FAI chief executive John Delaney elected to UEFA's executive committee
Wednesday 5 April 2017 12:40, UK
Football Association of Ireland chief executive John Delaney has been voted onto UEFA's executive committee for the first time.
Former Manchester United chief executive David Gill has also been re-elected.
The pair were among 11 candidates up for election at UEFA's 41st congress in Helsinki on Wednesday, with eight seats up for grabs.
Delaney received the second highest number of votes with 48, two fewer than Sweden's Karl-Erik Nilsson, while Gill came sixth with 40 votes from UEFA's 55 member associations.
But Football Association of Wales vice-president Kieran O'Connor, a relative newcomer to European football politics, was unsuccessful in his bid for an ExCo place, finishing last with only 11 votes.
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