I'm sure theres a song somewhere, "I hate to tell you I told you so!", are you reading GreenWhiteRebel?
Cork people ( a generalisation, yes) are incapable of that, always spouting that they're better than everyone else and when it comes down to it, they're not, and you see what happens!?!
Terrible news.... hopefully it wont come to this and something can be sorted![]()
Might have known the Waterford fans would be on here gloating.
Sad, bitter people.
pretty pathetic really.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Dont see what they have to gloat about...Feel sorry for the fans in all this.
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As long as I'm a Blues fan,we've had to listen to you lot giving us a hard time because of our hardships, and we've had a LOT to put up with, so just deserts really.
Personally, I don't want to see you disappear, I enjoy the banter. At the same time you'll be back under yet another guise soon enough, what'll you call yourselves this time, Cork Re-United?
who were the ones gloating when Jimmy McGeough got the boot? who were the ones gloating when we lost the 2004 Cup final and rubbed our noses in it by subjecting us to unmerciful abuse and Red FM sponsoring the pubs in Cork to show the match the following Monday...who were the ones gloating when we nearly went to the wall in 2005? All the cheap ass jibes down through the years. The typical C/\wkie superiority complex, the egos that went unchecked. We on the otherhand just put the head down, restructured and despite all the crap that we have been through down the years, we are still here 79 years young.
As for Evergreen/Celtic/Hibs/Alberts/FC/United/City etc, etc ad finitum.
Terrible news. Hope this can be resolved somehow...doesn't look good though if this is true.
Top Breeders recommend drinkfeckarse....
The league doesnt need any club - I always laugh when people say things like - obviously good to have a good geographical spread in the league, but the league will be no worse off no matter who goes to the wall. Survived before after every other cork club went to the wall - in a years time, nobody will give a f***
Sad to see any club fold though
DAN CONNOR HATES CITY, HE HATES LANGERS
i know what you mean Cosmo, but it really does need a strong Cork team. I also believe it needs teams like Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Sligo to be strong too. The geographical spread is vital for the long term prosperity of the league in general.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
A taxbill of 400k doesn't just appear from nowhere,Coughlan would have been made aware of this when he took control of the club, so how can he use this as an excuse?![]()
That's pure nonesense.
The Irish League lost a key part of its soul when Belfast Celtic pulled out in the 1940's. And another chunk of its credibility went when City pulled out in 1972.
To claim that any club can crash out of football without the league they're in being damaged is pure nonesense. Cork are an extremely important club for the attractiveness and viability of our league. It's the second city in the Republic, fer feck sake. From a sponsor's perspective alone, it would be bonkers to not value having a presence in the league's second city.
If Cork go to the wall it will be a very bad day for LOI football. The league survived the loss of numerous Cork teams before - but they were in much better times for football here.
Certain sections of the media will have a field day for a start....
Err - no actually. As you yourself allude to, it's a management issue, not a club issue. Good products can be run badly you know. Plus, it's as much an issue with our league. Practically everyone of our clubs has lost money at some point - that's the financial tightrope that even the best run clubs in Ireland have to walk across continually.
Those running a football club at any one time aren't the club. Just like the players and managers aren't. If anything is a club, then in reality its the fans - the one piece of continuity across generations.
If Cork City go to the wall, I hope FORAS set-up an AFC Wimbledon-esque fan owned team to fill its place. They have one of the best models for a football club that I have seen anywhere.
dcfcsteve touched on some of the reasons above. Would you rather see a league made up of 6 dublin teams, Bray, 2 louth teams and, say, Derry? Or one with, say, 3/4 dublin teams, Sligo, Galway, Cork, Derry, Waterford, Limerick and Athlone. The away trips, the catchment areas, the derbys. Far more attractive really and you should really be able to see why.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
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