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 Vice-President of FIFA. He was the president of Northern Ireland's football organising body, the IFA, from 1995 to 2007.[3]
Boyce played for Ballymena Cricket Club during the 1970s. He was team captain between 1974 and 1978.
Boyce is a supporter of Cliftonville F.C. where he was Chairman until 1998.
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.[4]
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.[5][6]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bernstein can help FA relations with Fifa - Boyce". BBC Sport. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "Fifa prosecutor Michael Garcia calls for World Cup report to be made public". The Guardian. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N11.
- ^ 2015 New Year Honours List Archived 2015-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
