Foley refuses to play for Bohs against Bray

Hot off the press...


One of our players, Dominic Foley, refused to play in last night’s eircom League fixture versus Bray Wanderers in Dalymount Park. This issue has arisen over an outstanding non-wage related payment due to him.

In recent seasons Bohemian FC has not been immune to the financial challenges of operating a professional football club and has experienced some financial difficulties, losing nine players in the close season and addressing the wage bill and other issues in attempting to manage the club within available resources.

The welfare of all of our staff is and always has been our priority. Dominic Foley is a very experienced and highly valued player at this club. We acknowledge that this money is overdue and had committed to payment of it within a specified period.

However, through last night’s action Dominic Foley made it clear that this is no longer acceptable to him. We accept that the fault is ours but we always felt that this was understood and that the matter would be resolved amicably. Dominic Foley wrote to us two weeks ago reserving the right to terminate his contract with us failing payment of the outstanding sum within fourteen days. In the intervening period the club has made a number of attempts to contact Dominic Foley including the PFAI in the process.

Our only contact with Dominic Foley was at 6:15 p.m. last night when he made himself unavailable for selection. We regret this situation and hope that it can be resolved quickly as he is an integral part of our plans going forward.

.....what a week for the eircom league!! :D


great stuff - 90k a year this guy was on???!?!?

nonsense money

Rumour has it that he is using the excuse of not getting a goal bonus to terminate his contract so he can move to FC Gent with no transfer fee.

looks like we are getting shafted.

What a cnut.

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Originally Posted by Vitruvian Man

Rumour has it that he is using the excuse of not getting a goal bonus to terminate his contract so he can move to FC Gent with no transfer fee.

looks like we are getting shafted.

What a cnut.

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hehe - he probably had to wait in the wings for his chance - seen as it took the useless git a year or more to score!

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Originally Posted by wws

hehe - he probably had to wait in the wings for his chance - seen as it took the useless git a year or more to score!

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Ironic isn't it.
Alanis Morrisette should be a EL fan.

He is a top player for us but it took a year of him being sht for him to get there.

Still we won't miss paying his wages. 90K even more than i thought he was on.


PS
WWS I have been meaning to ask you. Did you play in goal/ do referee during the recent fans match or were you hanging around the bar in Dalyier after the UCD game locked drunk and going on about signing Eamon Zayeed.

I think I have met you,

He was the drunk....

this is karma for you tapping tony grunt up.....

im delighted

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Originally Posted by Vitruvian Man

Ironic isn't it.
Alanis Morrisette should be a EL fan.

He is a top player for us but it took a year of him being sht for him to get there.

Still we won't miss paying his wages. 90K even more than i thought he was on.


PS
WWS I have been meaning to ask you. Did you play in goal/ do referee during the recent fans match or were you hanging around the bar in Dalyier after the UCD game locked drunk and going on about signing Eamon Zayeed.

I think I have met you,

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I played outfield in the fans match - I was amazing against shels but had a nightmare v Bohs...... :D

zayed - yeah that was me I'd say - I was convinced we had signed him and was celebrating in vein...

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Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

this is karma for you tapping tony grunt up.....

im delighted

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Having him in our team is karma enough for tapping him up.

Every team needs a good 5-goal-a-season striker :(

So why didn't ye just make the payment? Are we on the verge of yet another 'eL club in financial difficulties saga'?

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Originally Posted by Galway Harps

So why didn't ye just make the payment? Are we on the verge of yet another 'eL club in financial difficulties saga'?

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my understanding is they had reached an agreement to pay him, was accepted and in train, but the agreement wasnt lawyer proof!! snake isnt the word for the man.

is that the gist of it boyezzzz?

Hard to know what to make of that, sounds like Foley is acting the c*nt but if the club owe him money he has a case.

Anyway, is that 90k a year figure accurate? Shocking money for someone like him if it is.

From what I am hearing from friends and reading on the Bohs board...

He is due a signing fee every year of his contract - don't know how much.
He didn't get this years one on time and complained.
The club offered him a post-dated cheque but he refused.
He said if he wasn't paid in 14 days he would terminate his contract.
He didn't show up for training or answer his phone for the 14 days.
injured against longford but refused to play against Bray though passed fit.

The speculation is (and this comes from the top in Bohs) he is in negotiation with Gent and trying to get out of having to go through a transfer fee or offer which Bohs could turn down.

But that part is jusr rumour at the moment.

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Originally Posted by Vitruvian Man

What a cnut.

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It's even worse than that Vitruvian Man, he's a **** :D

Dominic Foley he's a Hoop, he hates Bohs...

From Foleys point of view I can see why he'd want to leave, he was clearly unhappy there and I think refused to celebrate goals with the fans because of earlier abuse so it was clear he wanted to move, he still is completley out of order going about it this way though given he was earning 90k a year and for the majority of the time doing f*ck all to earn it.

heard an interview with him on the radio once and he came across as an arrogant ****** - he was sneering in his attitude to the standard of football here and said he was used to the more pure "football cultures of Portugal and England"


he was basically saying he was slumming it and I got the impression he felt the league and bohs beneath him!

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Originally Posted by wws

heard an interview with him on the radio once and he came across as an arrogant ****** - he was sneering in his attitude to the standard of football here and said he was used to the more pure "football cultures of Portugal and England"

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Heard that one too & was amazed given his track record. Not exactly a prolific scorer.

I think i posted link before which showed he started something like 50-70 League games in 10 years in england in various divisions & loan deals.

:rolleyes:

90k is decent money. I'm not sure how much he tyhinks he'd get with Genk.

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Originally Posted by wws

heard an interview with him on the radio once and he came across as an arrogant ****** - he was sneering in his attitude to the standard of football here and said he was used to the more pure "football cultures of Portugal and England"


he was basically saying he was slumming it and I got the impression he felt the league and bohs beneath him!

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Well then the sooner he's gone the better! Don't need bitter mercenaries!

:)

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Originally Posted by pete

Not exactly a prolific scorer.

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Putting it mildly. I think in his professional career in England he struggled to get 20 goals altogether iirc.

And somepeople said he was only a journey-man! :eek:

AFIK City offered him either €700 or 900 per week but Bohz offered exactly double.

Cant wait for the Bohz fans to get back on his back again after pretending that they loved him all along :D