QuoteI will be there. I was speaking to a few members at the weekend and one didn't know it was on while another didn't know the time or venue. AFAIK none of the members have been notified directly.
Got some coverage in the national press today, I heard that the entire MC will be there to answer questions but I will believe that when I see it, anyone from here going?
I will be there. I was speaking to a few members at the weekend and one didn't know it was on while another didn't know the time or venue. AFAIK none of the members have been notified directly.
I have scattered my dreams underneath your feet, tread carefully, cos it's my dreams you walk on.
SLIGO Rovers fans are facing an anxious 24 hours as the Showgrounds club may decide to axe their full-time status and become a part-time club due to financial pressures.
Rovers are currently enjoying their third successive season in the top flight after a five-year spell in Division One and Paul Cook's side are in the top half of the table.
But poor crowds have left the club struggling financially and last week Rovers were forced to release Alan Moore and Keith Foy from the squad, as well as selling Fahrudin Kuduzovic, while Anto Murphy is expected to leave Sligo later today and complete his move to Bohemians and Jamie McKenzie is also reportedly on his way out.
Those financial problems have now come to a head and will be discussed at a special meeting in the town tonight when players and club members will be told by the club's management committee just how bad the problems are.
bracing
Players are already bracing themselves for the worst and have told colleagues at other clubs that they expect Sligo to approach them and ask them to revert to a part-time status to cut the wage bill.
If that's the road Sligo Rovers take they would effectively be making their players free agents if they decide to ask them to tear up their contracts and renegotiate new ones, as cash-strapped First Division side Waterford United have asked their squad to do.
Ahead of the meeting tonight, club chairman Michael Toolan said: "A lot of eircom League clubs are finding it hard to keep going. With the downturn in the economy and other factors it is difficult."
Crowds have been disappointing at the Showgrounds for some time as many figures in the club blame summer soccer as a factor, claiming that the local population have never embraced the idea. At one recent home league game, Sligo reportedly had only 500 paying adults in a crowd of 900 at the game.
Sligo boss Paul Cook, in his first full season at the Showgrounds, has earned wide praise for his work in making Sligo a top-six side while working off a small budget and a shallow squad.
Now there are fears in the town that the highly rated Liverpool native could walk away from the club in frustration, though he has vowed to stay on for now.
"What we are trying to do is to fight our hardest to have a football club. The most important thing is Sligo Rovers, it is not about me, players or the chairman, it is about the club," says Cook.
"What we want to do is make sure we have a team. We want the people of Sligo to come together, talk about it and try to put in place a competitive team for the Premier Division.
"Myself and my assistant Gerry Carr will sit down with the committee at the end of the season and see where things go from there.
"We won't be jumping ship -- that's for sure -- but we need to see where this club is going and if there's a future for us here. If we can't go forward, with the finances available, it's hard to see what we'll be staying for."
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/ir...o-1432635.html
Any word on this?
seems reachable. where can we get these cards???
That will be some selling-2600 people in less than 3 weeks
Yes very true Sligo1, although some people would be in a position to give more than €50Originally Posted by sligo1
If they need it by the end of August why are they having the draw at the start of August?
Last edited by Rovers Maniac; 14/07/2008 at 10:46 PM.
Off any MC member, I think the trust may be taking a couple Rovers1 but I thought we could fill a card on here too
I'm guessing now but I think it would be to have the money in to budget and keep the rest of the players before the window closes
I have it on good word that both deecay and sligoman are both donating their cars, fair play lads.
I have suggested it to a few people and i believe it to be a good idea, we should use the €130,000 to by lotto tickets and hold a novena in the run up to the draw?
Can anybody give a run down on the meeting figures or anything etc?
God thats bad
Im depressed now, i spent all my money on that stupid holiday, i would have given that 1.5k to the club.
I'll sell some stuff, my PS3, signed bears jersey, signed united jersey, tv & some PS3 games should get me about 1k, its my birthday in august so that might get me up to 1.5k.
I hope the club get the money needed.
Merely fire fighting, this is not a solution to help secure the long term survival of the club. Have we let Murphy and McKenzie go without a cent in return?
We off load a rake of players strip the squad to the bone, and then come looking for people to put their hard earned cash into a dead duck, cause from the media reports it seems as Cook has thrown in the towel too.
To me the campaign should not be ''Keep Premier League Football Alive in Sligo" it’s more like ‘’keep us out of debt till the end of this season and we’ll be in the first division next year or part time next year and in Div 1 the year after’’
http://www.sligorovers.com/content/view/587/91/
At a meeting of Sligo Rovers share-holders last night (Monday) attended by approx 50 members an open and frank discussion was held between all and the board of management on the financial situation at the club and the future of Premier Division football in Sligo and the position going forward
and if we didn't get rid off the players we would be docked points and end up in the grave yard of Irish football.
Very, very admirable that you are trying to do everything to save the club but I think the above post should be carefully considered. Will this syndicate thing RESOLVE your problems or just postpone them? If the club ends up in a new format in the next year or so, your money might be better served then.
Difficult one!!
I honestly don't think Cook has thrown in the towel on this, i only spoke to him after the Derry game. If we don't try and support this will we have a football club to support? Is there anything wrong going back to a strong semi professional program with a mixture of pros and locals?
A really half-arsed attempt at organising a meeting. 30 members out of 350 turned up. Basically the club is f**ked unless in the short term we can raise approx 150K. Without publishing figures, this offload of players have cut weekly wage by 32% from the beginning of the season. That figure will have to be cut further by a total of approx 45% of what we started out in March.
The board seems to be united in agreeing that full time Premier football is not a viable option in Sligo. A number of reasons were put forward to confirm this belief, ranging from the recession to summer football.
We are at present 190K in debt and without the cutbacks that figure would rise to 310K by the end of the season.
The big monkey on the back of the club this year was the 100K owed to the taxman from last season. which was on top of a loss of 180K. The taxman will be paid off by September if things progress. This year we are up to date with the taxman.
The only light at the end of the tunnel is an idea from Tony McGee to involve the business community in the running of the club. An EGM is to be held in the next few weeks to decide the future of the club, with the hope of some involvement by the business people. They also promised to hold a public meeting,
The 2 fundraisers if successful will keep the wolf from the door. But a major effort will be needed.
We have no choice but to put a major effort into getting money in now, otherwise the future is that we haven’t got a future.
The membership fee is €635, and you can become a member from as little as €5 per week. The syndicate is from €50 -€1000.
I have scattered my dreams underneath your feet, tread carefully, cos it's my dreams you walk on.
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