Sh*t has hit the fan big time now.
Game is off tonight. Players refused to turn up after being told they will not be paid again. Chairman has to resign now.
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Sh*t has hit the fan big time now.
Game is off tonight. Players refused to turn up after being told they will not be paid again. Chairman has to resign now.
Is the game 100% off?
Does this mean waterford are about to win a game :eek:
Sad state of affairs when they can't (or won't?) even fund a budget that size. Whether it's due to rows or not. Well at least if the worst should happen the ground is secure and Zombie Athlone could come back in due course. Pay the liquidator a few quid and you can have your history back too.
Yep it isQuote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
Another club to go as FAI enjoy the euros and ignore it ever happened. Gonna cost us the gate from home game against em too.
I think we can all agree that the saddest part of this is that athlone haven't one even semi decent player we'd have at our own clubs
Surely the saddest part is one of the oldest clubs in the league is about to disappear?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
David Cassidy might disagree with youQuote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Hello asterisk my old friend..
Forgot about Cassidy actually I'd have him at LTFC
Shocking state of affairs. It looks like Athlone will have to pull out, re-group and comeback for next season or after if they have the right structures in place. A short term solution is no good for anyone.
I'm sure he disagrees with lots of people.Quote:
Originally Posted by ATFC-1887
Because he's a filthy dirty small knacker.
I wouldn't have him washing the boots of any of our midfield three but I suppose he'd do some of the lesser lights.
All the same, well done on having david cassidy on the books of your defunct club though. :good:
Jesus limerick fans have grown some ego since they got relegated.
So it's 2012 all over again. Four years ago, Nero played his fiddle while Rome burned. Nothing changes in the FAI. Conroy Report? Just a useless exercise in pretending to care about Irish Football.
Probably. Unless you've a few quid to spare?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jd2793
Short term solution would suit us if it could get em to after we play em again at the Markets Field.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jofspring
Sad day for the League but more importantly for the fans of ATFC. I hope it doesn't come to them pulling out of the league but it doesn't look good. Another team going from the league while the great man Delaney leaves his credit card behind several bars in France for the loyal Man U, Liverpool etc fans to enjoy themselves. I can see one or two other clubs hitting the wall before next year.
Fixed. :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by ATFC-1887
This is going to be damaging to Waterford too of course.
It's not called the graveyard for nothing. The faster Limerick can get back to the top tier the better.
Sad to see any League of Ireland club in trouble but you have to wonder why ?
Are they so badly run that they can't run a 1st Div team ?
Do the Soccer fans of Athlone not give a toss or is it something else ?
Its all very well blaming Delaney & the FAI but if clubs can't run their own affairs in a proper business like manner then its not up to the FAI to keep filling holes that clubs dig themselves.
The FAI awarded Athlone a Premier Division Licence for 2016 after Athlone failed to pay their players for the majority of last season 2015. They still have failed to pay their outstanding debts owed to players & staff from 2015 and now their 2016 players are not being paid - this is in total breach of the UEFA/FAI's own licencing criteriaQuote:
Originally Posted by disgruntled
Delaney, Gavin and the rest of the crooks in Abbotstown are fully complicit and liable for facilitating this disaster alongside Athlone's Board. And as we all know Athlone aren't the first club to go tits up under the FAI's 'governance' and won't be the last.
They might need to drop down to the A Championship for a few years. Oh right, the plug was pulled on that intermediary development level.
You should have probably mentioned that before...Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Will Frank and Irene have to change their holiday plans to sort out this mess?
It's obvious that there's a big rift between the board and the supporters. The only way out of this is for the FAI to remove the current board and allow the supporters to take over as a trust (with an interim board elected by the supporters). If the supporters are given control of the club then there's hope that things can be turned around but if the present impasse continues then I'd fear that it would be the end.
Seems like leveling a financial punishment at Athlone would be both pointless and self-defeating, and a points deduction, in a league without relegation where Athlone are already far off play-off/promotion places, even more so.
What are the odds the First Division is a six team league by the end of this season?
Is there anybody willing to keep the show on the road and restructure the club?
BTW, I disagree with Disgruntled. If two clubs (Athlone and Waterford) get licences to compete and are on the verge of collapse even before the Summer break, the operation of the regulations must be questioned, and that's down to Delaney and Co.
I'm not being funny but aren't they already a members club? Could they not call an EGM if enough members want one? I'm not au fait with their constitution but surely there's some kind of provision in there that they can use?Quote:
Originally Posted by Comic Book Guy
I heard Alan Mathews on Shannonside today being interviewd about this saga. He seems a defeated man. I wouldnt be surprised if he will quit the club. If he comes on the market I would take him back and get rid of that waster Cousins as Mathews still has a lot to offer. He also confirmed that four of the team are pro and the rest are amateurs.. How did they spend this money from this Athlone fan who won a lot of money? How was this spent so quickly? Personally I would hate for them to go as you need a midlands derby and it was thanks to Athlone that we got into the league of ireland in the first place!
That money was to clear stadium debt for athlone town stadium Ltd. Completely different company to the club itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
There was an opportunity for a merger between First Division and A Championship years back. The First Division has regressed since then. If Athlone and Waterford sink, only 4 of the current First Division would seem in a position to step up to a single tier Premier. Some form of intermediary regionalised league might have to come back for the rest with B teams from the Premier being allowed as well.
Only 4?Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Wasn't aware that they were a members club but if so then surely they can call an egm?Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Looks like something will have to be done between now and the return of the league.
Does anyone in Athlone really care? Attendance's over the years would suggest few do care sadly.
What, are they trying to strong-arm this new group into an unfavorable deal? Surely if the club folds next week (and leaves the LOI mid-season) they'll be nothing left worth taking over?
There are plenty that care. Unfortunately over the last number of years the link between the club and community is completely gone. Mainly down to the current regime. If the group who have proposed to take over are succesful in their attempt, people will come back to support the club. Slowly but surely.
There is alot of bad blood between the current board and the people of Athlone and until they are removed, nothing will change.
They released a statement yesterday evening saying that if a deal isn't completed by Tuesday, then any future decisions will be taken by the current executive committee. Most people have taken this as an intention to fold the club.
All they care about is the academy. They are setting up a midlands school of excellence and are hoping to sell players to England. They do not care about the first team and have said to certain people that they don't want a first team.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
It's a dictatorship down there. Nothing else.
Then why don't they just withdraw and be done with it?
They can do a conference call from the Riviera. The joys of modern technology.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu