Delaney: The FAI’s worst own goal Football tsar who loved the limelight squandered the chance of a revolution Garry Doyle October 6, 2019 Ireland players huddle before an international friendly at the Aviva: the Dublin stadium has been described as a noose round the FAI’s neck Picture: Getty Previous Next Image 1 of 8 9 March 2001; John Delaney, Waterford United, talks on his mobile phone before an FAI senior council meeting on the future of eircom Park, in the Green Isle Hotel, Co. Dublin. Soccer. Picture credit; David Maher / SPORTSFILE (Photo by Sportsfile/Corbis/Sportsfile via Getty Images) Photo by Eoin O'Hara Image 2 of 8 Pic. Maura Hickey/eye.con photo. Tel. 01 4911300/301 08.04.04 John Delaney, National Development Manager, ABX Logistics Ltd. Photo by Eoin O'Hara Image 3 of 8 12 October 2010; Republic of Ireland supporters with FAI chief executive John Delaney at Zilina train station after travelling on a train from Bratislava. EURO 2012 Championship Qualifier, Group B, Slovakia v Republic of Ireland, Zilina, Slovakia. Picture credit: David Maher / SPORTSFILE (Photo by Sportsfile/Corbis/Sportsfile via Getty Images) Photo by Eoin O'Hara Image 4 of 8 11 November 2011; FAI chief executive John Delaney with Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni after the game. UEFA EURO2012 Qualifying Play-off, 1st leg, Estonia v Republic of Ireland, Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia. Picture credit: David Maher / SPORTSFILE (Photo by Sportsfile/Corbis/Sportsfile via Getty Images) Photo by Eoin O'Hara Image 5 of 8 11 November 2013; Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill and assistant manager Roy Keane with FAI Chief Executive John Delaney during a tour of the Aviva Stadium. Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road, Dublin. Picture credit: David Maher / SPORTSFILE Picture credit: David Maher / SPORTSFILE (Photo by Sportsfile/Corbis/Sportsfile via Getty Images) Photo by Eoin O'Hara Image 6 of 8 16 November 2015; Republic of Ireland's Wes Hoolahan and FAI Chief Executive John Delaney celebrate in the dressingroom after the game. UEFA EURO 2016 Championship Qualifier, Play-off, 2nd Leg, Republic of Ireland v Bosnia and Herzegovina. Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road, Dublin. Picture credit: David Maher / SPORTSFILE (Photo by Sportsfile/Corbis/Sportsfile via Getty Images) Photo by Eoin O'Hara Image 7 of 8 Newly appointed Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy (Right), with John Delaney, CEO, Football Association of Ireland, following a press conference at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. On Sunday, November 25, 2018, in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Photo by Eoin O'Hara Image 8 of 8 Dublin , Ireland - 10 April 2019; Attending a meeting with the Oireachtas Committee on Sport at Dáil Éireann in Dublin are from left, FAI President Donal Conway, FAI Interim Chief Executive Rea Walshe, and FAI Executive Vice President John Delaney. (Photo By Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images) Photo by Eoin O'Hara Analysis & Opinion LATEST NEWS12:00Extensive Ratoath farm lands up for auction guiding in excess of €3m11:53Get the best skin of your life with the latest laser innovation11:45Cool for Cats: Nyne Park new homes scheme launches in Kilkenny11:41Four-bed period seafront home in Bray comes to market for €1.1m11:30Profits at Citibank’s European hub surge over $2.1bn after interest rate hikes10:45Profits halve at Coillte as value of wood-based construction materials shrink