Brilliantly, and as a sign of how poky the competition is, last season Bohemians from the (southern) Irish league had to withdraw at the Quarter Final stage because the Irish season had finished, and the game on the only date they were able to play was postponed 7 minutes before kick off and they were unable to rearrange it as their team were then out of contract and/or on holiday. This after East Fife's fans had travelled to Dublin...excessbee wrote:I don't know whether they had the option to decline the invitation to enter that competition, but matches on a Saturday must mean rearrangements on Tuesdays. It may bring in revenue but surely not much, and the risk of injury to players may impact on what they thought would be a promotion push but looks like a relegation fight. Something like the FAW invitation Cup I can understand, but not this weird Scotish/Welsh/Irish mish mash.
