https://www.balls.ie/football/fais-f...d-wages-393296
The audacity of the man is absolutely outrageous.
yeah Stephen McGuinness had a go at him today. think all relations between them have broken down since the Irish International ladies side wanted to go on strike..Originally Posted by mcgonigle
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
It's ****ing ridiculous from Gavin. It almost like giving or to the pfai for squeeling to the media the players hadn't been paid
Disgusting behaviour from Gavin.
Should be f*c*ed out on his ear & take that sleaze ball Delaney with him
yeah Delaney is strangely quiet these days! more disappointing from Gavin when he used to be involved with PFAI.Disgusting behaviour from Gavin.
Should be f*c*ed out on his ear & take that sleaze ball Delaney with him
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
A 'friend' of Fran Gavin's obviouslyhope he kept a few bob for next Thursday's payment.
St Joseph's Boys Chairman Niall O'Driscoll has bought a majority stake in Bray and will take over running of the club immediately, although Gerry Mulvey has retained a small stake in the club.
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football...all-odriscoll/
Mon the Town!
So effectively Joeys have taken over brays spot. Dont want to say I told yous do but... Got sounded awfully like @loitransfers there ��
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What about the O'Connor twins, are they still around.
This is a disaster for the league imho joeys take over bray and run it to finish bottom of first division for the foreseeable future to give them access to the underage leagues.
Joeys already had access to the underage leagues anyway. They were the de facto underage club of Bray Wanderes up to u17s over the last couple of years.
I think it's a good thing to be honest. The alternative could very feasibly have been that Bray Wanders cease to exist and the Carlisle is turned into apartments.
Both clubs have had very stong ties for the last 20-30 years, so this probably just makes the link even stronger.
It's one thing having strong links with a club that want to play in the premier division, it's another thing having a schoolboy club playing at being a senior club in order to keep the slave trade to England going.
If bray had gone bust which was looking likely they wouldn't have had that access.
I'll reserve judgement on if its a disaster or not until I see what they do
I am just wondering was it St Josephs Boys chairman that paid off bray wages?
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Reports are saying it was.
Joey's takeover of Bray is better than a dead club. I can't see them pumping too much money into the club, but hopefully no property shenanigans, and a steady supply of good players who don't get snapped up by English clubs.
It'd be in Joey's interest to have a successful Senior team since as a team gets better the players are worth more, and they're in a competitive area for players and a successful senior team could be the difference in getting the best talent. So I'm interested to see how much they go for it
FAI Statement:
I saw twitter comments that said this lad is a mate of Mulvey's and that Martin O'Connor is still general manager there. That would worry me. But I guess it's unlikely things can get much worse than they've been.FAI welcome new owner at Bray Wanderers FC
The Football Association of Ireland welcomes the change at Bray Wanderers FC that will see Niall O'Driscoll take control of the club.
FAI CEO John Delaney believes the appointment of O'Driscoll is a big step forward towards long-term stability for Bray Wanderers.
"It is great news that Niall has joined Bray Wanderers as his drive and vision will surely help the club return to a solid structure, where they can progress further on and off the pitch," said Delaney.
"Niall is a real football man and has proven that during his time involved in the game at all levels.
"I would like to thank Gerry Mulvey for his time at the club and wish Niall the very best in what I'm sure will be an exciting new era for Bray Wanderers."
O'Driscoll said: "I'm excited to get going with Bray Wanderers as I want everyone in Bray to be proud of this club again. I want to see kids all around Bray wearing the club's jersey and coming to games.
"I've been involved in football my whole life and this is a way of giving something back. I want to return Bray to former glories and transform it into a club that represents the local community and all of north Wicklow.
"There is already a fantastic academy structure in place at the club and the teams at Under 19, Under 17 and Under 15 level in the SSE Airtricity League have been very successful, so I want to build on that and work towards a bright future.
"I'd like to thank FAI CEO John Delaney for his hard work in facilitating this move and I look forward to working with the FAI and creating a partnership that works for everyone involved."
O’Driscoll is a partner in the insurance firm O’Driscoll O’Neill, who cover football clubs all around the country from grassroots up to the SSE Airtricity League and are renowned for their expertise in the whole area of sport.
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
I didn't think Gerry Mulvey was leaving so why thank him for 'his time at the club' ? Could it be that O'Driscoll is involved in this in a personal capacity and it has nothing to do with his role at Joeys ? No obvious reason but then again not sure what joeys would get out of a takeover either.
Anyway, hopefully better times ahead for the club, it would be nice if the only headlines they made going forward were ON the pitch
If Bray had completely folded, as was starting to look likely, Joeys would have lost their place in the national underage leagues since they're effectively the underage club of Bray. By saving bray, he's also saved Joeys place in the underage leagues.
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