Stephen Kenny
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743 appearances
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 19 Sep
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And so it's not just the top clubs, you see Derry, Shamrock Rovers, Shelburne, Bohemians.
So it's all of the clubs really now.
So a lot of people, a lot of clubs are obviously well-run and ambitious.
And what that means is competition.
And hence,
You know, people are fighting for their lives to stay in the league, and therefore you've got... I was talking to somebody about the Australian League, for example, and he was saying, well, there's no relegation.
So a lot of the matches fans aren't as passionate about when they're not in teams, they're still playing out, taking massive risks, even if they're at the bottom, because there's no consequences.
And I think, yeah, so there is consequences here.
Like, good Cork are relegated.
That's a catastrophe for them.
Cork are...
big club in their in their league you know traditionally uh you know the second most populated city and i think uh for them and there's only one club in the city so for them not to be in the league is it was a bit of a blow really for for football ireland but they got relegated like and they had a good squad german they had a strong squad last year so it could be anybody that's the point so it is very very competitive now and i think that's the nature of it um
you know everyone wants to get into europe you know everyone is hoping the owners take over and they think yeah we want to get into europe we only want to group stages and the ad the fact that the group stages are now much more attainable yeah it gives owners and people who are willing to invest in the leagues a greater incentive and we've seen that with uh
you know it used to be if you got knocked out in the Champions League.
We got to the group stages in 2016 of the Europa League and then the following season in the Champions League we lost to Rosenberg 2017 in extra time away and we were out.
You know now you get three goals.
If you get knocked out of the Champions League
you know if you're seeded you get a weaker team in the first round anyway and then you get knocked out of the Champions League you went to the Europa League if you get knocked out of the Europa League you get into the Conference League and the money in the Conference is still transformative absolutely it's massive so it is brilliant that is brilliant for clubs and great opportunities for all and Shelbourne obviously experienced that this year so I think
It is, boy, and it just shows you how hard it was in the past, but beating Linfield, they actually got in.
So all the clubs are looking at that and saying, that's a route, you know, that's a route.
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