Linfield boss says no to All-Ireland League plans

PLANS for an All-Ireland League have received a major thumbs down, with Northern Ireland’s top club Linfield saying that the concept is a ‘non-starter’.

Despite reports that the Belfast club was one of 10 from both sides of the border which supported the idea, chairman Jim Kerr yesterday poured cold water on the plan for a 10-team ‘Super League’ to commence as early as 2010.

Kerr said yesterday: “I attended an informal meeting at which the former chief executive of Derry City, Jim Roddy, put forward some proposals. But I wasn’t happy with what was on the table and in my eyes it is a non-starter.