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

**bluemovie** · 22/02/2010, 4:41 PM

Didn't think anyone would mind me comparing Tom to Adolf.....well maybe the Hitler family.

**pineapple stu** · 22/02/2010, 4:43 PM

Originally Posted by Roo69

So when will be the FAI annoucing they have given Cork a Premier licence and will be allowing them to take part in the Premier Division season now? Surely they have to make an announcement this evening, i though it was due by 5pm?

Meeting now at 7:30, according to someone an hour (and 5 pages) ago.

**Roo69** · 22/02/2010, 4:45 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Meeting now at 7:30, according to someone an hour (and 5 pages) ago.

thanks for the update

**Danny** · 22/02/2010, 4:49 PM

should make for a fun / tense friendly tonight.

**Roo69** · 22/02/2010, 5:00 PM

Originally Posted by Danny

should make for a fun / tense friendly tonight.

It would be very nice to hear good news just at kick off but i highly doubt it.... so i'm reckoning it will be fiesty :P

**Rocketman** · 22/02/2010, 5:04 PM

Originally Posted by bluemovie

That's it in a nutshell. It doesn't matter that TNB was doing things against the fans' wishes. He cheated, therefore Cork City cheated, and so they finished in a false position. If Bray had signed Ronaldo and Torres (and not paid them), they probably would have stayed up.

And if I can stretch to another analogy, after Hitler popped his clogs, they didn't let the new nice Germans keep Poland and the Sudetenland.

We (Derry City) where punished for the actions of our previous board and rightly so, Cork should be treated the same as it is in the name on Cork City...new board or not Cork City have broken many rules. The book should be thrown at them the way it was at us.

**FrOsTy** · 22/02/2010, 5:04 PM

Talking to a few City fans, they're very confident of a premier licence after todays break through.

Shambolic!

**redgav** · 22/02/2010, 5:05 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Meeting now at 7:30, according to someone an hour (and 5 pages) ago.

that was me ,its at 7pm ,presumably to allow Brays lawyers a chance to get a bite to eat before making their way from the courthouse to Abbotstown ;-)

**weecountyman** · 22/02/2010, 5:14 PM

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakin...ty-447305.html

Pretty clear here, but how on earth could it happen that someone was watching the news, saw that the money from the transfer was not going to him and then jumped into the equation? Surely Tom and co would have said something to him! This is unbelievable.

**El-Pietro** · 22/02/2010, 5:22 PM

Originally Posted by weecountyman

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakin...ty-447305.html

Pretty clear here, but how on earth could it happen that someone was watching the news, saw that the money from the transfer was not going to him and then jumped into the equation? Surely Tom and co would have said something to him! This is unbelievable.

This is Tom Coughlan we're talking about. You don't seem to realise what he is like. This is par for the course for him.

**harry crumb** · 22/02/2010, 5:27 PM

Great day for Cork City fans.

We can get back to talking about the actual football on the pitch. Hopefully in the Premier Division.

**weecountyman** · 22/02/2010, 5:29 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

This is Tom Coughlan we're talking about. You don't seem to realise what he is like. This is par for the course for him.

I know he can tell lies with the best of them, Roddy, and can get away with the most outlandish statements unchecked. But I just thought, well, jeez, I just thought there was some shred of normality there!

**shep** · 22/02/2010, 5:34 PM

Originally Posted by harry crumb

Great day for Cork City fans.

We can get back to talking about the actual football on the pitch. Hopefully in the Premier Division.

Ah in all fairness while it might be a great day to have gotten rid of Coughlan,it will be an absolute joke if/when you get a premier licence.A sad day for football if it happens.How the f*ck can the ILC justify all the rule breaking and missed deadlines

**El-Pietro** · 22/02/2010, 5:35 PM

Originally Posted by weecountyman

I know he can tell lies with the best of them, Roddy, and can get away with the most outlandish statements unchecked. But I just thought, well, jeez, I just thought there was some shred of normality there!

We used to think that as well, needless to say, everytime he surprises us and goes further than we thought possible. He has no regard for anyone but himself, and once he makes a profit he couldnt care what anyone else thinks, or whether it is legal or morally right.

I think he needs to be committed to be honest.

**weecountyman** · 22/02/2010, 5:37 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

We used to think that as well, needless to say, everytime he surprises us and goes further than we thought possible. He has no regard for anyone but himself, and once he makes a profit he couldnt care what anyone else thinks, or whether it is legal or morally right.

I think he needs to be committed to be honest.

Are we talking about Tom or Roddy? :-)

I'm glad that at least there's a stronger chance of FORAS taking over, and the long term aim has to be a completely supporter controlled club.

**SMorgan** · 22/02/2010, 5:55 PM

The contension that the club is worth a few hundredgrand if in the Premier and worthless if in the First is a load of BS. The club would be stronger if building from the first. Hopefully the FAI will see through this crap.

**El-Pietro** · 22/02/2010, 6:00 PM

Originally Posted by SMorgan

The contension that the club is worth a few hundredgrand if in the Premier and worthless if in the First is a load of BS. The club would be stronger if building from the first. Hopefully the FAI will see through this crap.

We dont care what division were in, obviously wed prefer the Premier, but we just want to hold on to our name and history. We don't want Tom Coughlan to have been involved for just 15/18 months and destroy everything we have. We may not be left with much, but we aren't about to give it up if we have any opportunity to hold on to it

**jebus** · 22/02/2010, 6:10 PM

Originally Posted by harry crumb

Great day for Cork City fans.

We can get back to talking about the actual football on the pitch. Hopefully in the Premier Division.

Very easy for a football supporter to take the moral high ground regarding a situation that doesn't involve their club I know but if Cork get a licence for the Premier it will only confirm the vast majority of barstoolers', and a sizeable amount of LoI fan's suspicions that these two leagues of ours are painful jokes played out at idiots' expenses, namely myself, yourself and everyone else that has wasted their time trying to keep their heads up amidst the myriad of rubbish that gets served to us each and every year

**redgav** · 22/02/2010, 6:13 PM

Originally Posted by SMorgan

The contension that the club is worth a few hundredgrand if in the Premier and worthless if in the First is a load of BS. The club would be stronger if building from the first. Hopefully the FAI will see through this crap.

No it wouldn't .It'd be stronger for doing its utmost to try pay back and keep on board those businesses,sponsors,staff and others who were shat on by Arkaga and shat on by TNB...We need businesses and sponsors ,us folding and taking the easy way out would lose us a lot of financial support.We're not gonna be able to do that while in the first division and getting shag all revenue

**Celdrog** · 22/02/2010, 6:13 PM

Originally Posted by Licensing Manual

The implementation of the club licensing process in Ireland is vigorously checked through a process of annual audit conducted by internationally renowned auditing firm SGS Europe, which ensures that the FAI Club Licensing Department maintains the required standards set down by UEFA for licensors.

Gonna be fun to see how the FAI explain their decision to UEFA, Delaney's not exactly flavour of the month wth Platini

Originally Posted by redgav

No it wouldn't .It'd be stronger for doing its utmost to try pay back and keep on board those businesses,sponspor,staff and others who were shat on by Arkaga and shat on by TNB...We need businesses and sponsors ,us foilding and traking the easy way out would lose us a lot of financial support.We're not gonna be able to do that while in the first division and getting shag all revenue

That's why they allowed Tom Coughlan to take over in the first place, because of what Arkaga did. With taking on between �600k and �1.2M in debt what guarantee is there that we will not be here again next year having shat on creditors and sponsors three years in a row.