“Parents very often think if my kid plays for the best team, my son or daughter has the best chance of progressing. But that’s not the case.”
How low can Irish football go? Is there a rock bottom? Will Clarke is the FAI’s League of Ireland Academy Development Manager. He knows what is needed to fix Irish football but how as a sport as massively popular as football in this country failed to make a case to government. Ahead of the Budget, Clarke explains to Dion Fanning what Irish football needs.