QuoteWould be a bit unfair to ban the players - not exactly millionaires - they need to be able to earn a living.Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy
If the tax man wants to go after them so be it
I thought the same of McDaid when I saw the news clip - the man is seriously deluded, shame on the FAI? No, shame on the cheating lying scumbags who, as Pol said, have utterly destroyed the reputation of such a fine club.
And as I said before, if the players and staff were aware of these double contracts, they should also be banned from the LOI
"Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins."
"Homer Simpson, smiling politely."
Would be a bit unfair to ban the players - not exactly millionaires - they need to be able to earn a living.
If the tax man wants to go after them so be it
Any chance of a cheap drum?
Sporting F*ck All!
So because they're not exactly millionaires they can be excused for knowingly being paid under the table? Sorry, no they can't. Kenny must have known, and the players must have known. Their pleas to the media about not being paid can now be seen in a different light.
It's a sad, sad day for the league and more particularly for Derry City, who have been a great part of the league for over two decades. All those responsible for their demise should be ashamed, players etc included.
HMRC will take what they can. The rest of the debt won't be paid.
First of all, let me express sincere commiserations to all DCFC fans (inc the ones I've argued with on here!) for what has happened.
When my team (NI) lost to Slovakia last month, I was gutted, genuinely gutted, for a fortnight or more.
Yet losing a game doesn't even begin to compare with losing your team, so Goodness knows how Candystripes fans must be feeling right now.
Anyhow, on the issue of what happens next, I must say it is hard to see any way out of the mire for the club, whether in its present guise, or a new one.
As I understand it, DCFC (effectively Wellvan) have been thrown out of the LOI by the FAI and it is clear that whatever else happens, DCFC/Wellvan will NOT be allowed to play in the LOI Prem next year.
And since regardless of what Delaney and the FAI may think about DCFC/Wellvan and their conduct etc, the big picture "demands" a DCFC somewhere in ther LOI, it is clear they will not have taken this action against them unless they were certain it would stand up.
Therefore talk by DCFC of taking this to Court can only be so much hot air.
Of course, Delaney did mention finding a way to get DCFC/Wellvan into the 1st. Divn next year, however, I suspect that may be a smokescreen by him.
For he must also know that whilst DCFC/Wellvan may try to use their existing Licence to get back into the LOI next year, it seems inevitable that DCFC/Wellvan will be closed down imminently, whether by Swifts or HMRC.
Therefore a new club ("DCFC2010"?) will have to be formed - presumably by fans/wellwishers etc. However, as Mr. Parker pointed out earlier, "DCFC2010" may not be permitted by UEFA to play in the LOI, or even 'A' League, for jurisdictional reasons.
This is because it was DCFC/Wellvan who were originally granted an exemption to play in FAI-run competitions, effectively due to force majeure (i.e. the Troubles etc meaning they had no other option).
However, that situation no longer exists and following Setanta Cup games against Linfield and the Glens etc, UEFA would presumably be entitled to ask why "DCFC2010" may no longer play in NI.
Now I have made no secret of my own wish to see a team from Derry back in the IL (just as fans of DCFC have made their opposition to that equally clear!). But I'm not sure how the IFA could admit a new entity like "DCFC2010" into the IL under their own rules (assuming they are so minded).
For never mind the practical difficulties of revamping the two Divisions etc, in order to take their place in the IL, any applicant club has to qualify for a Licence. Now I'm not familiar with what the qualifying criteria are, but even assuming that the criteria at Championship level are not very onerous, would "DCFC2010" be able to meet those?
If the new club was still being run by pretty much the old DCFC Board (i.e. they have somehow avoided disqualification from being Directors under Company Law, or being run out of town by DCFC fans), then there is no way Swifts, C'ville, Linfield etc will have them near the place (imo).
And if it is an entirely new set up, unless some wealthy individual turns up waving wads of cash etc, what exactly would the new people behind the club (fans and wellwishers, effectively) have to offer, to justify a Licence from the IFA and entry to the IL?
Sure, they would have the name, history and tradition etc of the old DCFC, plus the potential for decent support etc. However, they surely cannot have the money to sign decent players, even on a part-time basis, or employ even the minimum staff needed to run a club at senior level. Moreover, it is a Licensing requirement that if a club does not own its own ground, it must at least have a Lease which runs for a minimum term.
On which point, Oxford United Stars were turned down by the IFA, since Derry City Council would only grant them an Annual Lease to share the Brandywell with DCFC. Therefore, unless the Council were to facilitate "DCFC2010" somehow, where would they be able to play IL games?
I guess they could share with Institute for a period, except that afaik Stute didn't want Oxford when approached, so are hardly likely to want DCFC as their tenants.
All of which, of course, is assuming that any of this would be accepteable to DCFC fans, who have made their views pretty clear.
It really is hard to see any way out, other perhaps than to start again at the bottom, by entering a team in the Intermediate League in NI and work their way up the pyramid? Maybe they could even merge with Oxford Utd Stars - I daresay Pizza Hutton could put in a word!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_United_Stars_F.C.
Last edited by EalingGreen; 08/11/2009 at 1:03 PM.
Surely the players in question would have had to sign both contracts? If thats the case they should be expelled too. They knew the club was cheating and morally should have walked away from it
I'd love to invent a time machine then go back in time and win the lottery, buy new players and a stadium. Time machines are brilliant aren't they- Ian Holloway
Incorrect, afaik. It was a different holding company. Don't see why the holding company couldn't be changed again.
DCFC
EG,
The details transferred from Derry City FC to Wellvan in 94, and possibly could transfer again.
The rest of the post once against smacks of egotistical nonsense.
Why say "I am not sure if Derry will be playing under the FAI or IFA in the future" in seventeen words, when you can say it in 824?
And EG - what's this obsession you have with "DCFC2010". You are the only person I have seen using this abortion of a name.
DCFC
Why don't you and your bluenose buddies toddle off to discuss your great league elsewhere. We're not interested in merging with anyone.
If you replaced Derry City with "girl" and Irish League fans with "men in raincoats", you'd all be charged with stalking and subject to an exclusion order.
does derry have to apply to the fai or eufa to play in the first div or a champoinship
I wish i did not know then what I dont know now
He he
to the licencing committee iirc, (FAI)
Good question.
Heard a rumour the FAI themselves aren't sure they have the power to re-admit as we're in another jurisdiction.
Not sure if this has been asked or mentioned but are all the results void versus Derry and the points going to be reallocated accordingly?
Was discussing this point earlier in the thread. Any new club would have to apply to join the IFA in the first instance before they could seek special dispensation imo.
We're only looking after one of our own.
No, as season is already over, all results stand, but derry are removed from the league table. Top and Bottom of the table would still look the same.
I’m not pedantic...I’m merely overly concerned with minute details.
As the season has been completed, Derry's results stand. So say the FAI.
You can't spell failure without FAI
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