Players’ Union in NI set to get go ahead

27 September 2020

A new Players’ Union should be up and running in Northern Ireland before Christmas, Sunday Life Sport has learned.

Mental health initiatives and legal rights advice for players top the list of services to be made available to players in Northern Ireland by the new body.

Traditionally a part-time game, the Irish League has not had a PFA or any sort of union to go to for advice and support, in contrast to the rest of the UK.

But changes are afoot as many leading clubs move to a full-time model, buoyed by lucrative European money.