Dundalk and Bohemians secured their progress in Europe last night adding around €300,000 each to their revenue from the tournament that will now promise to break through €1 million and more if next week’s matches go the right way.
Bohemians will once again host at the Aviva Stadium with the 8,000 tickets likely to see out in minutes when they go on sale this morning for their next tie against Greek side PAOK.
Dundalk needed a late winner to avoid Extra Time in Tallin and they will now travel to Vitess in the Netherlands for their next game.
FAI CEO Jonathan Hill said on Athlone Town’s online channels yesterday celebrating that Ireland had moved up into the ’30s of European rankings now after a strong summer of competition so far and the possibility of further progress is exciting for the domestic game which is enjoying a competitive home season as well.
With fan demand strong when the opposition and the venue is right, these are positive times for the SSE Airtricity League.
Imagine if we had three teams competing in the group stages of the new Europa Conference League?
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