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Exiles hit back in emigration debate

  • 28-02-2013 1:08pm
    #1
    lala88
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    Dublin clubs are benefiting more from transfers than clubs in the U.K, according to a report carried out by the Irish Post.

    The U.K based newspaper made a study of players transferring from their native clubs and it was found that more are transferring to Dublin than London.

    The general consensus has been that British GAA clubs are benefiting greatly from emigration, but it is in fact our very own capital that most players are heading for.

    For the first two months of this year, only 66 players transferred to London clubs, compared to the 79 that have moved to Dublin clubs.

    In total, there has been 83 transfers to clubs all over Britain, which is just four more than the capital has received for the eight weeks since Christmas.

    GAA President Liam O'Neill was recently quoted as saying that British clubs were benefiting from rural clubs' demise, when in fact it is Dublin clubs that are the real winners.

    The report also found that 34 players have left London so far this year, meaning that there is only a 32 player turnaround from last year.

    This makes for interesting reading


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  • #2
    keane2097
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    Seems like any club with a net increase in playing staff is a winner really, I don't see what all this hitting back is about!


  • #3
    howiya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭howiya


    The recent Dublin figures would be skewed slightly by the creation of Na Gaeil Oga, an Irish language club and obviously by Parnells


  • #4
    68Murph68
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    They have only picked a very small time period.

    Players transferring from a county club to a Dublin club are far more likely to transfer this time of year (lads will usually finish out a season if they are going for an Irish transfer) whereas transfers abroad would probably be pretty constant year around.

    I remember looking at the list of transfers last summer and I'd be pretty confident that the amount going to Britain was far far higher than that transferring to Dublin.

    Just double-checked and basically a lot more transfers to Britain in 2012 compared to Dublin.

    http://gaa.ie/clubzone/transfers-and-sanctions/transfers-archive/


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