Lee Carsley leading contender as FAI launch first real head coach search in 15 years

Here, John Fallon looks at the six candidates for the Irish hotseat.

LEE-DING CONTENDER: England manager Lee Carsley during the UEFA Euro U21 Championship Qualifying Group F match at Goodison Park recently. Photo credit: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

It’s official – the first Ireland head coach search since 2018 is underway – but it’s really a decade longer since there was a contest.

On that last occasion, chief executive John Delaney already had discussed Mick McCarthy and Stephen Kenny’s candidature with his board before they dispensed with Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane.