Quotethe uefa licensing committee are in dublin today to discuss it and the results will be known by the end of the day
I thought the results of the appeals were supposed to be yesterday? anyone else heard anything??
the uefa licensing committee are in dublin today to discuss it and the results will be known by the end of the day
Some delay wont be known untill tomorrow.
First Division Champions
taken from unison.ie
THE FAI Licensing Appeals Committee will meet today after yesterday's scheduled meeting was cancelled, writes Gerry McDermott.
The postponement was caused by the non-availability of lawyer Martin Giblin due an unexpected over-run in a High Court case he is involved in.
The Appeals Committee is now due to meet at 11.30 this morning in a Dublin hotel.
Although the Appeals Committee only needs a quorum of five from its eight members it requires the presence of legal and financial experts at each meeting.
As Giblin only became aware of his unavailability late on Tuesday night it was too late to arrange a co-option and call a meeting of the FAI's Board of Management to approve it so it was decided to postpone the meeting until Giblin was available.
Last May the Licensing Appeals Committee found itself at the centre of controversy when a similar situation occurred.
Realising that they would not have a quorum they co-opted a new member, held their meeting and awarded licences without seeking the approval of the Board of Management beforehand.
All 22 clubs appealed the decision of the First Instance Committee not to award any licences by the February 2 deadline and they will still find out their fate tonight.
The FAI Licensing Department is confident of having the registered letters containing the Appeal Committee's decisions ready by last post tonight and will then telephone each club to inform them of the outcome.
Thats classic about co-opting another guy last year and it nearly happening again this time! You'd wonder sometimes whose worse, the 22 clubs that fail or the committee that cant even organise their own meetings!
As I say, we're just young & a bit nieve.
Was told last week by a club source that the only thing we were short of was the tax cert and that's now been sorted.
Revenge for 2002
rumour tonight two clubs didnt get it yet. both dublin and both premie div.
maybe wrong but thats what i heard.
crc
Just to start the updates on the outcomes, Finn Harps have been awarded a Premier Division license on appeal.
Thats official.
Anyone else know how their clubs got on?
TG
Congrats Trevor - well done to all at Finn Park.
Have heard UNofficially that Shels are OK - but still waiting on confirmation
Heard the Drogs have it and heard a rumour that all sides in premier bar one of our european hopefulls got it.
Assuming that Shels are okay as above, are you saying that one of Town, Bohs and Cork hasn't got it, but Rovers have? Even Rovers fans must find that hard to believe.....Originally Posted by SeanDrog
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
Precisely and here is another one for you - its not a City club.
Be fair, the fella's court case overran. That's a risk you take when you have a legal man on the commmittee. There was no incompetance on that issue.
Longford only premier club not to get license
what does that mean to their european hopes?
Should mean Waterford are going to Europe (only fair solution) but correct me if I'm wrong - are the applications for the UFEA licence still to be applied for - hence this might give Longford time to get their affairs in order.
Last edited by SeanDrog; 11/02/2005 at 9:11 AM.
So have Bray - http://www.braywanderers.ie/news-article.php?id=1594
Congrats btw
This is a common misconception. Whatever happen with the licenses clubs can only qualify for Europe (or for the eL Premier division) on the pitch. So if a club in Europe don't get a license (for anything other than infrastructure in which case they could in theory play somewhere else) nobody else could take their place as they did not qualify for the competition.
Also, on a point of order, this is not the UEFA license being decided today, its the eircm League. Clubs competing in Europe still have to try out for the UEFA license so if one of the qualifiers does not get a Premier Division license they still have time to sort out their problems and get a UEFA license.
Also applies to promotion relegation domestically. If one or more Premier clubs do not get a Premier license they could be blocked from compete in the Premier, BUT a First Divsion Club (incl the team relegated from the Premier) could not replace them as they did not qualify in competition to play in the Premier Division.
The UEFA and League rules are very clear on this.
TG
drogs official statement
"Drogs get licence after appeal
Drogheda United is delighted to confirm that it has received confirmation from the FAI Licencing Cttee this morning (11 Feb) that it has been awarded a Premier Licence for the 2005 season.
The Licence was granted on appeal following the initial rejection of all 22 Clubs' applications in January. Speaking this morning, the Club's Licencing Officer Jim McArdle said "I am delighted by this result, it is a vindication of what we are trying to do in our Club and indeed what the FAI is trying to do with the whole League. There was a lot of hard work involved in preparing our initial application and in ensuring that our appeal was successful. Our preparations for the new season have been boosted by this morning's news and it is great to see each piece of the jigsaw coming together."
Saints will probably put it on our website next week
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