Cork City denied a licence; club to be wound up; FORAS to enter First Division

**Dodge** · 24/12/2009, 8:10 AM

Originally Posted by Ringo

shoody shouldn't be let back in the country, never mind allowed run a club

It should be in licensing that he has to manange a club in this league.

As long as it not Pats obviously

**Leeside Swagger** · 24/12/2009, 8:54 AM

Originally Posted by soccerc

*We will be contacting Cork City F.C. owner Mr. Tom Coughlan to come to an arrangement where we will receive compensation to not bring this matter further than an amicable settlement.

Heh,heh good luck Joe

**De Town** · 24/12/2009, 10:09 AM

Anyone see the picture on the back of today's Indo? Roddy holding a CCFC flag with "City til I die" written at the bottom of it. I nearly choked on my corn flakes!

**dong** · 24/12/2009, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by De Town

Anyone see the picture on the back of today's Indo? Roddy holding a CCFC flag with "City til I die" written at the bottom of it. I nearly choked on my corn flakes!

Best of luck to them with that.

**weecountyman** · 24/12/2009, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by De Town

Anyone see the picture on the back of today's Indo? Roddy holding a CCFC flag with "City til I die" written at the bottom of it. I nearly choked on my corn flakes!

Surely not!!! This is hilarious, John Cleese couldn't script better! Even today in the Maltese media they're having a laugh at Roddy's expense (it's a sideswipe at Floriana but other clubs are not yet joining in, even fans of other clubs are supposedly being decent as Roddy had been saying he would be a front runner for the Maltese job in a couple of years).

IN-NAZZJON Newspaper 24/12/09

(translation from Maltese by Google)

No Christmas Cheering for Collins

The Greens club have sent a strong message to Irish giants Cork City that they are not to be going walked on. A disappointed President Joe Cauchi told a brief media conference that he is sorry that Cork City now seem to have bought the lies made from the coach Roddy Collins too. "Only just one week earlier Roddy was pushing to be made 2 more years for his contract. He was satisfied we had fulfilled all the contract and with I and Alan, my colleague, he accepted to stay until the end of June, then said he would call us on Monday with the 2 years decision. On Monday we tried in fail to contact him and on Tuesday he said he was very ill and could no longer coach. He denied hardly that he was going for a new job. That night he began his demand for free release to get the job in Cork."

Worse making for the-Irish is that Collins had already approached 2 players on Friday 2 weeks ago to join him in Cork, Donovan Simmonds and Sunday Wasiu. Simmonds answered our request to speak saying "Roddy let me down yes, he played a game with my head and left us, the foreign pro's out to dry. He's a joke man." Wasiu, the fan hero for this season, said Collins asked him to join Cork before the Msida game through his agent. "I am happy in Malta, my wife and my daughter too. Roddy has been not

constant here and I think has problems in his mind as we found out he was not telling the truth."

As the club prepares for Saturday's derby the players are very hurt that their coach treated them with so disrespect. A senior player did not wish to speak more beyond saying "He is not a man". Collins is still unable to
coach Cork as he has not the correct licence for Europe and with the FA in Ireland preparing charges against Cork for illegal signing of a coach there will be little Christmas to cheer in for coach Collins.

Mark Chetcuti

**Stevo Da Gull** · 24/12/2009, 2:16 PM

Reading the article above really helps to create feelings of contempt for Roddy. No honour or class, complete disregard for his colleagues and doesn't seem care about anything but himself. I feel for the Cork fans, and hope that ye don't have to put up with this spoofer for as long as you've had to put up with the other spoofer currently at your club.

**Acornvilla** · 24/12/2009, 2:23 PM

Originally Posted by Stevo Da Gull

Reading the article above really helps to create feelings of contempt for Roddy. No honour or class, complete disregard for his colleagues and doesn't seem care about anything but himself. I feel for the Cork fans, and hope that ye don't have to put up with this spoofer for as long as you've had to put up with the other spoofer currently at your club.

does he have a missus or kids?? god help them if he does

**Stevo Da Gull** · 24/12/2009, 2:30 PM

Originally Posted by Acornvilla

does he have a missus or kids?? god help them if he does

He does, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt* that he loves them and that they have reasons to be fond of him.

*Don't ask me why

**Dunny** · 24/12/2009, 2:38 PM

Originally Posted by De Town

Anyone see the picture on the back of today's Indo? Roddy holding a CCFC flag with "City til I die" written at the bottom of it. I nearly choked on my corn flakes!

**weecountyman** · 24/12/2009, 3:05 PM

Originally Posted by Dunny

I have a feeling that the Rod won't be taking his planned trip to visit Malta in the Easter with the family (he offered Floriana to "take a few sessions and a clinic" if they put him up in the Radisson. I'd like to say I'm messing, but he actually had the neck to go on Maltese radio with this yesterday!!! The flag will have him strung up for two reasons, it's a betrayal and Valletta are nicknamed "City", so his new found love will last under Easter Sunday, but he'd probably rise again!

