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09/03/2007, 1:38 PM
FROM TODAY'S INDO..........
Paisley heads for exit at Longford as cash crisis looms for midlands club
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THE new eircom League season kicks off this evening but it is the emerging problems of one of the clubs not in action that is in danger of providing more bad news as the FAI take full control of the domestic game.
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Beleaguered Longford Town begin their campaign against St Patrick's Athletic at Flancare Park tomorrow night but will do so without defender Stephen Paisley.
While there was no official confirmation last night, sources at the Midlands club intimated that the player had been successful in securing release from his contract after a tribunal case which he took citing deferred payment of wages.
St Pat's have been waiting in the background for the matter to play itself out and should now add Paisley to their ranks for free, having had a substantial cash bid for the Dubliner rejected as recently as last week.
It appears that the last thing Longford are in a position to refuse right now is money after reports yesterday that former investors and directors are owed large amounts of cash by the club.
And the extent of the problems is believed to be so serious that manager Alan Mathews is on the verge of handing in his resignation.
He is understood to be extremely frustrated at the club's handling of the Paisley affair in addition to the ongoing financial problems.
Meanwhile, numerous league clubs will start the season tonight without their summer signings as the saga over FIFA transfer regulations continues.
Paisley heads for exit at Longford as cash crisis looms for midlands club
ADVERTISEMENT
THE new eircom League season kicks off this evening but it is the emerging problems of one of the clubs not in action that is in danger of providing more bad news as the FAI take full control of the domestic game.
Campaign
Beleaguered Longford Town begin their campaign against St Patrick's Athletic at Flancare Park tomorrow night but will do so without defender Stephen Paisley.
While there was no official confirmation last night, sources at the Midlands club intimated that the player had been successful in securing release from his contract after a tribunal case which he took citing deferred payment of wages.
St Pat's have been waiting in the background for the matter to play itself out and should now add Paisley to their ranks for free, having had a substantial cash bid for the Dubliner rejected as recently as last week.
It appears that the last thing Longford are in a position to refuse right now is money after reports yesterday that former investors and directors are owed large amounts of cash by the club.
And the extent of the problems is believed to be so serious that manager Alan Mathews is on the verge of handing in his resignation.
He is understood to be extremely frustrated at the club's handling of the Paisley affair in addition to the ongoing financial problems.
Meanwhile, numerous league clubs will start the season tonight without their summer signings as the saga over FIFA transfer regulations continues.