Irish FA technical director Aaron Hughes believes a National Football Centre can be a game-changer for Northern Ireland’s international fortunes after plans to build the new facility near Ballymena were unveiled on Wednesday.
The IFA has secured a 50-acre site opposite the Galgorm resort where it plans to build a “state-of-the-art, multi-million pound” campus that will serve all levels from national teams to grassroots programmes, with a goal of opening the doors for the first time in 2028.
