Delaney in the frame

FAI RANK and file are on a collision course with the Government over the appointment of a new chief executive for the association.

Soundings taken yesterday from clubs around the country produced a strong consensus that control of the Merrion Square hot-seat should not be ceded to any outside body paving the way for treasurer, John Delaney to be installed in an interim capacity next week.

Delaney's supporters insisted yesterday that the 37-year-old Waterford business man is determined not to be a "a problem" in any resolution of the FAI crisis, but is favoured by football's grassroots to step into the breach for a year following the resignation of Fran Rooney.