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	Football Association of Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is the organising body for the sport of Association football (soccer) in the Republic of Ireland.
		It should not be confused with the Irish Football Association (IFA), which is the organising body for the sport in Northern Ireland.
		The Setanta Cup was inaugurated in 2005 as cross-border competition between clubs from the League of Ireland from the Republic of Ireland and the Irish League from Northern Ireland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Football_Association_of_Ireland (419 words)

	Encyclopedia: Irish Football Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Along with the other "home nations" associations (the FA, the SFA and the Football Association of Wales) the IFA sits on the International Football Association Board which is responsible for the laws of the game.
		The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man).
		The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or the Eircom League (from the leagues sponsorship by Irish telcom Eircom), is a league of football clubs in the Republic of Ireland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Irish-Football-Association (1853 words)

	Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Football is played predominantly with the feet, but players may use any part of their body except their hands and arms to propel the ball; the exceptions to this are the two goalkeepers, who are the only players allowed to handle the ball in the field of play, albeit with restrictions.
		Football is played at a professional level all over the world, and millions of people regularly go to a football stadium to follow their favourite team, whilst millions more avidly watch the game on television.
		Football is generally a free-flowing game with the ball in play at all times except when it has left the field of play by wholly crossing over a boundary line (either on the ground or in the air), or play has been stopped by the referee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soccer (3058 words)

	Football - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Scotland, football was banned by James I in 1424 and by James II in 1457.
		In 1867 the Sheffield Football Association was formed by a number of clubs in the local area and the Sheffield clubs continued to play by their own rules until they decided to fall in line with the FA in 1878.
		Whilst it often refers to Gaelic football, the word "football" is also used when referring to Association football, particularly at the international level (as in the Football Association of Ireland the official national body) and also with a large number of Association football clubs using the initials "FC" (Football Club) in their name.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /football.htm (6158 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As General Secretary of the Irish Football Association he attended the annual meetings of the International Football Association Board, which was founded in 1886 to supervise the Laws of the Game and their implementation in the British Isles, becoming in time the "guardians of the grail" of the Laws of the Game.
		It was dryly noted that the Irish Association had withdrawn its proposal and the Board had decided to discuss the issue of introducing the penalty kick the following year.
		In 1890, the Irish Association submitted a proposal for the Board to examine the issue of the penalty kick at its meeting.
	www.fifa.com /print/article/0,4039,22688,00.html (2782 words)

	Devon Football Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Association Football, as we know it, had been born some forty years earlier - it was 1848 that the 'Cambridge Rules' had been agreed at Cambridge when representatives of Eton, Harrow, Winchester, Rugby and other public schools had met.
		Throughout the whol country interest in Association Football was stirring - rules were being unified and amended - changes for the betterment of the game were taking place - cross bars were intoduced in the place of tape in 1875, the referees whistle used for the first time in 1878.
		Football became a spectator sport in season 1888/89 when there was a Third Round Army Cup game played at Plymouth between the Royal Scots and the South Staffordshire Regiment and it was witnessed, according to a comtemporary writer, by a vast crowd.
	www.devonfa.com /historyofdevonfa.htm (2018 words)

	Irish Football Association Article, IrishFootballAssociation Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At this stage the IFA was the organising body for the sport across all of Ireland,but upon partition in 1921 the FAI was set up to regulate the game in the Irish Free State (now the Republic).
		The IFA regulated the game in theNorth, and all results obtained by the Irish national side and records in the Irish Football League and the cup competition stood as Northern Irish records.
		Along with the other "home nations" associations (the FA, the SFA and the Football Association of Wales) the IFA sits on the International FootballAssociation Board which is responsible for the laws of the game.
	www.anoca.org /ifa/ireland/irish_football_association.html (304 words)

	uefa.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		European football's governing body is supporting the Irish Football Association's (IFA) 'Football for All' campaign with important financial assistance over the next two years.
		The IFA is working together with football supporters, clubs, coaches, players, referees, politicians and community groups, among others, to develop the campaign.
		IFA general secretary David Bowen added: "The 'Football For All' campaign is making football in Northern Ireland more inclusive and using the sport to celebrate diversity.
	www.uefa.com /uefa/News/Kind=512/newsId=55798.html (353 words)

