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What exactly happened?!
Who cares now? You no longer exist!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kildare Lad
Wow really didnt even see that coming... F**king eejit.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
Sorry but your attitude is laughable. Your club is out of business and you're casually inquiring as to what happened on an internet chat forum? And that is why you are out of business in a nutshell
Leixlip Red, whoever you are, you are as mature as a 9 year old with developmental issues.
KildareLad, no forthcoming investment and not enough hands to run the club was always going to lead to this happening eventually unfortunately. I think the efforts to keep the club going ran out of gas, and the money troubles got too big.
Alot of very good fans didn't know about the situation that club in or how deep in trouble we were because the club failed to communicate on pretty much any level with fans. It's not thwe fans fault that this is out of the blue. Everyone knew we were struggling but there was actually a feeling that things were on the up until very recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
Really don't know what your problem is, but you should probably bring it elsewhere. Wasn't long ago your club looked down and out, and I can't recall many fans (or any KCFC fans) dancing on your graves back then.
Are ye going playing in the 'A' Championship Philly?
Sorry to hear of Kildare's demise. We'd a good old rivalry at one point. It sucks to see a club go under.
I didn't ask if we went out of business, I asked what exactly happened, until today I had not even heard that it was possible that we would be out of business by the end of the night, I had heard that if we were relegated then we would go out of business.
You're reply was "Who cares?", is that a joke? Obviously myself and the rest of our (few) fans care, doesnt take a genius to figure that out. Why bother write back at all?
strange match in station road. didnt realise how bad the situation was down there. they didnt warm up, they had to wear newbridge towns kit, no manager, 3 subs and the sub goalkeeper came on in a shels jersey.
Nope. If it's gone, it's gone. The A League would make the finances worse anyway, and we'd struggle in it aswell I would imagine.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufc2000
Ah you can take that simple point of view if you want but I know from experience that when things are very,very bad, just as they were at Shels 3 years ago that the fans know. It's no excuse. I'm just being honest and that's what you seem to have issue with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philly
Nope, you're being a bit of a ****, and that's what I have an issue with. I'm really not in the mood for entertaining ya either, obviously, so whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
I f*cking hate this sh1te, no wonder people dont support this league when we have pathetic stories like this, I feel bad for the Kildare fans its always sad to see a club go under, just out of interest will any of youse support another LOI team now or will youse just keep a eye on the leagueQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave77
I was just taken aback by the casual "what's going on here" attitude of KildareLad, that sort of ****e was rampant around the time we had difficulties back in the day. It ****es me off. I do hope that dedicated fans like yourself can possibly save something of the club. I'm not intending to kick you when you're down, I enjoy the trip to station road and I admire the links your club have with the local youth setup. Good luckQuote:
Originally Posted by Philly
Sorry to see your club go under. I'll never forget that night in Station Road at the end of last season. What will the loyal fans do now, will you go watch Newbridge Town in the LSL?
Hasnt quiet hit me yet tbh, still not too sure what my attitude towards the league will be like now. Over the past few seasons I've picked up a bigger and bigger interest in the LoI in general so I will still follow the league, how closely though I dont know. Highly doubt I'll remain going to games though, Tallaght would be the closest to me but I don't fancy spending my Saturday nights going to watch a team who I dont really feel connected to. Will probably keep an eye out for rovers anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
But as for now, RIP Kildare County, thanks for the memories. Hopefully Kildare will have a team back in the LoI before long.:(
It really is sad to see, best of luck with whatever you decide to doQuote:
Originally Posted by Kildare Lad
Very sorry to hear that, guessing from all the posts that Kildare County are no more?Nothing on club website, that is why I ask. As with Derry, very sorry for the fans of the club
Kildare tonight had no manager, no kit, no physio and half a team. This league is a ****ing joke. I don't know why i bother any more, Shambles.
Sounds more like a local GAA match than anything else...
Not really, no refs were bundled into boots and although I believe he was present, the parish priest refrained from assaulting anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayjames
Would there be any point in attempting to get Newbridge into the League?
