Shouldl Bray Wanderers get a 2013 Premier Licence
Time for a new thread.
It is club licensing time and Bray Wanderers are applying for their licence to be issued in February.
Question to discuss here are:
Should Bray Wanderers be awarded a licence.
Can Bray Wanderers comply with all the FAI and UFEA requirements.
It is no easy thing getting a licence for the Premier Division, here is just the TABLE OF CONTENTS from the 2013 LICENSING MANUAL:
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Objectives
1.3. Legal Basis
2. Procedure
2.1. Criteria graduation
2.2. Licensing sanctions
2.3. Spot-checks by UEFA
3. Licensor
3.1. Licensor definition
3.2. FAI Club Licensing Department
3.3. Confidentiality
3.4. UEFA Club Monitoring (For UEFA Licensees only)
4. Licence applicant and licence
4.1. Definition of licence applicants
4.2. Licence
4.3. Admission to UEFA club competitions
4.4. Extraordinary admission to UEFA club competitions
4.5. Qualification to the UEFA Club Competitions via the UEFA Fair Play Competitions
5. Core process
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Objectives
5.3. DOMESTIC LICENSING PROCESS - CORE STEPS
5.4. UEFA LICENSING PROCESS - CORE STEPS
5.5. Timetable for club licensing process
6. Sporting criteria
7. Infrastructure criteria
8. Personnel and administrative criteria
9. Legal criteria
10. Financial criteria
10.1. Annual Financial Statements
10.2 Financial Letter of Support
10.3 No payables overdue towards football clubs, the FAI, or bodies affiliated to the FAI
10.4 No payables overdue towards employees and Revenue/ social/ tax authorities
10.5 Written representations prior to the licensing decision
10.6 Management Accounts
10.7 Criterion: Future financial information
10.8 Duty to Update Future Financial Information
10.9 Duty to notify subsequent events
10.10 Salary cost protocol
10.11 Tax Clearance Certificate
10.12 No payables overdue towards football clubs, the FAI or bodies affiliated to the FAI- Enhanced
10.13 No payables overdue towards employees and Revenue/ social/ tax authorities - Enhanced
That is an exhausting list and it is not something that is easy to put together.
A lot of expert work and input is needed to get a licence.
Over the next few weeks we hope to follow this application process closely and try to keep all you avid readers and fans updated on progress.
Of course we won't have access to what the club is actually putting into its application, that is confidential, but we certainly can have some input and discussion here in order to give fans a look at the process.
Let the questions begin.
More soon.
