Sporting Fingal Gone Belly Up

**peadar1987** · 15/03/2010, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by Longfordian

Fingal don't have any assets to sell

Twice

**blackholesun** · 15/03/2010, 1:00 PM

Originally Posted by marinobohs

Not gone broke
Not relegated
Not stripped of title
Not barred from European competition
Not losing most/all players
Not homeless

Will settle for that and I'm sure Sporting Fingal would settle next year for bohs current position

Bohs scrapped through last season financially to fight another day, but there still is the outstanding question of paying back the 4 million loan to Zurich.

Dalymount will surely have to be sold at some stage to clear this debt and a new ground sourced. The long term ground / debt issue will make or break Bohs!

bhs

**marinobohs** · 15/03/2010, 1:46 PM

Originally Posted by blackholesun

Bohs scrapped through last season financially to fight another day, but there still is the outstanding question of paying back the 4 million loan to Zurich.

Dalymount will surely have to be sold at some stage to clear this debt and a new ground sourced. The long term ground / debt issue will make or break Bohs!

bhs

At last ! Shams actually accepting that we did comply with the 65% rule. A major step forward in itself

I think the future of Dalymount is pretty much clear and the issue will be relocation. we have a bit of time on this and I know the club are already looking at various options, hopefully have a few bob as well ! The main issue will be the location of the new ground. The proceeds of the sale of dalymount will fund the money owed to Zurich.

**SkStu** · 15/03/2010, 1:49 PM

lets leave this thread to Fingals demise. We have been done to death on this mb and my blood pressure cant take another bout of tit-for-tat.

**The Lep** · 15/03/2010, 6:56 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

I think he's talking about Drogheda fans saying that back in 05-07.

The reality is the league has seen this situation so many times before (clubs spending hundreds of thousands more than they actually have), and it always always ends up badly.

Thats usually the case but Fingal have only spent money they have up to now.

**The Lep** · 15/03/2010, 6:58 PM

Originally Posted by Longfordian

Fingal don't have any assets to sell

Thats not true
We have Fingal Freddie who must be worth a few quid

**Longfordian** · 15/03/2010, 7:10 PM

He's impossible to put a price on!

**The Lep** · 15/03/2010, 7:15 PM

We'll find a price if the time comes

**madblaa** · 16/03/2010, 12:03 AM

Simple, they have no supporters!

**ger121** · 16/03/2010, 8:41 AM

Originally Posted by madblaa

Simple, they have no supporters!

Waterford are hardly packing them in now either are they. If attendances where a measure of survival, every club in the league would be in trouble.

**pineapple stu** · 16/03/2010, 9:05 AM

Originally Posted by The Lep

Thats usually the case but Fingal have only spent money they have up to now.

Drogheda were only spending money their directors had. Fingal are only spending money Gerry Gannon has. Same difference.

**RoversHead** · 16/03/2010, 9:58 AM

Originally Posted by ger121

Waterford are hardly packing them in now either are they. If attendances where a measure of survival, every club in the league would be in trouble.

In fairness to Waterford they cut their wage bill accordingly and promotion this year will kick them on.

**marinobohs** · 16/03/2010, 9:59 AM

Originally Posted by peadar1987

Twice

........ and counting

**Rasputin** · 16/03/2010, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by RoversHead

nope my moneys on GUFC followed by Sligo ,Bohs and then spingal in that order.

You do realise we ended last season with a 6 figure profit?

**marinobohs** · 16/03/2010, 12:44 PM

QUOTE=Rasputin;1334741]You do realise we ended last season with a 6 figure profit?[/QUOTE]

Never mind the facts, if shams say it will be so, it will be so...........

**CarrickFan** · 16/03/2010, 12:51 PM

All clubs should get free stadiums from their local Co Councils and then all will be grand.

**The Lep** · 16/03/2010, 1:06 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Drogheda were only spending money their directors had. Fingal are only spending money Gerry Gannon has. Same difference.

It doesnt matter who the money belongs to in the beginning, the point is that when its given to us its our money to spend.

**The Lep** · 16/03/2010, 1:38 PM

Originally Posted by CarrickFan

All clubs should get free stadiums from their local Co Councils and then all will be grand.

That wouldnt have helped in a lot of cases.

**Celdrog** · 16/03/2010, 2:14 PM

Originally Posted by The Lep

It doesnt matter who the money belongs to in the beginning, the point is that when its given to us its our money to spend.

The point is, what happens when Gannon stops giving you the money. Your attendances and sponsorship won't support a premier league club, maybe not even a first division club.

**madblaa** · 16/03/2010, 2:16 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

Waterford are hardly packing them in now either are they. If attendances where a measure of survival, every club in the league would be in trouble.

My point is, Fingal won the FAI cup and also got promoted last year, and still are struggling to get any interest going, Blues are pretty bad when it comes to attendances, I'll admit, but at least when we're winning, we draw a crowd. We had at least a thousand at the opening game, about 200 travelled to Cork last Friday and we should have close to a thousand on Friday.

Fact is, there are too many Dublin clubs as it is, even though the caption area population there is massive, they have failed to get people interested and the money simply isn't coming in, this will only have one outcome within 3 years unless something is done.