The disgraced John Delaney

Robbie Keane badgering Mick for the assistants job 

Borussia wrote: irelandshirts wrote: Baldrick wrote: irelandshirts let himself down on liveline today.   Absolute motherhood and apple.pie stuff.    I was as surprised as anyone to get an email from a liveline researcher and asked would i come on the show to talk about the segment in Champagne Football which refers specifically to Roy Keanes signatures being forged on Irish shirts by a member of the backroom team and also in general about Irish football shirts with reference to my museum project. I did say to the researcher and Joe even said it at the start that with all the serious revelations in the book that it was an unusual angle to look at but there you go. Its their show. For what its worth i didnt think it was a big deal about the shirts being signed and its not exactly new news as this story was known in 2002 and has been published in other books and players have spoken about it already. RE the accounts i said that the book reveals in great details the exact figures and transactions etc that went on. My main point was that for many people looking at the FAI who may not be fans or have no real interest in football at all they would have seen the revenue streams from the Aviva Stadium, tournaments, sponsors, UEFA tv money etc and also the accounts that were being audited by very prestigious firms over the years (joe made sure on air i didnt mention any by name) and thought that the association was on somewhat of a secure financial footing. People including myself wrongly trusted what they were seeing and reading from a national association and reputable accountants etc. The Government also gave large amount of taxpayers money to the FAI during this time i assume also based on the accounts they were seeing. Liveline should have had Mark Tighe onto talk in forensic detail about the accounts in the book. I bought it Saturday and read it cover to cover in one day and will re read it over the next while again. Im not an accountant and i failed pass maths in the leaving and got a D3 in it when i repeated my leaving cert so im not the person to talk about figures with!!! Ive been campaigning for an Irish football museum for nearly 18 years now. The not for profit project is dedicated to James Nolan who passed away in Poland in 2012. I was certainly going to use my 20 minutes on primetime national airwaves that i was invited on to discuss to try and appeal for support for this project and i wont apologise to anyone for doing so either. Here is what I don't get though - You are obviously a fan as shown through your dedication to collect all of those shirts etc so you don't fall into the category above. And it was also the case that there were many vocal people both on here (Hello Gino !), going to games and some journos questioning what was going on - Even people with a passing interest would know that the accounts have not been published for years. Just thought this was a strange angle to take.

Edited by GoneToShowgies - 24 Sep 2020 at 12:34pm

Edited by GoneToShowgies - 24 Sep 2020 at 12:35pm

GoneToShowgies wrote: Borussia wrote: irelandshirts wrote: Baldrick wrote: irelandshirts let himself down on liveline today.   Absolute motherhood and apple.pie stuff.    I was as surprised as anyone to get an email from a liveline researcher and asked would i come on the show to talk about the segment in Champagne Football which refers specifically to Roy Keanes signatures being forged on Irish shirts by a member of the backroom team and also in general about Irish football shirts with reference to my museum project. I did say to the researcher and Joe even said it at the start that with all the serious revelations in the book that it was an unusual angle to look at but there you go. Its their show. For what its worth i didnt think it was a big deal about the shirts being signed and its not exactly new news as this story was known in 2002 and has been published in other books and players have spoken about it already. RE the accounts i said that the book reveals in great details the exact figures and transactions etc that went on. My main point was that for many people looking at the FAI who may not be fans or have no real interest in football at all they would have seen the revenue streams from the Aviva Stadium, tournaments, sponsors, UEFA tv money etc and also the accounts that were being audited by very prestigious firms over the years (joe made sure on air i didnt mention any by name) and thought that the association was on somewhat of a secure financial footing. People including myself wrongly trusted what they were seeing and reading from a national association and reputable accountants etc. The Government also gave large amount of taxpayers money to the FAI during this time i assume also based on the accounts they were seeing. Liveline should have had Mark Tighe onto talk in forensic detail about the accounts in the book. I bought it Saturday and read it cover to cover in one day and will re read it over the next while again. Im not an accountant and i failed pass maths in the leaving and got a D3 in it when i repeated my leaving cert so im not the person to talk about figures with!!! Ive been campaigning for an Irish football museum for nearly 18 years now. The not for profit project is dedicated to James Nolan who passed away in Poland in 2012. I was certainly going to use my 20 minutes on primetime national airwaves that i was invited on to discuss to try and appeal for support for this project and i wont apologise to anyone for doing so either. Here is what I don't get though - You are obviously a fan as shown through your dedication to collect all of those shirts etc so you don't fall into the category above. And it was also the case that there were many vocal people both on here (Hello Gino !), going to games and some journos questioning what was going on - Even people with a passing interest would know that the accounts have not been published for years. Just thought this was a strange angle to take.  Have to agree with Borussia. Not a slight against you irelandshirts btw, as you said you trusted the people involved and sure why wouldn't you. The passing fan, had no reason as you say why would they expect anything.  There was loads of signs though. No matter what your opinion on the LOI it still plays a huge part of what football is all about in this country ... you had LOI fans literally signing about JD/ FAI from the terraces, LOI premier team coming together to makes alliances and employ solicitor to deal with FAI on their behalf. No questions from the floor at AGMs. No journalists at AGM. Court injunctions by JD. Protests quashed left right and center. The signs were there and then some but people and maybe government just didn't wanted to see them or listen for on reason or another.  That's history but I still think some ordinary football people are still browned off their voices weren't heard. Anyway my point here is that if anything comes form this sorry mess is that football fans (LOI and grassroots) are listened to more in the future.

