Let there be light

Let there be light

FAI bulb went on

Coffers thin like chiffon

Stadium loan to pay

Tournament we’ll play

A frenzied build up

Carling Nations Cup

Decree from the powers

Back twenty four hours

Gates badly affected

Natives disaffected

MFA bulb went out

Can they make do without?

Floodlight replacement

Old bulb displacement

Long finger it stayed

Til last weeks charade

Gale force winds began

Contingency plan?

Now six thirty start

You’re breaking my heart

So the FAI make us move our home match with Mervue United from our regular Friday night slot back to Thursday because a couple of hundred miles away Northern Ireland are playing Wales.

On top of this the Munster Football Associations floodlight maintenance, the day before our match, hits a wall as gale force winds suspend work on safety grounds, meaning our 7.45pm Thursday evening kick off becomes a 6.30pm start.

Despite all these obstacles put in our way we still manage a crowd of over 1200 people but its still down on our season average of over 2000. Northern Ireland v Wales on the other hand had an attendance of 529.