Drug taking in Eircom League

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Originally Posted by GavinZac

We all know all of "you" are pineapple_stu abusing a proxy server.

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Originally Posted by Mr A

There's an image I could have lived without.

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Really? I know it's silly, but surely Pineapple Stu arguing with a computer that its club is going broke and it's being entirely too blasé about it isn't that bad.

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Originally Posted by nijboyle

recently a professional in the lower leagues of english football retired rather than face the music after he failed a drug test at the club.

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A player left Limerick in similar circumstances a few years back too.

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Originally Posted by John83

Really? I know it's silly, but surely Pineapple Stu arguing with a computer that its club is going broke and it's being entirely too blasé about it isn't that bad.

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I think it was the image of Stu abusing a server that he got stuck in his head. To be totally honest, it's not something I'd like to see either.

has anyone ever been band from loi for drug taking

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Originally Posted by forza rovers

has anyone ever been band from loi for drug taking

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Barry Ryan is the only one i know of, and they let him off early.

His club protect him to the hilt now as if it will make it go away. He is THE ONLY ONE banned in recent times and EVERYONE knows about it.

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Originally Posted by forza rovers

has anyone ever been band from loi for drug taking

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No, but Ryan was banned for a few months. I think he went playing GAA for a bit.

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Originally Posted by A face

Barry Ryan got off lightly in the end didn't he, they cut the ban short or something like that, or did they give him his stuff back .... something like that in the end anyway.

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http://www.eleven-a-side.com/premier...sp?newsid=9054

Not exactly "lightly" - 15-month ban reduced to 9 months. Even at the time I thought it was an over the top punishment for a semi-pro player. Resulted in him being fired/let go by Rovers and could easily have ended his career if Dublin City hadn't given him a second chance. I knew there had to be some good reason for that club's existence ;)