2017 Licences

[Charlie Darwin]

Should be an automatic 20 point deduction at the start of the season for any 'new' club entering the league on the back of a club in the process of liquidation. If Wexford Youths and Waterford United are in the process of liquidation then their replacements have gained a competitive advantage going into the season debt free

They're also asset free. Being debt free isn't much use for a senior football club when you have no assets.

[EatYerGreens]

Should be an automatic 20 point deduction at the start of the season for any 'new' club entering the league on the back of a club in the process of liquidation.

Whilst I agree with you here, the problem is that in a closed football structure - i.e. not a pyramid - it would be a largely symbolic gesture against First Division clubs. Particularly in the coming year, when only one will go up and it's looking pretty clear before a ball is kicked which club that will be.

If we ever get to a proper pyramid system in the ROI - which even the likes of the Irish League and League of Wales have got ffs - then it would have some teeth. Otherwise it would be a largely symbolic gesture most of the time against FD clubs.

Perhaps a fairer way would be to spread a points deduction over a number of seasons i.e. 12 in Year 1, 5 in Year 2, 3 in Year 3 ? That would have more of an impact on the players, manager etc that a club can attract than just one season of pain.

[Martinho II]

how come Mick Wallace isnt involved with Wexford FC is that cos of him trying to call back the loan from Youths?

[NeverFeltBetter]

God knows Wexford are better off.

[Darkglasses]

how come Mick Wallace isnt involved with Wexford FC is that cos of him trying to call back the loan from Youths?

He didn't call in the loan, the US vulture fund liquidating the assets of his company did. He isn't involved as this was one of the stipulations the FAI made for issuing Wexford FC with a new licence.

Say what you will about Mick, but there isn't a hope that Wexford would have ever had a League of Ireland side without his input, even besides the millions he sunk into constructing Ferrycarrig.

[oldyouth]

Anyone who thinks Mick is done with Wexford Youths/Wexford FC doesn't know the man

[nigel-harps1954]

Anyone who thinks Mick is done with Wexford Youths/Wexford FC doesn't know the man

Can't imagine there's too many on here that do know him.

[colonelwest]

The Wexford situation is 100000000000% Cerberus sticking the knife into Wallace. Say what you will about his construction business over the years etc but he's done phenomenal work for Football in Wexford and is a proper football man. His bankruptcy and the calling in of the 200k off the Youths was all down to him outing them in the Dail for buying all those loans from Nama for pennies on the Euro, well below market value in another round of our grand old history of shady as fcuk political/ brown envelope dealings. Cerberus bought his debts from Nama and called them all in pretty much instantaneously to declare him bankrupt as payback for him publicaly outing their shady dealings in Project Eagle.