According to a report in this morning's Daily Tar Declan Hanney was in court yesterday attempting to have himself appointed to an FAI Cup tie this weekend. Was given the red card 'though.
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According to a report in this morning's Daily Tar Declan Hanney was in court yesterday attempting to have himself appointed to an FAI Cup tie this weekend. Was given the red card 'though.
He was in court? Why was that?
Is the article up anywhere?
I'm guessing he was appealing to the court to force the FAI to use him.
Mark McCadden's story in full....
Referee Declan Hanney yesterday failed in a court bid to be put in charge of an FAI Cup match this weekend. He was handed a five match ban after making an error during the Cork City - Sligo Rovers match. Hanney failed to award Rovers a penalty during the match for a foul on Jamie McKenzie and showed the Bit O'Red ace a second yellow card for a 'dive'.
hes a bit desperate isnt he?
The most stupid thing is,hanney gets a 5match ban for the bad decision but mckenzie was still suspended for the next game. A bit of consistency wouldn't go astray!
Having had the pleasure of being a linesman to Hanney a couple of years back i can safely say he is the most egotistical arrogant man in refereeing that i ever met and an awful ref as well.
Wish someone in the fai had the balls to get rid of him for good.
Why no mention of our disallowed goal in the second half when Behan didn't go near the keeper? Yes, he was poor, but let's not make out that Sligo were shafted!
shades of the John McDermott case a few years back...
Can they increase his ban to five years?
Can they also please dismiss Kelly,McKeown and Tomney,absolutely brutal Referees the whole lot of them.
especially mckeown,possibly the worst ref I've ever seenQuote:
Originally Posted by eamo1
Next time I see that a EL ref is in court, i hope the outcome is a jail sentence!
add buttimer to that he has to be colour blindQuote:
Originally Posted by eamo1
from Saturday's Irish Times:
Referee fails in legal battle
A senior Eircom League of Ireland referee has failed to be reinstated prior to a mid- season break in fixtures that begins this weekend.
Declan Hanney (44), Watson Park, Killiney, Co Dublin, was seeking an injunction in the Circuit Civil Court to force the Football Association of Ireland to allocate a game to him as referee.
Mr Hanney was not selected to referee matches for the past four weeks after criticism of his handling of a game between Sligo Rovers and Cork City on May 9th.
Refusing the application Judge Jacqueline Linnane took into account a judgment by Mr Justice Frank Clarke last year involving the FAI and non-interference in its internal operations.
both involving us getting screwed of courseQuote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
It's a toss-up between him and Hancock.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers fan
Buttimer is probably the best referee in the league at the moment.
At least he's consistent. The rest are woefully inconsistent.
:D:Dnot a chance he was rubbish last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by norrie_1001
Neil Doyle is useless aswell!!
Have we any good refs???
yes, he's consistently ****.Quote:
Originally Posted by norrie_1001
Terrible ref's ... Paul Deering take a bow
best ref in the first division:D:D he ruins every game he refs.hes rubbishQuote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Hanney refereed one of my schoolboy games a few years back not far from where he lives as a favour and was the most ignorant person ever, crap ref aswell
I was impressed by the ref for UCD-Monaghan this week. I think he's new, I'd only ever seen him as linesman bafore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flawless
According to my list the assigned referee for that one was Darren Coombes - who used to be the National Referees Recruitment Officer for the FAIQuote:
Originally Posted by Student Mullet
Ref here was brutal. Who appoints these guys? Cup tie was totally ruined by this idiot aggravating players and supporters alike with some crazy decisions, too numerous to mention! He was from Clare, I think, aided and assisted by two equally incompetent linesmen, from Kerry.
Where on earth do they find these guy?
Clare & Kerry respectively.Quote:
Originally Posted by smasher
If thats the best they can produce I would respectfully suggest that they look elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
You've got to be either deluded or related.Quote:
Originally Posted by norrie_1001
Darren is a top bloke, dead sound and a good ref..the exact opposite to Hanney..How Hanney is ahead of him is a joke and just shows its jobs for the boysQuote:
According to my list the assigned referee for that one was Darren Coombes - who used to be the National Referees Recruitment Officer for the FAI
I'm sure it wasn't just for the "penalty", that he was shafted, there was nothing wrong with Behan's goal either and also looked a bit harsh to send Butler off for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by anti dub
or buttimerQuote:
Originally Posted by razor
eircom League of Ireland fixtures and referee appointments
Thursday, June 19th
eircom League of Ireland First Division
Sporting Fingal v Kildare County
Morton Stadium 7.45 pm I. Stokes
Friday, June 20th
eircom League of Ireland Premier Division
Cork City v Cobh Ramblers
Turner’s Cross 7.45 pm A. Kelly
Drogheda United v Derry City
United Park 7.45 pm A. Buttimer
St. Patrick’s Athletic v Bray Wanderers
Richmond Park 7.45 pm D. McKeon
Shamrock Rovers v Galway United
Tolka Park 8.00 pm D. Hancock
eircom League of Ireland First Division
Limerick 37 v Athlone Town
Jackman Park 7.45 pm S. Grant
Waterford United v Dundalk
R.S.C. 7.45 pm E. McNally
Wexford Youths v Monaghan United
Ferrycarrig Park 8.00 pm J. McLaughlin
Saturday, June 21st
eircom League of Ireland Premier Division
Sligo Rovers v U.C.D.
The Showgrounds 8.00 pm M. Gough
eircom League of Ireland First Division
Longford Town v Shelbourne
Flancare Park 7.30 pm P. Sutton
Tuesday, June 24th
eircom League of Ireland Premier Division
Finn Harps v Bohemians
Finn Park 8.00pm R. Winter[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT]
im sure he will try make it into headlines with another one of his kit clashesQuote:
Originally Posted by soccerc
That gimp!:eek::mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by soccerc
He's useless. I'd rather it was Buttimer again!
I was at the St.Mary's vs Wayside Celtic game and Kelly was referee and the Wayside fellas couldn't believe that he was Premier Divsion standard and supposedly the best in the league.
we had the benefit of alans dad pat kelly (head of referees) reffing the legends match v liverpool last saturday night . i do not like him and the match threatened to boil over on a couple of occasions.Quote:
Originally Posted by rambler14
i thought it would have been better to wheel out carpenter or wilfred wallace(two cnuts)
but it this way it was better than dearing reffingQuote:
Originally Posted by sligored
Sure Pat Kelly is an even bigger gimp than his son.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligored
There is no way that man should be head of refereeing in Ireland. He has a constant hatred of Ramblers which he's passed down to his sons. It's not just Ramblers, if Pat Kelly dislikes one person within the club he'll do his upmost to irritate you.
I wasn't around back when he was refereing but my Dad assures me that he was hated and was reluctant to give Ramblers a free-kick. A complete knob back in the day.
I've had a few run in's with him in Ramblers and my Dad's theory that he's a complete knob has been proven right.
Did you's realise, depending on how far away a ref has to travel for an FAI cup game they usually get around €800 including expenses ay least.
A few years ago in an FAI cup game at the Brandywell, even though the 4 officials travelled up together they all put in seperate mileage, hotel and other expenses.........came to over €900 each.
So maybe thats why Hanney didn't want to miss out.