THE FAI – WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR?

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 25, 2007 -- In the week that is in it we at http://www.lookaroundireland.com decided that it was time to take a look at the organization known as the FAI – the Football Association of Ireland.

On Wednesday last all hope of any mathematical miracle happening to help Ireland reach the finals of the European Championship, Euro 2008, in Austria/Switzerland disappeared when Cyprus drew 1-1 with them on home soil in hallowed Croke Park. This was the Cypriot team that hammered Ireland by a freakish score of 5-2 in Nicosia last November, a result that will probably rank as the worst ever in the history of Irish international soccer. Unless, of course, if you take the last minute draw that was achieved against the football giant that is the San Marino, a collection of part-time players that would get hard to beat your average pub team.

Not that Staunton will starve though. Like a lot of his fellow Louth men he is a shrewd businessman who has invested the harvest of his playing years wisely and the only injury to him is wounded pride for which a speedy remedy is a hefty financial settlement with our old friends, the FAI.
So who, or what, is the FAI? Certainly, it is not the Football Association of Ireland.

In 1988, Ireland reached the finals of their first major competition, the European Championship finals under the leadership of Jack Charlton. Since then it has been a roller coaster ride.
Instead the goons at headquarters frittered away the money by lining their own pockets, investing in an administration set-up that would govern a small country and having regular legal battles with each other in the public eye over the most petty of internal power struggles. Their incompetence knew no bounds.

They spent all of their measly reserves, accumulated from 15 years of success, on consultant and planning fees for the pipe dream of building a new stadium in west Dublin. Needless to say, the consultants that devoured this reserve were all connected parties to the members of the Feck-It-All committee. To add insult to injury they even named this enterprise in advance as the Eircom Stadium. We all know who suffered when this particular company elephant was floated on the Stock Exchange. In a way the two organizations (a generous title, I know) complimented each other perfectly in a long list of inadequacies that they had in common.
Next week, the Farcical Association of Ireland will have to find a new manager to look after our national team. Last time this happened we were promised by John Delaney, Head Asshole, that we would have a “world class manager” Look what we got!
But then again, who on earth would want to work for the blazers of Merrion Square?


Sam Maguire
19th October, 2007

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