'Lack of consultation led to resignations'

Eircom League chairman Brendan Dillon has commented that "a lack of consultation" between himself and the FAI hierarchy has forced him to resign from his position with immediate effect.

Speaking following yesterday’s eircom League/FAI meetings at the CityWest hotel in Dublin, where Football association CEO Fran Rooney outlined a presentation for the association to assume the executive functions of the League and its decision-making authority, Dillon said that continuing interference, both direct and indirect, in League matters by the FAI made it impossible for he and General manager Tommy Allen to effectively conduct the business of the League.