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Just got this from a friend:
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Don’t really know why I am writing this but need to say it today of all Days.
Five years ago we the supporters of Cork City FC took the club over which has been destroyed from top to bottom. We started with nothing and fair play to the FAI they gave our entity FORAS CO-OP a division 1 license we had no team no manager no ground some money in the Bank from fundraisers, in tandem they refused to give Cork City FC as it was then a license of any sort, this company later went into liquidation, we bought the rights to the name CCFC from the receiver, the FAI had already granted us the history of the old CCFC. We played our first game away to Derry 7 Days after getting the License, we travelled with a squad of 14 including 2 keepers and a manager Tommy Dunne who arrived 5 days earlier we drew 1-1. Our first home game we got 6000 people through the gate and the rest as they say is history.
Now only hours away from our first Europa League game against KR from Iceland I remember cold School Hall meetings setting up FORAS also sitting in the High Court waiting for Judgment from Justice Mary LaFoy in winding up the old club and her refusing to do this because of the supporters and what it meant to a lot of people, that grace period gave us enough time (3 weeks) to work out what to do next and here we are today second in the League and making our Euro debut nerves rattled, stomach twisted figures tingling sweaty palms and every minute is like an hour this must be the Longest Day ever, to say I and others are emotional is a very large understatement, what we the board both present and previous and 400 members of FORASs have achieved is just incredible and we still give ourselves a hard time! , AM I BUZZEN? AM I F***ING WHAT
Originally Posted by SkStu
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