Rep of Irl WNT

deise316 wrote:

greenforever wrote:

Girls win 1 0 Roche with a penalty but could and should have had a hat trick

Attendance given as 1035 would have taught about 1500 but always hard to tell

1000-1500 isn't actually a bad attendance though GF, especially considering the time of day the game is on at. There are many LOI 1st division clubs, and even a few Premier ones, that would be delighted with those numbers if they could get them every week.

I don't know where the WNT play most of their games (is it always Tallaght/Dublin, for those in the know ?) but it might be a suggestion to do as the FAI do with the men's underage teams and start bringing them to provincial venues, with proper marketing, it might have a chance. No guarantee that would work, just something that may be worth considering.

Seeing as costs are such an issue, might even be cheaper to put them up in a hotel in Sligo/Cork/Waterford/Limerick than Dublin too, they might even recoup some of the tracksuit money.......

That would make sense to me too, have a bit of local fanfare about the whole thing in schools etc.

I am actually impressed they got four figures, all things considered, I know there are issues regarding costs for the away side but could it not have been played on a Sunday afternoon rather than a Monday?

Bitored wrote:

Surely there are FIFA subsidies for women's international team expenses?

There`s no women's national side getting 50k in the gate on anything close to a regular basis.

From UEFA's website :

In December 2010, the UEFA Executive Committee approved significant funding to women's football development through the UEFA HatTrick programme. An initial pilot phase in 2010/11 saw the distribution of funds to four national associations (Portugal, Italy, Slovakia and Republic of Ireland), specifically for the development of women’s football. Positive results were immediate – for example, the Republic of Ireland set up a national women’s league in October 2011. Following the success of this pilot scheme, the programme was repeated for the 2011/12 season, further increasing the availability of funding.

deise316 wrote:

greenforever wrote:

Girls win 1 0 Roche with a penalty but could and should have had a hat trick

Attendance given as 1035 would have taught about 1500 but always hard to tell

1000-1500 isn't actually a bad attendance though GF, especially considering the time of day the game is on at. There are many LOI 1st division clubs, and even a few Premier ones, that would be delighted with those numbers if they could get them every week.

I don't know where the WNT play most of their games (is it always Tallaght/Dublin, for those in the know ?) but it might be a suggestion to do as the FAI do with the men's underage teams and start bringing them to provincial venues, with proper marketing, it might have a chance. No guarantee that would work, just something that may be worth considering.

Seeing as costs are such an issue, might even be cheaper to put them up in a hotel in Sligo/Cork/Waterford/Limerick than Dublin too, they might even recoup some of the tracksuit money.......

Dublin hotel prices are mental

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Denis Irwin wrote:

WCQ draw made today drawn against Norway,Netherlands,Slovakia and the North

Tough draw

Norway and Netherlands ranked 11 and 12th in rankings

Pity, another trip around France for the summer of 2019 would have been great

kevincronin2000 wrote:

Sue Ronans side have two games coming up against world champions USA and a USA u23 selection, ladies soccer is growing at an enormous rate in my area, my daughter was asked to do a project on a sports star in school recently and did it on USA keeper Hope Solo. Our senior sides results have been dissapointing so far even if performances have been encouraging I wonder if it's time for a change of management or is ladies soccer just another problem child for the FAI. Anyone know if these games are on TV.

That could be a VERY interesting project on Hope Solo if she digs around the net a bit. Her teacher could be jaw dropped LOL

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