This is an interesting one. I know transfer fees are a relative rarity between Irish clubs, but in Football Manager I just shelled out €1.1 million for a Belgian (obviously unrealistic) and was wondering what's the record transfer fee paid by an Irish club for a player?
I have a suspicion it's probably Johnser Byrne to Shels but I'd like to be proved wrong. Obviously accounting for inflation is hard, but even so the early 00s was probably the boom time. On the same note, what's the most paid for a player in, say, the last 5 years?
Would have a guess that the only transfer money paid in the last five years was development fees. I remember 4 years ago Foster wanted to sign Bolger from UCD but they wanted 12k for him, Fingal paid it and then went out of business 2 weeks later. He then signed for us for nothing. Sean McCaffrey also paid Mervue Utd 10k last year in development fees for Mountney, Hanley and Cunningham.
Fingal never paid in the end.
We got "paid" in Setanta Cup prize money instead, which we wouldn't have gotten had Fingal stayed alive.
Town paid 10k for Sean Francis.
Sporting F*ck All!
Yes, and less successfully, Robbie Martin too. Got €55k for Shane Barrett off Drogs before signing Martin though.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
We paid for Gaffney no idea how much though. Was probably just a development fee too.
Harps paid 300k for Gary Beckett from Derry. What a player.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Was it true that Drogheda wanted to pay 28k + Keith Fahey for John Paul-Kelly?
The rumour definitely did the rounds online
Didnt Bohs pay big money for Trevor Molloy or is my memory playing tricks on me?
Yeah, I think it was either 30k or 50k. I remember telling him it was madness in the Bohs players bar. He seemed to feel differently.
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
Was Paul Doolin in charge of Drogs at the time. He is not Keith Faheys biggest fan. Doolins daughter on the other hand...Originally Posted by David BOHie
Bohs paid 27k for Molloy but I believe that was overtaken by the transfer of David Crawley from Dundalk to Shels... does that sound familiar to anyone?
Biggest waste of transfer fee? Bohs allegedly paying fcking Rovers 10k for Mark O'Brien...
Pats paid for Glen Fitzpatrick
Here on a technicality.
Coudl have been worse, could have been Glen HansardPats paid for Glen Fitzpatrick
Actually, no I hate both their faces equally.
We were supposed to get 30K for Faz when he went to Drogs. Instead we got a 5c in the euro. Cuunts.
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
not to me skstu.. Molloy yes Crawley no.
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Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Longfordian mentioned a transfer fee here http://foot.ie/archive/index.php/t-24170.html and this article from 2002 suggests there was a transfer fee being contemplated... http://www.independent.ie/regionals/...-26917230.html I'm nearly sure it was a record transfer fee at the time, that exceeded Molloys...
Well if I said it, it's obviously right. No, I do still remember Shels paying money for him or at least agreeing to pay it! You could never rely on Oliver to actually cough up, god rest his soul.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Ah sure jayz, he's only gone down the Post Office to get the money for you. Would you relax like!
Our former treasurer tells some tales of trying to get money we were owed for Sean Dillon out of him. They had some great roaring matches in his office apparently.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
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