View Full Version : Mathews walks from Bray
PartySaint
02/04/2015, 12:56 PM
Just appoint Roddy and let's get this party started
mcgonigle
02/04/2015, 1:01 PM
Just appoint Roddy and let's get this party started
It's all about the party with you! :cool:
Trainee
02/04/2015, 2:30 PM
The club seems to be a mess. I was talking to a bohs fan at Ireland game & he said they missed about 10 mins as Bray had nobody selling tickets & nobody seemed to know what was going on & who was in charge.
ciaraa
02/04/2015, 3:21 PM
Johnny McDonnell? He'd hardly leave now to go to Bray?
We can hope ...
Bray chairman speaks on Today FM. Doesn't add much to be honest, as the threat of legal action means he would not discuss the controversy in detail.
http://www.todayfm.com/Bray-Wanderers-latestU19-manager-to-take-charge
Spudulika
02/04/2015, 7:15 PM
It is very clear there are a number of odd things on the go. They are avoiding completely former players being owed money. They are trying to cover all issues with positive spin. And most importantly they are not going to allow any discussion which will leave them open to any scrutiny. I hope the club will get through this, we don't need this crap so soon in the season.
KeepersBall
02/04/2015, 10:20 PM
We can hope ...Bit harsh, the man with the same name as the publican in The Riordans has done okay so far.
Nesta99
03/04/2015, 1:21 AM
Bit harsh, the man with the same name as the publican in The Riordans has done okay so far.
I know Drogs had a bit of a spell early '80s but surely it should be Fr Dev for the Wicklow lads!
KeepersBall
04/04/2015, 2:56 AM
Fr Dev was Glenroe not The Riordans
Nesta99
05/04/2015, 8:34 PM
I know - I was alluding to the Wicklow soap and Bray needing some Devine (sic) intervention. At least one Journo was quietly thinking that way.
peadar1987
07/04/2015, 8:15 AM
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".
Presumably because walls fell on them.
Seagull
11/04/2015, 1:04 PM
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
11/04/2015, 2:15 PM
Where did they release it as I can't see it anywhere online?
Seagull
11/04/2015, 3:31 PM
Where did they release it as I can't see it anywhere online?
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2015/0410/693369-bray-settle-issues-with-alan-matthews/
nigel-harps1954
11/04/2015, 5:14 PM
What's interesting about it is that Bray are not pursuing legal action against Mathews and not the other way around.
Ezeikial
11/04/2015, 7:09 PM
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
11/04/2015, 8:07 PM
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
14/04/2015, 3:41 PM
Now here's a twist...http://www.leagueofireland.ie/#!Alan-Mathews-to-return-to-Bray-Wanderers/cwp4/552d29a30cf266495e1f1c41 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
14/04/2015, 4:16 PM
Now here's a twist...http://www.leagueofireland.ie/#!Alan-Mathews-to-return-to-Bray-Wanderers/cwp4/552d29a30cf266495e1f1c41 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
14/04/2015, 4:38 PM
Saw Darren Quigley say something about Mathews returning... I thought he was joking!
http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/alan-mathews-could-make-sensational-5517320
Mirror bit there
Seagull
14/04/2015, 5:16 PM
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?
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
15/04/2015, 4:36 PM
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
15/04/2015, 9:22 PM
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
15/04/2015, 10:31 PM
Now here's a twist...http://www.leagueofireland.ie/#!Alan-Mathews-to-return-to-Bray-Wanderers/cwp4/552d29a30cf266495e1f1c41 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?
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
17/04/2015, 10:32 AM
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.
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.
Roo69
17/04/2015, 12:26 PM
Didn't the "familiar faces" have the club in a mess and days away from bankruptcy?
No i think he is talking about the people who used to volunteer at the club, people who gave over 10,15,20 years service to the club where just thrown to the wayside without even a reason
Wayside are probably delighted though.
Charlie Darwin
17/04/2015, 3:15 PM
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.
What did, having fans?
pineapple stu
17/04/2015, 3:51 PM
http://image.blingee.com/images19/content/output/000/000/000/7b4/771063427_772320.gif
those last two posts before P-Stu's gave me a genuine lol moment. Well played sirs.
rooster
06/05/2015, 7:41 PM
Bray to appoint a new manager by tomorrow by all accounts
outspoken
06/05/2015, 10:33 PM
Bray to appoint a new manager by tomorrow by all accounts
Trevor Crolly apparently
The Fox
06/05/2015, 11:11 PM
I would be delighted with that. Trevor is the best name that I have heard linked.
Other possibles mentioned have been Roddy, Alan Matthews again!, Mick Cooke and Damien Richardson.
I hope that Trevor would only take the job if the ownership issues look like they are resolved and hence it would be good news all around
paykanti
07/05/2015, 3:04 AM
He strikes me as a very nice guy (see his dealing of Alan Cawley on SR) and looking at the Rovers squad of last season with a year's hindsight, he certainly didn't underachieve.
White Horse
07/05/2015, 6:32 AM
Crolly would be shrewd appointment. He must be itching restore his reputation after getting sacked by Shamrock Rovers.
Rings a bell, that.
Ezeikial
07/05/2015, 7:24 AM
He strikes me as a very nice guy (see his dealing of Alan Cawley on SR) and looking at the Rovers squad of last season with a year's hindsight, he certainly didn't underachieve.
Croly was responsible for signing that squad
gearbag
07/05/2015, 11:14 AM
Wonder will Croly be backed fiancially tho?
PartySaint
07/05/2015, 11:27 AM
Croly was responsible for signing that squad
Beat me to it.
I think he would be a good appointment for Bray tho, no real pressure and by all accounts he's an excellent coach so might work well with the young players there
nigel-harps1954
07/05/2015, 11:32 AM
Crolly would have to work miracles and sign a heap of players in the transfer window to keep Bray up I'd say.
According to this piece in Irish Sun (from last Saturday), the power struggle continues at Bray. https://twitter.com/noriordan/status/595257216837509120
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CELHPawWMAA78iU.jpg
As if by magic, Maciej is gone: http://www.bwfc.ie/club-statement-2/
Charlie Darwin
07/05/2015, 2:32 PM
What a bizarre statement. It's like they forgot to include the opening line.
Somebody needs to talk to them about capital letters.
Bray Head
07/05/2015, 3:29 PM
Seems a strange statement to issue prior to the new manager appointment which we are led to believe will be later today. It has to be now as we play Drogheda tomorrow.
Sam_Heggy
07/05/2015, 3:59 PM
Wow, there's been posts on here that have made much more sense (I know, but if you look hard enough you'll find them) than that statement.
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