John Delaney/ tugging off half the forum

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[size=“2”]GIOVANNI Trapattoni is expected to go to Norwich tomorrow to watch Wes Hoolahan and Anthony Pilkington after being told by the FAI to watch games in England on a more regular basis.

One of the directives issued by the FAI to the 73-year-old is that he starts going to games regularly to see Irish players and give deserving talent an opportunity.

The Irish Independent has learned the Italian has taken the order “very seriously” and will increase the frequency of his scouting missions, starting with tomorrow’s Premier League meeting of Norwich and Arsenal.

News of the Italian’s travel plans came on a day of high drama, when RTE and its soccer correspondent Tony O’Donoghue were forced to make an apology to FAI chief John Delaney.

O’Donoghue, in a pretty careless moment on live RTE radio yesterday, claimed Delaney was the source of this newspaper’s series of Trapattoni exclusives this week when we revealed the FAI were prepared to sack the manager and that they had lost faith in his ability. We also revealed that the FAI would hold an emergency board meeting on Wednesday, which they did, where Trapattoni clung onto his job in a close vote.

RTE immediately moved to put distance between O’Donoghue’s bizarre claims and issued an apology during Mary Wilson’s ‘Drivetime’ show.

The apology is also scheduled to be broadcast again today on ‘Morning Ireland’ and it was placed on the ‘Morning Ireland’ page on RTE.ie.

Under the heading ‘John Delaney Apology’ it reads: "On our ‘Morning Ireland’ sports bulletin just after 8.30 this morning, we featured a piece between Darren Frehill and our soccer correspondent Tony O’Donoghue in which we stated that it was generally believed that mixed messages had been given to the media about the future of the senior manager’s position and that the chief executive of the FAI, John Delaney, was the senior FAI source responsible for these rumours.

“RTE and Tony O’Donoghue would like to unreservedly apologise to the CEO John Delaney for these statements made on our programme which were untrue. We would also like to apologise for the general tone of that particular exchange.”

An RTE staff member said: “This was one of our most embarrassing misses, and it has left the station with a lot of egg on its face. In the wake of the ‘Prime Time, Mission to Prey’ disaster, this is the last thing RTE management wanted.”

Back on the pitch, sources have revealed that Trapattoni will take on his responsibilities with a renewed vigour.

“Giovanni knows that he was effectively a dead man, and he has taken the advice very seriously, starting this weekend with Norwich.”

Hoolahan has been capped just once for Ireland, during Trapattoni’s first month in charge back in May 2008. He was given a late call-up to the squad for the August friendly with Serbia, but was unavailable to accept it due to injury.

English-born midfielder Pilkington was also unable to accept a last-minute invite because he was struggling with his fitness. The versatile, attack-minded player has lined out for Ireland at U-21 level. [/size]

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[size=“2”]GIOVANNI Trapattoni is expected to go to Norwich tomorrow to watch Wes Hoolahan and Anthony Pilkington after being told by the FAI to watch games in England on a more regular basis.

One of the directives issued by the FAI to the 73-year-old is that he starts going to games regularly to see Irish players and give deserving talent an opportunity.

The Irish Independent has learned the Italian has taken the order “very seriously” and will increase the frequency of his scouting missions, starting with tomorrow’s Premier League meeting of Norwich and Arsenal.

News of the Italian’s travel plans came on a day of high drama, when RTE and its soccer correspondent Tony O’Donoghue were forced to make an apology to FAI chief John Delaney.

O’Donoghue, in a pretty careless moment on live RTE radio yesterday, claimed Delaney was the source of this newspaper’s series of Trapattoni exclusives this week when we revealed the FAI were prepared to sack the manager and that they had lost faith in his ability. We also revealed that the FAI would hold an emergency board meeting on Wednesday, which they did, where Trapattoni clung onto his job in a close vote.

RTE immediately moved to put distance between O’Donoghue’s bizarre claims and issued an apology during Mary Wilson’s ‘Drivetime’ show.

The apology is also scheduled to be broadcast again today on ‘Morning Ireland’ and it was placed on the ‘Morning Ireland’ page on RTE.ie.

Under the heading ‘John Delaney Apology’ it reads: "On our ‘Morning Ireland’ sports bulletin just after 8.30 this morning, we featured a piece between Darren Frehill and our soccer correspondent Tony O’Donoghue in which we stated that it was generally believed that mixed messages had been given to the media about the future of the senior manager’s position and that the chief executive of the FAI, John Delaney, was the senior FAI source responsible for these rumours.

“RTE and Tony O’Donoghue would like to unreservedly apologise to the CEO John Delaney for these statements made on our programme which were untrue. We would also like to apologise for the general tone of that particular exchange.”

An RTE staff member said: “This was one of our most embarrassing misses, and it has left the station with a lot of egg on its face. In the wake of the ‘Prime Time, Mission to Prey’ disaster, this is the last thing RTE management wanted.”

Back on the pitch, sources have revealed that Trapattoni will take on his responsibilities with a renewed vigour.

“Giovanni knows that he was effectively a dead man, and he has taken the advice very seriously, starting this weekend with Norwich.”

