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Tenderloins
05/12/2006, 10:47 AM
In relation to the threads around about EL clubs being ripped off/transfers etc...
Just wondering what players have tranfered between EL clubs for a fee?
Have EL clubs ever bought players abroad?
Jason Byrne and Eamon Zayed spring to mind. There must be many more....
Poor Student
05/12/2006, 10:48 AM
Longford bought Robbie Martin off UCD for about €10k last season.
BrayUnknowns
05/12/2006, 10:50 AM
Alan Cawley from UCD to Shels, Pat Sullivan from UCD to Drogheda
Sheridan
05/12/2006, 10:50 AM
Sean Dillon, Colins Hawkins, Bobby Ryan, Jason Byrne, Trevor Molloy, Shane Barrett, Eamon Zayed, Tony Grant off the top of my head,.
Terry
05/12/2006, 10:56 AM
Alan Murphy Galway-Derry
lofty9
05/12/2006, 11:00 AM
Alan Murphy Galway-Derry

€28k - rip off of the century - valued by the eircom league too!
Maz
05/12/2006, 11:02 AM
As far as I know, Longford paid a fee for 3 players from Drogheda Danny O Connor, Gary Cronin and Steven Gough...buy in bulk and now get rid in bulk
Poor Student
05/12/2006, 11:27 AM
I think Derry paid Cork about €10k for Stephen O'Flynn.
fbtn
05/12/2006, 11:34 AM
Nearly all clubs would have bought players for transfer fees over the years. Obviously it isn't as common now as clubs just can't afford it.

Our best fees ever - a 19 year old Brendan Bradley from Derry City for £100 (1969) and Johnny Speak from Ballymena United for £2000 (1994).
oriel
05/12/2006, 12:39 PM
I think our selling Steve Williams to Shels in 99 was a record for a keeper, 30k punt i seem to recall
Olander
05/12/2006, 12:52 PM
€28k - rip off of the century - valued by the eircom league too!
22 thousand euro actually.
pól-dcfc
05/12/2006, 1:08 PM
Barry Molloy from drogs to us. 14k if I remember right
Dazzy
05/12/2006, 1:19 PM
I think Derry paid Cork about €10k for Stephen O'Flynn.

That is correct.
OneRedArmy
05/12/2006, 1:31 PM
Should the question not be restated as "how many players have been transferred between EL clubs for a fee that went through the books"?
LukeO
05/12/2006, 1:36 PM
The only Bohs ones I cant think of in recent years are:

(open to correction on figures)

Trevor Molloy from St. Pat's, £30,000 + Jamie Harris 2000
Fergal Harkin from finn Harps, £8,000
Tony Grant from Rovers, €15,000
Mark O'Brien from Rovers, €15,000
We may have also paid a fee for Bobby Ryan off Galway.

We sold Tony Grant to Drogs for €15,000 + Mark Leech (cheque bounced twice and had to be taken out of Drogs Uefa Cup Gate Receipts :rolleyes: )
fbtn
05/12/2006, 1:44 PM
Fergal Harkin from finn Harps, £8,000


That one is right enough. It was a clause in his contract that he could leave for £8000 if we were relegated.

Fantastic player.
harpskid
05/12/2006, 1:47 PM
That one is right enough. It was a clause in his contract that he could leave for £8000 if we were relegated.

Fantastic player.


We got a fee for James Mulligan as well didn't we?
Macy
05/12/2006, 2:25 PM
We got a transfer fee for Gartland and Barrett from Drogs.
Hitman
05/12/2006, 2:50 PM
We got a fee for James Mulligan as well didn't we?

I think City paid fees for Mulligan and Devine in 2000, not sure how much.
micls
05/12/2006, 3:34 PM
i think Devine was 30k
harps1954
05/12/2006, 3:50 PM
We got a fee for James Mulligan as well didn't we?


Harps paid £18,000 (punts) :confused: for James Mulligan in 1997 and sold him to Cork for £15,000 (punts) in 2000.
The Ball Boy
05/12/2006, 4:27 PM
We got a fee for James Mulligan as well didn't we?


We also got Pascal Vaudequin for a fee...p***k!!
BobtheDrog
06/12/2006, 4:10 AM
Barry Molloy from drogs to us. 14k if I remember right

thought it was far less than that closer to 8 whatever it was you did well out of it :mad:
Sonic
06/12/2006, 11:43 AM
We got a transfer fee for Gartland and Barrett from Drogs.

I was under the impression that we were still owed those transter fees from drogs according to local sources. one thing is for sure we are owed for dillons transfer to shels good luck getting that in a hurry!
Macy
06/12/2006, 12:21 PM
I was under the impression that we were still owed those transter fees from drogs according to local sources.
You could well be right, although I thought it was a condition of the Barrett transfer that they coughed up for Gartland as well.


one thing is for sure we are owed for dillons transfer to shels
2 points, if they still owe for transfer fees how did they get a licence, and if we are still owed we should do the league a favour and attend the winding up hearing as a creditor. ;)
John83
06/12/2006, 2:40 PM
We sold Tony Grant to Drogs for €15,000 + Mark Leech (cheque bounced twice and had to be taken out of Drogs Uefa Cup Gate Receipts :rolleyes: )
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the winner of the competition to sum up the eircom League in 30 words or less.
dublinred
06/12/2006, 3:16 PM
Harps paid £18,000 (punts) :confused: for James Mulligan in 1997 and sold him to Cork for £15,000 (punts) in 2000.

