Setting up an amateur team in dublin....?

ditpoker

Myself and a few mates are setting up a team to play next year... from what i can tell we need approx 16 players (which we have we think), a pitch, insurance, a kit, a training facility and to be registered in a league..

does anyone know the best way of going about this... we want to play in the United Churches League (www.ucfl.ie) but registering aint all that easy... also, getting a pitch is tough unless you're registered with a league. likewise, its hard to get registered if you have no pitch. we are based in and around terenure area so any suggestions re pitches would be great

i've found kits for approx 490 euro, which is 15 outfield jersyes, keeper jerseer and 16 shorts and socks. also, we were looking at buying last seasons coventry city jersey shorts and socks whichs is 33 sterling! but would be deadly! anyone know of somehwere to get cheap kits...

basicially... anyone any advice on how to do all this... cos im getting kinda confused by it all! thanks!

Johnny_the_fox

ditpoker wrote:

i've found kits for approx 490 euro, which is 15 outfield jersyes, keeper jerseer and 16 shorts and socks. also, we were looking at buying last seasons coventry city jersey shorts and socks whichs is 33 sterling! but would be deadly! anyone know of somehwere to get cheap kits...

ebay - > :here:

tribulus

I played with a ucfl team last year, the vegas baby of amateur leagues!!!

If you're around terenure then I would suggest approaching the local council/management of Bushy Park, teams always have to renew their pitches each season so try get in early.

I know the team i played with didnt have any problems with a registered training facility, they just put down any place with an all weather pitch until they had actually found somewhere- so maybe a secondary school/leisure centre with pitches.

From the website it sounds very strict and all but some rules eg no. 12 never happen.

Anyway good luck with it, they're all mainly pub teams or lads like yourselves who want to form a team so its usually good craic and fairly easy to beat!!

KdjaCL

For the pitch see:
http://www.sdublincoco.ie/index.aspx?pageid=1319&catid=65

How many playing pitches are there in the county?
There are 150 playing pitches in the county.

How do I apply for the use of a playing pitch?
The Council issues application forms in June of each year to all existing clubs with existing lettings in good standing and to any new clubs who have made contact during the year seeking facilities. New clubs must be located within the South Dublin County Council area and cater for players who live in the county.

[-] View Contacts
Name Title Phone No.
Michael Hannon Senior Executive Parks Superintendent 4149266
Bill Kearney Senior Executive Parks Superintendent 4149143
Bridget Treacy Executive Parks Superintendent 4149141
Mary Keenan Senior Executive Parks Superintendent 4149144

For application form to join the league:

United Churches Football League of Ireland, League Office, 1 - 2 Eden Quay, Dublin 1, Tel: (01) 8783488, Email: info@ucfl.ie

http://www.ucfl.ie/contactUs.asp

Get your job to sponsor you if possible. Jerseys are cheap enough designing your own (which you must do ) is a bit more expensive but not if your sponsored


kdjac

blu_sonic

eas enough my former team SRSC were in the carlsberg LJL, its all there in on the web site really

ditpoker

thanks.. everyone i've spoken to seems reasonably happy to get kits from ebay, although all the ebay kits are standard colours which is no fun and may need us to have an away kit. i want orange and yellow, hehehe.. and all the email addresses on the uncfl website return a permenent failure message which is kinda annoying. but thanks for all suggestions so far! www.brokenleg.ie great website name for insurance.

MBC

For kits - check out Proteamsports I think they are in Capel street. They do a standard kit for €350.00 http://www.proteamsports.net/specials.html

Or http://www.discountfootballkits.co.uk/kitsizes42-44fs.htm for some crazy looking kits at reasonable prices.

Best of luck with the team.

Culchie

tribulus wrote:

I played with a ucfl team last year, the vegas baby of amateur leagues!!!

Is this a compliment?

Iago

Culchie wrote:

Is this a compliment?

Think it's a comment on how bad the players are in those leagues...and they are very very bad

Iceman78

If ye get put in the bottom league in the UCFL, ye will have great craic but the standard is absolutely terrible.

tribulus

Culchie wrote:

Is this a compliment?

in fairness i can't talk too much playing at 5/10c

and yes the players are very poor for the most part, if 50% of your team wasnt drinking the night before youve a good chance!!

ditpoker: afaik you need an away kit also

ditpoker

tribulus wrote:

ditpoker: afaik you need an away kit also

ah crap!

on the plus side, from the advice found here i seem to have sourced a kit for about 250 euro, so given that i had budgeted 500 for a kit this could still be doable!!

i wonder if there are any websites, perhaps poker related websites, even forum based ones, or canadian crapshoot ones that would be keen on sponsoring what is effectively a pub team??? hmmm

and yes the players are very poor for the most part, if 50% of your team wasnt drinking the night before youve a good chance!!

sadly i'm reasonably confident 75-80% of our team will be out drinking before matches with apporx 10% drinking during...

thanks for all the help so far guys!

LegacyUser

Why bother then? No sense of competitiveness = no fun!