1. His nickname is ‘the Godfather’
Really? Who calls him that??
2. Delaney wasn’t much of a player in his day
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“Technically he wasn’t great”, according to someone who seems to be an old team-mate. “He’d rather go through you than around you.”
3. He claims he was offered a job elsewhere for more money than he’s on with the FAI
According to the FAI chief, he turned down a salary worth three times the €340,000 he currently earns with the association because he’s “happy in his job”.
4. Delaney would like to see an All-Ireland team
Having a united Irish teams is “inextricably linked to a solution for the whole island”, he says. Responding to Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill, who questioned players switching allegiance, Delaney added that they only pursue players who want to play for the Republic.
5. European Cup winner Shay Brennan lived with the Delaneys
The former Manchester United and Ireland full-back spent a couple of years with them in Tipperary while John was a child.
6. Clones Town FC will name their ground after him
How do you like the sound of 'John Delaney Park'?
7. He calls his 10-year-old twins every morning
The final few moments show Delaney the family man phoning his kids before they go to school.
€340,000? That’s a joke.
The winner of the Airtricity League gets 100000 says it all. A joke of a man and a joke of an association
W a n k e r
The question should be , is he worth the €340,000 that the FAI is paying him ? I don’t think so .
8. He’s a wan&@r
He used to be a w&n**r but he’s alright now.
Nah, still a w@@ker. Regardless of what ybig sing
I agree completely but it was set up lovely there for last comment couldnt resist quoting that famous song..:)
he is a joke
No, he’s serious ..
A Fr Ted character gone wrong..muppet hair and face.
Chap is a disgrace. Drinking cans with all the other idiots in Poznan while Monaghan went under. He earns nearly 4 times more then prize money for winning the Airtricity league. (€100k) hasn’t a notion, he should have been shown the door long ago with trap.
8) He’s a muppet that was out enjoying himself during the Euro’s instead of trying to save Monaghan United from going bust. Clones Town F.C. really need to rethink their naming idea.
He is on more then the two association presidents of the Euro 2012 finalists combined, Ireland is ranked 40th in terms of national sides behind Romania, Norway, Serbia etc, our top league is a mess with half teams going bankrupt and other half barely attracting circa 4,000 to matches, FAI finances are a joke with Aviva selling less then half of targeted corporation sales. Any talented youth we have are brought to play in UK before hit puberty…Has he actually ever done anything right????????? If wasn’t for being part of golden circle id say he would be on circa 50k max (or on the dole).
Well said
I phone my kids ever morning. Saves getting out of bed.
The godfather is a great name for him, as the head of that mafia.
I’d like to know who could possibly have offered him three times his already vastly inflated salary for his services. I’m sorry but I just cannot believe that. The man has some neck.
One of the Banks?
His father
No one? Was same story when RTE stars were told were on far too much (€500,000 – €1 million), they said could make far more in UK working for national broadcaster….just no one told them their audience numbers in UK be a tiny regional station rather then national station…… and so they’d be on less then tenth of money they are on now even if could get job in UK.
He dreamt it. It’s the only plausible explanation…
He really should take that other offer. His wages are a disgrace. It would be better to fund irish football than financially massage this clowns ego. Not worth 1/10 of his salary.
Number 8 lives on a guarded estate in waterford where you wouldn’t get much change out of a million for the house
Question 8 should of been
When will you step down !
Sometime soon
or
When the damage is beyond repair, and there’s fu€k all left in the petty cash box from you greedy ba5tard5.
Another of instead of have man I see.
Sky just said they will air Part 2 of this interview tomorrow. It must be a trilogy. Epic story
How much is he getting paid for the interviews
He hired a former manager because they read the Indo every day. Says it all.
What do you mean? Genuine question.
He’s all about grassroots football but chooses to sabotage Limerick FC at nearly every opportunity
Someone offered this man a job outside of the fai paying more than 1 million a year. That could buy a lot of wigs
Teams should break away and form a splinter organization. He is a cancer that the FAI will never cure. Probably start grooming his kids for his job in the future, just as his father did with him. The whole thing stinks more than a portaloo outside a Fianna Fail tent in Galway.
I learned that he’s a self absorbed p****
FAI (F….k All Interest)
Not to get into a political rant
But john delaney and his salary , is a prime example as the the level of money wasted in this country.
The fact he earns twice as much as his spanish counterpart is mind numbing indeed.
Anyone know what his English counterpart is being paid ?
400,000 Stg which includes a 100,000 bonus.
