R.I.P Cork City F.C

[Paxton Dazo]

A "Simple" mistake, you say? Mistaking Ireland for Britain? Ahh..

 

[FLOG GNAW]

I said British because tbh it was quicker than putting "British and Irish."

 

[Colossal Squid]

So if it was a French club would you have written British to save you from putting British and French?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Dan Tester's book on the Albion, 'On This day' claims that Charlie Webb played for the Republic of Ireland. He didn't. He played for Ireland.

 

[Cian]

What do you mean barely get punished? the club has been dissolved and FORAS are looking at re-starting city with no cash, no players, but a rented stadium and hopefully a still-loyal fanbase. Not exact Real Madrid's Government funding is it?

The club got screwed by poor management by the supposed "Rich" Businessman, end of.

Being able to re-form one division lower is bare punishment. Derry should be in A North and Cork in A South now, not Division 1. New Derry City *are* the old setup basically and CCForasCoop are basically CCFC minus Tom Coughlan.

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Would have thought that in the whole of the World the one club that would stay afloat would be Cork City! After Borussia Munchen Armbands that is!

TNBA

TTF

 

[mistahclarke]

Cork have also been replaced by another team who haven't managed to get the name / shirt designs, etc. Both them and Derry rented their stadia so the new clubs are renting the same grounds, and have managed to get in to the spare places in Division One left by the teams promoted to fill their gaps in the Premier.

Once again, the "big" teams get to f*** around, spend money they don't have and barely get punished when it all goes boom. The clubs that don't live beyond their means generally don't have a hope of competing.

"The board" of a majority of LOI clubs are bog standard fans - for instance the league champions are a Members Club and second place are a fans COOP, as are many others. A few are unlisted PLCs, one is majoirty owned by the local council and another is owned by a university!.

My domestic team (Finn Harps) are a fans COOP also, so the board is made up of any of us shareholders stupid enough to go forward. This means there is basically NO way for most clubs to get megabucks off their board. Cork were one of the few clubs let owned by an apparently rich businessman as it happens.

Presume you already know that the reformed Cork City (now a fans coop) beat Shelbourne away last night to win the First Division and back to the Premier League?

2 seasons to repair the damage by the "Rich businessman". The club and fans were punished enough in my opinion.

 

[Cian]

Presume you already know that the reformed Cork City (now a fans coop) beat Shelbourne away last night to win the First Division and back to the Premier League?

2 seasons to repair the damage by the "Rich businessman". The club and fans were punished enough in my opinion.

Got back that quick by overspending. Leeds Unitedness beckons.

Derry are banking on being allowed in to Europe but it looks as if their UEFA ban for receivership will keep them out and they'll go pop again.