The Derry City thread - Derry sign first four players

**MariborKev** · 30/10/2009, 11:37 PM

Aye, me da heard similiar.

Time to wind up Wellvan and head for the A League.

**SMorgan** · 01/11/2009, 10:01 AM

Dungannon are set to take legal action against Derry City after the club failed to make an agreed installment payment by close of business on Friday.

**Ezeikial** · 01/11/2009, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by SMorgan

Dungannon are set to take legal action against Derry City after the club failed to make an agreed installment payment by close of business on Friday.

Have Derry engaged Tom Coughlan as a consultant?

**Dodge** · 01/11/2009, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by SMorgan

Dungannon are set to take legal action against Derry City after the club failed to make an agreed installment payment by close of business on Friday.

HOw long has this been going on for? Seems like its come up about 3/4 times now

**MariborKev** · 01/11/2009, 11:02 AM

Dodge,

It has been running on since McGinn got transferred.

I hope the FAI throw the book at us, we are a complete disgrace and I'm ashamed to call myself a Derry fan at the minute.

**Dodge** · 01/11/2009, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by MariborKev

I hope the FAI throw the book at us, we are a complete disgrace and I'm ashamed to call myself a Derry fan at the minute.

Ugh, hard times fellah.

**Mr_Parker** · 01/11/2009, 12:33 PM

**EalingGreen** · 01/11/2009, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by SMorgan

Dungannon are set to take legal action against Derry City after the club failed to make an agreed installment payment by close of business on Friday.

Let me see now, that's one IL team they're severely p1ssing off, with Linfield another (at least until they get paid for the Setanta tickets). And I wonder what Institute might think about having "noisy neighbours"?

At this rate, the IL mightn't even have DCFC back, even if they asked!

**Mr A** · 01/11/2009, 1:02 PM

At this rate, there won't be a Derry City to ask.

**Ezeikial** · 01/11/2009, 1:07 PM

I can understand that if Derry have not been/are not now in a position to pay up on foot of the court order that you can't take blood from a stone. But if these press reports are true in relation to how they have snubbed Dungannon, McDaid not taking calls etc, it seems to be inepitude of the highest order. What was he thinking.....that Dungannon would just go away if he ignored them?

The similarities with the TNB model of how to run a club (into the ground) are striking

**Mr A** · 01/11/2009, 1:31 PM

Very true Ezeikial, especially since both clubs have made good money from transfer fees and had good crowds yet still managed to get themselves into a world of hurt.

Derry certainly managed to keep it under wraps a lot better though, but now seem to be caught in the perfect storm.

At this stage they seem very vulnerable to any creditor deciding to go for liquidation. I suspect Dungannon won't, but you never know, they really have been woefully badly treated.

**Ezeikial** · 01/11/2009, 1:40 PM

Originally Posted by Mr A

Derry certainly managed to keep it under wraps a lot better though, but now seem to be caught in the perfect storm.

You say that as though it is a positive thing (maybe not what you intended). Being up-front, open and honest about financial difficulties will attract some media flak and club-bashers but in the bigger picture it tends to pull people who care together and helps in the all-important area of trust, belief and integrity - if/when you no longer have trust in the people leading your club in a crises it makes it very difficult to support them.

**thischarmingman** · 01/11/2009, 1:58 PM

Originally Posted by Mr A

At this stage they seem very vulnerable to any creditor deciding to go for liquidation. I suspect Dungannon won't, but you never know, they really have been woefully badly treated.

Couldn't blame them if they did to be honest, it's an appalling way for our club to conduct business. What annoys me is the constant "It's nothing to worry about, it's all in control" coming from the board at the moment. Going by that article (and in the absence of any firm information from the club itself) we insisted on the confidentiality clause- you should have been on our forum the day that was announced to see the number of people queing up to have a go at Dungannon as they'd obviously lost the case.

**Mr A** · 01/11/2009, 2:08 PM

Originally Posted by Ezeikial

You say that as though it is a positive thing (maybe not what you intended). Being up-front, open and honest about financial difficulties will attract some media flak and club-bashers but in the bigger picture it tends to pull people who care together and helps in the all-important area of trust, belief and integrity - if/when you no longer have trust in the people leading your club in a crises it makes it very difficult to support them.

Agree completely. I think their ability to portray things as fine only makes it more likely that it'll be too late to react once the crap really does hit the fan and the problems can't be ignored any more.

**Martinho II** · 01/11/2009, 4:28 PM

Originally Posted by EalingGreen

Let me see now, that's one IL team they're severely p1ssing off, with Linfield another (at least until they get paid for the Setanta tickets). And I wonder what Institute might think about having "noisy neighbours"?

At this rate, the IL mightn't even have DCFC back, even if they asked!

I am not in the know here Ealing Green but can you please explain why Linfield are owed money for Setanta Cup tickets?

**apollo** · 01/11/2009, 4:59 PM

Because of the tickets that linfield sent up to derry to be sold to our fans for the windsor park game 500 or so, that money should have been sent to linfield cause it was their home game but it seems our club just pocketed it.