	Rules of the International Football Association Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Football Association (England), The Scottish Football Association, The Football Association of Wales, The Irish Football Association and the Fédération Internationale de Foot-ball Association (FIFA), hereafter called associations, shall constitute the Board and each shall be entitled to be represented by four delegates.
		Any confederation or other national association may forward in writing to the General Secretary of FIFA, proposals, requests or items for discussion in good time to ensure that they may be considered by FIFA and, if acceptable, forwarded to the secretary of the host association at least four weeks before the meeting.
		The association hosting the Board meetings for the current year* shall, on receiving a written requisition signed by FIFA or by any two of the other member associations, accompanied by a copy of the proposals to be submitted, call a special meeting of the Board.
	www.kenaston.org /LAWS/LAW-RULES-OF-IFAB.htm (739 words)

	The Examiner - Soccer - 16, December, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		IRISH Football Association president Jim Boyce admits it is ‘‘highly unlikely’’ that the new Northern Ireland manager will be appointed before Christmas.
		When IFA chiefs began their search for Lawrie McMenemy’s successor in October they hoped to have the new man in place before the end of the year.
		Although the IFA have spoken to all the candidates, it is understood that the IFA are waiting for Leicester boss Martin O’Neill to rule himself out of the running before they put the full list of candidates to the international committee.
	archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/1999/12/16/ppage_4.htm (219 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Celtic nations hoping to build on long soccer tradition - Tuesday December 03, 2002 10:53 AM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Scottish Football Association was formed in 1873, the original Irish Football Association in 1880.
		The Irish Rugby Football Association has said from the outset it could not reduce Lansdowne Road to an all-seater arena -- thus losing around 20,000 terrace places -- unless it had access to Ireland's proposed new national stadium to be built at Abbotstown on the outskirts of Dublin.
		FOOTBALL SET-UP: While football has been played on the island of Ireland since the 1860s, the modern-day League of Ireland was not formed until 1921, after southern Irish clubs broke away from the Belfast-based Irish League following Irish independence from Britain.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/12/03/ireland_scotland (1795 words)

	England - Appendices - England's Opponents: Ireland's National Football Teams
		That same year, the Football Association of Ireland was established in Dublin to govern the game in the new state.
		International Football Association Board, which has had charge of the Laws of the Game since its founding in 1882, the Belfast association insisted on using "Ireland" as the name of its national team and on choosing players from the entire island of Ireland.
		Over the objections of the Dublin association, the British football associations and FIFA yielded and allowed the Belfast association to select players from anywhere in Ireland, including the southern part, for matches against the home countries, although restricting selection for other matches to players from the north.
	www.englandfootballonline.com /App/AppIrelnd.html (1543 words)

	Irish Shirts History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Football Association in England was founded in 1866; however, it was not until 1880 that the Irish Football Association (IFA) was founded in Belfast.
		In June 1921 the Football Association of the Irish Free State was formed, splitting from the Irish Football Association in Belfast - this was shortly after the Irish Republic had gained its political independence from Britain.
		Whilst Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland refused to play the Irish Free State because of their decision to split from the Irish Football Association, the Irish Free State were able to play international matches through their membership of FIFA rendering the boycott imposed by the British home nations largely redundant.
	www.irelandshirts.com /history.htm (477 words)

	Gaelic Football & Hurling Association of Australasia
		Gaelic Football - "the all-round game" of hand, foot and round ball skills - has been played across Australia and NZ for several decades by Irish immigrants, visa workers and backpackers keen to play the national sport of their youth.
		Partly this is a result of fewer Irish immigrants since the Irish economic boom of the 1990s but primarily it reflects the enthusiasm of Aussies and Kiwis finding the excitement and joy of the world's best all-round game.
		In men's football the ball also must be taken by hands in the air, on the full or on the bounce or flicked into the hands by foot from the ground, thus soccer skills are particularly useful.
	www.gaelicfootball.com.au (762 words)

	International Football Association Board - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The board was formed in 1882 after a meeting in Manchester of The Football Association (England), the Scottish Football Association, the Football Association of Wales, and the Irish Football Association.
		The meeting was convened to allow common rules to be applied to the game in all countries and created the first international competition, the British Home Championship.
		Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) - the international organising body for the sport - formed in Paris in 1904 and declared that they would adhere to the rules laid down by the IFAB.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/IFAB (191 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Irish \| IFA agrees to cash aid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Irish Football Association delegates have agreed to accept £8million rescue package from the government.
		There was an overwhelming majority of the 55 Irish FA members with only one voting against accepting the windfall.
		Presently, authority is split between the IFA and the Irish Football League.
	212.58.226.30 /sport1/low/football/irish/3606189.stm (277 words)

