No ordinary year, no ordinary AGM

It will be an FAI AGM with more than one difference in Trim today as at least six and possibly seven new faces are elected to the board, no accounts are presented to delegates and, in a flesh and blood illustration that the crisis in Abbotstown is not just a local affair, representatives from both Fifa and Uefa will be on hand to keep an eye on proceedings.

In the face of government opposition, Donal Conway stands again unopposed as president while the incumbent vice-president, Noel Fitzroy, faces a challenge from two men long seen as reformists critical of the old regime, Paul Cooke and Gerry McAnaney. Six other places will also be filled on what will be an interim 12-person board which will serve for 12 months before fresh elections in 2020.