*Richard Cahill. Photograph: John Mangan
SOCCER CLUBS in Clare have been criticised by the Clare District Soccer League (CDSL) Executive for their lack of support for the Last Man Standing fundraiser.
Clubs in the past fortnight received strongly worded communication from the CDSL’s recently elected secretary Richard Cahill admonishing them for their hesitancy in rowing behind the fundraiser.
According to Cahill, half of the clubs in Clare did not take their allocation of tickets for the Last Man Standing fundraiser. “This leaves the CDSL Executive in a quandary. We are aware that a number of Clubs who spoke vociferously in favour of the running of the Last Man Standing did not collect their tickets. The opposite is also true with clubs that voiced vitriolic protest to the Last Man Standing did collect their allocation,” he wrote.
Cahill pleaded to clubs to give a simple answer on whether they would sell entries or not. A club which sold 300 tickets would get to keep €1350. The initial stance by clubs saw them “ignore their own democratic decision,” he said.