Well the leaders of most countries get less. The combined heads of the Italian and Spanish FAs get less. It’s beyond a disgrace.
well said !
@B, you should take into account what the English premier league earns and generates! Compare that to the FAI, he should only be getting half at the most and only be in the job for 10 years max?
Not comparable at all.
Premiership alone has revenues of €3 Billion and TV rights of €5 Billion, being one of the largest leagues in the world (Before even include Championship, 1st division etc). Average attendance at Premiership match is 35,000 compared with Irish Premier league average attendance of 1,500!!!!!!!!!!! (About same as team in UK Blue Square Conference), Ireland are ranked 40th in Fifa rankings and in very strong decline, England are 4th.
Ireland has barely any youth development system compared with one of the best academy systems in world. Add in fact FAI finances are a mess, half teams going bankrupt, no strategy, employees who ready to rebel. Really is impossible to find anything Delaney has done right (apart from being son of ex FAI treasurer)
I dream of having his job… Lucky bugger!
He is a Muppet full of his own self importance. He should have gone over the Staunton debacle. Unfortunately he wears too many hats in The FAI and probably gets a vote for every hat. The sooner he’s gone the better! The Green Army will have to buy there own pints then though.!
He phones his kids every morning!! Does his spend 365 days away from home or is he separated!??!
If he did turn down a job with a salary worth three times the €340,000 he is on, it just proves what a clown he is.
The rentamob who went to Poland may enjoy his company, but he’s no friend of real football fans in this country. Disgusting indifference shown to our league in recent times
Who employs him? Who employs them? Who is paying for this absolute farce of a situation. Why is he still there? I will not go accross the road to watch our national team as long as he is there…
As much as i cant stand Trap, he is laughing all the way to the bank…cause this clown gave him that contract and FAI cant pay him off..
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Tis Denis O’Brien that’s paying for trap to be there, sure what would u expect from him, didn’t he get rid of off the ball…..the clown!
Well theoretically FAI pay his wages. FAI get money from International gate receipts so simple solution…. boycott matches until they sort both FAI and international team out (Not a Trap hater as doing best he can with players he has, doesnt help 90% team now 1st division standard). Main issue is youth development with it being funny laying off youth development coaches so Delaney can keep his joke of a salary.
He’s still there, Is it hard to get rid of him?
Pure chancer sc-m bag!
He’s sound
What has this utter clueless knac-ker every done for Irish football? Other than pay obscene wages for a old age pensioner and fluke qualification to the euro only to get embarrassed and ridiculed in front of the whole world! What else has he done for Irish football and why is he getting paid more than leaders of huge country’s? Can anyone answer?
And where did Denis o brien get his money. What a f**cked up little country this is !
As long as he buys a round in Stockholm he’ll be good in my book!
Exactly
Hope to god I see him over there, he’ll hear what a real fan has to say to him and not the usual gobsh*tes that think “he’s sound” because he bought them cans.
You realise it’s €8 a pint?
I do indeed, hence the reason I’ll be drinking cans, just not from delaneys pocket money.
I think he holds an important post but €200,000 would be a really good salary for the job he does and that is not passing judgement on how he does it. The post simply does not merit any more. On a personal front, there is no one else on earth who would pay him his current salary.
Was this on sky news or the onion? Completely farcical
Ever wonder why people like John Delaney are on the salaries that they are on ? Just look at the comments on this page and imagine his kids reading it. No amount of money could compensate for that. Incidentally I met him once and he’s sound !
Wouldn’t be such comments if Delaney was actually doing single thing right instead of stuffing his own pockets while league and international team crumble apart . Fact is FAI, league, international team and youth system are a complete mess. Delaney’s only skill or reason to be in position he is fact his dad was FAI treasurer so Delaney in golden circle.
If you want to pay him 400k since he’s ‘sound’ get a hat out and have a whip around (little tip for your own safety….probably be best to avoid league of Ireland or international team supporters) otherwise sack him and get someone in who actually knows what they doing for quarter of his salary.
Get a grip, if you bothered supporting your countries own national league and not some other countries league you’d realise how bad this man is or Irish football, while you watch another countries club on the tv, there’s real fans out supporting LOI clubs who struggle because of people like Delaney, no other association would stand for it, he has no interest other then his own self promotion, a cancer on Irish football.
The most overpaid man in the country bar none, the chap is a joke, how he gets away with it is beyond me
Not on hia own plenty of other people getting false wages for being useless