QuoteIts bad form and no matter what you say about the guy he is completely in the right on this one. Its completely senseless what is happening.
from http://www.ireland.com/sports/soccer...544088438.htmlCork City manager in High Court action
Monday, December 17, 2007
Cork City manager Damien Richardson has initiated High Court proceedings to prevent any move by the League of Ireland club to dismiss him.
Richardson from Curraheen, Cork is seeking an injunction to stop Cork City FC Investments Ltd from removing him as manager.
The former Irish international, who has managed teams in both Ireland and England, has been manager of Cork since 2005, when he signed a two year contract.
The court heard today that Richardson feared his employers were about to terminate his employment with the club, which won the FAI Cup earlier this month.
In an affidavit, Richardson claimed there has been "a concerted and deliberate effort" to undermine his position over the past number of months.
He said that if he was sacked without explanation, it would "effectively destroy my career in football management" and that he and his family were under "immense stress and anxiety".
The court heard that on December 1st, the eve of the Irish Cup Final, Richardson had a meeting with the chairman of Cork City Brian Lennox concerning rumours about his future at the club. He said Lennox told him his position at the club was terminated.
Richardson has denied claims in a statement issued by Cork City FC that he had received offers from other clubs.
"Its the bad players who are the luxury not the skillfull ones"
Danny Blanchflower
Its bad form and no matter what you say about the guy he is completely in the right on this one. Its completely senseless what is happening.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
The point of the action being, obviously, to show some manner of resistance so that its not a simple termination.
this should have been handled better. Im no expert on contracts but clearly someone in arkaga thought it'd be a simple matter of saying goodbye rico.
while I would obviously not like to see the club taken to the cleaners I would hope some out of court settlement can be made and we can get back to shooting ourselves in the foot with alan ****ing mathews.
Your Chairperson,
Gavin
Membership Advisory Board
"Ex Bardus , Vicis"
Washing our dirty laundry continues I see.
Crazy situation. Still waiting to see this professionalism that Arkaga supposed to be bringing.
same here!Originally Posted by pete
from today's Examiner http://www.irishexaminer.ie/irishexa...764-qqqx=1.asp
18 December 2007
High Court gives Richardson go-ahead for hearing
By Vivion Kilfeather and Liam Mackey
FAI CUP-WINNING boss Damien Richardson has been given permission by the High Court to bring proceedings aimed at preventing his dismissal as manager of Cork City.
The hearing has been set for Thursday.
Richardson and the club have been at odds since the FAI Cup final win, which was clouded both by player unrest and uncertainty about the manager’s future. In an affidavit to the court yesterday, the Cork City manager claimed that there had been “a concerted and deliberate effort” to undermine his position over the past number of months. He said that if he is sacked without explanation it would “effectively destroy my career in football management.” He further claimed that both he and his family are under “immense stress and anxiety”.
Richardson said that, last August, after a series of negotiations, he agreed a further two year contract with the club he had managed since 2005. He claims it included a new salary and a car allowance that was backdated to January 31 2007. He was furnished with a copy of the new contract on August 31, but the document did not reflect the agreement over the backdating of the salary or the car allowance.
He spoke to the club’s general manager Aidan Tynan about this, came to an agreement over the issues that caused him concern, but was never furnished with the amended contract. Richardson said that in early November he contacted the General Manager, informing him that he wished to sign the new contract, and a meeting was arranged.
However he says that on November 9, at a meeting with two of the club’s directors in Jury’s Hotel, Cork, doubts about the contract arose, and concerns over leaks to the press about the club were raised.
Richardson says that he was advised that the club would revert to him to have the matter considered further. Richardson also said in his affidavit that on Thursday Nov 15 last he was informed at a meeting in Dublin by a club director, that he did not have a long-term future at the club. Richardson said that he informed the director that he did not want to leave. However he says he was informed that the board of club owners Arkaga were unhappy with him because of leaks to the press about the club for which he was being held responsible. Mr Richardson denied that he was responsible for any such leaks.
He says he was also told at the meeting that the club did not intend to give him “a big pay out,” and that he could go with grace by serving out a three or four month period.
Richardson claims that later that day he was advised by a number of players, that a director had asked some, but not all of them, questions about his management style, and had sought their views on former manager Pat Dolan coming back to the club.
He said that on December 1, on the eve of the FAI Cup Final, he had a meeting with Cork City chairman Brian Lennox concerning the rumours about his future.
He said that Lennox told him that his position was terminated. Richardson also denied claims, in a statement subsequently issued by Cork City, that he had received offers from other clubs.
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"Its the bad players who are the luxury not the skillfull ones"
Danny Blanchflower
absolute shambles
Give him whatever he's due and keep it out of court.
Rico should've put the foot down last christmas on getting his contract, rather than going along with lennox's "lets talk to the new owners" plan. none of this mess would be happening and we wouldn't be setting a terrible example of how this club treats people. more importantly, we wouldnt be saddled with Alan ****ing mathews.
Your Chairperson,
Gavin
Membership Advisory Board
"Ex Bardus , Vicis"
Genuine question, as I know nothing about what is going -For footballing reasons why would anybody want Alan Matthews in and Damien Richardson out? It goes beyond any sort of footballing logic.
As Irishmen we dilute our sense of nation by depending on the English to bring us our balls
The men in charge are not footballing people
If rumours are to be believed, it isnt for footballing reasons and alan ****ing mathews is seen as the best available replacement. Supposedly Arkaga blame richardson for "leaks".
I'd have thought the physio's sponge or perhaps a urinal cake from under the new stand would have been better options for manager than alan ****ing mathews and at no cost either.
Your Chairperson,
Gavin
Membership Advisory Board
"Ex Bardus , Vicis"
Cheers folks. Terrible the way he is being treated. Good luck with "alan ****ing mathews", I'm sure Richardson will have a few words to say to that snake, any fellow manager worth his salt would have distanced himself from the situation in respect for Rico.
As Irishmen we dilute our sense of nation by depending on the English to bring us our balls
There's some CCFC fans that see this as a positive move, believe it or not. Then again a lot of these are still obsessed with the manager before Rico, and have found it very difficult to accept that Rico did what pat couldn't do.
They say what about the meek?
I say they’ve got a bloody cheek
Would seem they being advised by some unknown football person/people.
Unbelievably crap management of the club here.
It's fairly easy to sack a manager like.
That meeting between players and a director stinks of amateurism.
These fellas would want to get back in their offices and hand over all footballing decisions to someone pronto.
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
Its quite ironic that Rico is being let go because of aparently leaking info about the club when Mathews has spoken out so much against the Longford town board last year.
As I say, we're just young & a bit nieve.
and speaking out about the City job being touted to him.
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
It's amazing that City managed to win the cup with all this cr*p going on behind the scenes. Best of luck to Rico in his court case.
Its over three years of it now. I dunno how no one is sick of it at this stage to be honest.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
good manager, badly treated by the board, sad to see it end like it did
We control by attitudes positive mental attitudes not by rules.
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