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

[Pablo Escobar]

What it does do is call the bluff of some of the "boycotters" of Cork City. Surely no excuse now not to get behind the new club and if the support does come out I would see them as contenders for promotion this year.

It seems everyone is getting behind it. A fan owned club is definitely the way forward in this league.

[tonydaly]

What it does do is call the bluff of some of the "boycotters" of Cork City. Surely no excuse now not to get behind the new club and if the support does come out I would see them as contenders for promotion this year.

The "boycotter's" were not boycotting the club but Coughlan handling of it. This whole mess started some time ago & eventually some supporters felt the only way to get Coughlan out was to boycott matches. There has always been a hardcore fan base in Cork of between 2 to 3 thousand with another couple of thousand floaters which came out only for the big games. If the new club can get most of the hardcore fans out then they will do well & have a good first season.

[marinobohs]

The "boycotter's" were not boycotting the club but Coughlan handling of it. This whole mess started some time ago & eventually some supporters felt the only way to get Coughlan out was to boycott matches. There has always been a hardcore fan base in Cork of between 2 to 3 thousand with another couple of thousand floaters which came out only for the big games. If the new club can get most of the hardcore fans out then they will do well & have a good first season.

That was exactly my point TD, given the crowds that Cork attracted historically there is no reason why they will not challenge this season (even if not from the start). I would hope that now the club is in (hopefully ) good hands that the support level will increase dramtically on last season (even in the 1st Division) given the goodwill attached to the new entity I would see no reason why those that boycotted will not be back.

[derm]

That was exactly my point TD, given the crowds that Cork attracted historically there is no reason why they will not challenge this season (even if not from the start). I would hope that now the club is in (hopefully ) good hands that the support level will increase dramtically on last season (even in the 1st Division) given the goodwill attached to the new entity I would see no reason why those that boycotted will not be back.

The boycotters will be back, but there may be some people who were just sick of the whole thing who stopped going -in fact the mess that was CCFC under Tom was so bad it nearly caused fans of other clubs to give up . With the buzz of a fan-run team I'd hope we'd get big crowds (big for the 1st anyway) but will not be counting any chickens just yet...

[tonydaly]

That was exactly my point TD, given the crowds that Cork attracted historically there is no reason why they will not challenge this season (even if not from the start). I would hope that now the club is in (hopefully ) good hands that the support level will increase dramtically on last season (even in the 1st Division) given the goodwill attached to the new entity I would see no reason why those that boycotted will not be back.

But as you know some people will always find some excuse for not going,wrong night,football is poor, don't like the team colours etc. Long ago it was,stadiums are crap,no facilities. With the standard of most grounds now you can finish work go to the stadium,get something to eat & sit in comfort to watch a good game of football. Hopefully if the matches are on a Friday or Saturday night people will come out & support their local club.

[dahamsta]

Was that aimed at my don't feed the animals comment ?? C'mon Adam,the guy is clearly trolling/Wumming

It wasn't, but can you stop dragging the thread off-topic please? If you have a problem with a post report it. And don't reply, just keep quiet and mind your business please.

[Youths4Ever]

hi is there a website for Foras yet think or somewhere to get the new creat i saw something on a one page in the thread somewhere but i cant seem to find it any help apprecaited

also from a future quiz question point of view where Wexford the last team to play Cork City FC know meant to have other pre season friendlies after we played them last week but not sure if then went ahead

[Doomofman]

http://www.corkcityforasco-op.com/

Kevin Mullen is General Manager, Eanna Buckley is club administrator

[Youths4Ever]

http://www.corkcityforasco-op.com/

Kevin Mullen is General Manager, Eanna Buckley is club administrator

thanks

[Réiteoir]

http://www.corkcityforasco-op.com/

Kevin Mullen is General Manager, Eanna Buckley is club administrator

Does Eanna still post on here at all?

[Mr A]

http://www.corkcityforasco-op.com/

Kevin Mullen is General Manager, Eanna Buckley is club administrator

Delighted to see Eanna involved with the new club, definitely one of the good guys.

[Doomofman]

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/...cityforas.html

Cork City FORAS Co-op have appointed former Shamrock Rovers defender Tommy Dunne as first team manager.

Dunne is very familiar with Cork football after working with Paul Doolin as assistant manager in Cork in the 2009 season.

Speaking about the appointment, Dunne said: 'It's a job I would always have liked and I'm delighted to take it on.

'Last year was an enjoyable year for me even though there were problems with the club.

'I've enjoyed being in Cork, the people, playing in Turner's Cross and the atmosphere there. It's an exciting job and I'm looking forward to getting started.'

Foras site is up now as well... Not much on it mind...

[dahamsta]

Delighted to see Eanna involved with the new club, definitely one of the good guys.

+1. Also passionate about the club. I seem to remember the aforementioned passion stirring trouble on Foot.ie on occasion , but I met him in person a couple of times and he was dead-on; and looking back to then, Administrator seems a perfect position for him.

(I don't think he posts here any more Réiteoir, unfortunately.)

[micls]

Question for a FORAS member/Micls, yere hardly fufilling that fixture down in cahir are ye?? Wouldnt mind going for a look if it was to happen.

No, unfortunately because fo the timing we simply wouldnt be ready.

Just saw the website 120 for membership?? Thats very good. Is that a season ticket too or what?? Either way well impressed with it. Fair play

Just membership. Basically we're asking that people now sign up, pay 10euro a month and own part of your club.

Again, timing mean we wont have a membership package which includes season ticket for this season.

Our season ticket packages will be announced asap.

[dahamsta]

Just membership. Basically we're asking that people now sign up, pay 10euro a month and own part of your club.

I'll do that next month when I've the dosh. It'll be an individual membership though, Foot.ie can't afford your high-falutin' business memberships, plus of course there'd be a conflict of interest.

If you don't mind some constructive feedback, ye've disabled right-click on the site, which means people can't copy the email address to send payment without using the Edit menu, which might not occur to them. A Buy Now button would work best though, they're dead easy to make on the PayPal site. If you need a hand, give me a shout.

(Getting technical, you should get right of the right-click script anyway, if someone wants to steal your content they'll find a a way around it, by just disabling javascript, taking a screenshot, installing Firebug, etc. And it's terrible from an accessibility point of view.)