Just as it says .... Farrelly and Healy cleared - Rumour
Nothing on the FAI or League site about it though.
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Just as it says .... Farrelly and Healy cleared - Rumour
Nothing on the FAI or League site about it though.
If it was any other day of the year then Id be delighted but today I just don't believe it!
Nothing on Red FM at 12:45 like we were told, I doubt theres any truth to this rumour.
King of the WUM's, Dunnocks, strikes again.
Shame on ye all for believing him.
Rico on Redfm. Fifa contacted him earlier to tell him they had made a decision but wont tell him til tomorrow.
What the hell!!!
The day thats in it I wouldnt believe a word....
The appeals are rejected according to EL weekly.
looks like they werent cleared in the end
disgraceful decision!!!
Tut tut.
You should know better Face.
I was prepared for Healy to be rejected as he wouldn't be allowed to play for another team in the UK either. I don't understand the Farrelly decision.
Obviously the club knew this could happen but I think they were right to sign the players. If the FAI had just kept its head down FIFA wouldn't have known or cared about the situation.
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Does anybody on this message board know what the purpose of the rule is? I have been in sports admin for years (different code) and it seems like a funny rule to have unless there was a really good reason why it is there.
You'd think at the very least they could come to some arrangement for the two boys to cover for Billy when he needs time off work, at least there'd be some benefit to the team that way.
http://unison.ie/sportsdesk/stories....=12&si=1805995
Were Healy and Farrelly not free agents too?Quote:
Cork would be the third club in this period for both Healy (Barnsley, Bradford) and Farrelly (Bohemians, Blackpool). However, seven other Eircom League players have been successful in appealing their cases on the basis that they are entitled to seek employment with new clubs as free agents.
However, FIFA rejected the case of the two former British based players on technicalities which prevents them from lining out for Richardson's side until July.
While Cork's legal team were examining the case yesterday, the prospect of appeal is unlikely given that they would be working off the same evidence.
There is an option of going via the FA in England and the PFA at this stage, it was mentioned on Newstalk 106. Because certainly in Farrelly's case he was only on a short term contract in England when he was there . This MAY provide a route out of the problem. I still believe that Mascherano set a precedent and that Cork are being very badly treated here, but then again they brought a case separately to the FAI bringing the others and they got the others through. Perhaps Merrion Square has it's act together on this issue.
our problem became obvious before any of the other players. our club responded to the communication from FIFA, providing it with the information it requested. FIFA then seperately contacted the FAI regarding players in a similar situation. the idea that we "chose to go it alone" is rubbish and we also worked in conjunction with the FAI, as was constantly repeated by the FAI themselves.