'He's an embarrassment' - Cork City's Academy chief calls out FAI chief executive

Liam Kearney has been vocal in the past about the urgent need to financially support nurturing national league academies who now run teams from U14 to U20.

HITTING OUT: Cork City’s Academy manager Liam Kearney has blasted the FAI supremo Jonathan Hill, expressing fear the chief executive’s shambolic performance last week risks further delaying vital funding. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Cork City’s Academy manager Liam Kearney has blasted the FAI supremo Jonathan Hill, expressing fear the chief executive’s shambolic performance last week risks further delaying vital funding.

Kearney, part of City’s 2005 league-winning team, has been vocal in the past about the urgent need to financially support nurturing national league academies who now run teams from U14 to U20.