[FONT=Helv][SIZE=2][FONT=Helv][SIZE=2]Fenlon was offered the job and turned it down, not sure what part of that you don’t understand
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[quote=“Sledgehammer”][FONT=Helv][SIZE=2][FONT=Helv][SIZE=2]Fenlon was offered the job and turned it down, not sure what part of that you don’t understand
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nonsense
http://www.football.co.uk/peterborough_united/posh_chief_slams_fenlon_nonsense_rss267917.shtml
You believe that cunt against a SRFC member? 
hows jay o shea getting on at birmingham sledge?..hope he’s staying away from team mates’ birds…
Do explain 
Haven’t seen much of him, I think he scored against Chelsea for the reserves the other night or something
[quote=“Sledgehammer”]Do explain
Haven’t seen much of him, I think he scored against Chelsea for the reserves the other night or something[/quote]
an incident from his days with bray my sources tell me…
think it played a part in him leaving …
heard macleish going on about him a month or so ago but noticed he hadn’t really got a run in last while…surprised deegan hasn’t got a concrete offer from england…
Deegan’s discipline let him down on several occasions last season, I don’t know how he got into all the teams of the year. Glad we are keeping him though, he will definitely be an asset for us, any 2 from himself Keegan and Cronin is a nice decision to have to make.
The gloves are off. A few typos in this, not to mention a few inaccuraices. However…
Irish Daily Mail
Thursday, November 26, 2009
PHILIP QUINN
THE BOH WAR!
Champs fire back as Rovers question spending
by PHILIP QUINN
THEY may have been close in the Premier Division table, but
relations between League of Ireland rivals Shamrock Rovers
and Bohemians are today strained to breaking point.
After the demise of Derry City and Kildare County, the latest image of the League is of its two most famous clubs engaged in a snarling catftght.
Back-to-back champions Bohs are livid that their Dublin rivals
have lodged an official complaint with the FAI querying their levels
of spending since 2005.
The Hoops have sought assurances from the FAI that bigspending Bohs have always stayed within the salary cap protocol that
limits clubs to spending no more than 65 per cent of turnover on
players’ salaries. Rovers do not accuse Bohemians
of anything untoward, nor do they offer any proof of wrongdoing, but
it is clear they have misgivings about the sums their rivals spent
between 2005 and 2008. Bohs official Gerry Conway is
adamant the Gypsies have played things by the book but the FAI
have taken note of Rovers’ remarks and will be putting them to Bohs,
and their club auditors, at their next meeting.
Rovers have highlighted a number of areas of concern: specifically, the
sums Bohs have spent on training facilities, on fielding under-age
teams and in fund-raising, where their costs have jumped by 1,900
per cent from 2005 to 2008. In their letter to the FAI’s
compliance officer, Padraig Smith, Rovers also point out that Bohs
continue to have four members on their bar staff even though their sed from
77,000 in 2005 to 30,000 in 2008.
They note that Rovers spent 428,555 on wages to their man-
agement staff in 2008, an increase of 50 per cent, and managed to do
all this while "keeping their salary spend on players within
the FAI’s 65 per cent limit. Rovers are puzzled that
Bohs had to pay 190,000 for training facilities in 2008
Rovers’ own outlay is about 35,000, for facilities at Peamount and
Sacred Heart in, Tallaght and that covers their first team, A team and Under 20s.
And they are mystified at how it cost . Bohs 130,000 ‘to run their
schoolboy teams last year. In comparison, it cost Rovers 640,000 to
field 22 teams, while Bohs run 15. Conway, the Bohs secretary, said
he was ‘outraged’ at Rovers meddling in Bohs’ financial affairs.
‘It’s a bit rich that Rovers should be interfering into our business.
This is a club who submitted false accounts a few years ago and went
into examinership.
‘We’ve nothing to answer here. I’m fully satisfied we can stand
over our figures. Our accounts are audited by auditors who operate
under the laws of chartered accountants,’ he added.
Conway, who only became aware of Rovers’ letter when contacted
by Sportsmail yesterday, rebutted the points they raised.
‘The training facilities at DCU are among the best anywhere in
the country. The arrangement we nave includes access to me
elite athletic facilities also used by the Dublin footballers. We have access to
dieticians, nutritionists, physios, doctors and all that comes at a price.’ Conway accepted the schoolboys outlay was steep but said the club forked
out 60,000 in 2008 on kitting out teams.
