Northern Ireland: Irish FA to base National Training Centre at Galgorm
The Irish Football Association will reveal later this week that their new national training centre will be located next to the Galgorm Resort outside Ballymena.
The website will establish two advocacy facilities to accommodate training facilities for senior and youth teams for men and women and provide some financial assistance to the government-provided projects.
Irish FA officials will inform IFA council members this week about the decision of the Antrim Resort development plan for the county.
The announcement will end long speculation about the potential venue of the joint venture.
IFA considers relying on the center at Antrim, but says “No formal arrangement has been reached” Develop a 60-acre site in the Birch Hill area.
Last month, an IFA spokesman told BBC News NI: “The board has always been clear that Birch Hill Road and several other locations are strategically considered and that exploratory discussions about the site are in their initial stages.
“No formal arrangement has been reached and we have a good relationship with the Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council.”
Statement issued by the football governing body in Northern Ireland in September 2023 Outline their ambitions A national training centre will “create a second home for Northern Ireland football to complement the excellent playing field at Windsor Park National Stadium”.
“The aim is to create customized high-quality facilities through a dedicated ‘Northern Irish identity’. The FA will make substantial investments in the facility and expect capital funds from external sources, especially those designed to support the National Association. In these types of strategic infrastructure projects.”
