Provsional LOI 2010/11

The Volt

With Mervue and Kildare gone it leaves us with 20 teams. I assume Salthill Devon will come in so that's 21. Derry are more than likely to be in Division one and there's every indication that Cork will follow them. In that case Bray would probably be granted a place back in the Premier.

Bray Wanderers
Sporting Fingal
Bohemians
Galway United
Dundalk
UCD
St. Patricks Ath
Shamrock Rovers
Sligo Rovers
Drogheda United

I actually think the First division looks very interesting

Athlone Town
Limerick FC
Shelbourne
Wexford Youths
Waterford United
Derry City
Finn Harps
Longford Town
Monaghan United
Cork City
Salthill Devon
?????????
_________

This is just a rough guess as to how it will look but much can change between now and March. If Mervue do go then a new team will be needed. Will Tralee Dynamos or Carlow FC come in? Any thoughts? For fans of Premier clubs in Dublin, trips are few and far between. Sligo and Louth would be it.

DSB

Voltwad wrote: »

With Mervue and Kildare gone it leaves us with 20 teams. I assume Salthill Devon will come in so that's 21. Derry are more than likely to be in Division one and there's every indication that Cork will follow them. In that case Bray would probably be granted a place back in the Premier.

Bray Wanderers
Sporting Fingal
Bohemians
Galway United
Dundalk
UCD
St. Patricks Ath
Shamrock Rovers
Sligo Rovers
Drogheda United

I actually think the First division looks very interesting

Athlone Town
Limerick FC
Shelbourne
Wexford Youths
Waterford United
Derry City
Finn Harps
Longford Town
Monaghan United
Cork City
Salthill Devon
?????????
_________

This is just a rough guess as to how it will look but much can change between now and March. If Mervue do go then a new team will be needed. Will Tralee Dynamos or Carlow FC come in? Any thoughts? For fans of Premier clubs in Dublin, trips are few and far between. Sligo and Louth would be it.

Don't think its likely Cork will be relegated or that Mervue will exit. Think the only real question is whether Derry get a place in the First Division, and they probably will.

patmac

Alan Matthews was banging on about a one division league with 20 teams on local radio this week, reckons all stakeholders were interviewed and most are in favour of a one division league claiming that as teams play each other 4 times they are getting too familiar causing negative football.

chopperbyrne

patmac wrote: »

Alan Matthews was banging on about a one division league with 20 teams on local radio this week, reckons all stakeholders were interviewed and most are in favour of a one division league claiming that as teams play each other 4 times they are getting too familiar causing negative football.

If that happened, would there be relegations to the A League?

Without the threat of relegation the league would become stale with the same teams every year.

dreamers75

Rumouringly its going to be a 16 team league with no Cork or Derry.


Only problem i have with that is that some teams will be slaughtered every week and there will be 3 actual leagues within the 16 teams, top going for leagues middle playing for nothing and bottom. So kinda like every other league in the world :O

dsmythy

dreamers75 wrote: »

Rumouringly its going to be a 16 team league with no Cork or Derry.


Only problem i have with that is that some teams will be slaughtered every week and there will be 3 actual leagues within the 16 teams, top going for leagues middle playing for nothing and bottom. So kinda like every other league in the world :O

Not for next season surely? These things usually planned well in advance aren't they?

prendy

dsmythy wrote: »

Not for next season surely? These things usually planned well in advance aren't they?

this is LOI, planning is not the top of agenda any year!!

I would prefer one league, twice is enough to play each other IMO and also playing against the best will bring on the lesser teams and also lead to bigger gates for the smaller clubs.

GLaDOS

Just to point out, unless they change the structure, the season won't be 2010/11, it'll just be 2010

dreamers75

dsmythy wrote: »

Not for next season surely? These things usually planned well in advance aren't they?

Theres a league meeting a week before the licence deadline which will finalise the format. Think its the 8th and 16th is licence day.

Mr Maroon

1. It's 2010, not 2010/11.

2. Mervue aren't gone.

GlasnevinRed

Mr Maroon wrote: »

1. It's 2010, not 2010/11.

2. Mervue aren't gone.

True. Their chairman confirmed they'll be playing in the league again next year a few weeks ago.