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League of Ireland season?

  • 15-10-2002 10:57am
    #1
    tHE vAGGABOND
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    is the league of ireland move to a summer season forever or for a set time?


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  • #2
    Bateman
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    As far as I know its permanent, although with the league Administration, nothing is planned in the long term. This July-January season is a transitional one. Its March-October from next year onwards.

    The crowds are up slightly, and so is the quality of football, but having the climax in the winter is going to be strange.

    From http://www.fai.ie :

    The move to summer football has so far been a success with many teams recording large increases in attendance. Cork City seem to have benefited the most with attendances of 5,000 a regular occurrence at Turner's Cross.


    This harbours well for the future and the Leesiders have set the challenge for their big city rivals in Dublin to match their support. When the Division One season finally gets underway, the shortened season of 22 matches per club will mean that every game is competitive and will have a crucial bearing on the promotion race.


    Furthermore, this season sees an expansion of the popular play-off system. This year 4 teams will compete for the last place in the Premier Division for the 2003 season. The second to bottom team in the Premier Division will face the 4th place team in Division One in the semi-final. The other semi-final will be between the 2nd and 3rd place in Division One. The winners of these matches played over two legs, will meet in the final, again to be played home and away.


    Marketing and Development Executive Darren Bernstein, describes the change as, 'Exciting,' he continued, 'the new play off system could be the saving grace for many Division One clubs. With more meaningful matches and a greater chance of reaching the Premier Division, I am confident that Division One will capture the imagination of the fans and the clubs and I expect the division to be more competitive than ever.'


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