**pineapple stu** · 24/12/2009, 4:04 PM

Originally Posted by weecountyman

His pronouncements in the Irish media that he had not been paid since October (lie, this reporter sat with the Greens Treasurer and saw the receipts)

How refreshing to read an article by a journalist who's not content just to copy and paste whatever he's told, but who wants to do some reporting and find the truth of the matter. Shows up our own pathetic lot.

**Longfordian** · 24/12/2009, 4:15 PM

I must say I'm quite impressed with how the Maltese are reacting to this, club, fans, players and reporters. Taking no crap from the Rodster and letting him away with nothing. Hope Floriana put Roddy and/or Coughlan's Cork City out of business once and for all to be honest.

**yiddo** · 24/12/2009, 8:17 PM

**mypost** · 26/12/2009, 3:48 AM

Which bloke is the warning referring to?

**Kildareman** · 26/12/2009, 11:11 AM

Lets all buy a Floriana jersey to help support their legal expenses....

Just checked their website.

Its scary, it could actually past for a Cork City jersey!!!!!

**weecountyman** · 26/12/2009, 2:48 PM

Originally Posted by Kildareman

Lets all buy a Floriana jersey to help support their legal expenses....

Just checked their website.

Its scary, it could actually past for a Cork City jersey!!!!!

I'd the same idea (to buy a shirt), my buddy bought a couple earlier this month and there are a batch to go on sale in January in Ireland (through the Irish Director I think) according to the club. They're going to need a lift. Missing 6 first team players (not including the 2 long term injuries) for today's game against Valletta and an sms I just got says 4-0 down at the half. I don't think Roddy or Tom will get off as lightly after this!

**weecountyman** · 27/12/2009, 6:30 AM

Greens left without Christmas gift - Neil Muscat for Malta Today Weekend
The pain didn't ease for the Floriana Irish last night with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of eternal rivals Valletta. Before the game player-coach Orosco Anonam was short no less than 8 starting eleven players through suspension or injury, and was forced to fill his bench with under-18's. Speaking before the match the Nigerian-born former Maltese International felt it would be a battle to keep heads up as the vastly superior citizens had no less than 8 current Maltese Internationals in the starting side. "We have prepared well for this but know we have a fight. If God wills it we will keep it as close as possible but it will not be easy."
Suspended skipper Julien Briffa refused to comment on the current head Coach situation, only that the club committee and executive were working hard to solve the problem. Asked if the players feel betrayed by Collins he would only say "He didn't regard too many of us highly as players and at times tried to get us to leave the club. He told Orosco that none of us would be good enough to get our game with Longford Town, I heard this and asked why not. But didn't get an answer. But out club is bigger than one person."
Acting President Joe Cauchi was tightlipped about the game and the Roddy Collins question yesterday after the game. "We will be bringing in a very good player this week from our partner club in Russia, and within the next 10 days will have at least 3 more triallists. I don't wish to speak about Collins as he is the subject of a Disciplinary Committee as well as a legal case." Asked if the club expected compensation from Collins apparent new employers Cork City F.C. of Ireland, Cauchi responded "Collins remains contracted to our club, he was never released and knows this. He has made many false allegations against us and brought our name into disrepute. He has not behaved in a gentlemanly fashion but I believe Cork City and their owners will have some decency in this and finally answer their phones."
Calls to Cork City F.C. offices and shop were curiously unanswered or disconnected last week, emails were not responded to and according to the FAI there is a large chance that the club will be expelled from the Premier Division and that Roddy Collins will be prevented from coaching until his contract expires (under UEFA law he cannot be contracted to two clubs at once without permission of constituent FA's). Meanwhile his former players battled to keep a clean sheet in the second half having conceded four in the first, something they couldn't do under his guidance.

**RiffRaff** · 27/12/2009, 9:26 AM

"Suspended skipper Julien Briffa refused to comment on the current head Coach situation, only that the club committee and executive were working hard to solve the problem. Asked if the players feel betrayed by Collins he would only say "He didn't regard too many of us highly as players and at times tried to get us to leave the club. He told Orosco that none of us would be good enough to get our game with Longford Town, I heard this and asked why not. But didn't get an answer. But out club is bigger than one person."

Now I can overlook most things he's done, but this time he's gone just too far!

**De Town** · 27/12/2009, 10:01 AM

What a ****.

**Mr A** · 27/12/2009, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by weecountyman

Calls to Cork City F.C. offices and shop were curiously unanswered or disconnected last week, emails were not responded to and according to the FAI there is a large chance that the club will be expelled from the Premier Division and that Roddy Collins will be prevented from coaching until his contract expires (under UEFA law he cannot be contracted to two clubs at once without permission of constituent FA's).

Not sure how concrete this information is or exactly who they would have spoken to, but it certainly sounds significant. FORAS for D1.