Andrew Woodside

Referee at Irish Football Association

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Location

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Company

Irish Football Association

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Irish Football Association

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom • 134 Employees

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MAKE no mistake about it, the Irish Football Association is one of the true giants of world football. A lofty claim perhaps but despite a population well below two million, despite only having just over 1,500 registered clubs and despite being able to draw from a pool of approximately 25,000 players spread over less than 5,500 square miles the influence the association had - and still does - on the game across the globe is immeasurable. Founded in the Queens Hotel, Belfast back on 18th November 1880 the Irish Football Association is the fourth oldest governing body in the world behind the other three home associations. This inaugural meeting was at the behest of the Cliftonville club - the oldest in Ireland - who gathered clubs from Belfast and the outlying districts together with a view to creating a unifying constitution and set of rules along the lines of those adopted by their Scottish counterparts some seven years earlier. The aims of this fledgling, but ambitious, body were to promote, foster and develop the game throughout the island. The IFA looks after the interests of the game in the six northern counties: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. A move to the current headquarters at Windsor Avenue followed in 1960. Previously the association had been housed at premises on Waring Street and then Wellington Place. Indeed, our present home is an intrinsic part of the history of Belfast itself. The building is listed being a former residence of Thomas Andrews, designer of the world famous but ill-fated Titanic. The Titanic Society still meet at the Windsor Avenue venue in the shadow of the beautiful staircase and ornate stained glass window which, legend has it, provided Andrews inspiration for the design of the ship. In 2005 the Association celebrated its' 125th anniversary.

Founded Year

1880

Organization Website

irishfa.com

Organization Languages

English

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