Pats and Bohs to be relegated to the LSL!

KdjaCL

Only in Ireland honestly only in Ireland.....

This is a summing up for the radical proposals outlined on foot.ie

These are the new EL teams:

Cork City
Derry City
Waterford United
Galway United
Limerick
Shels
Shamrock Rovers
One of Dundalk & Drogheda
Sligo
Longford

And thats it all picked by area history and other mad ideas!!!

Guess its back to the Pheno for Bohs and Pats, the vote is on Saturday and requires 2 3rds to go through which it would get technically if the above all voted yes.

The EL is about to kill football worldwide who would have thought it be our little league that rips UEFA and FIFA apart. Why? The legal challenge that would follow would allow Pats and Bohs to operate as a business in any state they want to as stated by EU law(think Bosman for clubs ).

kdjac

Big Ears

'The bottom team in the First Division will face a play-off against the winners of a round-robin play-off featuring intermediate teams eager to climb the footballing ladder.'

Interesting idea which could work well or fail horribly . It could kill off the team that's relegated .

finnpark

Typical , they are now playing the games in the boardroom. Its not a bit wonder no-one supports the Eircom league when we have a farse of an administration. This is a joke surely.

Its like fantasy football.

Töpher

It won't get implemented. Other teams need Pats and Bohs to come to their venues for financial reasons. Mental idea, it sucks.

Jonny Arson

KdjaC wrote:

Only in Ireland honestly only in Ireland.....

ditto

KdjaCL

finnpark wrote:

Typical , they are now playing the games in the boardroom. Its not a bit wonder no-one supports the Eircom league when we have a farse of an administration. This is a joke surely.

Its like fantasy football.

Technically true but this is the FAI the EL until now has been outside the powers of the FAI, should the FAI take over again this could happen or a breakaway league is formed ala Setanta League.


kdjac

abccormac

KdjaC wrote:

Technically true but this is the FAI the EL until now has been outside the powers of the FAI, should the FAI take over again this could happen or a breakaway league is formed ala Setanta League.


kdjac

If a breakaway league was formed, what would the story be with regards to european competition?

Big Ears

abccormac wrote:

If a breakaway league was formed, what would the story be with regards to european competition?

The FAI nominates the team to go forward to compete in each competition , so it would be whoever they want .

They currently don't even have to give the league winners the Champions League place if they don't want to .

Pigman II

I think if we get 'relegated' we should just apply to join the Irish League. That'd be a lovely two-fingers up to the FAI. We used to play up there anyway prior to the FAI so we'd probably have grounds to rejoin, and if not we can just claim racial persecution at the European court of law.

MrJoeSoap

The most bizarre, impossible, and ridiculous idea I've ever heard. If this gets voted in and implemented I may just set myself on fire in front of the FAI headquarters in Merrion Square. And I don't even follow Bohs or Pats.

Guy:Incognito

Is it April already?

eirebhoy

What is this re-structure?

A vote has been taken today at the eircom League AGM in Limerick which is set to change the structure of the League next year.

18 of the 22 clubs voted in favour of re-structuring the league at the end of next season, with no promotion or relegation to take place.

It is the first step towards a full merger between the League and the FAI, following proposals by the FAI to operate a financially viable league in 2007, when clubs will be placed in divisions which reflect this season's league placing, facilities and each club's marketability.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/0128/eircomleague.html

Töpher

Seemingly FAI will have full control over the league, and decide who goes into what division at the start of 2007. I don't know alot about it, but from what i know I'm appauled!