Limerick To Be Liquidated

**nigel-harps1954** · 20/12/2019, 7:10 PM

Finn Harps is a one off payment of €317.50 for a share in the club, which has proven a bit of a disaster in recent seasons. Club had looked into a membership structure, but it would add a whole legal quagmire to the 500 or so people who already have a lifetime share in the club.

**Hitman** · 20/12/2019, 8:59 PM

Originally Posted by blueblood

There's big differences in how much membership costs at the different clubs, I recon Limerick would hope for 150/200 members.
The Bohs model seems pretty decent I think, fair play to shamrock rovers if they can get e600 but would scare too many Limerick people away, how much do cork charge?

€120, €60 for unwaged and OAPs.

**blueblood** · 21/12/2019, 4:35 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Finn Harps is a one off payment of €317.50 for a share in the club, which has proven a bit of a disaster in recent seasons. Club had looked into a membership structure, but it would add a whole legal quagmire to the 500 or so people who already have a lifetime share in the club.

Ha that reminds me I once bought a share in Limerick FC about 10 years ago that I'd completely forgotten about, I can't even remember what that was about I just thought of it as a donation to the club so I guess we were sort of fan owned at some stage, with all the drama over the years it's so hard to differentiate between reality/imagination/hope it's all becoming a bit of a blur

**NeverFeltBetter** · 23/12/2019, 5:22 PM

From Frankie Daly's Facebook:

Limerick Senior Soccer Statement- More to follow:

A new group has been formed to save guard Senior Football in Limerick and the Mid west. The group have held meetings with the FAI and they have been very positive.
We now will apply to enter sides in the Airtricity underage League as “Limerick United”.
The ladies will apply for Senior Ladies and u17 League of Ireland.
The club intention is to return to Senior League of Ireland in 2021.

**nigel-harps1954** · 23/12/2019, 5:33 PM

Save guard.

**Shearer** · 24/12/2019, 5:00 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Save guard.

If that's all you can take from that statement then God help you.

**Longfordian** · 24/12/2019, 5:21 PM

Has there been a Limerick United previously or am I thinking of Cork?

**nigel-harps1954** · 24/12/2019, 5:22 PM

Originally Posted by Shearer

If that's all you can take from that statement then God help you.

I'm a terrible person and should never ever step out in public again.

**NeverFeltBetter** · 24/12/2019, 6:03 PM

Originally Posted by Longfordian

Has there been a Limerick United previously or am I thinking of Cork?

There was. A league and a cup were won under that name.

**Martinho II** · 25/12/2019, 7:49 AM

Originally Posted by Longfordian

Has there been a Limerick United previously or am I thinking of Cork?

yeah there was Longfordian think it was mid 80s. Eoin Hands time in charge.

**Enruoblehs** · 25/12/2019, 9:11 AM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

yeah there was Longfordian think it was mid 80s. Eoin Hands time in charge.

From 1979 to 1983, I think.

**fc hammer** · 25/12/2019, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Enruoblehs

From 1979 to 1983, I think.

Changed to Limerick City after that.

**EatYerGreens** · 25/12/2019, 6:25 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Finn Harps is a one off payment of €317.50 for a share in the club, which has proven a bit of a disaster in recent seasons. Club had looked into a membership structure, but it would add a whole legal quagmire to the 500 or so people who already have a lifetime share in the club.

You might be able to change the organisation's constitution and memorandum of association to have more than one class of shareholding.

**Scrufil** · 31/12/2019, 9:14 AM

It is a wonder nobody has brought this up, but do Limerick now have grounds to sue the FAI, if there is any money left, over the Limerick v Barcalona thing?

That is if there is an entity exits who were harmed by this...

**pineapple stu** · 31/12/2019, 9:30 AM

Would have thought it's too far back in the past now to sue over. 6 years is the usual limit.

**redarmyfaction** · 01/01/2020, 6:59 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Would have thought it's too far back in the past now to sue over. 6 years is the usual limit.

There is no statue of limitations generally speaking but the plantiffs would have show good reasons for delay in order for the case to be heard, such action at this stage would probably be seen as vexatious or opportunistic. Anyways you can't get feathers off a frog and the FAI could well be gone before the lawyers get their wigs on.

**NeverFeltBetter** · 02/01/2020, 3:07 PM

Limerick Leader have an informative, albeit basic, timeline up: https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/s...or-soccer.html

**pineapple stu** · 05/01/2020, 1:50 PM

Originally Posted by redarmyfaction

There is no statue of limitations generally speaking but the plantiffs would have show good reasons for delay in order for the case to be heard, such action at this stage would probably be seen as vexatious or opportunistic. Anyways you can't get feathers off a frog and the FAI could well be gone before the lawyers get their wigs on.

There's a whole detailed act on statute of limitations? There's no statute of limitations for indictable offences (says Wiki), but that doesn't apply here. Breach of contract is maybe the nearest to what happened, and that has a 6-year statute of limitations. After six years, documentation can be legally destroyed, and obviously it makes it harder to bring a fair hearing if one side has legitimately destroyed documentation.

**osarusan** · 05/01/2020, 5:59 PM

Both sides came to an agreement of some kind then, which probably included an agreement not to take any further legal action.

**Eminence Grise** · 05/01/2020, 9:34 PM

A matter for CAS, maybe? If the agreement was some form of contract it may not have been legally enforceable if the FAI failed to disclose information, negotiated in bad faith, or pressurised Limerick to sign. The only winners would be the lawyers, though, so it's academic I suppose.