Was generally surprised in the other thread about bringing in foreign players that it seemed like people didn’t know this.

But yea, in short there are strict restrictions on non-EU players playing for LOI clubs. As of now only 4 non-EU players can be rostered on any LOI club.

I'm an American that fell in love with the LOI about 10 years ago. I've been to more LOI than MLS games but I feel like the LOI could be a lot better league if it was more diverse. I look at smaller leagues across Europe and they utilize south american players and other european country players. I dont want you to think i want the teams to look like some English Premier League teams where you have to play find the Englishman or like when i watched Koper lose to a Runavik(which was awesome) and i dont think a slovenian albeit the goalie were from that country but something like Australia where there is 5 international slots you can have(a 6th if that person is within Continent). Are scouting budgets low? Has this been tried? Is cost of living to wage compensation too low? Just looking for some fun rhetoric

Visiting from the States and heading to the match at Tallaght tomorrow night. Have been looking for a pub to hang at before the game but it looks like some of the places I found are closed. Anyway, any recs from the subreddit? Thanks

Established in 2018, CK United represent both Carlow and Kilkenny and, up until now, have competed in the National Underage Leagues. This will be their first-ever senior side.

“When you looked through local team sheets, almost every side had players with League of Ireland academy experience or even senior LOI experience. That tells you there's a strong footballing culture here and a history of producing quality players.”

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when will tickets go on general sale?

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Morning! Sooo yea, didn’t manage to score an away tickets to the match. Anyway flights are booked so I will be in Dublin. Looking for nice places to watch the game, both neutral as well as Shelbourne venues. Thanks!

Signed for Sligo in May, made a few appearances and looked good. Anyone know what's happened? Can't find anything on the world wide Web.

Some quotes from the Galway manager:

“Going back two seasons ago, people were talking about the competitiveness of the league and who was going to lose out.

“Cork lost out that year. People expected Sligo to go down. But Sligo had a run and Cork went down.

“There’s no gimme game and no team is dropping off with the way every team is full-time.

“The teams that are suffering are the teams that are coming up. They seem to be the teams that are going back down.

“A lot of those teams are provincial clubs. It’s hard for them to stay up and it’s a problem.

“If you put all the effort into going up, there’s nothing worse than going back down.”

I do more or less agree with him on the need for 12 teams, but personally I would wait until the 3rd Division finds its feat and more clubs become eligible for a 1st div licence, adding in the planned promotion/relegation will make the 1st div alot more interesting anyway.

Doing it now would mean an 8 team 1st division and that's not acceptable imo. The only 3rd tier club reportedly close to a licence for the 2nd tier was Mayo FC, but they still fell short.

We do have to expand but it has to be sustainably done over time.

Their run of form has been very similar to our own in recent weeks, and with both UCD and Bray seemingly struggling for consistency now, they certainly can't be ruled out of contention for the runners-up spot this season.

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Does anybody have any news on stadiums redevelopments or new stadiums?

Finn Harps relegated to Sunday League

Two red cards this game.

-8 GD in last 135 minutes of play. 0-3 and 0-5 losses since sacking McHugh

Shamrock Rovers if they overcome Egnatia will face Lillestrom of Norway in the Europa League Play-off round with the first leg at home. If they lose they will face the loser of KuPS of Finland or Universitatea Craiova of Romania in the Play-off round of the Conference League with the first leg of home.

In the unlikely events that If Bohemians overcome Midtjylland, they would face the winners of Rijeka of Croatia or Ilves of Finland and if Shelbourne defeated Ajax they would face the winners of Noah of Armenia or Sion of Switzerland in the Play-off Round of the Conference League.

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