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Former Football Association of Ireland chief executive John Delaney has resigned from his role as the body’s executive vice-president Delaney gave up his previous role in March following the controversy surrounding an undisclosed loan of £100,000 Euros (£89,000) he had paid to the FAI in 2017. John Delaney has resigned from his role as the…
John Delaney has offered to step down from his role as executive vice-president of the Football Association of Ireland. Last month, Delaney had stepped aside as chief executive of the FAI to take the newly-created post. John Delaney has offered to step down from his rolegetty images This came in the aftermath of a newspaper…
Republic of Ireland fans showed their displeasure at John Delaney by throwing around 30-40 tennis balls onto the pitch on Tuesday night. During Mick McCarthy’s second homecoming at the Aviva Stadium, some fans decided to show their anger at Delaney’s appointment as FAI executive vice president. John Delaney in attendance at the Aviva Stadium More…
John Delaney is to step aside as chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland to take up the newly-created post of executive vice-president. Delaney, who has spent the past week defending himself after newspaper reports suggested that he loaned the association £100,000 to cover a cash-flow problem in 2017, has left his current post…
Outgoing Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce has urged the governing body’s next executive committee to investigate claims that the Football Association of Ireland accepted payments to not contest Thierry Henry’s infamous World Cup handball. The former Arsenal forward handled the ball in the lead up to France’s decisive goal in 2010 World Cup qualifying, subsequently sending the French…
John Delaney John Delaney has confirmed the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) was paid millions of euros by FIFA to not contest Thierry Henry’s infamous World Cup handball through the courts. Henry handled the ball in setting up William Gallas’ extra-time goal which ultimately sent France through to the 2010 finals in South Africa at…
Richard Dunne has retired from international duty QPR veteran defender Richard Dunne has announced his retirement from international football for the Republic of Ireland. The 34-year-old made his debut for his country in 2000, going on to win 80 caps, the last of which came against Kazakhstan last October. But he has now decided to…
Republic of Ireland chief executive John Delaney has remained coy on rumours that Roy Keane could replace Giovanni Trapttoni as national team boss. The Italian coach left his position on Wednesday after defeats to Sweden and Austria all but ended their hopes of qualifying for next year’s World Cup in Brazil. Former Manchester United captain,…
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