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 | | Thursday, 21 March, 2002, 22:14 GMT Entire team get community service  Owen Coyle (right) will be working in local schools The whole Airdrieonians football team have been sentenced to do community service by a sheriff. And chairman-elect Andy Gemmell has expressed himself delighted as the club could have gone bust if a fine had been imposed instead. It means that the likes of former Republic of Ireland international striker Owen Coyle will have to work at local Lanarkshire schools. The unusual sentence was imposed by Sheriff Ian C Simpson because the club had breached building regulations. He avoided a fine as that could have plunged the Scottish First Division promotion hopefuls back into financial crisis.
"But the players have taken it in good spirit. "I will have them out promoting the club anyway before the start of the new season." He insisted that the ruling did not include himself and manager Ian McCall. Airdrie had gone into administration in January 2000 after financial problems blamed on the building their new stadium, the Excelsior Stadium. They were unable to provide the community facilities planned to adjoin the 10,000 all-seater ground. Airdrie were supposed to build three football parks, a pavilion, a car park and an area for 70 coaches. Sheriff Simpson was reported as saying that any other company would have been clobbered a long time ago for such an offence. Now the club will be admonished in a year's time if their players carry out the community service. Meanwhile, Airdrie Sheriff Court was told that an agreement had been reached between North Lanarkshire Council and New Broomfield Ltd. | |
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