Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland
Mr. John Delaney:
I ask the Chairman to allow Mr. Gavin to answer that question. I come from a League of Ireland background and that is nothing to do with my role as CEO. My dad was chairman of Waterford United when they won the cup in 1980, having not won it since 1937. Every Sunday morning from when I was eight years old and living in Tipperary town, my dad would drive Al Finucane and Richie Hall, who were from Limerick but who played for Waterford, to places like Milltown, Flower Lodge and Kilcohan Park. I understand the League of Ireland intimately and it is part of my personal DNA, through my father and my own personal involvement as secretary of Waterford United Football Club. My love for the League of Ireland stands on my record. Mr. Gavin can talk about the improvements we have made in the League of Ireland.
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