John Caulfield: 'We have to get Government to be serious and to ringfence money for LOI'

The onus, he affirms, is on the FAI and the State to harness the good times by overseeing an investment programme to generate a proper, functioning football industry.

CALL TO ARMS; Galway United manager John Caulfield at the launch of the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland 2024 season held at Vicar Street in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

John Caulfield has endured too many false dawns over 40 years in League of Ireland to not be wary of the feelgood factor ahead of Friday’s season kick-off.

He may be synonymous with Cork City as the club’s joint record scorer and manager who delivered the double in 2017 but he’s back in the big time as Galway United boss.