Former Irish FA Chief Executive Howard Wells has launched an astonishing broadside on the Association, accusing it of ‘lack of vision, inbred prejudice and incompetent officialdom’.

Following the announcement this week that the IFA-backed Casement Park will host Euro 2028 Finals games, Wells also slammed the IFA as a ‘bit-part player… picking up scraps from the floor’.

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