‘There is nothing hidden there,’ he vowed. ‘We showed we spent over
1.9m on players’ wages in 2008. How up front is that?’ Ill-feeling has existed between the clubs for months but off-field issues were parked as the teams
went toe for toe for the title. Rovers have felt a sense of resentment towards their northside rivals after they opposed the prestige friendly bringing Real Madrid in Tallaght in July.
There was further discord when Bohs felt Rovers striker Graham
Barrett was acting unofficially as a players’ agent after allegedly
approaching Brian Shelley about a possible move to the English
League a claim Rovers denied. Bohs also claimed midfielder
Joseph Ndo was subjected to racist abuse from Rovers fans in
last month’s clash at Tallaght the claim was unsubstantiated.
According to Conway, Bohs have stayed constantly under the 65 per
cent SCP limit but if the FAI’s compliance department finds the
sums don’t add up, there could be repercussions for the Gypsies.
FAI compliance chief Smith explained last night that the finan-
cial statement submitted by Bohs for the year ending November 30,
2008 had been signed off by auditors Whelan Bowling and Associ-
ates, who said they presented a’true and fair view of the state of
the company’s affairs’. He added: ‘While the comments
forwarded to us by Shamrock Rovers present no evidence of
financial irregularity, in keeping with the FAI’s financial monitoring
process we will raise these points during our next scheduled meeting
with the club and their auditors.’
The episode is the latest postscript to the financial morass into
which the League has sunk. After the difficulties of former
title winners Shelbourne, Cork City and Drogheda United in
recent years, another scandal involving the champions is the last
thing the League needs.
ll! BOHS midfielder Joseph Ndo could be the first close-season
signing for newly-promoted Sporting Fingal.
HEY, BIG SPENDER
Where Bohs’cash went in 2008
Training expenses: 190,883
(up 30,364 on 2007)
Underage teams 130,816
(up 114,971 on 200T)
Fund-raising: 94,525
(Up 89,875 on 2007)
Team management and staff:
428,555 (up 139,116)
Shamrocks main sponsors EP Mooney gone to the wall.
The shoulder blade section of the jersey is now up for grabs.
Petty by Rovers. It’s a bit rich for a club with their checkered financial history to be questioning how another more successful club is run. Is this an attempt to mask the fact they bottled the league?
From my own comparative research and analytical review, the Bohs numbers do not stack up.
Limerick FC want to buy the Markets Field.
Bord na gCon have a value of between 3 and 4 million put on the site, but Mayor Kevin Kiely has said that as gesture of goodwill Bord na gCon should grant Limerick FC a long term lease on the venue for a nominal sum of 1 per year.
You gotta love it.
Seriously, Rovers have no rights whatsoever to question anyone about their finances.
Still though, you can hardly expect the club that welcomed back the fellah that got caught roaring abuse at Simon Webb over his poor wife to be able to speak out of one side of its mouth only.
Will there be a Wexford Youths next season Bandage? Or can they survive without money from Mick Wallace?
They’re still on the Delaney decimal system by all accounts
I think so but it’s totally reliant on Wallace and he supports the senior team and another few underage sides too. I can’t imagine he has much cash floating around these days even though the players are amateur and only get basic expenses/allowances. That said, there’s still plenty of other costs involved in running the teams.
Think Wallace has completely cut players expenses/allowances now though.
Presume he’d still be covering mileage etc? I’m only speculating mind - if you have the inside track then spit it out. :guns:
[quote=“tipptops*”]Seriously, Rovers have no rights whatsoever to question anyone about their finances.
Still though, you can hardly expect the club that welcomed back the fellah that got caught roaring abuse at Simon Webb over his poor wife to be able to speak out of one side of its mouth only.[/quote]
the question is whether the Dublin huns have broken the rules - which they obviously have as fc biggles board member said at their EGM It’s not how good an accountant you are, it’s how creative an accountant you are - if they didnt break the rules they have nothing to fear but hopefully this pricks up the FAI compliance officer to look in detail at the 09 accounts - the implication is clear- have they been paying players as kids coaches(they didnt pay the league fees this year or hand out medals to the teams that won) & barmen to circumvent the 65% rule