Clubs discuss plans that led to two League officials resigning

THE 22 National League clubs will meet in Dublin today to discuss FAI proposals for the League that led to the weekend resignation of two top League officials, chairman Brendan Dillon and general manager, Tommy Allen.

The officers shocked club delegates and FAI officers with their announcement at a meeting that was reconvening after a lunch break to discuss the FAI’s radical plans for change.

The proposals were put to the League clubs’ delegates by chief executive Fran Rooney and included in his submission was his claim that the League was undercapitalised and needed to aim at providing up to 1m in prize money.