Derry City will refuse ‘disgraceful and disrespectful’ grant from FAI

Derry City are set to refuse a grant from the FAI, with their chief executive deeming the figure "disgraceful and disrespectful."

The FAI made €100,000 available across 20 clubs, granting €5,000 per club to assist them in meeting five-year strategic plans. The announcement was made ahead of last week's FAI AGM. However, Sean Barret, Derry's chief executive, said his club won't be accepting the money. "I think it's absolutely disgraceful the way they have treated the clubs," Barret told Derry Now.

"The FAI received €11 million and to throw something like that at us is disgraceful when we as a club on its own have had at least six players coming through Derry City Football Club to go on and play international football."

"For us to be treated like that is not only disgraceful, it's disrespectful and we will be not be accepting that figure," Barret continued.

"We will be telling them to keep the money. We won't accept it.

"It shows the lack of respect for the league. We have had six players play for the national team but they don’t seem to care about the league. It's absolutely disgraceful." Listen to our GAA podcast with Colm Parkinson. Click here to subscribe on iTunes. https://soundcloud.com/sportsjoe-gaa-hour/preview-show-derek-mcgrath-on-critics-monastery-retreats-and-joe-brolly