Episode 1425: The FAI’s Wild Weekend, Windy In Gibraltar, Stormy In Abbotstown, With Occasional Outbreaks Of Hendrick’s Goal
In the history of totally daft weeks in Irish football, this one would have to rank pretty high – and we still have plenty of drama to come on and off the field.
Recently-retired FAI employee Mick Pender telling @rteliveline how the Association stopped paying pension premiums at a time they were paying John Delaney’s rent.
— Neil O’Riordan (@noriordan) March 25, 2019
Ken Early: Stepping aside of Irish football’s dominant figure will be seen as overdue by most fans via @IrishTimesSport https://t.co/yb6WqegK82
— Irish Times Sport (@IrishTimesSport) March 25, 2019
As John Delaney retires from his role as Chief Executive of the FAI, for a newly-created role as Executive Vice-President, we ponder what this all means for the balance of power in the association. Is this tantamount to a demotion for Delaney, or will he continue to be the main power-broker?
Still so many questions remaining for Delaney and the FAI board to answer https://t.co/xAsnLRbFWa via @IrishTimesSport
— Irish Times Sport (@IrishTimesSport) March 25, 2019
We speak to Mark Tighe of the Sunday Times, who has done so much brilliant work to reveal this story, on how it went to press, the reaction, and the drama of a high court injunction mere hours before your story is due to go to press.
This is the story John Delaney tried to injunct in the High Court last night.
Delaney’s unexplained €100,000 cheque to FAIhttps://t.co/jSmvjn0OxP— Mark Tighe (@marktigheST) March 17, 2019
Delaney faces questions over FAI ‘rent payments’https://t.co/5zLvGCG3YM
— Mark Tighe (@marktigheST) March 25, 2019
Hon Sec of Kerry District League and FAI Senior Council member John O’Regan tells @kerrytodayrk that #JohnDelaney doesn’t get paid enough for the hours that he puts in. Says the grassroots support for him will not be affected by current controversy.
— Jerry O’Sullivan (@jerosullivanRK) March 25, 2019
We’re also chatting to former Ireland international Damien Delaney on Ireland’s short-comings on the field on Saturday night, and why we can’t use conditions as an excuse for a pretty terrible first performance of Big Mick’s new era.
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my mate here watching the match “the only thing i can say about our team is we have a player that nobody in their right mind would go in for a 50-50 with. and we’ve got the only player in world football who’d go in for a 50-50 with him. and they’re both from the same village”
— Ken Early (@kenearlys) March 23, 2019
Plus there’s Statement No. 7, teleportation devices, John The Baptist, and Sergio Ramos.
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Declan Rice’s statement distancing himself from the IRA on the eve of his England international debut has prompted gales of laughter, but it’s been a strange week for the curious strand of republicanism espoused by the likes of the Wolfe Tones. https://t.co/kgnoFJefXp pic.twitter.com/tYevLogWkb
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