The Big Interview with new FAI President Gerry McAnaney: The keeper of the faith
As the newly elected President of the FAI, Gerry McAnaney has a six-month term of office in which to play his part in taking the Association from what he calls ‘a very dark place’. In this exclusive interview, the former League of Ireland goalkeeper and Army commandant takes us through his colourful life and times in football.
A fortnight ago, on what was his first public outing as new elected president of the FAI, Gerry McAnaney happened to mention that his father, who hailed from Killea on the Donegal /Derry border, had worked in the ESB in Ballyshannon with the father of guitar legend Rory Gallagher.
