The cleansing process

Thursday saw the start of the "cleansing process" (Copyright Rico, Monday night on MNS).

The FAI sent a high powered delegation north to explore what the future held for Derry City. The last remaining director stood aside, and talk of a road map back into senior football began to emerge.

Some of the stories of the type of stuff that went on at the club is utterly shameful and indeed would make you very angry.

Personally I thought Stephen Kenny's comments on the issue on Friday were stunning. As the manager of the club he had absolutely no knowledge of the wages that the club were paying? No player ever mentioned to him that he had to sign a blank form? He didn't wonder about how we were within the 65% rule if we were paying the higher wages?

People now seem to think it is just a matter of procedure for us to be in the senior football next year. This is far from certain. This is not a case of just ticking a few boxes and getting back in the League.

The Calver issue at Coleraine has made it a lot more difficult to just wind up a company and start again. We are far from out of the woods yet. It will require a mammoth effort to have a club next season.