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

[razor]

They're paid monthly, but are two weeks overdue.

Wages were due on July 29th so they are a week late (or deferred)
They are to receive 40% of those wages today.

[EalingGreen]

Having presumably begged/mortgaged/borrowed etc to the hilt to stave off this latest crisis, do Cork fans think their club will be able to at least "tread water" financially to the end of the season?

And if so, what then? Is there a chance that they will still be relegated anyhow, due to points deduction or withdrawal of license etc, which could itself see the club fold in any case?

Indeed, is there a possibility that "the next wave" will still "swamp" them before then?

[Mr A]

Very tough on the players. Their pay may only be a week late but when you're paid monthly that could be a right bitch, especially for the guys who aren't on big money. On the other hand unless they're totally dense (and we are talking about footballers here) they should have seen this coming.

[Roo69]

What next for Cork City FC?

Will they survive until the end of the season? Will they have enough finance's coming in to be able to run the club?

[dcfcsteve]

What next for Cork City FC?

Will they survive until the end of the season? Will they have enough finance's coming in to be able to run the club?

"Tune in next month to find out - on 'When Good Clubs Go Bad' (cue overly dramatic music...) ".

[L37Ultra]

I'm not sure if this is correct but I heard on another forum that the Cork monthly player wage bill is around 120k!

How the hell did a club who average around 3,000 expect to able to pay these bills?

They didn't.

Thats the problem.

[tiktok]

"Tune in next month to find out - on 'When Good Clubs Go Bad' (cue overly dramatic music...) ".

Indeed, may as well sticky this thread!

[Kildareman]

Has it been revealed yet where the monies to pay the outstanding amount owed actual came from.
Was it the FAI ???
Was it Celtic ???
Was it this cross channel company mentioned somewhere (on the CCFC Forum?).

Come to think of it, how did Cork get a licence at all. There must have been money issues after coming out of administration last year.

Still its good to see them still playing footy in Cork.

[endabob1]

"Tune in next month to find out - on 'When Good Clubs Go Bad' (cue overly dramatic music...) ".

Surely it should be next week

[SkStu]

didnt know where else to put this...

30:43 GOAL - Denis Behan:
Hartlepool 1 - 0 Bristol Rovers Denis Behan scores a headed goal from deep inside the penalty area. Hartlepool 1-0 Bristol Rovers.

[longfordjames]

Cork City Football Club have announced that the much-anticipated friendly match against Celtic Football Club will take place on Wednesday, September 9th at Turner’s Cross.

The game will kick off at 7.45pm, and Peter Lawwell, Chief Executive Officer of Celtic Football Club, told CorkCityFC.ie that the Hoops are looking forward to their visit to Leeside: "We are very pleased to be visiting Cork, and we hope that the friendly match will assist Cork City in raising funds to secure the future of the club. Celtic Football Club has always had great support from Cork, and we sincerely hope that this match goes some way to aiding such a fantastic community asset continue their existence.”

"While a number of the squad will be on international duty and unable to take part in the match we will be sending as strong a squad as possible and will do all we can to make the match an occasion to remember."

Ticket details for the game will be announced shortly."






Hope a big crowd goes.I'm going th head anyway.We cannot lose a great club like CCFC and a Stadium like Turners Cross.Its a great opportunity to see futire Celtic Stars and help CCFC.

[SMorgan]

I've got a good idea.

Why don't Cork let fans in to the match for free!!!

[MariborKev]

We cannot lose and a Stadium like Turners Cross.

We're not talking about the lost city of Atlantis here......

[tiktok]

We're not talking about the lost city of Atlantis here......

We may as well be, thousands of people who were in Turner's Cross on the night we won the League against Derry in 2005 haven't been able to find it since.

[Hairy Bowsie]

Thats nothing on the same night we playing Deportivo in Lansdowne, roughly 22,000 thousand people went missing. There was talk of maybe they went back to Spain with the Deportivo team or of a mass alien abduction. It's just one of those mysterys.