Its a strange angle to take to believe because world leading auditors are looking at a set of accounts for a National Association and passing them and that the Government of the country and Sports Ireland are giving millions in funding yearly to the FAI to believe that the accounts were in order?


Again and im just being honest and saying i dont know how you conceal debts of €65 million euro from auditors over many years. I dont. If you showed me a set of accounts you might as well show me something written in Russian because i would not be able to read it.

Why didnt the Government or Sports Ireland immediately stop the funding to the FAI years ago after listening to "vocal fans and journos" if it was so obvious that the FAI was 65 million euro in debt? Why did they wait until the copy of the 100,000 checque landed on Tighes desk and everything then followed?

Why didnt "the singing of LOI fans" not set alarm bells ringing in Government buildings and immediately stop millions in Euros of funding to the FAI years ago?

Do you think title sponsors like 3 would have agreed to multi million euro sponsorship deals if they knew the FAI was 65 million euro in debt and nearly insolvent or wanted their brand name and reputation linked to the FAI knowing what we all know now?

Would Banks have renegotiated deals on debt with the FAI if they knew the true extent of the associations debt levels?

Do you think New Balance would have signed a contract if they knew that Sports Direct had also signed a competing kit sponsorship agreement?

Lots of people from the ordinary fan to financial institutions to sponsors to government departments trusted that the accounts were in order and proceeded to give the FAI millions of euro on the strength of that.

Im just an ordinary fan who pays €130 a year for his season ticket and sits 12 rows up behind the penalty spot right behind the blackspot on the crossbar in the singing section at Lansdowne Road and hopes his team wins. If i was naive that i trusted that auditors would spot huge financial irregularity to the scale of debts being €65 million euro then im guilty as charged.


The book brilliantly revealed forensically the transactions and the facts and figures. Like i said Liveline should have had Mark Tighe onto the show to discuss all these matters but my point still remains the same that many people, far more qualified and knowledgeable than me also trusted things were ok because leading auditors were going thru the accounts.

Finally I got a lovely text from Jimmy & Essie Nolan last night to say that Essie by chance had been listening to Liveline yesterday and her phone lit up with messages from friends and family saying that they had heard James being mentioned on the show. The family got a great lift to know their son is still associated with and spoken about with reference to the team he loved to support 8 years after his passing. #YBIG


