New FAI logo ??

**thejollyrodger** · 13/08/2004, 10:27 PM

what is the story with the launch of the new FAI logo ? Is it going ahead ? It needs to, the existing one is as poxy as a 3rd rate former eastern block country

does anyone have a link for it ?

**ccfcman** · 14/08/2004, 7:59 AM

when is it available on the jerseys?does that mean new umbro ireland jerseys also(this isnt cross posting by the by)

**thejollyrodger** · 14/08/2004, 9:25 PM

about time, i thought they done this months ago...

our existing FAI logo is UGLY /... i would love to see the new one

**tarzan_bray** · 16/08/2004, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by thejollyrodger

about time, i thought they done this months ago...

our existing FAI logo is UGLY /... i would love to see the new one

i know someone in the FAI who's seen it and they say it's really nice

**green goblin** · 16/08/2004, 1:23 PM

Originally Posted by ccfcman

when is it available on the jerseys?does that mean new umbro ireland jerseys also(this isnt cross posting by the by)

You'd normally expect to see a sale on the old jerseys if this was the case- but I can't think how they could introduce a new badge without changing the jerseys.

Maybe you can apply for an upgrade kit, complete with new badge, thread and details on how to uninstall the old one?

**green goblin** · 16/08/2004, 1:35 PM

Ahem. it's not this, is it?

http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/vsite...s-item,00.html

World Air Sports, whatever they are, also call themselves the FAI and have a new logo thi ssummer..?

**Robinski** · 16/08/2004, 2:06 PM

I've seen it and think its much better than the existing one (not that that's very hard).

**lopez** · 16/08/2004, 3:42 PM

Originally Posted by green goblin

Ahem. it's not this, is it?

http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/vsite...s-item,00.html

World Air Sports, whatever they are, also call themselves the FAI and have a new logo thi ssummer..?

Or this one?

http://personales.mundivia.es/pasoalaverdad/

Certainly anarchism is something you find around Merrion Mansions.

**brine3** · 16/08/2004, 6:07 PM

I've seen it, it's a little picture of football players having a kickabout on a parking lot.

**Dan K** · 16/08/2004, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by ccfcman

does that mean new umbro ireland jerseys also

From the FAI:

Originally Posted by fai.ie

Also in the pipeline for the FAI is a new logo which Rooney is hoping will be launched before the World Cup qualifiers. “There is never a good time for a Football Association to launch a new logo and we are in discussions with our primary sponsors, eircom and Umbro, about the launch time.”

A new merchandising range is also been planned as Rooney pointed out, our aim is to develop football at grass roots level, maintain and improve our current ranking, improve the League and continue to develop players.

“We played over 100 international games last season – more than many other countries and the reality is, it costs money.

“We can never have enough money to do what we want to do and we have to look at all revenue streams.”

So the new shirts are being designed to fund the FAI's grassroots programmes, eh?

Cynical, me?

**thejollyrodger** · 17/08/2004, 8:17 AM

well its not long till the 2006 qualifiers come up, hope to see this new logo soon. I think the N.I one is nice

**Lionel Ritchie** · 17/08/2004, 8:31 AM

Originally Posted by thejollyrodger

well its not long till the 2006 qualifiers come up, hope to see this new logo soon. I think the N.I one is nice

Agreed. You dont see the IFA whimsically feckin around with their logo so they can whore it to the punters either. Sure why dont we redo the flag and it's colours every few years while we're at it if it's "revenue streams" we're interested in.
I'll be glad to see the back of the "current" logo mind you as, much like the only once worn Orange shirts, it looks like it was designed for to placate the dobbers interest in "club" and "street" wear.

**tarzan_bray** · 17/08/2004, 5:00 PM

Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

Agreed. You dont see the IFA whimsically feckin around with their logo so they can whore it to the punters either. Sure why dont we redo the flag and it's colours every few years while we're at it if it's "revenue streams" we're interested in.
I'll be glad to see the back of the "current" logo mind you as, much like the only once worn Orange shirts, it looks like it was designed for to placate the dobbers interest in "club" and "street" wear.

a mate of mine used to hit the town with the orange jersey and brown trousers, serious clash, it always reminded me of McAteer's kung fu kick
against Macedonia

**liam88** · 17/08/2004, 5:12 PM

Originally Posted by thejollyrodger

I think the N.I one is nice

It's hard to see the Nord Iron team as the narsty UDA bunch some make 'em out to be, because a Celtic Cross on a green shirt is very nice...

