Mathews walks from Bray

[peadar1987]

As far as I can remember, any time someone in Glenroe tried to go to Bray, they died horribly. It was the writers' go-to situation when they wanted to get rid of a character: "Let's kill them in a terrible accident on the way to Bray".

[Mr A]

Presumably because walls fell on them.

[Seagull]

The club released a statement yesterday saying they've resolved their differences with Mathews and there will be no legal action. Importantly they admit there was a breakdown of communication as Mathews had alleged.

[Longfordian]

Where did they release it as I can't see it anywhere online?

[Seagull]

Where did they release it as I can't see it anywhere online?

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2015/...alan-matthews/

[nigel-harps1954]

What's interesting about it is that Bray are not pursuing legal action against Mathews and not the other way around.

[Ezeikial]

What's interesting about it is that Bray are not pursuing legal action against Mathews and not the other way around.

I think that was how the RTE journo interpreted the statement. I am not so sure that is what was intended

On Friday, the Seagulls released a statement which read: ''Bray Wanderers is pleased to announce that it has settled its issues with Alan Matthews and his management team, and that no action of any legal nature will be taken,” a statement read.

[nigel-harps1954]

Open to interpretation by all so. That's precisely how I interpreted the statement too. Seemed to me all along that Bray were being tight-lipped over the whole thing because of that very reason.

I think they've dealt with the situation very well in fact. Where many clubs would have crumbled or released a hap-hazard statement themselves, they kept very quiet and didn't give anything away through the whole thing and settled all without anything going to any sort of legal proceedings, which is an almost annual occurrence in the League of Ireland at this stage.

[Seagull]

Now here's a twist...http://www.leagueofireland.ie/#!Alan...f266495e1f1c41 I'd say the McGettigans would be very popular if they got rid of the current chairman and general manager and returned some familiar faces whatever about the return of Mathews.

[Martinho II]

Now here's a twist...http://www.leagueofireland.ie/#!Alan...f266495e1f1c41 I'd say the McGettigans would be very popular if they got rid of the current chairman and general manager and returned some familiar faces whatever about the return of Mathews.

there was a piece in Mirror today about this. I thought the takeover was complete though?

[Charlie Darwin]

Saw Darren Quigley say something about Mathews returning... I thought he was joking!

[Dodge]

http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/socc...tional-5517320

Mirror bit there

[Seagull]

there was a piece in Mirror today about this. I thought the takeover was complete though?

It looks like the McGettigans takeover was never completed reading that article. But why not I wonder and who's funding the running costs of the club at the moment?

[Dodge]

It looks like the McGettigans takeover was never completed reading that article. But why not I wonder and who's funding the running costs of the club at the moment?

So you read one part of the article and not the others.

But I wonder if you're being passive aggressive for a reason...

[Seagull]

So you read one part of the article and not the others.

But I wonder if you're being passive aggressive for a reason...

You're reading a lot into my comment there. What I meant was that even though it says the McGettigans have pumped money into the club, there's no certainty that that's continuing. I have no hidden agenda here, if getting rid of the O'Connors would mean the return of familiar faces, then bring it on. Too many changes have left the club feeling like an unfamiliar place to me anyway.

[The Fox]

At the Limerick game relations of 2 different players told me, independently, that Matthews would be back. I didn't believe the first one but then I heard the same story a second time I did wonder!

[pineapple stu]

Now here's a twist...http://www.leagueofireland.ie/#!Alan...f266495e1f1c41 I'd say the McGettigans would be very popular if they got rid of the current chairman and general manager and returned some familiar faces whatever about the return of Mathews.

Didn't the "familiar faces" have the club in a mess and days away from bankruptcy?

[Macy]

Didn't the "familiar faces" have the club in a mess and days away from bankruptcy?

A lot of "Bray People" left around the time of Devo going, is the talk I hear anyway.

[pineapple stu]

Met a few people at the last UCD game who said they'd changed from following Bray to following UCD over it.

Struck me as really unusual.

[Macy]

Struck me as really unusual.

Just to say, from what I've heard it isn't necessarily "Devo's gone, I'm off" - there were more changes around that time that seem to have peed people off.