Mullingan was signing for Derry for 10k and then Harps gazumped them.
bigmac
06/12/2006, 4:15 PM
i think Devine was 30k

That's the figure I had in my head as well for some reason.
pineapple stu
06/12/2006, 4:43 PM
Awful lot of cheques bouncing up Drogheda way. What's the story with that?
Philly
06/12/2006, 8:01 PM
Kildare County "sold" Wayne Russell to Derry for a fee that was meant to be in around 12k. It wasn't done in a, em, above board fashion, and Wayne got injured so I think we only got a small amount.

We did buy Sean Francis off Longford Town. €7,000 I think. What a bad decision that turned out to be...
Longfordian
06/12/2006, 9:28 PM
I was under the impression that we were still owed those transter fees from drogs according to local sources. one thing is for sure we are owed for dillons transfer to shels good luck getting that in a hurry!

No Drogs (or parties connected with them at least) paid up alright, paid for Barrett up front 55k and eventually paid up the 10k for Gartland when the last Licensing renewal was coming around. Shels owe us something like 2 or 3 thousand apparently, out of the 40k he was sold for. I don't think we're all that high on their creditors priority list!
DmanDmythDledge
06/12/2006, 9:34 PM
2 points, if they still owe for transfer fees how did they get a licence, and if we are still owed we should do the league a favour and attend the winding up hearing as a creditor. ;)
The transfer fee was more than likely agreed to be paid in installments so nothing illegal done if so.
Aaron
06/12/2006, 9:41 PM
I remember watching a Bohs game years ago and distinctly remember the commentator saying Bohs had bought Trevor Molloy of St. Pat's for £55,000 punts. Not sure if its true tho...anyone clarify?
wakenuppaddy
06/12/2006, 10:12 PM
Harps paid £18,000 (punts) :confused: for James Mulligan in 1997 and sold him to Cork for £15,000 (punts) in 2000.


Sad I know but that is one of my happiest memories of Harps .:(

All we heard all week was how Derry had the Mulligan deal in the bag. Then , i just happened to switch on aertel and see the "Finn Harps sign James Mulligan" heading.:) The fact that we got him ahead of Derry was just the icing on the cake.

That was back in the days when the board were actually capable of finding a sponsor for the club though!!

I thought it was 14,000 punts and Donegal Creameries coughed up the spondoolies.
LukeO
06/12/2006, 11:47 PM
I remember watching a Bohs game years ago and distinctly remember the commentator saying Bohs had bought Trevor Molloy of St. Pat's for £55,000 punts. Not sure if its true tho...anyone clarify?

That's way off, check my post above!
Macy
07/12/2006, 7:02 AM
The transfer fee was more than likely agreed to be paid in installments so nothing illegal done if so.
Not sure technically it's illegal anyway, but that's just another if to add to the equation really, and assumes that they'd be meeting agreed repayments anyway - 3 winding up orders in a season suggests they're not too hot on meeting repayment deadlines :D
CollegeTillIDie
09/12/2006, 6:02 AM
Awful lot of cheques bouncing up Drogheda way. What's the story with that?

They must bank with Bridgestone :D
superfrank
09/12/2006, 6:05 PM
I vaguely recall reading that Pats paid £40,000 to Athlone for Trevor Molloy in the late 90's, can anyone clarify.

Also, I think the real question is what is the highest fee between el clubs.
forza
09/12/2006, 9:11 PM
Hallows to Pats cant remember how much.
BohsFans
10/12/2006, 12:52 AM
The only Bohs ones I cant think of in recent years are:

(open to correction on figures)

Trevor Molloy from St. Pat's, £30,000 + Jamie Harris 2000
Fergal Harkin from finn Harps, £8,000
Tony Grant from Rovers, €15,000
Mark O'Brien from Rovers, €15,000
We may have also paid a fee for Bobby Ryan off Galway.

We sold Tony Grant to Drogs for €15,000 + Mark Leech (cheque bounced twice and had to be taken out of Drogs Uefa Cup Gate Receipts :rolleyes: )

Trevor Molloy - Think it was £25,000
Fergal Harkin - :eek: Didn't know we paid for him back! (great bit of business by Harps)
Tony Grant - I'm sure your right
Mark O'Brien - Correct
Bobby Ryan - £7,500/€10,000
Tony Grant to Drogs + Mark Leech loan til season end - €9,000
LukeO
10/12/2006, 1:05 AM
Trevor Molloy - Think it was £25,000
Fergal Harkin - :eek: Didn't know we paid for him back! (great bit of business by Harps)
Tony Grant - I'm sure your right
Mark O'Brien - Correct
Bobby Ryan - £7,500/€10,000
Tony Grant to Drogs + Mark Leech loan til season end - €9,000

Oh yeah, I meant to write €10k not €15k for Grant to Drogs, I was getting it mixed up with what we paid for him.
Dodge
10/12/2006, 1:40 AM
I vaguely recall reading that Pats paid £40,000 to Athlone for Trevor Molloy in the late 90's, can anyone clarify.

Absolutely not. He only signed a short term deal with Athlone and signed for us the week before the U20 world cup (thanks, Brian). Sold him for 40k to Bohs 2 league titles later (as mentioned)

Our record fee is for Packie Lynch from UCD for about 16k. Loads of transfer fees go unmentioned.