Sporting Fingal Gone Belly Up

[hoopy]

Imagine there's more to follow on Fingal as it's not as if they can't field a team.

However the vultures are beginning to circle, looking for a bargain;)

[Schumi]

Are Lisburn any good does anyone know?

Martin Moran always has his teams play with a bit of flair.
Martin Russell does his best too. ;)

[Hibs4Ever]

So The Lep, you still sure your club didn't cheat by signing players and hiring new staff they couldn't afford?

[pineapple stu]

We could be the new Bohs - instead of selling our ground twice, we can sell Bolger twice.

[Mr A]

We could be the new Bohs - instead of selling our ground twice, we can sell Bolger twice.

Will you still have him after that though?

And did you sell one of his legs at some point but later deny it?

[PartySaint]

So The Lep, you still sure your club didn't cheat by signing players and hiring new staff they couldn't afford?

You're just turning the knife now:)

[superjohnny]

So The Lep, you still sure your club didn't cheat by signing players and hiring new staff they couldn't afford?

The LEP is up in morton clearing out his locker. as andy gray would say ''GAME OVER''

[Schumi]

We could be the new Bohs - instead of selling our ground twice, we can sell Bolger twice.

Did we get paid the first time?

[pineapple stu]

Are Lisburn any good does anyone know?
Three goals behind Portadown (http://www.ifapremiership.com/), whom they meet in the League Cup Final soon, so maybe not that much of an improvement. They've Glen Ferguson up front (who's now 41 and more of an impact sub these days, but still quite dangerous) and obviously Billy in nets. They're great though - if we weren't in pre-season with a new squad, I'd fancy us for sure. They may have that final more on their minds than this, as the game on Monday will be their fifth in 13 days, all of which will help address the pre-season imbalance. I'd say it'll be 50/50 to be honest.

[Dodge]

However the vultures are beginning to circle, looking for a bargain;)

I'd be disgusted if Pete mahon didn't at least contact some fo the top quality players they have. They won't have too many options

[centre mid]

So are Fingal gone or is this all still rumour?

[Schumi]

"Sporting Fingal players have had their contracts terminated." according to Tony O'Donohue

[Charlie Darwin]

That's not good news.

[Schumi]

Awful for the players with only a couple of weeks to the start of the season to find a new club (on considerably less money most likely too).

[pineapple stu]

I assume the three-club rule is void in this case?

[Dodge]

Awful for the players with only a couple of weeks to the start of the season to find a new club (on considerably less money most likely too).

Awful for fans (wahtever their number). Awful for admin staff. Awful for players and coaches. Some will get work straight away but yo'd have to feel for them as individuals.

Whatever about the merits of Fingal in the league

[Nesta99]

Any Fingal players that can defend turn up to Oriel Park tomorrow evening, bring your boots and you might get playing....

[Louth4sam]

Awful for the players with only a couple of weeks to the start of the season to find a new club (on considerably less money most likely too).

Hard to have sympathy for them. They took a high pay high risk gamble and got burned.

This will be good for the long term future of the league. No clubs now seem to be paying way above their means

[pineapple stu]

Can't agree with that. If someone is offering to pay you, say, E300 a week, you can't go assuming it'll dry up with two or three weeks. The employees have been appallingly treated, I think.

[Mario]

Hard to have sympathy for them. They took a high pay high risk gamble and got burned.

This will be good for the long term future of the league. No clubs now seem to be paying way above their means

Agreed, only Buckley to blaim for this mess, he shoulda taken a leave from Wexford's book and went for a young all amateur team untill the new ground opened. Buckley blew a fortune chasing trophies when there was no need for it.

Are they going to drop leagues or gone all together?

The FAI should never again let another new team from Dublin into the league!

[Louth4sam]

Can't agree with that. If someone is offering to pay you, say, E300 a week, you can't go assuming it'll dry up with two or three weeks. The employees have been appallingly treated, I think.

I've turned down jobs before on better pay due to rumours about instability in a company. A bird in the hand and all that

[Nesta99]

Agree with Louth4sam here! It is an awful experience for those involved, but similar is happening to 100s all over the country every day. I too would take a smaller wage for job security. If an average wage is say €500pw and somone came offering double i'd be asking a few questions.

[peadar1987]

And they've imploded. :(

Stupid, stupid, stupid management from a club that had real potential.

[Buile Shuibhne]

Awful for fans (wahtever their number). Awful for admin staff. Awful for players and coaches. Some will get work straight away but yo'd have to feel for them as individuals.

Whatever about the merits of Fingal in the league


Awful career move for Philip Nolan.

Will Pats take him back?

[pineapple stu]

It is an awful experience for those involved, but similar is happening to 100s all over the country every day.
I'm not saying we should have extra sympathy because they're footballers, by the way. I just disagree that it's hard to have sympathy for them, or indeed anyone who's been laid off. Have they eight or nine under contract from last season? Those who've signed in pre-season are in the minority I think.

[Hibs4Ever]

Awful career move for Philip Nolan.

Will Pats take him back?



Doubt it. Bed made and all that...

[Bunny Kelly]

who are the players?

And if things are this bad who will get their Prem spot, Drogs hardly able to get a Prem license

[El-Pietro]

I assume the three-club rule is void in this case?
they never played for Fingal in competitive games

plus the three club rule generally only matters when you leave the country

[D.24saint]

you cant just terminate contracts and move on imo the next statement will indicate winding the club down

[Jofspring]

who are the players?

And if things are this bad who will get their Prem spot, Drogs hardly able to get a Prem license

Would think Monaghan would take it. They are rightfully next in line if you ask me and are in a better position on and off the pitch to take the place than Drogheda. If Bohs go down then for the same reasons as Mons i think Waterford should go up.

