Galway UTD FC Go Full Time

**Conor H** · 12/12/2006, 7:49 PM

GUFC will be a full time outfit next season.

Tony Cousins will announce details of signings and squad this Thursday.

Another step in the right direction from GUFC.

**Terry** · 12/12/2006, 8:01 PM

where did you here this? i thought it was just the off field staff that were full time and not the players?

**Trainee** · 12/12/2006, 8:08 PM

From a board member who was at the trust meeting

The club had decided on this ages ago but they keept it quite till they knew that we were in the premier

**BohDiddley** · 12/12/2006, 8:15 PM

Good stuff. How long does it take to Galway by road these days?

**Terry** · 12/12/2006, 8:21 PM

fly down and make it a weekend !

**Conor H** · 12/12/2006, 8:22 PM

Originally Posted by BohDiddley

Good stuff. How long does it take to Galway by road these days?

3 hrs pretty much.

On a Friday though....5+

**Trainee** · 12/12/2006, 8:33 PM

about 2-3 hours on the train

**kdjaC** · 12/12/2006, 8:44 PM

About 19 small cans of bulmers on a train (offie beside the park) not sure what equates to in time but impossible to drink the full 24.

kdjac

**Aaron** · 12/12/2006, 8:55 PM

Tony Cousins will announce details of signings and squad this Thursday.

When thay are anounced can you post them in the transfer thread in the stickies.
Cheers

**gustavo** · 13/12/2006, 9:02 AM

No Conor O'Grady for ye so

**desaintsno.12** · 13/12/2006, 9:04 AM

will you be playing on friday nights ?

**Gareth** · 13/12/2006, 9:06 AM

Well I wish ye luck with that so.

**Dodge** · 13/12/2006, 9:13 AM

Interesting to see if it turns out better for them than with Cork, Bohs, Shels, Rovers or Pats

**Ronnie** · 13/12/2006, 9:34 AM

Fair play to Galway, but can you really generate 1.5million in 2007? Becuase its not really feasible to be full time on any less.

**gustavo** · 13/12/2006, 9:35 AM

Sligo Rovers are also going fully full time with a number of the local players that were on part time contracts leaving due to not being offered full time contracts or not wanting to go full time.

**NY Hoop** · 13/12/2006, 9:49 AM

If true a risky move. IMO full time fotball doesnt work in this league unless the club in question is in Europe every season to generate revenue and is not paying astronomical wages.

I wish GUFC all the best in this but learn from history. Sligo were the first to try this a decade ago and it ended in tears.

KOH

**Terry** · 13/12/2006, 9:52 AM

We have a lot of top businesses in the city ready to back up united but at the same time obviously there is a lot of work still to be done by all.

**BohDiddley** · 13/12/2006, 9:58 AM

Originally Posted by Terry

fly down and make it a weekend !

You have a professional football club AND an airport?

**Terry** · 13/12/2006, 10:03 AM

yip, Fair play to our sponsors Aer Arann, you could also stay in the raddison, another sponsor, travel between locations with Galway Taxis another ...... aaagh you get my point !!!

**Macy** · 13/12/2006, 10:09 AM

In practice it hasn't really worked out, but a full time team can work out cheaper than an expensive part time team. Reason being that with full time players you get the full tax credits, and rather than being hit for the tax at the marginal rate of 42% (41%) you get the amount up to the cut off at 20%. One of the reasons we need gross pay contracts to be the norm, rather than the exception in the league.

Where full time has come unstuck is convincing part time players to go full time - the wages required to match their day job wages plus part time football wages has meant full time wages are ridiculously high.