Mase wrote:Harry Dowd scored wrote:zuricity wrote:Harry Dowd scored wrote:johnny crossan wrote:Leeds leveller - that's cheered me up
Me to, just watched the Derry City story would recommend it will be on iPlayer
Yes, a pertinent reminder to those teams going for the ESL. Derry had to apply to FIFA to get an ok to play in the Irish league ..... and then had to start
at the bottom league !
They even had to get a letter from that corrupt git Sepp.
I don't know how a club can be in two leagues at the same time ? ( don't include cups like CL, FA ,Carabao etc - they are not leagues).
Derry were thrown out of the IFA ( Northern Ireland) because the Ballymena United coach was attacked and set on fire during a game, that left them with no league to play in, hence the application to the Republic of Ireland league. They had to get dispensation from the IFA before FIFA would ratify the application which has you say Blatter did
When
I read that, I read it as in the Ballymena coach (manager) was set on fire

I knew things were bad but fuck me haha.
Here is another funny story.
Derry City eventually won the league of Ireland title and therefore qualified for the European cup, they were drawn against Benfica Sven goran Erickson was the manager, it was massive for the City everybody wanted a ticket. About an hour before kick off a bomb was discovered outside the ground, panic ensue, send for Martin Mc Guinness it was suggested, Martin rocks up, gets the bomb ( it was 100lb) and subsequently throws it down a manhole in the nearby cemetery, the match went on without further incident, Benfica won 2-1, Derry fans were happy because they didn’t think they would score, true story that, Mc Guinness went on to become Deputy First Minister.