Frantic calls and messages involving an eclectic cast of characters across Ireland, the USA and Europe somehow avoided the nuclear option
The sun didn’t set on Dundalk this week – but it was a close-run thing
On Monday morning in FAI headquarters, a small number of staff members were planning the wording of statements that would announce what one insider was describing as the “biggest disaster in Irish football history”.
The liquidation of Dundalk FC, the most successful team of the past decade and a club with a 121-year pedigree, would be difficult to stand over at any point. But the desperation of the situation was exacerbated by the reality that the timing couldn’t be any worse.
