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players contracts terminated,out of setanta cup,very sad imo.
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Listen to Sport At 7 tonight on RTÉ Radio One where Tony O'Donoghue will have the latest on the future of Sporting Fingal. The players of League of Ireland premier division side Sporting Fingal have been told by the club that their contracts have been terminated. The 2009 FAI Ford Cup holders, who have only been in existence since 2007, were due to play Lisburn Distillery on Monday in the Setanta Sports Cup but they have now withdrawn from the competition. Thirteen players are currently under contract with the north Dublin club and future participation in the Airtricity League of Ireland is now seriously in doubt. A statement from the PFAI expressed its disappointment that contracts, some of which have been signed very recently, are not being honoured. The organising committee of the Setanta Sports Cup have confirmed that Sporting Fingal have withdrawn from the competition and will be replaced by UCD. The Students will now face Lisburn Distillery in the First Round First Leg fixture that had initially been scheduled to take place between Sporting Fingal and the Irish League club on Monday, 14 February. Sporting Fingal are reported to be releasing a statement on the matter later this evening. How can they go bust so quickly  |
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One word. NAMA
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The next thing we'l hear is that Rovers are in bother and their trasurer is after doing in the few quid they had betting without at the races and Shelbourne of a Saturday night.Seriously though ,any business no matter what it is that produces a poor product is always going to struggle.This is only the start of it propably,there will be more to follow
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Yeah but their treasurer will get it back this Saturday [;)]
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Pats fans happy. Should replace them in Europe. The least they deserved after the season they had.
Hopefully Monaghan will replace them. Also fully deserved. |
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SatelliteFlight Joined: 06 May 10
Replies: 7407 09 Feb 11 19:16 Yeah but their treasurer will get it back this Saturday actually probably got it back last night  |
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I wish wr was their treasurer sf.
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robo thats why the gaa will never go pro ...nobody would pay to watch ....every gaa club in ireland would be broke in about 2 years son....stick to what you know ...kerry the start and finish of poor robos world....
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Workrider.......It's not free into GAA matches....it's the same price into a junior B match as a loi match......stick to what you know......even your mate rocketfingers wouldn't come out with that statement.
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robo thats why the gaa will never go pro ...nobody would pay to watch
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Very sad news indeed. They played some good stuff and they achieved a huge amount in a short space of time.
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Ya wonky,80 euro to get into the All Ireland at Croke Park with a capacity of 80,000 +.Couldn't get a ticket for love nor money,yet the FAI left the bowsies that follow soccer in this country ,into the Aviva for a tenner just to create an atmosphere at their showcase final.Even at a tenner they couldn't fill it,a tenner for gods sake.They were giving that for a program on All Ireland day,maybe next year if they leave people in for nothing then they may fill it,but propably not
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gantoo, bjg . the point i'm making is if the gaa CLUBS had to pay their players TO PLAY FOR THEM ON A WEEKLY BASIS ...i dont think the AVERAGE gaa club would survive ... simple as.. its easy to come on here and knock soccer in ireland ...its a totally differant set of values ...soccer is a WORLD GAME PLAYED BY MOSTLY PROFESSIONAL TEAMS .the gaa on the other hand is a amateur game..like any businness its the expences that count ..most of a soccer clubs money goes on players wages ..were as the gaa have the luxury of not having to pay players .. plus for a nation of such a small population its amazing that soccer it still right up there with most other sports on this island...the amount of young kids playing soccer is a testimony to that....
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Look Sporting Fingal were not establised club i thought they would last 5 years and then bang, so they have gone quicker than i thought. All they had was a big backer they had no fan base as such as they were only a new club. It's not a surprise, they were all full time professionals and this would have been their 4th year i think?
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Galway Utd might make it into Europe this year so
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Shame to see them depart workrider, they were a good side.
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thats true rocket in a nutshell .. their backer is in big trouble ...sadly they will disappear but what a wonderful and vibrant life they had .. we never beat them either...
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ye we will have a better chance of beating monaghan next year[;)],are you heading out to leopardstown on saturday workrider?im heading out hope to see you there
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Fingal were a disaster waiting to happen.
Whole thing was built on sand. |
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I seen B356 still have game against Shels priced up for tomorrow evening. Thought we might have a bet to get on, but match cancelled.
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All they did was keep decent well run clubs out of the Premier League imo for a few years
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workrider
Date Joined: 29 Jun 02 Add contact | Send message When: 09 Feb 11 22:46 thats true rocket in a nutshell .. their backer is in big trouble ...sadly they will disappear but what a wonderful and vibrant life they had .. we never beat them either... "wonderful & vibrant".......built on a load of Bo11ox...all have a gr8 time for a few years and then fall in a heap for a zillion......sounds a bit like the wonderful and vibrant (ex) Irish economy |
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sorry if the truth upset you 100,000.while they were in the loi they did what no other team did in such a short space of time ....
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You're missing the point WR - their achievements were due to the artifical level of funding
they receievd vis-á-vis other LOI teams; easy to be a success when you have most of the league's experienced "generals" gathered on Gerry Gannon's lawn... |
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... i have to agree with you steering on that one...the point is you have to do the business no matter who you have backing or for that matter playing for you ,look at rooney ,or man city ...buckley at very short notice put together a very good team who came from no were ...they played good football and showed what is possible with the right backing and right management ...of course it was going to end in tears but thats not the point.. the point is that while they were in loi they did themselves proud imo...
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I will agree with you that they played a very tidy brand of ball; as a neutral, I thought their late defeat of S/R made the closing stages of the last season very exciting.
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Why would Monaghan replace them? The rule states the next highest league placing gets the place. Thats Waterford. The play-off has no relevance..
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Well that would make a joke of the play offs tbh.
I couldn`t argue with your rule reference. |
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The Blues will go bust if they replace them; WUFC's LT interests are better-served by another season in Div. 1;
getting the off-the-field finances is THE critical factor; in particular, if they were to ironically replace a S/F side who have regrettably gone to the wall. |
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bad day for me steering i can assure you ..great one for giant though...you cant blame the team on the financial meltdown ...monaghan will go up i think ericthered...
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"Well that would make a joke of the play offs tbh." True but that dosn't mean it couldn't happen Giant. Galway got promoted once after a play-off they weren't even in!
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That`s the LOI in a nutshell!Monaghan and Waterford will get in if we don`t get our act together. We were expecting rent from SF that is another blow we could have done without. wr what are you on about? A great day for me!? |
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wr not having a go, just think loi keeps shooting itself in the foot with cases like this........what happened to the great financial clean up model john delaney espoused a few years ago......think hes a spoofer tbh......loi clubs need to build properly and slowly a la wexford youths
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onehundredk..fair enough ...re the fai and clubs cleaning up their act .. i honestly think that most clubs have in fact cleaned up their act ...unfortunately some others are still trying to bluff their way through ..as we all know money talks as those clubs who
are prudent will survive and sadly those who dont will die. giant ..your shouts of joy as we stood shell shocked at the final whistle of that game ...woke the ghosts of milltown ... |
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You`re some clown wr.
I can accept petty jibes/criticism from any clubs fans, except from those of a club who was saved from extinction by the skin of your #ocks and a lenient judge. Cop on. |
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boy oh boy we are angry ...you my lad would want to keeping hoping the judge is still in good humour then....
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Aaron Greene signed for Sligo today. Hopefully he`ll come back to haunt you again.
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wonky's posts do contain a large percentage of comedy value. i treat them with disdain. wouldn't take them seriously. think the guy belongs on the stage!!
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