Sometime they say that football is better than any drama and the events of the last of last ten days have certainly proved that beyond doubt. To be honest I don't even know where to start on it, and I will probably have to break down the blog into several sections.
We'll start with the before, as in before last Saturday.
Let's be honest, the situation was far from rosy before last week. I had been saying to people for a few weeks that I was ashamed to be a Derry fan especially in the light of the Dungannon and Linfield issue. The club was in financial meltdown and most fans were sleepwalking their way into it.
The rumour of the wages issue at Derry has been floating around the League for quite a while. I was alerted to the seriousness of it in September time. Several newspaper articles hinted at the issue and indeed I posted a question relating to it on a Q&A thread posted by Pat McDaid several weeks ago.
I got a few texts on Thursday indicating that the issue was going to come to a head and the news of the hearing was announced. Friday night in Dundalk there was an acceptance that we were going to be relegated, but there was no talk of demotion.
The decision on Saturday dragged on and dragged on and whilst plenty of people thought a delay meant good news for Derry, I was far from certain. I'll be honest, even I was shocked when the news came out. For the rest of the night my inbox and mobile went into melt down.
What did these mean? Where did we go from here? Why had the FAI punished us so badly? There were the general tone of the questions I was getting. I didn't have the answer and the pictures from the 9 o'clock news with an emotional Pat McDaid claiming "shame on the FAI" meant this story was going to run and run.
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