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Athlone statement here. Hard to know if the FAI related bit is an implied threat, it wouldn't be causing great happiness in HQ anyway. Athlone Town has called for a further investigations to be launched into what it said were 'match-fixing allegations' surrounding the club. It said it wanted An Garda Siochana, Europol, interpol and UEFA to open parallel investigations to the one being conducted by the FAI. In an open letter posted on its facebook page tonight, the club also reiterated that it would work side by side with the FAI to ensure the full truth emerges. It repeated that it was "disgusted and angry that games in which the club played might have been unduly influenced, or that match-fixing has occurred". And it said the FAI had ratified its arrangement with its investor. "... the FAI has received all documents pertaining to the investor agreement. That arrangement was discussed at a number of meetings with, and ratified by, the FAI." The full text of the open letter is:
Open Letter from the Board and Management Committee of Athlone Town AFC re Match Fixing Allegations. To all our supporters, friends within the football family, and the people of Athlone, the board of Athlone Town AFC would like to take this opportunity to address as best it can the controversy currently surrounding the club. First of all the board wishes to restate in the strongest possible terms that we are disgusted and angry that games in which the club played might have been unduly influenced, or that match-fixing has occurred. Indeed given the extensive media coverage and potential ramifications for our club, the League, and football’s governing bodies, the Athlone Town AFC wants relevant police forces to investigate these serious allegations. We want An Garda Síochána, Europol, Interpol and UEFA itself to immediately open parallel investigations to the one being currently conducted by the Football Association of Ireland. It is our strong opinion that no stone should be left unturned in relation to these very damaging claims. The club fully accepts and believes in the principle of ‘innocent until proven guilty’. However, Athlone Town AFC will not be found wanting in regards to the sanctions it will impose if anyone associated with the club is found to have engaged in match fixing. If any of the allegations are upheld it is not just the club and its supporters, but also the FAI and football itself that will have been duped. We have already stated publically, and can only repeat, that everyone involved in the club who has been asked to participate will cooperate with the FAI during the course of its investigation. The club will work side by side with the FAI to ensure that the full truth and all the surrounding facts concerning these allegations of match fixing, which is a blight on the game, emerge. It has always been our intention to work with the FAI in relation to our affairs. Indeed the FAI has received all documents pertaining to the investor agreement. That arrangement was discussed at a number of meetings with, and ratified by, the FAI. Finally, it has been a difficult week for everyone at the club. The many decent and hard working individuals involved at various levels with the club have been left in a state of shock and are appalled that something like this may have happened to a proud club like Athlone Town AFC. In particular it has been hard for those from the locality who have given their time and services to Athlone Town AFC for nothing other than a love of the game. The board will continue to work on behalf of the club and do its utmost to ensure that the club gets through this dark chapter in our history. Signed The Board and Management Committee of Athlone Town AFC. |
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Shock f**king horror. FAI sitting on their |
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
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http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-4480776/Chinese-fixing-syndicate-real-new-threat-football.html
The FAI are to blame here as much as anyone else. How do they let this happen and seeminlhy throw a blind eye to it until UEFA come calling |
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I would say more likely to be UCD and Shelbourne. A few tactical changes were a bit bizarre whereas against Cobh they were just crap. |
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Love to know but someone sold the heart cheap to unknowns. |
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
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The headline here is how a club got a licence without knowing who owns it. That's the real tough question.
GardaI are involved so any phone or email traffic is now in the mix. Does anybody know what the price was to buy them? |
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Hardly a great price on that with all due respect......
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"He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland,"
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Backed over 1.5 goals.
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
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Embarrassing defeat for Ramblers. Can't even beat a team wanting to lose.
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No doubt one of them the game they played away to Cobh. |
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Two more Athlone matches being investigated unsurprisingly
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
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Wherever there is a crisis in Irish football there is a Roddy.
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Things going from bad to worse for Athlone
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/954490/athlone-town-want-roddy-collins-to-return-for-a-second-spell-as-manager-of-the-club/ |
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