Mother of all FAI meetings upon usTHE mother of all FAI senior council meetings is finally upon us, and though Monday night's rash of resignations ensured there…Fri Mar 08 1996 - 00:00
The buck has to stop somewhereIT IS surprising to find Louis Kilcoyne clinging on to his presidential reins this morning, though it is still expected that …Fri Mar 08 1996 - 00:00
Testing time for StauntonSTEVE STAUNTON'S season will either be salvaged or effectively written off this weekendThu Mar 07 1996 - 00:00
Kilcoyne to resign before Friday showdownLOUIS KILCOYNE, the FAI president, will resign before he is due to face a no confidence motion at tomorrow night's senior council…Thu Mar 07 1996 - 00:00
O'Neill seen as man to steady shipIT'S been described as the worst week in the history of the FAI, and it isn't over yetWed Mar 06 1996 - 00:00
Four directors of FAI quit but Kilcoyne defiantTHE Football Association of Ireland was left temporarily rudder less last night after dramatic resignations by four of the five…Tue Mar 05 1996 - 00:00
Kilcoyne remains after night of resignationsLOUIS KILCOYNE stood alone as the last of the FAI's five officers after an extraordinary meeting between the National League …Tue Mar 05 1996 - 00:00
Top four dig in for closing chapters of trench warfareHICCUPS aplenty over the weekend have contrived to leave the league intriguingly balanced between the leading quartet of St Patrick…Tue Mar 05 1996 - 00:00
Casey to meet firm conducting inquiryTHE FAI's honorary secretary and vice president Des Casey is expected to meet with representatives of Bastow Charleton chartered…Mon Mar 04 1996 - 00:00
Shelbourne taught a lesson by studentsA GAME that had pretty much everything, and though it ended 3-2, in truth 6-3 would have told a truer tale.Mon Mar 04 1996 - 00:00
Council primed to take some scalpsON the assumption that they remain in office until next Friday, it now seems highly unlikely that Joe Delaney and Louis Kilcoyne…Sat Mar 02 1996 - 00:00
Morris move fuels the firePROVING that, if nothing else, they possess stiff necks, all but one of the besieged FAI officer board met somewhere in the proximity…Sat Mar 02 1996 - 00:00
Head of FAI says he will not resignTHE president of the Football Association of Ireland, Mr Louis Kilcoyne, has no intention of resigning his position, solicitors…Sat Mar 02 1996 - 00:00
McGrath to sue FAI over his resignationNOT a day goes by without another twist in the running FAI sagaFri Mar 01 1996 - 00:00
FAI officers to face no confidence motionsIN WHAT could prove to be a pivotal day in the FAI saga, motions of no confidence in each of the FAI's five officers were tabled…Thu Feb 29 1996 - 00:00
FAI ticket scheme to be investigatedTHE acting secretary of the FAI, Brendan Menton, has confirmed that their chartered accountants, Bastow and Charleton, will incorporate…Wed Feb 28 1996 - 00:00
FAI calls in accountancy firm to investigate ticket transactionsTHE Football Association of Ireland has asked an accountancy firm to investigate ticket transactions during the 1994 World Cup…Tue Feb 27 1996 - 00:00
Call for boycott of Russian gameON A DAY when the FAI ordered an external inquiry into their ticket dealings, former Republic of Ireland international Ray Treacy…Tue Feb 27 1996 - 00:00
Clubs ready to flex their musclesINCREASINGLY feeling disenchanted and, more to the point, disenfranchised, the national League clubs are sensing a chance to …Tue Feb 27 1996 - 00:00
Lack of pep takes the fizz out of leadersTHERE'S hardly a more picturesque sight in the domestic game: the sun kissed, snow peaked tops of Benbulbin in the background…Mon Feb 26 1996 - 00:00
FAI to hold internal inquiryBRENDAN MENTON, three days into his emergency role as acting secretary for the FAI National League, yesterday conceded to calls…Mon Feb 26 1996 - 00:00
FAI solve referees rowTHE FAI have resolved the refereeing dispute which recently resulted in an embarrassing court case for the associationSat Feb 24 1996 - 00:00
FAI treasurer met £110,000 shortfallTHE treasurer of the Football Association of Ireland, Mr Joe Delaney, yesterday confirmed he, had personally met a shortfall …Sat Feb 24 1996 - 00:00
Casey considers position after Delaney says he paid £100,000LIKE a drunk in an alleyway, the FAI lurches on from one crisis to another.Sat Feb 24 1996 - 00:00
