WOMEN’S SPORT NEEDS
But the system is flawed here; there’s no 2,865 people in Ferrycarrig Park. The league title decider, a huge game, didn’t even get close to a thousand and some were happy with that. How? Why?
Let’s not kid ourselves, the FAI have very little interest in the WNL. The website is updated when they can be bothered, the input of wrong results leading to incorrect tables published on the official site for weeks on end. It’s a complete embarrassment but it’s replicated at the bottom too.
Ferrycarrig Park is as uninviting an environment as you’ll find. It’s a miserable, cold place that makes it impossible for casual observers to enjoy a game. A warm welcome? Forget about that, it’s not warm because everyone is going through the motions.
A muffled tannoy and no sense of occasion. It’s the clubs, as much as the FAI, that need to up their game. The amount of back-slapping around the league means someone is surely going to end up with a broken rib sooner or later - a few tweets seems to be enough publicity for most clubs.
Back in Green Bay, this college team is on TV, their games are available to watch online too, there is a running commentary of every play linked to their website, constantly updating scores and stats. If you are not there you can still know exactly what’s going on.
At the Kress Center you park and walk inside the building, you are greeted by a line of ticket booths. You immediately see the