O'Leary was right

[Pete3206]

I never warmed to DOL

Possible that the fact he was a colossal wanker may of played on my bias.

[adrenachrome]

I was vehemently against him towards the end of his tenure, but there are some good memories.
Who remembers him running onto the pitch when Luke Moore looked badly injured?

[passport1]

I was at an event with a load of ex-pros and was told by an ex pro that no one in football had a good word to say about O’Leary, he was disliked by every one because he was an arrogant prick.

I can confirm this.A freind was well acquainted with a ROI player. He told my mate that all the players in the squad detested him. If memory serves me he said any time you had a conversation with O'Leary he was never just passing the time but always after something. A pretty dislikeable individual .

[Sexual Ealing]

Cascarino's weirdly good autobiography suggests similar.

[SaddVillan]

 On Aug 1, 1979 O'Leary, then agreeing a new contract, told Arsenal that as well as his basic salary he wanted an additional sum of £28,985 paid in "a tax efficient manner".

In order to provide the money tax-free, Hambros Channel Island Trust Corporation Ltd set up a trust of which O'Leary was the beneficiary. Arsenal lent the trust £266,000 free of interest and repayable on demand. The money was invested in a deposit account in a Jersey bank. The interest from it, minus trustee's fee, came to exactly £28,985 and O'Leary, an Irish national not domiciled in the UK, claimed he did not have to pay UK tax on the sum.

When the Inland Revenue disagreed, O'Leary and his advisers argued this money was not from his Arsenal employment but from the deposit account opened by the trust. The Inland Revenue took the matter to court and in December 1990 Justice Vinelot held that O'Leary had to pay tax.

[Exeter 77]

Cascarino's weirdly good autobiography suggests similar.

That's where I read it! I couldn't place where I had seen that. Cascarino wasn't very complimentary about Frank Stapleton either.

[rob_bridge]

Cascarino's weirdly good autobiography suggests similar.

That's where I read it! I couldn't place where I had seen that. Cascarino wasn't very complimentary about Frank Stapleton either.

Seemingly Jack Charlton moved on the old guard Stapleton & Brady relatively quickly, Lawro retired though injury and marganalised O'Leary probably because they all had too much influence.

[dave.woodhall]

Cascarino told me that he roomed with Fuckoff for years but never once heard him talking about football. 

[rob_bridge]

Cascarino told me that he roomed with Fuckoff for years but never once heard him talking about football.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/jun/28/newsstory.sport2

Love the last line.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Leaving  Europe will save us £350 million a week.
Trump will Make America Great Again.
Mussolini made the trains run on time.
O'Leary was right.

[N'ZMAV]

Fickle implies changing your mind frequently - I don't think many are actually fickle.

[ChicagoLion]

Fickle implies changing your mind frequently - I don't think many are actually fickle.

Let’s face it, it’s a piss poor idea for a thread, when you consider the inaccurate nature of the headline and the credibility of the person being quoted.

[brontebilly]

Cascarino's weirdly good autobiography suggests similar.

That's where I read it! I couldn't place where I had seen that. Cascarino wasn't very complimentary about Frank Stapleton either.

Seemingly Jack Charlton moved on the old guard Stapleton & Brady relatively quickly, Lawro retired though injury and marganalised O'Leary probably because they all had too much influence.

DOL didn't bother showing up to a end of season tournament in Iceland when Charlton took charge (don't think he was the only one, mind). He didn't pick him again for 3 or 4 years. Mick McCarthy was made captain in the interim which even now seems pointed. DOL did go onto score the winning peno v Romania in Italia 90! Stapleton played in Euro 88 and Brady would have only he was suspended and later injured.

[Percy McCarthy]

Didn't we finish that first season under DOL really strongly? Seem to remember JPA being a real threat at the back post from crosses from likes of Solano (maybe my mind is playing tricks on me!). The way DOLs reign ended ensured he never got near a PL job again!

We did, and if we still had an outside chance of finishing 4th at the last game of the season. Only didn't qualify for Europe because Middlesborough won the league Cup and bloody Millwall got to the FA Cup final

I remember telling a few of my fanzine customers that if we bought Solano and Izzet in January that we would qualify for the Champions League. Most of them thought I was mad, but it would have been close.

It was mainly because I rated Angel so highly rather than anything to do with Dolly, but still.

[eamonn]

Cascarino's weirdly good autobiography suggests similar.

Excellently ghosted (in the non-social meeds modern parlance) by Paul Kimmage.