Kildare about to go bust?

Why can't Kildare at least give it a go against Salthill? Please....? For the good of the league.

First Kilkenny and no Kildare, will there be any grounds left in the league where you can enjoy a pitch-side can?! :mad:

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Originally Posted by Philly

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.

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Well said. Very sad day for the league yesterday but much much more so for Kildare and Derry fans. For the volunteers involved last night to come along and run the show in order to ensure that the club finished out the season was very admirable. Add to that the players who turned out. In a game where many players display mercenary tendencies, what your players did last night stands as a wonderful act of selflessness and pride in their work and their club.

I found Station Road to be a very enjoyable place to watch a game and Kildare will be missed from the league. I hadn't seen this development coming, indeed when I was down there a few months ago to see ye play Waterford, the grounds looked quite impressive with the additional bucket seating. I thought at that stage that things might be on the up, so it's very sad the way things worked out.

Hopefully in the future senior football can return to the area.

Thanks to all for the well wishes.

I think it is impossibly hard for the bottom teams to keep the show on the road. Excessive match day expenses, and petty fines are crippling teams that are not even making enough at the gate to cover player's wages. imo.

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Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce

I'll miss davidatrb's professionally compiled match highlights. UCD used some of his footage on the season's highlight's compliation last night.

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We miss one match in 3 years and which one is it, the last game in the history of the club, only one word; gutted

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Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie

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.

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thats not good.. Brings back bad memories of my club wearing another teams jerseys in the mid nineties .. It was also a red and black kit but from a team playing in the local paddy clabby cup competition..

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Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie

Kildare tonight had no kit

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That actually is the 3rd time in the 5 seasons I've followed Kildare where we didn't wear are kit, last year down in Mervue we had to wear their U21 kit because of some sort of clash in jerseys and a few years back we had to wear Sligos underage jersey because they wanted to unveil their new strip and it clashed with our jersey again

A very big hats off to the supporters club of Kildare Co for their courage in running last night.. Its brings back memories of the 80s and 90s of what happened.. Its bad professionalism of Sumerville to quit and not give the club their kit.. Its the end of an era I always liked driving down to Station Rd.It was one of the few grounds that was right beside the local train station.. hopefully our paths will cross again in the future..I didnt realise the situation had detoriated quite badly but at least they managed to end the season unlike Dublin City a few years back.. Lads dont stop posting on foot.ie as ye are a part of us now.. Look at Sheridan we cant get rid of him!:D


As for the fai they should hang their heads in shame for allowing this to happen..:mad:

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Originally Posted by Martinho II

Its the end of an era I always liked driving down to Station Rd.It was one of the few grounds that was right beside the local train station.

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You liked driving down because it was beside a train station :confused:

I will also miss going to Flancare, it was one of the few places that we could actually win in recent years :D

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Originally Posted by christo

You liked driving down because it was beside a train station :confused:

I will also miss going to Flancare, it was one of the few places that we could actually win in recent years :D

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what I mean is that the ground was in unique position that you would hear constant trains right behind you in the stand all game every few minutes! Thats my memory of Station Rd...

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Originally Posted by Martinho II

As for the fai they should hang their heads in shame for allowing this to happen..:mad:

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Kildare should have stayed within their means. Overspending scum!

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Originally Posted by Raheny Red

Kildare should have stayed within their means.

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True

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Originally Posted by Raheny Red

Overspending scum!

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Harsh

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Originally Posted by Martinho II

what I mean is that the ground was in unique position that you would hear constant trains right behind you in the stand all game every few minutes!

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AHEM..The Showgrounds...;)

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Originally Posted by Rovers1

AHEM..The Showgrounds...;)

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That's not true is it, I haven't been there in years but I don't remember any trains. Carlise grounds would be a different case but I think more trains go past station road at match time then the others

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Originally Posted by christo

That's not true is it, I haven't been there in years but I don't remember any trains. Carlise grounds would be a different case but I think more trains go past station road at match time then the others

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Well the station itself is a bit away from the ground but the railway is right behind the goal at the end they call the Railway End.;)

Congratulations to County last night.

The match was crap the weather was awful, but I had a great time. It was my first opportunity to get down to Station Road and I have to say I was incredibly impressed with the set up and by god I needed that soup. :)

I bought myself a mug as a memento and memory of a decent club with (albeit a few) decent fans who proved their worth and who were pure class last night.
There's very few examples of that sort of commitment in the world and everyone involved should pat themselves on the back.

Huzzah.

Fingers crossed ye get back in some form or other.

I know at the end of most LOI seasons we seem to need reflection but I don't think it's working... We need to fix this fast. Otherwise there will be no one but Franchise left! And we can't be having that!!!

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Originally Posted by Philly

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.

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Tears in my eyes reading this. I have some great memories of Station Road including arriving drunk from a Gaa game in Croke Park to arriving sunburnt one sunny bank holiday weekend after helping mini me celebrate her 18th birthday in Dublin. Miss you Kildare, lovely fans, nice ground, and infinately beatable recently. x

Feel sorry for Kildare Fans. I enjoyed going to Newbridge and I have respect for the people who actually attended the games when the club wasn't doing so good.

Don't want to ask a stupid insensitive question, but is Tuesday's playoff wirh Salthill Devon definitely a non-runner? Devon website has nothing about game being cancelled, same with League of Ireland website

No offence taken and not wanting to sound like a p***k, but whats the point in a play off?

