Cork City denied a licence; club to be wound up; FORAS to enter First Division

[dong]

"TIME is running out to save top-flight football on Leeside, as Cork City face into a make or break few days for the club."

How many times have we read this over the past year?
With Coughlan, every day is a make or break day. The problem is it's break every time.
I'll give him this much, he has a thick skin.
What a joke.

[razor]

What will be sadder still is that he'll still get a licence for the Premier, himself and his crew are way too litigious to allow the LOI/FAI do anything but.

Will you stop saying that.
The only way I can see it happening is without Tommy.

[weecountyman]

Will you stop saying that.
The only way I can see it happening is without Tommy.

Sorry Razor, I just have a feeling of dread. All going well the courts will do their job and wind up the company, thus getting at least one batch up bad eggs out of the league (another if you count Derry's n'er do wells).

I know everyone is complaining about how the Irish media are giving Tom and Co an easier than acceptable time, but the community is so small that no one wants to rock the boat because of the "what if" factor - ie what if it's my shower next? On top of that everyone is afraid of being ostracised (in such a small circle it's a death) and on top of that the headers in Cork will not go gently into the good night. Look at what Roddy was given free rein to do with his current employers (I don't think he's been released from his contract yet in Malta) and it went totally unchecked without any coment allowed to the Maltese, even their statements were rubbished in the media. So all we can do is cross our fingers and hope justice has her blindfold on!

[bluemovie]

That would remind me longfordian of the time at short notice Waterford Utd were told they were stayin in the top flight in the 2007 season .. I belive from recollection that they got two weeks notice that they were going up..

Yeah we got 2 weeks notice. It was one of those ones where we were glad to still be in the Premier, but weren't prepared. We got Dean Delaney and Dave Warren in at the last minute, but otherwise had a First Division squad. Lost the play-off to Harps having finished a point off safety. Bray could suffer the same way this season although I've presumed all winter that Bray would be staying up.

[tippex]

Tbh we all have quietly been hoping the same but there is no way the club could make that assumption.

[kid creole]

Totlly beyond farce at this stage .

[razor]

Great to see Tom has finally made it.
his own wikipedia page here

[WoodquayBoy]

A sad sad read

[Jofspring]

Great to see Tom has finally made it.
his own wikipedia page here

Its incredible to read it all put down and condensed. As you read down the page it just seems like it couldn't get any worse but it does. So who's going to submit a section on Roddy to add to that page?

[weecountyman]

Its incredible to read it all put down and condensed. As you read down the page it just seems like it couldn't get any worse but it does. So who's going to submit a section on Roddy to add to that page?

I thought I saw somewhere Roddy already has a wiki page. Maybe it was his brother(s) but I'm sure it was him.

[Jofspring]

I thought I saw somewhere Roddy already has a wiki page. Maybe it was his brother(s) but I'm sure it was him.

Nothing referencing him as the current manager on that page though.

[weecountyman]

Nothing referencing him as the current manager on that page though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Collins Is this the one you're looking at? It has him as manager but a quick scan through the history shows that a lot of folks are pretty unhappy chappies.

[razor]

The references at the end are hilarious, Collins takes XXX job, next one XXX sack Collins, pretty much all the way down , unless he left in acrimonious circumstances and then its Collins settles with XXX

[tiktok]

Danny Murphy, The Cockney Rebel, a man that should have had Irish caps under Brian Kerr and one of the most passionate individuals I've had the pleasure to meet has been driven out of Cork City and will sign for Shamrock Rovers tomorrow.

Another ember dies.
Tom Coughlan should be run out of Ireland.

[razor]

Tom Coughlan should be run out of Ireland.

out of Cork would do

Very disappointing to hear that.

[micls]

It wasnt long ago Danny was telling us how they'd have to lock the gate behind him. Guess he's been shown where the gate was.

I honestly dont know how Coughlan can show his face in cork

[Longfordian]

Any details on this mythical London consortium?. What's in it for them if they actually exist?.

[RonnieB]

A pot of gold at the end of the Rainbow.

[micls]

Well you see, if they put in loads of money, signed all the leagues best players then we'd qualify for the Europa group stages this year, gaining valuable experience before winning the double and qualifying for the CL group stages next year.

That's when the money would start pouring in. We'd be sorted

[Longfordian]

Well you see, if they put in loads of money, signed all the leagues best players then we'd qualify for the Europa group stages this year, gaining valuable experience before winning the double and qualifying for the CL group stages next year.

That's when the money would start pouring in. We'd be sorted

Genius. It's a wonder nobody's tried it already. There's no way it could go wrong.