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We'd handle Linfield and Portadown fans compensation row differently if we could: NIFL chief Gerard Lawlor
We'd handle Linfield and Portadown fans compensation row differently if we could: NIFL chief Gerard Lawlor

Belfast Telegraph

time01-07-2025

  • Sport
  • Belfast Telegraph

We'd handle Linfield and Portadown fans compensation row differently if we could: NIFL chief Gerard Lawlor

The Northern Ireland Football League Chief Executive says the organisation have learned from the controversy over not making payments to Linfield and Portadown fans to compensate them for the late postponements of last year's Premiership games away to Dungannon Swifts and Coleraine, adding that they would deal with the matter differently if it happened again. In February, Linfield and Portadown issued strongly worded statements outlining their 'deep and extreme disappointment' about the situation and now Gerard Lawlor has addressed the fall-out.

Don't let NIFL's proposal for Sunday football get caught in Irish FA crossfire, urges Gerard Lawlor
Don't let NIFL's proposal for Sunday football get caught in Irish FA crossfire, urges Gerard Lawlor

Belfast Telegraph

time29-06-2025

  • Politics
  • Belfast Telegraph

Don't let NIFL's proposal for Sunday football get caught in Irish FA crossfire, urges Gerard Lawlor

Two years ago at the Irish FA AGM, the Northern Ireland Football League suffered an overwhelming defeat by 104 to 27 votes on a proposal about Sunday football. With the thorny subject back on the agenda again for Monday's delayed 2025 AGM, NIFL Chief Executive Gerard Lawlor says he has faith that the football community will make 'the right decision for the good of the game' this time.

NI Football League will meet with Secretary of State to present game's case for more government cash
NI Football League will meet with Secretary of State to present game's case for more government cash

Belfast Telegraph

time20-06-2025

  • Politics
  • Belfast Telegraph

NI Football League will meet with Secretary of State to present game's case for more government cash

Northern Ireland Football League Chief Executive Gerard Lawlor says he will continue to fight football's corner with both the UK and Irish Governments in the battle for badly needed and long overdue funding. Lawlor has a meeting planned with The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn, during which the former Cliftonville chairman will hammer home football's desperate cry for fit-for-purpose stadiums.

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