Cork City denied a licence; club to be wound up; FORAS to enter First Division

[osarusan]

Is it fact that FORAS are withholding funds?

Just going on what I've read on foot.ie, Foras raised funds of about 75,000, but a written request is needed to access them, which hasn't been made as far as I know. Whether they would have granted the money to CCFC before now is a question I don't know the answer to, but they would be absolutely crazy to hand over even a penny of it at the moment.

I'd say that money would be (will be) best spent facilitating the set-up of a new Cork club.

[Black and White]

If Cork are saved...will they be docked points?

[Dodge]

If Cork are saved...will they be docked points?

For what?

[Mr A]

For what?

Them stooopid accents.

[Black and White]

For what?

For their huge debts and nearly going out of business! Surely their wage bill is higher than the 65% cap!

[Dodge]

For their huge debts and nearly going out of business! Surely their wage bill is higher than the 65% cap!

Every club has debts. If they're over the 65% at season's end then thats a different thing

[Celdrog]

Anyone realise if the points of previous games are made void Pats will be last with only 17 points

We'll be last, as we lose three points after beating Cork in United Park, leaving us with 16.

Feel very sorry for the Cork fans - they don't deserve this.

[Marco]

the really funny part is this stupid FORAS that was set up to help the club, they raised 75k apparently since they formed, yet havent handed over a penny, so the cork people used this tool to help save there club, and the tool just, what, broke, why isnt that money handed over,

tools and tools and more tools, i thought our SC was bad, at least we just got relegated because they didnt hand over funds, but to be wound up, the club doesnt deserve to exist with fans like that, we told our ones to **** off,

idiocracy at its height,

Ha thats funny Don! You never told the fans where to go, after being lied to and and clearly made fools of, the fans decided to **** off themselves and by the looks of it won't be coming back soon. At least FORAS got up and tried to do something unlike the few thankless fans that tried to help Cobh.

[roinuj]

the fai should just step in and kick cork out of the league.
they done enough gowling and knew they were in the wrong.
no sympathy here.

[micls]

the fai should just step in and kick cork out of the league.
they done enough gowling and knew they were in the wrong.
no sympathy here.

I'll tell that to the 10 year old who was inconsolably crying on the bus on the way home from Derry today.....

No fan deserves this.

Thanks to all who posted good wishes.

[joey B]

To anyone taking pleasure in Cork's demise imagine your club not existing anymore ,because I can't

All the best to Cork and its fantastic supporters truly black day for league

[dancinpants]

Some bitter sh!te on here...just don't get it TBH. I can see people gloating over another teams relegation, but over ANOTHER teams demise? Its not right.

All the best to the other City.

[SMorgan]

You that's all fair enough, but we're talking about a club that has acted so irrespondsibly it's hard to believe. Cork signed players from under the noses of other clubs using money it should have been using to pay the taxman. Remember Cork even gave free entry to a league match with Drogheda and gave it's season- ticket holders a refund relating to that match. Of course fans of clubs that play by the rules and pay taxes will believe that Cork under it's current management should not be in the league. Fans know very well that when Cork goes another Cork club will replace them in a season or two. The FAI have to come down hard on clubs that are getting an unfair advantage by spending money it hasn't got.

[don ramo]

Ha thats funny Don! You never told the fans where to go, after being lied to and and clearly made fools of, the fans decided to **** off themselves and by the looks of it won't be coming back soon. At least FORAS got up and tried to do something unlike the few thankless fans that tried to help Cobh.

its the exact same situation, fans have money for the club but wont hand it over, cause they built a demoracy and now dont like the person that they voted in and accepted,

what would you know anyway that vine is rotted,

its a joke that ye think FORAS done the right thing, people bought tickets for there events and draws in the belive that they were helping out there club Cork City FC, only in actual fact some joe soap is sitting on it, FORAS didnt want a premier league club in january, why the hell would the want an A league one now,

and that stupid statement they made might aswell have been a blank piece of paper,

id love to se a club run by these fools

[OneRedArmy]

You that's all fair enough, but we're talking about a club that has acted so irrespondsibly it's hard to believe. Cork signed players from under the noses of other clubs using money it should have been using to pay the taxman. Remember Cork even gave free entry to a league match with Drogheda and gave it's season- ticket holders a refund relating to that match. Of course fans of clubs that play by the rules and pay taxes will believe that Cork under it's current management should not be in the league. Fans know very well that when Cork goes another Cork club will replace them in a season or two. The FAI have to come down hard on clubs that are getting an unfair advantage by spending money it hasn't got.

You do realise that in Cork's case the fans and the club are not one and the same? Most Cork fans were wary of Arkaga taking over (where the original damage was done) but they couldn't do anything about it. When Arkaga bailed out the damage was done, the debts were so large that saving the club was beyond the means of fans.

AFAIK your own club isn't members owned or controlled so there's nothing to stop the same thing happening in Dundalk.