Highest earner in the eL

**The Sheliban** · 21/11/2005, 11:31 AM

Surprisingly, Ollie doesn't tell us how much the players are earning.
Crowe said he actually took a wage cut to come to Shels (which kind of makes a mockery of the Judas chants) but I have no corroborative proof.

**Troy.McClure** · 21/11/2005, 2:55 PM

Originally Posted by The Sheliban

Surprisingly, Ollie doesn't tell us how much the players are earning.
Crowe said he actually took a wage cut to come to Shels (which kind of makes a mockery of the Judas chants) but I have no corroborative proof.

Crowe said that Bohs matched his pay at Shels (Judas!)

And profesional athletes in Ireland do not get taxed (or at least they get all their tax refunded later on).

**Roo69** · 21/11/2005, 3:20 PM

Originally Posted by fbtn

From what I know, our highest earner is on about �600. We've no 52 week contracts either. We were supposed to sign Wesley Charles from Bray at the start of the season but couldn't afford his wages. He was getting �1,200 a week, over 52 weeks a year with Bray which is huge money for the likes of them.

Don't know were you got that info from but firstly Weso was never on the books for a move to Finn Harps and secondly he earns no were near that amount of money, plus we don't do 52 week contracts........

Get new sources

**ccfcgirl** · 21/11/2005, 3:39 PM

Stephan O Flynn (Derry City) Is on �800 a week

**headtheball** · 21/11/2005, 4:19 PM

Originally Posted by ccfcgirl

Stephan O Flynn (Derry City) Is on �800 a week

Absolute rubbish.No player on our books is earning that money,as we have a strict wage structure for all.I do not know where you heard that but it's rubbish.

**Vitruvian Man** · 21/11/2005, 4:33 PM

I heard from a cast iron reliable source that Crowe wanted �1'680 into the hand to stay at Bohs and Bohs agreed to pay it. He claimed that Shels had matched that offer but were more likely to win the league so that is why he was leaving.

1680 into the hand would have cost Bohs 2500 a week but only costs Shelbourne 1680 per week.

Hawkins claimed to have taked a pay cut to leave Bohs and Nutsy twisted that to mean they all did.

Farrelly is on two wages that is a FACT but the combined figure is way lower than any guess so far (4 grand LOL). it is significantly more than Roddy though. There are players at other clubs paid more than him, I am sure of that.

The player I repeatedly hear is the highest paid is Alan Moore who supposedly gets half his wages from Shels and half from a sponsor - the figure of 4 grand is often mentioned too.

**ccfcgirl** · 21/11/2005, 4:42 PM

Originally Posted by headtheball

Absolute rubbish.No player on our books is earning that money,as we have a strict wage structure for all.I do not know where you heard that but it's rubbish.

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Fair enough .

**Vitruvian Man** · 21/11/2005, 5:10 PM

Originally Posted by headtheball

Absolute rubbish.No player on our books is earning that money,as we have a strict wage structure for all.I do not know where you heard that but it's rubbish.

The words "Strict Wage Structure" and "Stephen Kenny" have never appeared in the same sentence before and I doubt they ever will. If Derry aren't paying big bucks now they will be shortly.

**fbtn** · 21/11/2005, 6:50 PM

Originally Posted by Roo69

Don't know were you got that info from but firstly Weso was never on the books for a move to Finn Harps and secondly he earns no were near that amount of money, plus we don't do 52 week contracts........

Get new sources

Yes he was. I know for a fact that Healy was on the verge of signing him but the board wouldn't break our wage structure. It was one of the things that Healy went public about when he was sacked. The reason that Bray were letting him go (even though he was still under contract) was because of his drain on your wage-bill.

Maybe the 52-week contract was rubbish but that was what he was looking for off us.

**harpskid** · 21/11/2005, 7:12 PM

Originally Posted by fbtn

Maybe the 52-week contract was rubbish but that was what he was looking for off us.

Yep, spot on fbtn.

Wesley was almost signed for us at the start of the season

**pete** · 22/11/2005, 10:52 AM

Some insane figures being quotes here & you wonder why clubs in financial difficulties.

**fbtn** · 22/11/2005, 1:32 PM

Originally Posted by Vitruvian Man

I heard from a cast iron reliable source that Crowe wanted �1'680 into the hand to stay at Bohs and Bohs agreed to pay it. He claimed that Shels had matched that offer but were more likely to win the league so that is why he was leaving.

1680 into the hand would have cost Bohs 2500 a week but only costs Shelbourne 1680 per week.

Hawkins claimed to have taked a pay cut to leave Bohs and Nutsy twisted that to mean they all did.

Farrelly is on two wages that is a FACT but the combined figure is way lower than any guess so far (4 grand LOL). it is significantly more than Roddy though. There are players at other clubs paid more than him, I am sure of that.

The player I repeatedly hear is the highest paid is Alan Moore who supposedly gets half his wages from Shels and half from a sponsor - the figure of 4 grand is often mentioned too.

Out of curiosity, how can �1,680 cost you so much compared to Shels?

The 4K figure for Farrelly came from a few Bohs fans that were in the Junction before our game with them near the start of the season. We were wondering if it was ****** as that is half of our entire wage bill.

**ThatGuy** · 22/11/2005, 1:33 PM

Originally Posted by fbtn

Out of curiosity, how can �1,680 cost you so much compared to Shels?

The 4K figure for Farrelly came from a few Bohs fans that were in the Junction before our game with them near the start of the season. We were wondering if it was ****** as that is half of our entire wage bill.

The 4000 rumour was doing the rounds earlier in the year, by all accounts it is an EL myth and he is not earning anything near that.

**Dodge** · 22/11/2005, 1:37 PM

Originally Posted by pete

Some insane figures being quotes here & you wonder why clubs in financial difficulties.

especially when you consider most fans VASTLY overestimate gate receipts.

Pats playing budget last year was under 10K per week.

**ColinR** · 22/11/2005, 1:55 PM

Originally Posted by fbtn

Out of curiosity, how can €1,680 cost you so much compared to Shels?

both are net wages, but (allegedly

) certain clubs dont pay the tax/prsi on top of the net wages to arrive at the gross wages of circa €2.5k

**lofty9** · 22/11/2005, 2:44 PM

Originally Posted by kickR

I heard that Alan Murphy is on big money in Derry is that true?

There was rumour when Delaney and Murphy signed they were getting the equivelant of �1000 per week in sterling. Really don't know if that is the case as I'm only a season ticket holder at Derry City but I'm sure some of the priveledged ones could tell you. But if this is the case I can see both leaving very soon as that is a lot of money to be paying someone, especially Murphs, to be sitting on the bench.

**fbtn** · 22/11/2005, 3:40 PM

Originally Posted by lofty9

There was rumour when Delaney and Murphy signed they were getting the equivelant of �1000 per week in sterling. Really don't know if that is the case as I'm only a season ticket holder at Derry City but I'm sure some of the priveledged ones could tell you. But if this is the case I can see both leaving very soon as that is a lot of money to be paying someone, especially Murphs, to be sitting on the bench.

McQ was offered �600 and Minnock �500 the last time Derry tried to sign them - same time Murphy signed so Derry were certainly paying out big wages then, think it was when Dykes was in charge. It was another Harps player that told me at the time.

Couldn't see Derry having a massive wage bill now - it would be substantially lower than Shels, Cork and Drogheda. At the same time, the likes of Cash, Martyn and most certainly McCourt would all be on good dough.