A plan to revitalise Longford Town soccer stadium will give the people of the midlands a chance to support the club, which only last year was in grave financial difficulty.
And while the Football Association of Ireland has very ambitious plans for its own national stadium, Longford's aspirations are nevertheless very important.
According to its new chairman, Adrian Duncan, the club plans to spend £650,000 on the grounds in an "act of faith in soccer in the midlands".
Ballymahon-based Adrian said during the week that while the pitch itself was in very good shape, the facilities for players and spectators were primitive.
"We have a good pitch and floodlights but people expect and should get more than that. Going to a football match should be an enjoyable experience.
"We have no real stand, just a small covered area, and we want to build something which will reflect the status of the club and the sport.
"The plan is to spend most of the money on a grandstand which can hold 1,500 people and to put in proper changing and other facilities for the players.
"We want to bring the grounds up to a decent standard so coming to the grounds will be an enjoyable experience," he said.
The Ballymahon business consultant, who took over as chairman of the club last year, said that while the club expects financial help from both the Sports Minister, Dr McDaid, and the FAI, there will be a shortfall.
"We are very proud that this year we expect to see Longford Town join the Premiership for the first time as we expect to finish top of the First Division," he said.
"We have 12 more games to play and seven of those will be played at home and we are confident that we will be a Premiership side next season.
"That will mean that we will be the only Premiership soccer side within 50 miles of the Irish midlands and that is why we are appealing to all mid-landers and soccer lovers for help," he said.
There was a solid supporters' base for the team in the town and county and on Saturday last a crowd of 2,500 had turned up to watch the team play Finn Harps.
"While the visitors brought a lot of that support with them, there are around 500 to 600 people who attend games played by the club," he said.
While most of the players on the team were Dublin-based and only one was from Longford, the town had a great soccer tradition, he added. It had survived for 75 years and had produced many fine players over the years who served at international level and played in Britain.
He said the best known of these was Lal Donlon who had played for Arsenal. Adrian believes that when the club makes its way into the top level of Irish soccer, it will attract more young people into the game.
Fortunately, he said, the cost of running the club was quite low at about £120,000 a year. Adrian, who once played with the club in what he terms "my twilight years", also played soccer with University College Dublin when studying for his engineering degree.