[retired_prettygirl9156]

Well after the false dawn of the 2006 thread and it's 18 or so pages - we got brought back down to earth with a massive bump and an 8-page thread - averaging out at a page per month of the League.

Let's hope the 2008 season and it's massive changes go some way to boosting the contribs back up.

Anyway - onto the usual stuff for the Genesis post here:

Tables & Gubbins

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">PREMIER DIVISIONP W D L GF GA PtsDrogheda United 33 19 11 3 48 24 68St. Patrick's Athletic 33 18 7 8 54 29 61Bohemians 33 16 10 7 35 17 58Cork City 33 15 10 8 44 32 55Shamrock Rovers 33 14 9 10 36 26 51Sligo Rovers 33 12 5 16 34 45 41Derry City 33 8 13 12 30 31 37Galway United 33 7 14 12 28 35 35Bray Wanderers 33 8 10 15 30 48 34U.C.D. 33 7 10 16 31 44 31Waterford United 33 7 9 17 23 47 30Longford Town 33 9 8 16 34 49 29NB: Longford Town 6 points deducted for breach of their club license agreement.TOP SCORERSDave Mooney Longford Town 19Mark Quigley St. Patrick's Ath 15Roy O'Donovan Cork City 14Tadhg Purcell Shamrock Rovers 12Eamon Zayed Drogheda United 11Fahrudin Kudozovic Sligo Rovers 11Andy Myler Shamrock Rovers 10Matthew Judge Sligo Rovers 9</pre>

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">FIRST DIVISIONP W D L GF GA PtsCobh Ramblers 36 22 11 3 57 17 77Finn Harps 36 23 7 6 61 20 76Dundalk 36 19 9 8 56 30 66Limerick 37 36 14 11 11 46 41 53Shelbourne 36 11 10 15 46 46 43Athlone Town 36 11 8 17 40 55 41Kildare County 36 9 12 15 48 62 39Monaghan United 36 9 11 16 38 52 38Wexford Youths 36 7 10 19 32 55 31Kilkenny City 36 5 11 20 33 79 26TOP SCORERSConor Gethins Finn Harps 15Davin O'Neill Cobh Ramblers 14Anto Flood Dundalk 13Philip Gorman Kildare County 13Mark Leech Shelbourne 12Graham Cummins Cobh Ramblers 11Robbie Farrell Monaghan United 11Stephen Parkhouse Finn Harps 10</pre>


Promotion/Relegation Playoff

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">First Leg [Nov 20]Finn Harps 3-0 WaterfordSecond Leg [Nov 23]Waterford 3-3 Finn Harps</pre>

Waterford United relegated, Finn Harps promoted

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FAI Cup Final

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Final [Dec 2, RDS, Dublin; att: 10,000]Cork City 1-0 Longford TownDenis Behan 60Cork City: Devine; Lordan, O'Callaghan, Murray, Woods (O'Brien 67) McSweeney, Gamble, Healy, Kearney (Farrelly, 85) Behan, O'FlynnLongford Town: Kelly; Sullivan, Brennan, Doherty, Prunty; Duffy (Reilly 78), Doyle, Rutherford, Martin; Mooney, Baker (Wexler 55)Referee: Dave McKeon (Dublin)]================================================== ============================================</pre>


Lineups for the 2008 Season:

Premier Division

Bohemians
Bray Wanderers
Cobh Ramblers
Cork City
Derry City
Drogheda United
Finn Harps
Galway United
St Patrick's Athletic
Shamrock Rovers
Sligo Rovers
UCD


First Division

Athlone Town
Dundalk
Kildare County
Kilkenny City
Limerick Thirty Seven
Longford Town
Monaghan United
Shelbourne
Waterford United
Wexford Youths



What's the Form for this season?

The Premier goes back down to 10 teams for the umpteenth time in 2009 - so 3 clubs will be relegated and only one promoted

No play off series is required because automatic relegation and promotion will apply.
Clubs finishing 12th, 11th & 10th in the Premiership will be relegated to compete in 1st Division 2009.
1st Division Winners will be promoted and compete in Premiership in 2009 season.