Edited by irelandshirts - 24 Sep 2020 at 1:54pm

irelandshirts wrote: GoneToShowgies wrote: Borussia wrote: irelandshirts wrote: Baldrick wrote: irelandshirts let himself down on liveline today.   Absolute motherhood and apple.pie stuff.    I was as surprised as anyone to get an email from a liveline researcher and asked would i come on the show to talk about the segment in Champagne Football which refers specifically to Roy Keanes signatures being forged on Irish shirts by a member of the backroom team and also in general about Irish football shirts with reference to my museum project. I did say to the researcher and Joe even said it at the start that with all the serious revelations in the book that it was an unusual angle to look at but there you go. Its their show. For what its worth i didnt think it was a big deal about the shirts being signed and its not exactly new news as this story was known in 2002 and has been published in other books and players have spoken about it already. RE the accounts i said that the book reveals in great details the exact figures and transactions etc that went on. My main point was that for many people looking at the FAI who may not be fans or have no real interest in football at all they would have seen the revenue streams from the Aviva Stadium, tournaments, sponsors, UEFA tv money etc and also the accounts that were being audited by very prestigious firms over the years (joe made sure on air i didnt mention any by name) and thought that the association was on somewhat of a secure financial footing. People including myself wrongly trusted what they were seeing and reading from a national association and reputable accountants etc. The Government also gave large amount of taxpayers money to the FAI during this time i assume also based on the accounts they were seeing. Liveline should have had Mark Tighe onto talk in forensic detail about the accounts in the book. I bought it Saturday and read it cover to cover in one day and will re read it over the next while again. Im not an accountant and i failed pass maths in the leaving and got a D3 in it when i repeated my leaving cert so im not the person to talk about figures with!!! Ive been campaigning for an Irish football museum for nearly 18 years now. The not for profit project is dedicated to James Nolan who passed away in Poland in 2012. I was certainly going to use my 20 minutes on primetime national airwaves that i was invited on to discuss to try and appeal for support for this project and i wont apologise to anyone for doing so either. Here is what I don't get though - You are obviously a fan as shown through your dedication to collect all of those shirts etc so you don't fall into the category above. And it was also the case that there were many vocal people both on here (Hello Gino !), going to games and some journos questioning what was going on - Even people with a passing interest would know that the accounts have not been published for years. Just thought this was a strange angle to take.  Have to agree with Borussia. Not a slight against you irelandshirts btw, as you said you trusted the people involved and sure why wouldn't you. The passing fan, had no reason as you say why would they expect anything.  There was loads of signs though. No matter what your opinion on the LOI it still plays a huge part of what football is all about in this country ... you had LOI fans literally signing about JD/ FAI from the terraces, LOI premier team coming together to makes alliances and employ solicitor to deal with FAI on their behalf. No questions from the floor at AGMs. No journalists at AGM. Court injunctions by JD. Protests quashed left right and center. The signs were there and then some but people and maybe government just didn't wanted to see them or listen for on reason or another.  That's history but I still think some ordinary football people are still browned off their voices weren't heard. Anyway my point here is that if anything comes form this sorry mess is that football fans (LOI and grassroots) are listened to more in the future.  Its a strange angle to take to believe because world leading auditors are looking at a set of accounts for a National Association and passing them and that the Government of the country and Sports Ireland are giving millions in funding yearly to the FAI to believe that the accounts were in order? Again and im just being honest and saying i dont know how you conceal debts of €65 million euro from auditors over many years. I dont. If you showed me a set of accounts you might as well show me something written in Russian because i would not be able to read it. Why didnt the Government or Sports Ireland immediately stop the funding to the FAI years ago after listening to "vocal fans and journos" if it was so obvious that the FAI was 65 million euro in debt? Why did they wait until the copy of the 100,000 checque landed on Tighes desk and everything then followed? Why didnt "the singing of LOI fans" not set alarm bells ringing in Government buildings and immediately stop millions in Euros of funding to the FAI years ago? Do you think title sponsors like 3 would have agreed to multi million euro sponsorship deals if they knew the FAI was 65 million euro in debt and nearly insolvent or wanted their brand name and reputation linked to the FAI knowing what we all know now? Would Banks have renegotiated deals on debt with the FAI if they knew the true extent of the associations debt levels? Do you think New Balance would have signed a contract if they knew that Sports Direct had also signed a competing kit sponsorship agreement? Lots of people from the ordinary fan to financial institutions to sponsors to government departments trusted that the accounts were in order and proceeded to give the FAI millions of euro on the strength of that. Im just an ordinary fan who pays €130 a year for his season ticket and sits 12 rows up behind the penalty spot right behind the blackspot on the crossbar in the singing section at Lansdowne Road and hopes his team wins. If i was naive that i trusted that auditors would spot huge financial irregularity to the scale of debts being €65 million euro then im guilty as charged. The book brilliantly revealed forensically the transactions and the facts and figures. Like i said Liveline should have had Mark Tighe onto the show to discuss all these matters but my point still remains the same that many people, far more qualified and knowledgeable than me also trusted things were ok because leading auditors were going thru the accounts.

Edited by GoneToShowgies - 24 Sep 2020 at 2:04pm

Denis Irwin wrote: You'd almost feel sorry for Eddie Murray if it wasn't for the fact he was one of JD's biggest enablers

https://twitter.com/RadioCleary/status/1308448695655043072

reddladd wrote: Some memories here and the odd familiar face! https://twitter.com/RadioCleary/status/1308448695655043072

reddladd wrote: Saint Tom wrote: Another thing that needs to be added is that despite the personal tragedy in her life, ******** and it shouldn't be forgotten how delaney leveraged the whole contrived cyber bullying incident to deflect from his contemporaneous troubles and how gullible national broadcasters enabled him.  An absolute scandal that he could jump on the cyber bullying wagon to garner sympathy from the public. That Darcy interview was Delaney at his best/worst whatever way you want to look at it.