Cheers. No point if Kildare cannot be saved as a LOI entity. Then again, just because there is no point, doesn't mean Delaney and his croneys won't insist it goes ahead

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Originally Posted by Raheny Red

Kildare should have stayed within their means. Overspending scum!

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funny! not!

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Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy

Cheers. No point if Kildare cannot be saved as a LOI entity. Then again, just because there is no point, doesn't mean Delaney and his croneys won't insist it goes ahead

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true :) point taken.

More awful news.
Loved going to Station Road. Lovely people there, lovely feel about the place, handy spin from ours, compact, tidy little ground, nice bar, you could have a chat with the players warming up as you walked in, the soup stall was a great addition!
Kinda looked and felt the way a first division ground should if you know what I mean?
From what's been related here the players and fans of the club did themselves and the badge proud last night. It really is a tremendous shame that a club can't be run only on dedication like that.

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Originally Posted by L37Ultra

It will be a farce if there's 3 Galway teams in the First Division next year! Best of luck to Kildare County!

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Never mind the First Division - it'll be a farce if there's 3 Galways City teams full-stop.

At least the latest isn't also called United and also playing in maroon. Small mercies...

Is there some sort of official statement anywhere confirming that Kildare County have ceased to exist?

http://www.kildarecountyfc.com/?p=2295

There it is. Weird to see it in black and white.

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Originally Posted by Philly

http://www.kildarecountyfc.com/?p=2295

There it is. Weird to see it in black and white.

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Is it just me or is that all it says? When I click on the link, there is no statement, just that one sentence

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Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie

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.

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Do you seriously think that this kind of situation is unique to the league of Ireland? Look at what's going on in leagues in other small (and not so small) countries all over Europe.....teams folding, merging, being bought out and moved all the time.

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Originally Posted by DaveyCakes

Do you seriously think that this kind of situation is unique to the league of Ireland? Look at what's going on in leagues in other small (and not so small) countries all over Europe.....teams folding, merging, being bought out and moved all the time.

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It was on BBC Football Focus on Saturday that, since 1992 (?) 81 league and non-league clubs in England have gone into administration. Some more than once.

It showed the teams highlighted, and there were a lot of league clubs in there, including big names.

Football has been eating itself for years now, and there are some big bangs ahead I suspect (e.g. Glasgow Rangers not looking too healthy right now).

It's a global madness that no-one seems willing or able to stop.

So is the Kildare - Salthill Devon play-off on or not? Devon website says it is, one of the lads in work said he heard the Kildare chairman on radio saying the game was on as well?!?!?!?!?!

just a though and could be wrong but if the game goes ahead and kildare win but then withdraw from the LOI then derry can be invited to join the first div but if they fail to fulfil the fixture then salthill are intitled to be promoted assuming they comply with licensing

Interesting thought . . . . . .

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

It was on BBC Football Focus on Saturday that, since 1992 (?) 81 league and non-league clubs in England have gone into administration. Some more than once.

It showed the teams highlighted, and there were a lot of league clubs in there, including big names.

Football has been eating itself for years now, and there are some big bangs ahead I suspect (e.g. Glasgow Rangers not looking too healthy right now).

It's a global madness that no-one seems willing or able to stop.

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I'm nearly sure it was just referring to league clubs (or clubs that were in the league at the time of going into administration) and I was about to post the same thing.

There's plenty of sticks to beat the league with but clubs getting into financial difficulty is far from the biggest, it's an issue that's repeated across the world.

Very sad to see Kildare go, as others have said it's a lovely little ground and easy to access from the train, it made the fact that the Youths games I saw there were generally shocking just about bearable.

According to Sports News on 2fm, Stephen McGuiness (PFAI) said that Kildare haven't gone bust and that they will be fulfilling their play-off fixture with Salthill Devon this week.

The plot thickens . . .

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Originally Posted by passerrby

just a though and could be wrong but if the game goes ahead and kildare win but then withdraw from the LOI then derry can be invited to join the first div but if they fail to fulfil the fixture then salthill are intitled to be promoted assuming they comply with licensing

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If Kildare and Derry leave the league, there's room for Salthill and Derry to replace them. I assume all the A League clubs would be given an option of applying, and the best one be given a league spot (like Fingal last year). The other option is a ten-team First Division if Salthill don't get in.

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Originally Posted by harps1954

According to Sports News on 2fm, Stephen McGuiness (PFAI) said that Kildare haven't gone bust and that they will be fulfilling their play-off fixture with Salthill Devon this week.

The plot thickens . . .

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Have they any players left?. You'd think an official statement saying they'd played their last game and have been placed into liquidation would be clear enough. Not in this league though, always some confusion around the corner.

Despite the club in liquidation, without a board, it seems the PFAI think the game is going ahead. The FAI has not announced that it off either, and neither have Salthill. Who knows what they are hoping for, but KCFC is gone and the Salthill game is NOT going ahead. The club and team have disbanded.

This League is crazy.

If Kildare don't fulfil the play off game(s), they cannot collect the "prize monies" (€6000) for finishing last. The PFAI are using the opportunity to ensure this money is collected and routed to the players - regardless of the fact that the Club has gone into liquidation and they don't intend to play in the LOI next year? Make logic out of that!

Met someone associated with Devon 10 minutes ago and he said they have NOT been told the game is off and are training tonight with a view to the game going ahead.
Is there anyone in charge out there????????????????????????????????