FAI announce new cross-border competition

The new north-south competition, the Setanta Cup, will be the most lucrative competition ever in domestic football with the winning team earning €150,000, the FAI announced today.

At a meeting in Dundalk today between the competing clubs, the FAI and IFA, the structure of the competition as well as the dispersion of the €325,000 prize fund were discussed, which begins on March 15th.