Bohs were never refused a premier division place by the FAI, more than some clubs can say Not sure where you get 'best run club' nonsense, its well known our club is run on a voluntary basis with one full time member of staff (some funding on promotional side apart).
The only clowns are the 'Johnny come lately' Dundalk heads living off their recent success, maybe speak to a Dundalk fan that soldiered through the bleak First Division days to give yourself a reality check (or get yourself a can of petrol ).
Jesus this forum has gone downhill very fast
I think it was more the case that this was a pure admin error, Bohs fully admitted it on their statement, said it was down to an IT issue.
Their manager holds down a full time job still (I think) and they wouldnt have the admin resources that other clubs have, it was an oversight, nothing to see here, move on.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
There was an honest mistake made that have unfortunate repurcussuions for the team (and bang in the middle of the season's blip for Bohs) but it wasnt a blatant attempt at cheating. Bohs arent the first to make such an error and wont be the last but it shows how important a club secretary is voluntary or paid and how they need to be constantly on the ball. When you have the likes of Waterford trawling through player registrations to try and overturn a play-off result, for example, (maybe you reap what you sow Partizan) well such admin needs to be water tight. I'm surprised that the team management didnt have a good idea that a suspension was due to be served and check up on it. Maybe this happened and the missed email went in to a spam folder which is probably where most FAI correspondance belongs!! Keith Long will be cc'd in in future no doubts. I dont think anyone should be taking a moral highground on this occasion. It's a bit embaressing for the person responsible, other than that it'll be a lesson well learned and unlikely to happen at Bohs again.
At college level in the UK clubs just logged in to their BUSA portal to check on registrations, fixture details, kit colours for the game, suspensions etc - there were no emails sent out and the obligation was on the club to check. It was done this way to prevent missed or 'lost' correspondance when you had so many sports and a high turnover of clubs/socs admin. Refs had a level of access also and checked that suspended players' (names *cough*) werent on the team sheet and it prevented a whole load of hassle. Probably too much to expect from the FAI even though it would be an easier system for them to manage across an entire association.
Tbh I dont think there are too many Dundalk fans think that the club 'was always as professional as it is now'. You only have to have a quick look on Orielweb and the irritation over pst ticket distribution even now. Dundalk, in my memory, have never had issues with playing ineligble players. We certainly bent the rules with Jeff McNamara '97 mind!
Eh not ALL clubs! The petrol can appeal was due to the independant committee at the time not promoting us on merit + us not havin a flashy DVD presentation. Nothing to do with player registrations, suspensions or point deductions. A bit nouveau of you not to know that, or short memory...
Last edited by Nesta99; 20/07/2019 at 11:13 AM.
Disagreeing with a LOI decision. Point was some Dundalk halfwit was tossing around claims about Bohs and Cork been run by "clowns " (his words). Every club has had admin problems but some have a short memory !
Show where I said Dundalk had player registration issues ?
If having a "flashy DVD presentation" is a requirement then NOT having one is an admin error. And far more costly than Bohs faux pas.
Hope that simplifies it for you.
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Can't wait for the school holidays are over marinobohs has to much time on his hands
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