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John Fallon: FAI are entitled to dream big

The absence of a sponsor for the men’s team, and their missing out on the bonanza of qualification for three tournaments on the spin, suffocates cashflow whatever the spin doctors espouse.

Wed, 07 Jun, 2023 - 07:39

John Fallon

John Fallon is a soccer correspondent with a long track record of covering all levels of the men’s and women’s game in Ireland.

BUILD it and they will come, promised the FAI’s first high performance director in 2008, but the problem was the pot was too empty to lay a brick. Fast-forward 15 years and the association remains financially stretched.

The absence of a sponsor for the men’s team, and their missing out on the bonanza of qualification for three tournaments on the spin, suffocates cashflow whatever the spin doctors espouse.

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