	Ireland Football -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It should not be confused with the Irish League, which is the league in Northern Ireland.
		Formed by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) in 1921, the league originally contained 8 teams and was first won by St. James' Gate FC.
		The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Football Final being played on the third Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/80/ireland-football.html (924 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet England: News - Northern Irish Premiership stars may be barred
		The IFA is unhappy after Leicester pulled out Lennon and Taggart and West Ham withdrew Lomas, claiming all three have injuries and cannot play in the game at Windsor Park.
		The IFA is prepared to use FIFA regulations and has told Leicester and West Ham that the players must be sent to Belfast to be checked by Northern Ireland team's doctor.
		IFA general secretary David Bowen said: 'We have asked the clubs to send their players over for medical examinations in accordance with FIFA regulations.
	www.soccernet.com /england/news/2000/0815/20000815lcfcni.html (316 words)

	The Football Association of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although football was being played in Ireland since the 1860s, it was mainly based in Ulster and it was not until the 1880s that the game spread to other areas of the country.
		The matter reached crisis-point when later that year, the IFA reneged on a promise to play the IFA Cup final replay between Shelbourne and Glenavon in Dublin and scheduled the match for Belfast.
		A meeting of southern associations and clubs was arranged and on June 1 1921, the Football Association of the Irish Free State (FAIFS) was formed in Molesworth Hall in Dublin.
	www.fai.ie /history.asp (633 words)

	eircom league Ireland football irish soccer republic of ireland football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Irish League side Glentoran are facing a registration enquiry reminiscent of the Marneygate affair that took the shine off eircom League football two season ago that saw St Pat's deducted 9 points throwing the Inchicores title hopes out the window.
		It has been suggested that the player has not been registered with the IFA since the beginning of last season and the Irish League authorities are to meet later today to discuss the situation.
		Last week a representative from the Irish Football Association (IFA) asked to see the registration documents relative to Gary Smyth and he was shown copy documentation that was also sent to the Irish Football League (IFL).
	www.soccercentral.ie /viewstory.asp?mainheading=Eircom&id=11105&viewstory=yes (484 words)

	CNN.com - Death threat NI footballer quits - August 22, 2002
		Irish Football Association President Jim Boyce said hoax or not, whoever had made the threatening call was "a moron."
		It is a terrible blight once again on society in Northern Ireland especially when you think of the efforts made by the Irish Football Association to stamp this sort of thing out.
		He said: "The safety of Neil Lennon and his family is the major consideration and it is a sad day for football, which has come through 30 years of violence, that such an incident can put one of the province's top players in a position of fear.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/08/22/soccer.lennon (497 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Irish \| Irish FA confirms Bowen exit
		An IFA statement on Tuesday said Bowen had agreed an "amicable settlement" in relation to his contract which was scheduled to run for another 11 years.
		The IFA recently appointed Howard Wells as its inaugural chief executive and he will now take day-to-day charge of the Northern Ireland football body.
		Bowen stated that this was an appropriate time to take a back seat and thanked the association for a "wonderful 27 years, the high spots of which were the World Cup Finals of 1982 and 1986".
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/irish/4130583.stm (231 words)

	Telegraph \| Sport \| Irish back British football team
		But provided we get a guarantee from FIFA that this would not affect the status of the British associations, and provided when the squad is selected there are representatives from Northern Ireland, then we will support such a team.
		The English Football Association are believed to agree that when it comes to team selection the squad will represent all the four home countries.
		The issue will be debated in Belfast in November when the IFA hold a dinner to celebrate their 125th anniversary.
	telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/09/15/soolym15.xml (247 words)

	SportsKnowHow.com - Soccer Rules - Irish Foorball Association (IFA)
		Formed on November 18, 1880, IFA is the organizing body of football in Northern Ireland.
		IFA used to be the organizing body for the sport across all of Ireland, however, in 1921, the Football Association of Ireland was set up to regulate the game in the entire country.
		IFA, nevertheless, continues to hold position on the International Football Association Board.
	www.sportsknowhow.com /soccer/rules/irish-football-association.html (133 words)

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