Following a near unanimous vote of approval of his Finn Harps takeover plans at Monday’s night Special General Meeting, Freddy Gonzalez and his team will continue work in the short term on assembling a squad for the 2027 season along with carrying out upgrade works on Finn Park to meet the FAI licensing requirements. Those are the immediate priorities and while there is still a second Special General Meeting to come on November 3rd that is simply now seen as a rubber-stamping exercise of what has already been agreed. On Monday night in Jackson’s Hotel 97% of the 400 shareholders physically present and those online voted in favour of allowing the 48-year-old Filipino businessman to assume ownership of Finn Harps. Gonzalez addressed the meeting prior to the vote and was passionate in his desire to bring Harps out of the doldrums after finishing bottom of the League of Ireland First Division. It was the club’s worst finish since entering the league in 1969. Following the ringing endorsement of his plans Gonzalez spoke again and got a huge round of applause from the shareholders. The large attendance certainly sent a message that change at all levels of the club was needed if it is going to survive. The reality is that if an investor didn’t come in there was a huge danger that the club would not be competing in the 2027 season.
