Calendar football plan to be debated at Saturday's FAI EGM

Canham’s aim is a feature of the Football Pathways Plan (FPP) he’s been devising since joining the FAI from the English Premier League in June 2022.

FAI director of football Marc Canham and chief executive Jonathan Hill during a media briefing at Headquarters in Abbotstown.

Director of Football Marc Canham could encounter resistance to his plan of introducing a unified calendar schedule across the FAI’s affiliates by January 2026.

A similar overhaul instigated by his predecessor Ruud Dokter fell asunder during the downfall of John Delaney’s reign in 2019 but Canham will contend the desire exists to synchronise the start and end dates generally with the version operated by the men’s and women’s national leagues, from senior down to underage.