Quite an apt user name you got there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
Read tiktoks post, we have a host of unpaid creditors and club employees.
Quite an apt user name you got there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
Read tiktoks post, we have a host of unpaid creditors and club employees.
I've been jumping in and out of this thread, every now and then so i'm not completely up to speed on everything within, so my apologies if i'm asking questions that may have been asked a few times before.
Is a boycott of game, in order to get rid of TNB, an option? If so, how far away from it are we?
30 minutes to go from Drogheda to Dundalk town centres.Quote:
Originally Posted by ndrog
Also, Dundalk is in no-ones "commuter belt". Neither Dublin's or Belfast's.
Having said that, you point about the potential narrow geographical nature of the league is well made.
There was at least one demonstration towards the end of the season where a large number of fans picketed the turnstiles for 15 minutes or so before going in. Cork's attendances fell dramatically towards the end of the season too, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie
A lot of people had already been doing it, we were struggling to get 1500 per game towards the end of the season. Even that low number was pushed up greatly by people who would have stayed away if it wasn't for holding season tickets [so they felt that they weren;'t contributing to Coughlan by attending while still supporting the team] and also by those An Post vouchers which many used to get in for 'free'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie
An all out boycott is certainly a possibility if the FAI don't take action against Coughlan, if he's still there next season, a lot of people won't come back.
The Club hasn't sent out season ticket renewal forms yet for the run up to Christmas, that can only be because 1. they dont have the money to process them or 2. they think it's a waste of money based on their projected uptake. As it was last year, season ticket sales didn't take off until the licence was granted, for 2010, Coughlan at the helm, I can see the Season ticket numbers be way back.
That of course has a knock on effect for those who'll be negotiating for sponsorship deals etc., in the coming months. If you have a year of bad press behind you and little prospect of suppport for the coming year as evidenced by comparitive;y poor season ticket sales, why would Beamish/Echo/Johnstone'S Paints or anyone else pay the same levels of sponsorship as previously [if they even chose to pay at all].
It's an ongoing mess, whether players have a few quid in their pockets or not.
Why exactly are ye boycotting the games again? Has every other avenue not been tried? Surely boycotting the games will only result in the club going into financial meltdown.
Im not gonna drag this any futher off topic after this but you are indeed part of the commuter belt .Thats why buses that come through Drogheda from Dundalk i.e matthews coach are full of people from Dundalk working in Dublin ?Quote:
Originally Posted by White Horse
Did you bother to read the post at all?Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayjames
Don't know where you're getting 'again' from, there hasn't been a boycott of Cork City game as such, a lot of people are definitely staying away but you'd have to ask those individuals for their own reasons, I was just answering Hairy Bowsie's question about the sense of people down here towards a boycott. In general I think people want Coughlan out and many won't return while he's in charge. As I said, an all out boycott is a possibility.
As for any boycott driving the club into financial meltdown, in my opinion it's in financial meltdown anyway, 1000 people on the gate either way next March is a drop in the ocean at this stage. There are far bigger obstacles for Tom Coughlan between now and the start of next season.
Heres hoping he falls at the first.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
I have horrible visions along the lines of that new Weetabix ad.Quote:
Originally Posted by razor
TNB: I'm alright. You go on without me.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
Foras: That was the plan alright, boi.
Sort out the mess then, demand he be left!!
Get foras on board, any supporter involvement is brilliant.
Now micls and tiktok, after nearly 1300 posts, pages of media coverage, hours of adverse national publicity on radio and TV, court appearances, meetings with the FAI and run ins with bus drivers you finally have your solution.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
It was so simple all along........
well now lads and there was you all thinking it was going to be hard:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
Now that you've sorted that particular issue in one line, have you any similar advice on solving the Middle East situation, world peace generally and the growing gap between rich and poor?Quote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
Irrelevant to the thread, thank you very much.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by OneRedArmy
his point in case you missed was sarcasm because your post was so so silly as to warrant itQuote:
Originally Posted by Riddickcule
And if he wasn't being sarcastic, you'd still have to say fair play for looking for a solution to world peace ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by passerrby
Its really up to the FAI. They can give us a few headlines, a sign of decent change and a huge breath of positivity and let City fans get cracking on with building a club ..... OR ....... They can just have headlines, and more headlines, some more, exclusives on the next catastrophe, more headlines and all of it bad news (thats if the club lasts that longer)
I cant wait to find out the prospective uptake on season tickets. I wont be renewing mine and my mates who used pay in for all of last season, even after the ****e, have already vowed not to go either...that is very much the typical outlook of fans. I reckon the bulk of the fans next season will be made up of parents bringing their 10-13 year old sprogs along who have been going for the last few years and dont really understand whats going on behind the scenes and only care about Danny Murphy or Billy Dennehy...and you cant really knock 13 year olds for not getting the situation to be fair.
I'd give it three home games and they'll all be gone as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by HammerNThongs
Is there any possibility of someone buying the club off him?
he wont sell!Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayjames
surely he couldn't be that stupid, there's nothing left for him now but to get out of there as soon as possibleQuote:
Originally Posted by LOI_Fanatic
Well, not at a realistic price anyway if the rumours are to be believed.Quote:
Originally Posted by LOI_Fanatic
What kind of money is he looking for?Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
Foot.ie members could club together and but Cork?Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayjames
Monkey knife fight at half time, here we come!
Derry seems like the cheaper option at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by thischarmingman
Interestingly Cardiff City have been issued with a winding-up order today as well.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...ty/8379678.stm
It's actually not that interesting, to be honest. Now i understand that, that sounds incredibly smart but there was no way i could put it that didn't sound smart. Basically what i'm saying is, as far as i'm concerned it's a tenuous link to this Cork thread.
Eh... Cork City were issued with a winding-up order a few months ago, surprised you didn't hearQuote:
Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie
And we have the same initials CCFC. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by galwayjames
I did hear. It happens a lot in football, but instead of saying that i'll just post links instead despite the fact that it adds nothing of value to the thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayjames
Back on topic, i'd like to thank tiktok for hsi reply to my questions earlier and add that i think a boycott of games until TNB is gone, is possibly the only way to shift him at this this stage, Now obviously it's not a decision to be taken lightly by anyone but it's seem that every other avenue has been exhausted and FORAS and Cork fans in general, who aren't happy are running out of options.
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Originally Posted by galwayjames
A club with Peter Ridsdale at the helm in financial problems ?
Who'd have thoughtt it....
Has anyone else ever been charged with bringing the league into disrepute? Does anyone know what the potential consequences of this charge by the FAI are?
Roddy Collins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northern Light
He had to go home and get a beating from his wife.
Kevin Long is going to sign for Burnley today, that should keep us limping along and will probably cover the player wages owed in the final agreed installment. I have no idea why Burnley are paying for a player who I thought was a free agent because his contract had been breached, but sure there you go.
I suppose Coughlan didn't bother telling Coyle that!Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
Has he been with CCFC for years?. Maybe Burnley are paying an amount to cover the training compensation they'd have to pay?. I'm not sure if that's affected by his contract status.
Thought I read somewhere that he was one player who was paid up to date all the time or something. Cannot for the life of me remember where but it basically meant that he never had his contract breached.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
Could be wrong on this though.
Our season ticket prices have been released and I think they give you an idea of how many the club expect to renew.
Obviously trying to give incentive to people to ignore their feelings about Coughlan. www.corkcityfc.ie
Adult supporters will be able to sample the atmosphere of Turner’s Cross at all of Cork City’s 2010 home League of Ireland home fixtures for less than a tenner per game, with a season ticket now priced at an amazingly generous €179. That’s just €9.94 per match!
Under 18’s and Senior Citizens can also avail of a fantastic price of just €89 (€4.94 per game) and under 12’s for less than €4 per game with a season ticket available at just €69.
Families can save even more money with the purchase of the new Family Season Ticket* allowing four people entry for just €20.05 per game at €369 for the season.