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30th Nov ? Is this the day that drogs (and any others) have to pay all o/s wages in order to get a licence for the division they are currently in ? I want drogs to stay in the prem, looking forward to the 4 games next year, besides boylesports offering a tasty 6/4 for us to finish ahead of them:)
In a word, no. AFAIK clubs can get an extension until the 31st January to have the house in order.
I don't think any extension is going to help Drogs that much, or indeed Bohs if their legal issues go the way most people think they will.
The extension is presumably to help other clubs whose problems are bubbling under the surface.
I think extention is to stop john delaney and fran gavin look foolishQuote:
Originally Posted by OneRedArmy
isnt the January deadline to have the Revenue fully paid and some clubs were trying to use its as a loophole for the wages issue.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
All wages owing have to be paid by midnight tonight.
You have to be in the process of coming to arrangements for paying players by today. It doesn't matter when they are paid as long as the player agrees.
Statement on the Kildare County website regarding the licensing. The club were told to apply for a first division license just in case....
http://www.kildarecountyfc.com/news/...sp?NewsID=1120
So Feburary 18th would appear to be D day with the season starting on the 6th of March.
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Originally Posted by steno
looks like you could be getting back in! let the fun of licensing begin
So, if any one of the 10 Premier clubs are refused a licence, the First Division club taking their place will only have 16 days (at most) to prepare for the Premier...?
Yep and the same would go for any A league team who may take the place of a first division team, should one fail in their application.
Once again, tis a joke. Fixtures won't be out til February 18th at the earliest ffs.
Joke is not the word.
Clubs should be applying for the Premier Division.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lilywhites
If they don't wish to apply for the Premier Division that should appear in their License/Licence application.
Are you making a query about clubs who don't know what they want?
No. By February 18th, Finn Harps for example, who could maybe take the place of Drogheda, will presumably have a team built for the First Division, not the Premier. Kind of fùcks them up if they're told they're being thrown into the Premier 16 days before it starts.
Don't see that as much of a problem, they started the 2008 Premier with a First Division team, despite a few months notice:p.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lilywhites
No they shouldn't. Budget, players, etc would be totally different. It's farcical that clubs don't know for sure what division they'll be in next season.Quote:
Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce
A number of First Division clubs will get Premier Division licences before the start of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
But you are suggesting they shouldn't even apply.
The post to which you responded was about clubs preparing for the Premier. There's more to that than getting a licence. It's nonsense that a club could be promoted with a First Division financial structure and squad in place.
afaik you cant be awarded a licence you did not apply for ,so if you apply for a first you can only be given a first and not a premQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Drogheda United need to be told NOW, that they are not playing in the Premier League in 2009.
Now could they? They shouldn't have been playing in it last season and only got the Premier Licence because of the proposed new stadium they were dreaming of.
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Originally Posted by passerrby
So I wonder what will happen if say 9/10 of the premier teams get the required licence, 1 fails and everyone else has applied for a 1st division licence?, have other clubs been advised in a similar way to Kildare County?
far as i'm aware waterford united always apply for and have recieved a premier licence to date sure its the same again.Quote:
Originally Posted by steno
Ditto for the Mons. We applied for premier last year and again this year so hopefully will be ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by gotaroundbetter
when shels got relegated two years ago and waterford utd got promoted did waterford get much notice at all??
No and that's why they landed back in the First Division.
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Originally Posted by SMorgan
I think with the whole economic climate of the country at the moment and the lack of help from the FAI over the years for ground development/improvements, its not right to punish those whose stadiums arent 'up to scratch'.
Unfortunately we didnt have a TD involved in the governments who was able to swing a big grant for ground improvments!
Every club bar a couple of seem to be fcuked financially. If we get an agreement with the players and get through examinership, I would expect us to be playing Premier Division football next season. (btw theres a big new sports campus being built on the northside of the town and i wouoldnt be surprised to see us become part of that project and get some sort of new stadium up there)
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Originally Posted by Cosmo
Of course there is!! I said it before and I'll say it again. If the club gets out of examinership we'll get another grandiose scheme that will keep you going for another few years.
If Drogheda gets a Premier Licence for 2009 then we may scrap the whole licensing system, as it will have become a joke.
Bull crap. If Finn Harps can get themnselves a new stadium, why can't Drogheda with an even more valuable asset behind them....? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmo
Very much agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMorgan
Fobbing off the old stadium to developers? I think i read somewhere that Drogs gave up United Park to the FAI the last time they were buggered financially so they can't sell it on (again) because they don't own it. Thats why the situation is so grave, there's no safety net!Quote:
Bull crap. If Finn Harps can get themnselves a new stadium, why can't Drogheda with an even more valuable asset behind them....? :confused: