby".

I'm very easy going when it comes to teams from outside of Leinster and away followings, because I know how difficult it is to juggle trying to get half days even full days off to get up the country every second week. But Limerick is only an hour and a half away at most. Even if you finished work at 6 you'd still make KO.


The Munster Derby thing is a bit overblown.

Traditionally Waterford fans always saw Shamrock Rovers as being the most attractive games particularly during our golden years period , the Cork sides although pretty strong at the time were never thought of as particularly serious challengers.

The transient nature of Cork sides didn't particularly help in this regard as we saw the demise of Hibs , Celtic , Albert Rovers followed by the Cork City/ Foras/ Cork City again debacle & the fact that the Blues remain entombed in the First division means that derby games are unlikely for some time !
If Waterford and Cork were both doing well it would get a rivalry going alright.

As for Limerick banning fans LOL That's at least €300 a week thrown away.


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'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


Posted By: Bitored
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2015 at 4:39pm
Its terrible if Pat O`Sullivan went into a pub and cursed and abused members of the clubs supporter group.
The way the club banned them was just sneaky. The leader of the group asked for an apology for what had happened in the pub. Limerick asked for names of people involved in the group, the lad sending the e mail must have thought this was to gather as much info as possible, then limerick reply by saying they are all banned.

The club is a shambles.

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I won the Player of the Century award thanks to the people.Pele was second.He also came second behind Aryton Senna as Brazil's greatest sportsman.The award FIFA gave Pele isn't worth sh*t - Maradona


Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2015 at 5:14pm
Originally posted by RKBarmyArmy RKBarmyArmy wrote:

The group got onto the club about looking for an apology, so the club looked for a list of names, they thought they were getting an apology but instead he banned the lot of them hahaha, now if we are all not part of the greatest league in the world.......what a time to be alive. 
If that is true that is both hilarious and disgraceful in one. In fact the sheer injustice of it is a total hoot.

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Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2015 at 5:41pm
What's the story with away tickets? Is there really a limit of 250? If this is true is there any chance of it being increased for the Cork game?

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'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


Posted By: gspain
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2015 at 7:57pm
Originally posted by corkery corkery wrote:

What's the story with away tickets? Is there really a limit of 250? If this is true is there any chance of it being increased for the Cork game?


I believe the away end holds 300.  There were other restrictions for Shamrock Rovers.  I'll enquire as to whether it can be extended beyond 300.  I'm sure the club would love to accomodate everyone who wants to see the game. 


Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2015 at 8:55pm
Originally posted by gspain gspain wrote:

Originally posted by corkery corkery wrote:

What's the story with away tickets? Is there really a limit of 250? If this is true is there any chance of it being increased for the Cork game?


I believe the away end holds 300.  There were other restrictions for Shamrock Rovers.  I'll enquire as to whether it can be extended beyond 300.  I'm sure the club would love to accomodate everyone who wants to see the game. 
Thanks. 


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'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


Posted By: kevincronin2000
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2015 at 9:13pm
Originally posted by corkery corkery wrote:

Originally posted by gspain gspain wrote:

Originally posted by corkery corkery wrote:

What's the story with away tickets? Is there really a limit of 250? If this is true is there any chance of it being increased for the Cork game?


I believe the away end holds 300.  There were other restrictions for Shamrock Rovers.  I'll enquire as to whether it can be extended beyond 300.  I'm sure the club would love to accomodate everyone who wants to see the game. 

Thanks. 


could they put the home fans in the away section and give us the rest of the ground??

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time is the stuff that life is made of, don't waste it.


Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2015 at 9:14pm
Just watch it from the bus station

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Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands.


Posted By: gspain
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2015 at 11:46am

No decision yet but the club are consulting with the gardai. 


Posted By: limerick lad
Date Posted: 05 May 2015 at 10:14am
The second series of fixtures will be huge for the club. We have Drogheda, Bray and Galway all at home, teams that we must be picking up points against. The return to the Markets Field will hopefully provide a lift as well from the Drogheda game on.


Posted By: limerick lad
Date Posted: 16 May 2015 at 1:18pm
Last game at Jackman tonight before the return to the Markets Field. It would be great to leave with a win over our Munster rivals Clap


Posted By: corkery
Date Posted: 16 May 2015 at 11:02pm
I had to ring a bell to get into two pubs in Limerick today...

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'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


Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 16 May 2015 at 11:13pm
Good news about the move, booked a hotel for bray game down there months ago purely based on markets field being back open, looking forward to going down


Posted By: MarkDev
Date Posted: 17 May 2015 at 8:16pm
What pub was that? Mark Murphy's I'd say??

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Limerick your a Lady!


Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 17 May 2015 at 8:22pm
Will you bring more fans to market field? About 150 Limerick there

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Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands.


Posted By: Xpro
Date Posted: 17 May 2015 at 11:37pm
The apathy among Limerick sports fans is something else. Ok they`re bottom of the league and struggling but their gate at Jackman Pk against 2nd placed Cork was 600 punters.

It`s very depressing for players to play in front of such small crowds. Look at the Cork-Dundalk game with 7000 at Turners. Players respond to that and up their game, to the benefit of the punters looking on. I hope the Markets Field move grabs the attention of local sports fans, now that the rugby season is coming to a close and Limerick hurlers and footballers prepare for their early exit from the Munster championship.


Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 17 May 2015 at 11:39pm
Of that six hundred, at least four hundred were from Cork

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Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands.


Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 7:12am
We got more even with little or no away support travelling up, very disappointing for Limerick. 


Posted By: starryplough
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 10:53pm
Originally posted by Xpro Xpro wrote:

The apathy among Limerick sports fans is something else. Ok they`re bottom of the league and struggling but their gate at Jackman Pk against 2nd placed Cork was 600 punters.

It`s very depressing for players to play in front of such small crowds. Look at the Cork-Dundalk game with 7000 at Turners. Players respond to that and up their game, to the benefit of the punters looking on. I hope the Markets Field move grabs the attention of local sports fans, now that the rugby season is coming to a close and Limerick hurlers and footballers prepare for their early exit from the Munster championship.


What do you expect when most of their most loyal and vocal fans are banned for supporting the team? And no one else is going to start going to stand on a grass hill to watch a match. Limerick have potential but are being run into the ground it seems. Somethings going to have to give if they are to survive..


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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 11:33am
Originally posted by starryplough starryplough wrote:

when most of their most loyal and vocal fans are banned for supporting the team? And no one else is going to start going to stand on a grass hill to watch a match. Limerick have potential but are being run into the ground it seems. Somethings going to have to give if they are to survive..
  I agree re the bannings, but to be fair, the grassy hill was always a temporary situation. That said, if they are getting those crowds in a city centre location for the visit of Cork and Rovers on a Saturday, I don't see a massive change when the go to the Markets Fields. Its not existential quite yet, but the lack of support in the so called 'sports capital of Ireland' is a long term issue.

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Posted By: Xpro
Date Posted: 20 May 2015 at 12:10am
While it may like to think of itself as the "sports capital of Ireland", that delusional claim isnt borne out by their soccer and gaa attendances. Fair weather fans are the order of the day in Limerick and on the rare occasions when their hurling and football teams do well in the gaa championship, green jerseys suddenly appear from the woodwork.

Likewise with the blue jerseys of their soccer team. They did well way back in the day under Eoin Hand, when the Irish rugby out-half Tony Ward was one of their star players. Al Finucane was another big name at the time and the old Markets Fields got decent gates. But it only lasted as long as the club was successful. (Fair weather fans again).

The mainstay of club support in Limerick has long been rugby. Way before the professional era and when there was little or no interest in inter-provincial rugby in Ireland, the likes of Garryowen, Young Munster, Crescent, Shannon and Bohemians were stuffing grounds for club games. Sam Allardyce learnt this to his cost, when he tried to promote Limerick FC during his early managerial career, even handing out A5 flyers for the Markets Field on a Sat night for the following day`s afternoon kick-off.   


Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2015 at 5:53am
 
http://www.google.co.uk/url?url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/after-31-years-limerick-soccer-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-at-markets-field-334706.html&rct=j&frm=1&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ei=UitxVcm5HYTpUuCng8AF&ved=0CBQQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNFQ-jRXvQGrDOfZQJARiQaIffx2NA" rel="nofollow - After 31 years, Limerick soccer returns to its spiritual ... - Irish Examiner
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Posted By: gspain
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2015 at 8:11am

Great to be going home. 

The Sligo Rovers League Cup Final in 1975 was the worst football violence I ever saw and yes I was in Lansdowne Road in 1995. 


Posted By: limerick lad
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2015 at 8:25am
Really looking forward to this. I have heard so many stories about the Markets field throughout the years that it will be great to finally watch a match there. Hopefully the result is positive as well, as we desperately need the 3 points.

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Posted By: Madferret
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2015 at 3:20pm
Heard POS say on radio the renovated Markets has that "Wow Factor". Must say, i can't see it nor the €4.5m spend from the photos online but it certainly beats all previous Limerick FC home grounds for facilities, Thomond obviously excepted. 
One unplanned advantage of the protracted unveiling appears to have been the pitch which has had plenty of time to bed-down and looks superb. Along now with Tallaght, The Showgrounds and Terryland/EDP it's heartening also to see better player and admin facilities in the League too.
 
One criticism would be the poor project mgmt surrounding this development. The build process has come across at times as almost an unwelcome burden for the LEDP and clearly alot was asked of a small family building company more accustomed to small-scale housing development rather than any experience in stadium development. Many of the sight-line faux pas' are telling in the main stand. 
The previous false dawn opening was unfortunate and I fail to see why, in an era of first impressions counting for so much for so many, that a decision wasn't made to hold off for another few weeks to tidy things up properly before a fanfare opening, particularly given that the next few home games are relatively unattractive versus Drogs & Bray.
One would hope not even a lick of paint is added to that main stand as I doubt it was designed for all that extra weight of pre-cast concrete slabbing Shocked

The re-development provides Limerick with a sound basis for future success and despite having spent some of the most miserable years of my life in that culture-less graveyard of a town, best wishes to the Markets Field and all who sail on her. There are several down-to-earth boozers, a high-security prison & a psychiatric institution all conveniently located nearby should she disappoint the day-trippers come half-time. 

 


Posted By: Nah Nah Nah Nah
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2015 at 4:51pm
Best of luck to Limerick with the new Markets Fields. Hope they get a great crowd tonight and get the crowd to keep coming back.



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