Transfer fees to be abolishedTHE National League are to abolish all transfer feesFri Feb 23 1996 - 00:00
Confidence vote pending as Flood joins exodusFAR from assuaging their critics - within the FAO/National within the League - with their performance at the executive council…Fri Feb 23 1996 - 00:00
Sponsors not happy with FAIHARP LAGER yesterday confirmed that they had reached an agreement with the FAI to sponsor the National League for the next three…Thu Feb 22 1996 - 00:00
FAI executives say little and reveal even lessANOTHER stormy day in the troubled times of the FAI, but no matterThu Feb 22 1996 - 00:00
Vexed issues in need of FAI's attentionANY fly that happens to survive the verbal salvos which rebound off the walls of 80 Merrion Square today will be able to command…Wed Feb 21 1996 - 00:00
Stormy FAI meeting expected tomorrowALTHOUGH the horse may already have bolted FAI officers are desperately trying to conduct a damage limitation exercise this week…Tue Feb 20 1996 - 00:00
Another young player to get excited aboutA STAR is Born, hailed RTE on Sunday night, and the evidence was pretty compelling.Tue Feb 20 1996 - 00:00
Share or the spoils on a sombre dayANOTHER point towards Premier Division survival for UCD and a point towards respectability for the faltering champions.Mon Feb 19 1996 - 00:00
Panel was at loggerheads over managerWHEN is a secret not a secret? When it belongs to the FAI's selection panel for a new Irish managerFri Feb 16 1996 - 00:00
A player worth getting excited aboutAT TIMES you'd wonder if Tony Sheridan is on the same planet but there's no doubting he plays on a different planeTue Feb 13 1996 - 00:00
All Blacks fall to canny CreggsON A normal Sunday, the locals say, Creggs is a town in the middle of nowhere going no where. Eight miles' beyond RoscommonMon Feb 12 1996 - 00:00
Shelbourne are in a different classUNFORTUNATELY for Drogheda this was one of those occasions when all Shelbourne's multi talented parts clicked together nicely…Sat Feb 10 1996 - 00:00
Strike threat over transfersTHE ever present threat of a players' strike in the National League this season has moved a significant step closerFri Feb 09 1996 - 00:00
Great promise at United ParkTHERE will hardly be a more atmospheric occasion all seasonFri Feb 09 1996 - 00:00
Young Irish on showA SIGN, perhaps of the promising times ahead, and a measure of the increasingly numerous Irish presence in the English game should…Wed Feb 07 1996 - 00:00
Heads roll as French react with usual speedTHE French selectors, in time-honoured tradition, have reacted swiftly and ruthlessly to last Saturday's defeat at Murrayfieid…Wed Feb 07 1996 - 00:00
Call for Kilcoyne's resignationIN THE fall-out from Louis Kilcoyne's startling admission on Monday night that he was "disappointed" his first preference as …Wed Feb 07 1996 - 00:00
Hogan and Elwood forced to miss Leinster finalTHE re-arranged Leinster championship final between Lansdowne and Terenure holds centre stage in an otherwise muted weekend the…Wed Feb 07 1996 - 00:00
Kilcoyne admits McCarthy was not his first choice as managerTHE president of the FAI, Louis Kilcoyne, last night appeared to break ranks with his fellow officials by declaring that Mick…Tue Feb 06 1996 - 00:00
Familiarity the most important factorAS transitions go, the appointment of Mick McCarthy to succeed Jack Charlton ought to make it a reasonably seamless oneTue Feb 06 1996 - 00:00
McCarthy is League's best friendONE organisation, largely unloved and ignored this past decade, will herald the coming of Mick McCarthy, and that is the National…Tue Feb 06 1996 - 00:00
St Patrick's stand firm as new era starts tamelyTHEY CAME to herald Cork's second incarnation of the season - and about their 2,002nd all told - but for all their huffing and…Mon Feb 05 1996 - 00:00
Shelbourne keep it tight, cut it fineTHEY'RE cutting it fine, but having toiled for an hour, Shelbourne cranked up a gear and finally wore down Felix Healy's remoulded…Sat Feb 03 1996 - 00:00
Opportunity knocks but stays unansweredTHE turning point in the often muddled Jack Charlton succession stakes appeared to come as they entered the final straight: Thursday…Sat Feb 03 1996 - 00:00
