QuoteCEO of Supermacs Pat McDonagh today announced that he will be supporting Galway United STFC in there application for a licence this season.
How..?Originally Posted by Louth4sam
CEO of Supermacs Pat McDonagh today announced that he will be supporting Galway United STFC in there application for a licence this season.
The CEO and directors of Galway United did a brilliant job of probably setting football in Galway back 10 years and have now ridden off into the sunset, leaving the supporters to pick up the pieces and do the only thing they can do. This isn't some sort of trick or master-plan on the part of the trust. GUST did everything they could to save Galway United but seeing as the owners of the club seemed determined to do the opposite, what happened unfortunately was inevitable. I know in my heart that Galway United shouldn't have been in the Premier in 2011 or 2010 for that matter. Maybe not even the league. Not with the criminal within an asses roar of the club. Whatever about 2010, as much as the fans including myself prayed United would get a licence for 2011, the dogs on the street knew what Leeson was up to, but Delaney and Co. were happy to gloss over it and pat them on the back for the great fund-raisers they done, like the big formal event with God knows how many suppliers that were never paid. God forbid they get an accountant to actually test any of the ludicrous figures he must have given them.
Anyone having a go at the Galway United Supporters Trust should try to understand the situation and see the herculean efforts they put in over the years and continue to as they attempt to build something that they surely deserve at chance to develop themselves, using the common sense and honesty they have always been known for as long as I've known them. Anyone that has dealings with them will find this out for themselves.
John Fallon, Colm Feeney, Peter Gilhooley, Dave Curtis, Tom McEvaddy, Billy Brogan, Donal Downes, John McCormack and Nial O'Reilly were the board that appointed Leeson CEO in 2007. They should be hung, drawn and quartered for giving possibly the most notorious liar and fraudster in the world control of the club and free reign to do what he liked without any oversight whatsoever.
Some of the aforementioned had alter-egos that, shock-horror, actually seem to know how to run a sensible business and aren't bad at it either. Some others were allegedlyclueless chancers starstruck by having the rogue trader on speed-dial. I can't understand how the latter ever managed to be taken seriously at any level in the business world. That said, they might not have been until they stumbled across Galway United...
Someone mentioned the DVD. Even the guy who made the effing thing had to go to great lengths to get paid.
they appointed nick as a commerical manager back in 2005, see http://www.rte.ie/sport/2005/0416/galway.html. He named himself as CEO of the club in 2007 when none of the then board wanted the position. As you can see from that report the madness was already well set in in the club even before his appointment.
If you are implying that GUST kept gate receipts from the relegation play-offs which where due to be allocated to Monaghan United, this is totally incorrect. Both clubs were allocated the gate receipts from their own home leg of the play-off, as per the FAI.
Galway united were obviously in no shape to compete in the premier division both on the field and off the field. Running up debts they couldn't afford deprived a well run club in Monaghan a place they deserved.
Well then why wait until you are relegated until you make a stand? Maybe if GUST made a stand then, when there really was some sacrifice then you might gain a bit more sympathy from some quarters. Very convenient setting up a "new" club that will be debt free and I assume will buy back the Galway United crest and history at a future date.
So what do we do so as the application from Galway united fc has been withdrawn and that name and company is been run/owned by the directors along with all the debths that they are responceable for So the only option open to the fans who want a club to support in the league of ireland is to apply for licence as a new club ,they have the experiance of last year behind them as the kept united afloat to the best of their ablity
Only option??? Are you serious? There are already two clubs in Galway why not approach one of those instead of setting up a "new club"?
So basically stop being fans of Galway United and become fans of Mervue or Salthill instead?
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
Sorry most galway fans dont live in those "parishes"
I thought Galway United are gone so I don't see your point?
A holding company is gone (or at least probably going). Just like at Cork, Derry and to some extent Shamrock Rovers etc. Are you as annoyed about what happened with them as may be happening at Galway? Or do you just want Galway United to go away?
And were you annoyed when Dundalk had issues a few years ago and had to cut player wages weeks after signing new ones?
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
GUFC or GUST have offered to meet both SDFC & MUFC but they are not interested. As for SDFC & MUFC merging not a hope.
We have the support of the Local FA,Connacht FA and all Junior Clubs in the City & County as being the only way forward for Soccer in Galway City & County. Over 90% of the debt is Bank related and GUST have undertaken to pay all footballing debts from the 2011 season ie the ones we are responsible for.
The Supporters group are owed a large six figure amount from the holding company.
Last edited by gufct; 04/01/2012 at 12:08 PM.
We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"
That is the single most ridiculous comment I've read on foot.ie for a long time and that's saying something.
No, what is a lot more ridiculous is that Galway United - or any other club - should just fold (reneging on liabilities) and restart as if nothing happened.
If it genuinely wants to start from scratch then start at non league level - like any other "new club" would.
Slightly less annoyed as at least they were relegated as punishment. I think it's a disgrace that clubs can walk away from debts and then buy back the clubs history a year later. A dangerous precedent had been set with Cork and Derry and I could see other clubs going that route as it's an easy option and Galway are the first.
The FAI should have stopped this by insisting that if a new club is formed then they are that. No history, use of crest, same name etc.
Finn harps had financial problems recently, why bother fund-raising why not just fold and form a new club?
I like almost every Dundalk fan was annoyed at the time. We should have received some sort of punishment from the FAI but I'm not surprised that we didn't
What part of bank debt owed by the previous holding company is not liable to GUST do you not understand?
GUST will honour the debts they accrued, but why should they be responsible for the directors loans and bank debt built up by the previous regime
GUST have never had control of a football club. They were running it during the 2011 season because the directors abandoned it. The people who did this have ****ed off.
Please explain.
I responded to a post saying "So the only option open to the fans who want a club to support in the league of ireland is to apply for licence as a new club" that there are two other clubs in Galway you could support
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