'A' Championship Details

The ‘A’ Championship will comprise 20-30 teams (all Premier Clubs must field a side) depending on take-up from Div 1 clubs and strategic needs of FAI.

Entrants
How the ‘A’ Championship might work, depending on no of entries, is outlined below. The list includes reserve teams from Premiership (compulsory for Premiership clubs to have reserve / ‘A’ team). Groups could also include reserve teams from 1st Division clubs (it will be optional for 1st Division clubs to enter ‘A’ Championship).

The list below is based on entries to 2006 U21 League, produced here for modelling purposes only:

In this set-up, 2 groups of 10 are established. (If more applicants are accepted then a third and fourth group can be added e.g. x3 groups of 8). Groups will be based on the twin imperatives of keeping costs to a minimum while providing meaningful competition for the players involved.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Group 1 Group 2Bohemians BrayDrogheda CorkDerry WaterfordLongford UCDSligo ShelbourneSt Patrick’s CobhInisowen Kerry LeagueMayo League GardaBelgrove Dublin UniversityMullingar Athletic Tullamore</pre>

Playing season for example given above = home & away series run in tandem with National League Season. Most games to be played on Saturdays.

Top sides in each group will compete to win ‘A Championship’ outright.

If no. of entrants is as above then Winners Group 1 vs. Winners Group 2 in ‘A Championship’ Final.

If more groups, then play off series (3 groups) or semi-finals and final (4 groups) will be staged.

In the event that Group winners compete for existing League clubs, the A Championship Qualifier series will be staged between top non-League sides in each Group, which finish no lower than 4th in the group. The play off for the Qualifier spot will mirror the championship play offs (in terms of no. groups, no. games etc).

In the event that only one non-League side finishes 4th or higher in its group it will be deemed to be the ‘A Qualifier’ and will proceed directly to the promotion / relegation play off with last place finisher in 1st Division.

‘A Qualifier’ to meet last in Div 1 to decide final spot in subsequent season’s 1st Division.

In the event that no non-League side secures 4th place or higher in its group and thus no A Championship Qualifier emerges, the decision to reinstate the last place finisher in 1st Division will rest with the FAI National League Committee and be contingent on that club retaining its licence / adhering to Participation Agreement.

As per the overarching principles governing these competitions, a club new to National League is eligible to take up its place only if meeting Club Licensing requirements in order to enter into a Participation Agreement with the FAI.

Building the capacity of the Licensing Compliance Unit should also provide for support to be made available to organisations competing in A League, which harbour ambitions to compete at National League level. Likewise, clubs competing in the 1st Division will be encouraged and assisted in their efforts to meet conditions of ‘A’ licence so that promotion gained on the pitch is matched by progress off-the-pitch.


Come one eircom!

[retired_jean2]

garda

[retired_prettygirl9156]

Originally posted by Flabarama:
garda

aye - Bohs did them 5-0 in the Cup a few years back.

It'll be like having the Met Police in League One...

[phatreecio]

dear santa, can u give bring cork city:

1. a manager
2. a new centre back
3. Arkaga not acting like some shifty cliché dodgy businessmen off a rather weak Home & Away storyline
4. an xbox


Eoin (aged 25 and a half)

[retired_prettygirl9156]

best bit of next season at the moment will blatantly be the massive **** up disguised as Bohs Intertoto Cup away tie.

Mon somewhere good - probably get a Welsh team or something knowing our luck

[retired_prettygirl9156]

and as it'll be the last ever Intertoto Cup - it rounds off something quite nicely.

We'll have been the League's first-ever and last-ever Intertoto Representatives

[trotamundos]

Mon Drogs. I still watch them when the sh1tty website lets me.

[phatreecio]

So Mr CR, what's the big plan you were promising Monzers in the last thread?

[retired_absoluteangel]

Cork City are going to be a shambles again next year

WCR- No Setanta?

[retired_prettygirl9156]

Originally posted by snipersdream:
So Mr CR, what's the big plan you were promising Monzers in the last thread?

Nowt - just wanted to run the first post in here past him - but he weren't on MSN

Forgot the Satanta qualifiers - so I'll do those here:

Drogs, Cork, Derry, St Pats