League of Ireland & Irish League 2018

[Ek weet nie]

It was news to the PFAI that they would be half funding the fund. There can’t be more than 200 players in the League of Ireland getting paid above the minimum wage. This would be a sizable amount per player to fund.

http://www.pfai.ie/news/pfa-ireland-statement

[seand]

Latest idea by the F.A.I is to establish a€300,000 fund jointly between them and the players union to ensure that players in crisis clubs continue to get paid,two problems with this,firstly they didn't consult with the PFAI before they announced the deal,more importantly personally there are four teams fighting relegation,two of them,Bohemian fc and Sligo Rovers have continued to pay players wages and budgeted correctly,two,Bray Wanderers and Limerick fc are badly run basket case clubs who now get a bonus for not giving a fuck,doesn't seem right to me

Fair point elguapo, there's no point in having this safety net if it's effectively going to forgive financial mismanagement. You'd need a rule along the lines of if players are unpaid for a month they'll be compensated and the club will be docked six points

[Duncan Gardner]

A likely third problem is that the PFÀI have a much smaller turnover than the FAI

[elguapo4]

Latest idea by the F.A.I is to establish a€300,000 fund jointly between them and the players union to ensure that players in crisis clubs continue to get paid,two problems with this,firstly they didn't consult with the PFAI before they announced the deal,more importantly personally there are four teams fighting relegation,two of them,Bohemian fc and Sligo Rovers have continued to pay players wages and budgeted correctly,two,Bray Wanderers and Limerick fc are badly run basket case clubs who now get a bonus for not giving a fuck,doesn't seem right to me

[Diable Rouge]

An excellent victory for Derry in Belarus, more's the pity that the damage done in the Brandywell was too severe. Rovers win 1-0 away to AIK, but have gone behind in ET.

[elguapo4]

Bray Wanderers have now said they'll pay all outstanding money tomorrow,I wouldn't hold my breath for the rest of the season though

[elguapo4]

God only knows,hasn't shot them up the table yet,don't hold your breath for the Emirates terryland any time soon

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

what the fuck is the story with the takeover of Galway by Saudi's?

[elguapo4]

It's a pity about Bray,they've always been a well run club,staying in the top flight through careful budgeting,a few years ago a new board came in and first thing on the agenda was moving Bray from their ground
The Carlisle grounds is probably the most valuable ground in the league,being situated near Bray seafront and right beside the DART station with easy access to Dublin.
It is also owned by the local council,having been given to them by the British army after independence with the provision that it be kept as a sports ground.
Thus the Bray management seem to have lost all interest in the club an relegation (at least) seems inevitable.
As for Limerick,It's nearly impossible to get that rugby mad city to care about soccer so trouble is never far away,although they seem to have reached an agreement over the wages

[Diable Rouge]

It wouldn't be a League of Ireland season without "trouble at t'mill" - Limerick and Bray Wanderers are both in financial difficulty, with consequences from the FAI. The squads from both clubs have gone on strike, both have been forbidden from registering players for the rest of the season, while the Seagulls have been barred from the Irn-Bru Challenge Cup.