Contagion Crisis LOI

**sullanefc** · 29/06/2012, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by marinobohs

So your idea of progress LTID is to sell grounds to the GAA ? At least Dalymount (bad as it is) is still in Irish football the other two grounds you referenced are (1) a housing estate and (2) lost to the black arts.

........ give me decaying Dalymount anytime

Weren't Bohs going to sell Dalymount to a property developer recently until the deal fell through?? A bit hypocritical???

**marinobohs** · 29/06/2012, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by sullanefc

Weren't Bohs going to sell Dalymount to a property developer recently until the deal fell through?? A bit hypocritical???

Part of that sale (to Danninger) included a brand new 10,000 seater stadium in Harristown (Bohs would not move until it was ready). hardly the same as losing a ground to bogballers now is it ?

Besides, sale of Dalymount was only agreed because FAI said the club would not get any more maintenance/development grants unless we sold half the ground to Ollie Byrne for a ridiculous figure (effectively Bohs had no choice on keeping Dalymount)

**Dodge** · 29/06/2012, 1:02 PM

Originally Posted by wonder88

Didn't Shelbourne under Ollie Byrne do their own thing, ditto Bohs and Drogheda. The problem with clubs doing their own thing is that they usually make a mess of their club and then start crying to everyone else involved in Irish soccer looking for a bailout.

And some want these same people to run the league again...

**nigel-harps1954** · 29/06/2012, 2:45 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the FAI HAVE to run the league in order for them to keep running an international team under some rule the was brought in the late 90's? The same reason Wales had to run their national league or something along those lines?

**marinobohs** · 29/06/2012, 2:56 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the FAI HAVE to run the league in order for them to keep running an international team under some rule the was brought in the late 90's? The same reason Wales had to run their national league or something along those lines?

Think they have to have a national league (for Internatioal representation) not sure they have to run it (or indeed run it into the ground

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**Dodge** · 29/06/2012, 2:59 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the FAI HAVE to run the league in order for them to keep running an international team under some rule the was brought in the late 90's? The same reason Wales had to run their national league or something along those lines?

No, it can be run seperately under their license.