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One for Paddy's.

IRELAND LEGENDS TO OFFICIALLY OPEN ARRANMORE UNITED’S NEW STAND
May 24, 2012
IRELAND legends Paul McGrath and Ray Houghton will be on Arranmore Island in July to officially open the local soccer club’s new stand.

The Anthony Gallagher Stand at Arranmore United’s Rammagh Park will be unveiled on July 18th.

“This is a huge honour for the club as the FAI have stated publicly that we are the only official island team.” said a spokesman.

“That we were top of the list of clubs to visit while they spend a few days in Donegal prior to their AGM.”

A host of top FAI officials will also attend the event.

Manager Jerry Early said he was delighted the club were able to welcome the likes of McGrath and Houghton to Arranmore.

“It is just a huge honour to have players like McGrath and Houghton coming here. It’s going to be such a great occasion,” he said.
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They play in the Donegal League.

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........and I have to add that Arranmore is an absolutely fantastic place to visit, especially in the summer months when (it appears) the pubs don't shut and impromptu "sessions" break out.

Regular ferries from Burtonport where it is alleged I took my first step. In a pub, natch. Apparently I promptly fell over, as you do, and have been replicating that moment for much of my life since Blush

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Interesting post - but where is the link, as there is no mention of the opposing team and ko time?

Arranmore United do have a website but it seems not to have been updated since 2009-10. I have been doing a bit of googling and it appears that the island's population is 600.

Presumably the more well-known Aran Islands do not have a team?

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Interesting post - but where is the link, as there is no mention of the opposing team and ko time?

What game ?

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For whatever reason you want a link to read again what's in the post here you go.

I am in my lounge posting this , given game away tonight on SteveB's advice.

http://www.donegaldaily.com/...e-uniteds-new-stand/

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D A
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Presumably the more well-known Aran Islands do not have a team?

Why presume that ?

But as the statement says = “This is a huge honour for the club as the FAI have stated publicly that we are the only official island team.” .

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May 25, 2012, 3:39 PM

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We had Arranmore as the answer of a 20q quiz some time ago (indeed with Paddy as quizmaster). When I told ms mip about Arranmore being the only Irish team playing on an island, her answer was "aren't all Irish teams playing on an island". And after consulting an atlas, I indeed had to give her that one.

Joking aside, Arranmore looks a cracking place and would be well worthy of a visit.

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May 25, 2012, 3:40 PM

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Isn't Cobh on an island?

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May 25, 2012, 3:42 PM

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Isn't Cobh on an island?

Cobh Ramblers? No, that's in Cork

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Isn't Cobh on an island?

Cobh Ramblers? No, that's in Cork

I know where Cobh is . I used to live in Cork!!
Think you need to check a map. Cobh is on Great Island.

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Isn't Cobh on an island?

Of course it is.

Are Cobh Ramblers still in existence ? If so, we can only assume they are not an 'official' team.

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Isn't Cobh on an island?

Of course it is.

Are Cobh Ramblers still in existence ? If so, we can only assume they are not an 'official' team.

Yeah, don't know where they're playing now since the demise of the A championship

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Isn't Cobh on an island?

Of course it is.

Are Cobh Ramblers still in existence ? If so, we can only assume they are not an 'official' team.

Yeah, don't know where they're playing now since the demise of the A championship

From Cobh sec, Jan 27 , 20112.

QUITE A few clubs have been trying to get out of it for years now but the decision of the Airtricity League’s executive committee to press ahead with an eight-team first division for the coming season has officials at Tralee Dynamos and Cobh Ramblers surprised and disappointed by their exclusion.

The league made its decision last week and issued a fixture list for the coming season yesterday which, say the club officials, was the first real indication they would not be playing first division football this season.

The two clubs continue to work on their licence applications with the deadline for that process still a week and a half away but in a press release issued along with the fixtures, the league has indicated they will only be considered for membership this year in the event another club fails to secure a licence. The clubs claim nobody had informed them of this.

“We’re bitterly disappointed,” said Ernest O’Keeffe, Rambers’ club secretary. “I’m disappointed the FAI decided to produce the fixture list before the licensing was issued and not fully consider, I don’t think, the applications made by both Cobh Ramblers and Tralee Dynamos. It’s a pity really. Perhaps the FAI need to look at the licensing end of it and bring forward the licensing date prior to the fixtures.

“We didn’t expect the fixture list (today). It seemed to us a little bit odd that the FAI would decide to produce a fixture list at this point. We’ve had no contact whatsoever from the FAI either in the form of a telephone call, a text message or an e-mail . . . nothing; which I’m very aggrieved about. I would have thought . . . they would have had the decency to make contact with us and let us know what was happening.

“We were reasonably confident that we’d get a first division licence and then, hopefully, be accepted into the league as well. Unfortunately, there won’t be senior football at the club, it looks like, for the next 12 months anyway. The Munster Senior League is up and running and the next season there won’t begin again until next August or September. The under-19 league finishes in early April so from then on it doesn’t look as if there’s going to be any football which is a terrible shame. All we can do now is start again towards an application for 2013.”

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The DonegalDaily.com link is an example of shoddy journalism, implying that a match may be taking place but without specifying details.

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The DonegalDaily.com link is an example of shoddy journalism, implying that a match may be taking place but without specifying details.

Shoddy reading of article morelike.
''That we were top of the list of clubs to visit while they spend a few days in Donegal prior to their AGM.''

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29/11/2012. Anyone need numbers for Cheddar F C please p/m.

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Isn't Cobh on an island?

Of course it is.

Are Cobh Ramblers still in existence ? If so, we can only assume they are not an 'official' team.

Yeah, don't know where they're playing now since the demise of the A championship

If Cobh Ramblers are no longer an "official" team (and you do have the feeling that is what The FAI want) then Cobh Wanderers are undoubtedly an official team.

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The DonegalDaily.com link is an example of shoddy journalism, implying that a match may be taking place but without specifying details.

You thought McGrath and Houghton were going to play? Why would you think that?

Shoddy journalism, my Arranarse

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I never said I thought they were going to play, as Houghton used to play for Oxford Utd in the 80's (ie; a very long time ago!) this was obvious anyway. What the article implied was that they were to open the stand and that a match between the locals and another club would then take place. That's what normally happens when a new stand is opened.

I'm not trying to start an argument with anyone, that is just how the article looked to me. Perhaps we can assume that no match is being played and now drop the subject?

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...........except that you made that bit up yourself Cool

Promise not to bring it up again but couldn't have had the Donegal Oracle slagged off for not reporting a fixture that was entirely a figment of your imagination.

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THERE ARE NO GAMES PLANNED , but the FAI have announced dates for the visit to the impoverished areas of Ireland,

Plans are now well underway for the FAI’s Festival of Football and AGM, which is being held in Donegal in 2012. The festival will run from July 15th to 21st and is an opportunity to showcase footballing facilities and clubs throughout the county.
It is hoped that the festival will attract large numbers of visitors to the county and will provide a welcome boost to the tourism industry over the summer period. As part of the festival, a number of community-focussed Football Fun Days will be held around the county as follows:
Monday July 16th - Buncrana
Tuesday July 17th- Donegal Town/ St Catherines FC
Wednesday July 18th- Dungloe
Thursday July 19th- Letterkenny
The Football Association of Ireland will make funds worth up to €100,000 available to clubs in Donegal to mark the occasion of the county hosting the 2012 FAI Annual General Meeting. Applications are invited from all clubs or football organisations based in Donegal until June 29th.

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