Fair play to the players. They are all owed monies yet they all turned up to fulfil the fixture. I believe there was no warm up because the PFAI wanted them not to play. The players insisted on playing saying when they joined they were contracted for the season. They were also contracted to be paid but still wanted to play. Everyone of them have to be congradulated. Honourable men.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave77
Kildare County was the result when Newbridge Town were invited to join the league. Maybe in the future there will be a new club in Kildare in the A league and eventually the first division.
Was nice to see a Kildare man, Trevor Bowers score Kildare Countys last goal with Philly Gorman scoring Kildare Countys first ever competitive goal and it was nice just to see Kildare County score as well.
Very strange feeling arriving at the ground, during and after the game. Good crowd up albeit nearly all shels and just a shame how it has this has all ended. Be tough to take up following anyone else, it definetly won't be the same. Kildare county was a small club with a small fanbase and all the supporters knew each other. I just couldn't see it being the same anywhere else.
Fair play to the lads for turning out and playing.
Kildare County were the attempt to get Newbridge into the league. They saw what happened St Francis and decided to keep the LOI side completely seperate from the LSL side in case things turned out badQuote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Pretty savvy in the end
Fair play to the lads indeed
Won't follow any club to be honest, unless everyone else's dream on these boards comes through and a Navan club joins up
County were born when Newbridge Town turned down an invite to join but they were never the same club. Town did however have a board member.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
I don't think Town have any interest in joining the LOI.
Lads, I understand how much of a farce KCFC were tonight, and appreciate people's feelings on it. But, given it's context, I'm kinda proud.
Those charged with running the club, including our manager, threw in the towel and left the club before season's end. Instead of folding, and not finishing the season, the fans and players grouped together to at least go out with some dignity. Philly Hughes took up the managers position, and a team of around ten volunteer fans ran the match-day event. Fair play to them all.
Sure, Mr Sommerville didn't arrive, and didn't let us have our jerseys, but the team played in Newbridge Town youth jerseys. They played knowing they would never be paid the wages they were owed. The fans ran the show knowing nobody would be there to thank them at the end of the night. It might have looked like a farce, but in a way, KCFC tonight was a picture of what football is all about - community and pride, even when the going gets tough.
I wish I was there, but college work kept me away - which has me fierce down. However, from what I have heard, everyone at Station Road tonight can hold their heads high.
I made some friends for life at KCFC. We had our ups and downs, more downs than ups, but it was worth it. I wish we could do it all over again.
Well said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philly
Fair play to everyone at Kildare that made sure this match went ahead. As was said you can all hold your heads high for that because it would have been easy to just walk away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philly
No matter how big or small a club is, it will hurt the fans just as much if they die out so I feel sorry for all County fans that this has happened.
I enjoyed my trips to Station Road and I will be sorry to see you gone.
Fair play to all concerned tonight. But Pat/Joey your a joke and a liar you got rid of Mick/Regenia for what for this :mad:
Not to show tonight is so so SAD.
I'll miss davidatrb's professionally compiled match highlights. UCD used some of his footage on the season's highlight's compliation last night.
As a supporter of a club that nearly went out of business last year I can
sympathise with Kildare County fans. Never good to see a club go under.
rowds were never great but fair play to all those who did turn up home and
away.
You know what, I can't keep up anymore. Derry City thrown out, Kildare County out of business, many others close to going to the wall. The way it's all going, we may not have a league to follow in 10 years. What a mess. Sorry to see you go Thoroughbreds.
THREE clubs in the FIRST division?Quote:
Originally Posted by L37Ultra
Mervue United.
Salthill Devon.
Who is the 3rd club?
Lest we forget St. James' Gate, Dublin City, Kilkenny City, Cobh Ramblers, St. Francis, Home Farm et al.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pauro 76
Tragedy.
That's a pretty pathetic thing to say.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackwood
So you think that the club was in great shape until Pat/joey took charge a couple of months ago?
What happened last night is a legacy of bad decisions made down through the years and in reality the club has been slowly dying since the day that Dermot Keely left for Derry.
The club was already in a pretty impossible position when pat/joey took over and if it hadn't ended like it did last night, it would have ended after the sesaon anyway.
It's so sad but I'll always have great memories of the club
Well done to them and to the fans who worked hard to finish the season instead of walking away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kildareman
I liked going to Station Road. Good stewarding and staff.....
sorry things have come to this and Kildare will be missed by many.Well done to all those loyal fans who kept things going till the bitter end.