Why are Drogheda United being looked after?

[osarusan]

Fans being the essence of any club, do drogheda fans deserve to be in the first division and ucd fans in the premier division?
If Drogheda gets relegated because of examinership or fails to get a licence because of the state of their ground, then yes. If UCD fulfil all the licencing criteria, then yes. But as UCD got relegated, then no.

Every club has die-hard fans who do work for the club, and support the club financially. Some clubs, obviously, have more than others. You can't decide a club's punishment based on the efforts the fans have made to rectify the mess the club got itself into.

[the-blue-harp]

in my opinion the fai must set their stall out this season. they must let it be known the penalty of examinership and stick to it. teams who seek examinership should know the penalty. its all up in the sky at the minute. there needs to be a set list of punishments for infringements.
if you go into examinership it should be automatic relegation...end of. no bending the rules for any team. if you cant run your club right then you shouldnt be allowed in the league, the sooner that that point gets across to clubs the sooner we can get things back to down to a sense of normality, there is just too much dramatics in the League of Ireland and it's doing no good.

[don ramo]

ya sure we didnt run our club properly and are now gonna be relegated to the A league, while drogs and city run up hugh debths and only pay off a percent of them and remain prem, debth free, what a joke

[SMorgan]

On the otherhand i'll put out the view that it is not the fans who made this mess, but Vincent Hoey (now gone)

gone where?

he may have stepped down as chairman but i'd suspect that he's far from gone and i wouldn't be surprised if he's in as much control this season as he was last.

[Réiteoir]

ya sure we didnt run our club properly and are now gonna be relegated to the A league, while drogs and city run up hugh debths and only pay off a percent of them and remain prem, debth free, what a joke

The League needs a strong Drogheda ;)

[Buile Shuibhne]

........... Finally, I would like on Drogheda United�s behalf to thank the F.A.I. for their support during our difficult times and the Club Licensing Committee for their fair an even-handed operation of their own procedures. Club Licensing has been the best thing to happen in the League of Ireland for a long time and we as a club have always seen the process a positive and fair way for league Clubs to progress and prosper.


http://www.droghedaunited.ie/news/single/id/1540

[holidaysong]

Bring on the Louth derby.