Hoolahan has been capped just once for Ireland, during Trapattoni’s first month in charge back in May 2008. He was given a late call-up to the squad for the August friendly with Serbia, but was unavailable to accept it due to injury.

English-born midfielder Pilkington was also unable to accept a last-minute invite because he was struggling with his fitness. The versatile, attack-minded player has lined out for Ireland at U-21 level. [/size]

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

cracking stuff by Mr Delaney

he played HIV,KIB,Horshit,RTE and the Indo like fools

another glorious day for Irelands only decent team sport

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Delaney is a clown and will be found out eventually.

As I said before, there’s a serious whiff of this sequence of events and it’s hard to see that Delaney is squeaky clean. Either way, he’ll have several major media organisations gunning for him now.

The administration of soccer in this country is a joke and always has been. From the predomination of shipping containers for changing rooms through to financial scandals at the top to the inability to make a professional league work etc it manages to make the other “big 2” look positively professional in comparison. Mad stuff considering it prob has the highest no of supporters/players of any sport and that almost every kid plays it at some level.

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When will Senior Source be making an apology over the false story put out about Trapp not taking the press conference because he had to rush back to Milan to be at his sick sister’s side?

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they have more players and arent part of the FF/GGA/Church trinity of evil so dont get the grants to facilitate better facilities for all these players

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They don’t have the nous to develop grounds etc around the country. GAA clubs have done it. Rugby clubs have done it. The GAA and rugby have done it through hard work with their club members over a century. Soccer have never been able to organise themselves for that to any significant level.

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mate-there are less than 500 people playing in hurling in dublin-its not too hard to have great facilities for them

also football clubs didnt pay off councillors to get facilities

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:rolleyes:

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Incredibly your argument seems to be because more people play soccer its harder to get good facilities.

What. Absolute. Bollox.

More members should mean more funds and more political power and more people who’ll figure out how to get it done. Why isn’t this the case for soccer. Presumably members are happy with their current faciltiies ?

All this is before we get to the bigger issue - why so many Irish soccer “supporters” will pile into the pub to watch “their team” in the EPL but would barely bother their arse going to a local soccer game from LOI premier division down.

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it should mate but the holy trinity of irish life wernt exactly the most sharing

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Sunday Tribune

Mark Hilliard

FINGAL County Council is to be asked to debate its relationship with the football club Sporting Fingal following a heated exchange over funding.

Concerns have grown over the council’s role in supporting the club, of which it owns a 26% share, although council officials have strongly denied that it is funding the club.

County manager David O’Connor said he “took grave exception” to suggestions he had given misleading information in relation to questions about the council’s financial involvement with Sporting Fingal.

A motion has now been tabled for January’s council meeting, requesting further discussion on the subject.

The majority stakeholder in Sporting Fingal is Gerry Gannon, whose Gannon Homes and K Club companies have not escaped the financial impact of the recession.

It is also sponsored by Anglo Irish Bank which, although nationalised, refused to comment on what financial relationship it has with the club when contacted by the Sunday Tribune.

During a meeting of Fingal County Council this month, councillors heard of a public perception that the local authority played a role in funding the football team’s operations.

Despite efforts to contact the club, no one was available for comment.

Sporting Fingal has enjoyed considerable success since its foundation two years ago – in particular by capturing the Ford FAI Cup this season.

Fingal County Council, which helped establish the club with the assistance of private backing, said it had put no money into running it and never would, and said it was simply involved for the benefit of the community.

However, Cllr Clare Daly, who said there were many other sporting organisations in Fingal who believed they had not received the same level of attention, asked a number of questions relating to finances.

“I think people have some very genuine questions. If the council isn’t giving the money and if the council has not given any staff resources, well what are we giving for our 26% of the shareholding?” she said at the last council meeting.

"Clearly when [a soccer club is] starting off and experimenting and developing a base, [it cannot be] funded by its fan base or by ticket receipts.

"When names like Gerry Gannon and Anglo Irish Bank [invest in the club] a lot of other sports organisations are being asked what’s being invested in them.

“I have to say I don’t really accept the answers to the questions, that we don’t put in any money and we don’t put in any staff. That is not what I have seen. I think we have put huge resources into this, and we should say that because we have.”

The county manager replied that no money was put into the club except for €7,000 to fund transport for local clubs and poster printing. He said that any staff working at the club did so as volunteers.

A debate on theissue has been tabled for January’s meeting.

December 27, 2009

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+1, well said.

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Because very few people take it seriously or can be bothered. It’s just a time killer for the majority of those involved at adult levels.
Irish soccer is a feckless, workshy layabout to be honest.

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well shamrock rovers football club did okay out of their local county council in tallaght!

tell me what happened to their original pitch in Milltown again. did the GAA rob it off them?

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U d want to brush up on the old maths.

There are about 10 adult hurling divisions in Dublin. 12 teams in most divisions. U d be reaching 500 players before you leave division 2.

Ballyboden st enda’s would comfortaby have 500 members playing hurling or camogie.

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They may be a bunch of mentally retarded fuckwits and wifebeaters but they are the best fans in the world mate.

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TASE scores yet again.

:clap: :clap: :guns:

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:slight_smile: Well give them a medal-oh wait…