Comments for Derry City difficulties at http://www.wsc.co.uk , comment 0 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.wsc.co.uk Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:03:56 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4010/38/#pc_1156 As a Bohs fan, I'll be quiet happy to not have to face Derry City next season. Hopefully it's a short reprieve though as they have great potential as a LOI club. To see a local club have such a presence in an Irish city is encouraging. Like Cork, Dundalk and Sligo, they can claim to have represented the community around them for some time. - Slim Dedalus Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:22:32 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4010/38/#pc_1155 If Merthyr had been forced to leave the English pyramid system there is no way they would have received an automatic invitation to join the Welsh Premier. Their ground would not be up to standard and there is no way they would be able to obtain the domestic licence required for next season. That's not to say that they wouldn't be welcomed into the Welsh Premier at a future point and, as a supporter of a current Welsh Premier side, I would love to see them in the league, particularly now that they seem to be getting on a more stable footing under the guidence of the Supporters Trust. The majority of their fans still see their future in the English pyramid however. - pashley Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:36:02 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4010/38/#pc_1154 IRD- OK, it's faster, but the LoI can't afford to lose Derry, for their crowds and local interest as much as the embarrassment of their financial fiddles. I'd have been amazed if the successor club's playing punishment had been anymore than starting next year's D2 with no points deduction. Recently I was discussing a similar case with the Welsh fans on OTF. One of them suggested that if Merthyr Tydfil's imminent bankruptcy caused them to leave English football, they'd be invited straight into the Welsh Premier. I agree with you- both Derry and Merthyr sHOULD start from a lower level, for what's it worth. - Duncan Gardner Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:20:46 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4010/38/#pc_1153 The second tier IS indeed fast-tracking, as liquidation technically means the formation of a new club, which would thus have to re-start in the third tier A Championship. I wish Derry all the best, but if they are re-admitted to the First Division, they should at least face an election against the five non-League clubs. - irishreddevil Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:37:19 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/4010/38/#pc_1152 Surely they can't play in the top division next year? The alternatives are the second tier (which isn't 'fast tracking'), parks football, or leaving the country (the FAI, effectively. The LoI can't afford not to have a team from Derry (ditto Cork) even if they're bankrupt.But good luck anyway. - Duncan Gardner Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:14:42 +0100