Jim Boyce
Jim Boyce | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 21, 1944 [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
James Richard Wesley Boyce[2] OBE (born 21 March 1944) is a former senior Vice-President of FIFA.[3] He was the president of Northern Ireland's football organising body, the IFA, from 1995 to 2007.[4]
Boyce is a lifelong supporter of Cliftonville F.C.; as a young lad of seven, he acted as a ballboy. He was club vice chairman from 1977 to 1988 and then chairman until 1998. He is currently Cliftonville's patron.[5]
Boyce was one of a number of FIFA officials to call for the publication of the Garcia Report into allegations of corruption surrounding Russia and Qatar's bids for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups.[6]
He described the failure not to build a national stadium at the former Maze Prison "a massive mistake".[7]
Boyce played for Ballymena Cricket Club during the 1970s. He was team captain between 1974 and 1978.
He was seriously injured by a bomb planted by republicans in the early 1970s and was off work for a year not long after his marriage to Hazel.[3]
A senior figure in insurance, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to football in Northern Ireland.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jim Boyce interview". Newsletter.co.uk. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "FIFA guests for March 64 - Germany vs Argentina". n.d. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ a b Claire McNeilly, 'Jim Boyce: "I've never taken any cash that I wasn't entitled to"'. Belfast Telegraph, 7 December 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2025
- ^ "Bernstein can help FA relations with Fifa - Boyce". BBC Sport. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ Adam Kula, 'Cliftonville 'overwhelmed' by response to Michael Newberry tragedy says ex-IFA boss Jim Boyce'. News Letter, 2 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2024
- ^ "Fifa prosecutor Michael Garcia calls for World Cup report to be made public". The Guardian. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ Steven Beacom, https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/beltel-football/not-building-a-stadium-at-the-maze-was-a-massive-mistake-ex-fifa-vice-president-jim-boyce/a861634030.html '"Not building a stadium at the Maze was a massive mistake": Ex-Fifa Vice President Jim Boyce']. Belfast Telegraph, 8 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024
- ^ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N11.
- ^ 2015 New Year Honours List Archived 2015-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