I feel bad for the likes of the Lep to be honest. He genuinely supported Fingal and from what i could tell enjoyed going to LOI games. While the fan bases of clubs like Fingal, Kildare, Dublin City and Kilkenny might have been small, they where still LOI fans lost to the League.

[Dillonman]

There is special dispensation given to players who are with clubs who go out of business.

[bullit]

From todays DrogheDA INDEPENDENT

BOBBY Browne is continuing to prepare for life in the Airtricity League First Division, despite growing rumours that Sporting Fingal may not be a in a position to compete in the Premier.
The North Dublin outfit failed to pay players wages on time last week as a proposed sponsorship deal fell through at the eleventh hour and, while the wages were eventually paid over the weekend, the news casts a major doubt over their ability to secure a Premier Division license from the FAI.
Drogheda Utd were told a number of months ago that they would be ‘first in line’ to replace any potential ‘fallers’ from the current batch of top tier teams, but Browne is not convinced the club would even be in a position to take up such an offer.
‘All I can do is prepare for the First Division because that is where we are at the minute,’ he said, without ruling out the possibilty. ‘The same scenario happened last year when Bray took Derry’s place and stayed up - albeit after a play-off.
‘They would have started off budgeting for the First Division and that was all turned on its head at the last minute, but it worked out for them.
‘There’s two sides to it really. You get extra revenue from sponsorship and you will get bigger gates, but I honestly don’t know if the club is set up for it [the Premier Division].
‘ We’ve been told by the Airtiricty League to gear for the First Division and that’s what we are doing - that is all we can do.’
Regardless of where the Drogs end up, putting a competitive squad together is still proving a major challenge for Browne.
‘We have had players up training and when they hear there is no money they maybe get an offer from somewhere else and they are gone.

[legendz]

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/0209/sportingfingal.html

Is it the end of the road for Fingal?

[poster]

This puts Pat's in Europe, no?

[PartySaint]

This puts Pat's in Europe, no?

Yes, yes it does:)

[iceman]

League really is in a complete shambles.

[Doomofman]

League really is in a complete shambles.

To be fair I'm pretty sure the word 'shambles' only exists to describe the LOI

[Spudulika]

Nice for Billy Brennan to face his old team. He's playing a stormer for them so far. Hope he gets a club back in the LOI in the summer. It's a shame for the players and staff at Sporting Fingal, I'd like to think the club will play on at some lower level, though it looks like politics had a large role to play behind the scenes (cost cutting and backside covering in the council).

[Charlie Darwin]

To be fair I'm pretty sure the word 'shambles' only exists to describe the LOI
This shambles really is a League of Ireland.

[The Lep]

So The Lep, you still sure your club didn't cheat by signing players and hiring new staff they couldn't afford?

Yes.........

[total hoofball]

I'm gutted for the players and I hope they can nail down something, I've heard some managers have been holding fire on signing players in anticipation of Fingal players coming onto the market on cheaper wages

Any club that signs contracts with players while hopelessly bust deserves to die. Good riddance, they were nothing but a bureaucratic and corporate play thing that offered nothing to the league. They could have been a success if they adopted the Wexford Youths model but instead of doing anything positive for local football that 2 million was ****ed into players bank accounts. Typical Fingal County Council.

[The Lep]

The LEP is up in morton clearing out his locker. as andy gray would say ''GAME OVER''

Why Morton? Im clearing my plate if thats any use to you. nice bit of grub though.

[Dillonman]

So what happens with Greg Bolger? Do another team have to fork out the 10k compo or did Fingal already "pay"this?

[Dillonman]

This puts Pat's in Europe, no?

It does and if Bohs dont get the go ahead for Europe, Dundalka re back in by default yet again!

[Lamper.sffc]

:(


Really gutted this has happened. Hopefully ours will be the only club this will happen to this season and for a long time to come.
Maybe we can come back in at some lower level and build slowly from there. I hope we try this and maybe I will still have a club to support no matter what the level.

[pineapple stu]

So what happens with Greg Bolger? Do another team have to fork out the 10k compo or did Fingal already "pay"this?
3k compo. I imagine he's a free agent now; if we got stung, that's our tough. Despite my earlier post, I don't see how we can actually sell him twice.

(Though I fear for the safety of the Fingal person who gave us the cheques if it bounced. :p)

[L.T.F.C.]

:(


Really gutted this has happened. Hopefully ours will be the only club this will happen to this season and for a long time to come.
Maybe we can come back in at some lower level and build slowly from there. I hope we try this and maybe I will still have a club to support no matter what the level.
This was foretold in the previous 59 pages before today. You can't just be in the top from day 1. The Lep and Lamper sffc should be eating an arseload of humble pie.

[Dillonman]

:(


Really gutted this has happened. Hopefully ours will be the only club this will happen to this season and for a long time to come.
Maybe we can come back in at some lower level and build slowly from there. I hope we try this and maybe I will still have a club to support no matter what the level.

Its always bad to see a club go and I hope ye can keep a club going, be it in the a championship for a year or two and buidl slowly this time.

[The Lep]

LTFC ,Nope. Maybe we should have followed Longford and save a few quid by selling the same match programme for every game of the season with just some post it stickers covering the team lists.

[redobit]

... they were nothing but a bureaucratic and corporate play thing that offered nothing to the league. They could have been a success if they adopted the Wexford Youths model but instead of doing anything positive for local football that 2 million was ****ed into players bank accounts. Typical Fingal County Council.

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