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MARK O'SHAUGHNESSY-CUMMINGS-BONO

EIRCOM PREVIEW

 
1/3
A lot of people contacted this column

to ask why I didn’t cover the

Di Stefano/Ollie Byrne story. Did I

not know about it?

Well of course I did know about it,

I deliberately didn’t cover it as I

was afraid it would cause trouble.

You see, my understanding was that

when 2 convicted criminals meet up

to discuss "business" alone, one or

both of them could possibly be breaking

their parole.

The league needs more positive stories,

not ones about Eircom League chairmen

being hauled away by the police.

I for one was not prepared to take the

chance that this was not the case. I

won’t stoop to the level of some of

our "Irish" tabloids out there. If only

they would show the same level of

respect for our league as I do, we

would all be better off.

2/3
So Bohemians are to leave Dalymount.

It will truly be a sad day when this

comes to pass.

I’ve heard some amazing rumours about

this deal whizzing about RTÉ. Apparently

this has all been secretly filmed for

a forthcoming series.

The Board, in a Brewster's Millions

type caper, had to waste 1 million Euro

within a year and be left with nothing

to show for it. Only then would they

get the real pay off. Thing is, they

could not tell anyone what they were

doing so consequently everyone thought

that they were crazy.

This would explain hiring a manager

with no experience of management or

the Eircom League, some of the bizarre

signings of late, jetting off to

England to play the B-team of some

Z-league club, arranging a friendly

with the Everton under-21s and paying

for them to have a knees-up in Dublin,

doing up the bars in Dalymount when

they knew they were to be razed, and

that black jersey.

If true, this documentary will become

must-see TV for anyone who cares about

the league. And surely that’s a good thing.

3/3
Not everyone is happy about Bohs leaving

Dalymount for Castleknock. Castleknock

is the home turf of Hollywood wild man

Colin Farrell. Who wouldn’t love to

see "the Farreller" cut the ribbon on

the new stadium which will boast excellent

bar facilities with the world’s press

looking on. His father used to play for

Shamrock Rovers who used to have a

home - fact!

This opening ceremony would surely give

the league the kind of worldwide publicity

that Namibia got from Angelina Jolie

adopting her child there recently.

One can only hope that "the Farreller"

doesn’t get too carried away in the

wonderfully appointed new bar facilities

and make a fool of himself because he

thinks he can get full to the gills

and fall home - unlike when he is in

America. Pictures of him laying into

local TD Joan Burton would be the last

thing the Eircom League needs.

Then again, if he managed to use his

famous Irish charm and pulled her,

it would most likely give the Eircom

League the kind of front page profile

that it needs.

And who wouldn’t be in favour of that?

Contact me: AertelMOSCB@yahoo.com

MARK O'SHAUGHNESSY-CUMMINGS-BONO