**thejollyrodger** · 18/08/2004, 7:42 AM

NEXT Wednesday a new look Football Association of Ireland will be publicly unveiled at a reception in a Dublin hotel.

On display will be a new logo, a new range of merchandising and a revamped website.

The design of the new crest is a closely guarded secret but we are being told that when we finally get to see it, an image that represents "the new professional FAI" will appear before our eyes.

But the FAI needs more than a new logo if it's to change the public's perception of it. To the public, and a large number of its rank and file members, cosmetic changes will not be enough to change their perception of the organisation.

There are many good people employed by the FAI, as well as many volunteers up and down the country, who are working tirelessly to promote the game. But their efforts are being continually thwarted by the same culture that has stymied the association for years, and will continue to hamper it in the future.

The recent sacking of Honorary Secretary Kevin Fahy is another example of how the political in-fighting within the FAI continues to dominate the agenda and it seems no amount of re-branding will stop that.

It is ironic that the two people appointed to the FAI Officer Board since Saipan, and the commissioning of the Genesis Report, are now gone. Fahy and Brendan Dillon were not singing off the hymn sheet as those conducting the choir at Merrion Square and so felt they had no alternative but to leave.

Eircom League Chairman Dillon was quickly driven to a point where he felt he had to resign because his working relationship with FAI Chief Executive Fran Rooney and Honorary Treasurer John Delaney had deteriorated to such an extent that it was, in his opinion, damaging the workings of the League.

"People have asked me to reconsider my decision but as long as Fran Rooney and John Delaney are involved in the FAI I don't see myself having any involvement," said Dillon at the time of his departure last January.

Fahy was humiliatingly removed two weeks ago when 42 members of the National Council voted him out of office after a campaign fronted by the president Milo Corcoran.

The writer Arthur Koestler once observed that if the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out. Fahy stretched his so farthat it must have taken up the entire chopping block.

By all accounts, he was like a dog with a bone at meetings as he persistently sought answers to his questions.

"You have to know when to stop digging and Kevin didn't know when to stop digging," was the observation of Corcoran after the August 6 meeting, a quote that wouldn't have been out of place had it been uttered in a Sopranos episode.

Several long-serving FAI legislators, with vast experience of how to survive in the Merrion Square minefields, have suggested that while Fahy was right to air his fears and suspicions, he went about it the wrong way, left himself vulnerable and walked straight into an ambush.

"I think a lot of people will think twice and three times before they ask any questions or pursue answers if they are not satisfied with what they get. I think that is one of the inevitable outcomes of something like this," said Fahy.

The Genesis Report was heralded as a defining moment in the association's history and the start of the FAI evolving into a world-class sporting organisation.

But the problem was that the Genesis Report was supposed to only deal with what happened in Saipan and to provide recommendations on the future preparations of our international teams.

But, somewhere along the way, it broadened its scope to make suggestions about the legislative and organisational structure of the association without conducting a detailed study of this area. It is still a source of amazement that prominent legislators, like former UEFA vice-president and FAI Honorary Secretary Des Casey, weren't even interviewed by the Genesis people.

So what we got were cosmetic changes. A new ten-person board, seven committees and an extended national council and, in hindsight, it now smacks of Animal Farm. Four legs are good but two legs are even better.

The same faces remain, the 'mé fein' culture prevails and people will continue to do what is necessary to ensure their section of the game gets the funding they badly need to survive, even if their conscience is being torn apart.

Rooney says change will take time but it will take more than new logos before people believe the FAI has changed its spots.

**Peadar** · 18/08/2004, 3:49 PM

Originally Posted by KDonkeyKilbane

Made up a story about needing it to put on flyers for a charity raffle but they did not fall for it.

I'm so glad that they didn't.
How foolish they'd have looked.

**robbie-keane** · 18/08/2004, 8:46 PM

I really like the old logo. Why are they changing it? I can't understand that. I think a logo has a tradition in it and it's also the logo ireland had in the World Cup 2002 and that was a great time...