FIFA role for Thompson as McBeth dumped

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Thompson will be elected on Thursday at FIFA's Congress in Zurich and will serve for four years after which he time he will be succeeded by Irish FA president Jim Boyce.

It follows the row over comments by McBeth, the outgoing Scottish FA president who had been nominated for the FIFA role, when he claimed African and Caribbean nations were tainted by corruption and greed.

A statement released through the Irish FA said: "At a special meeting of the four British Associations held on Wednesday in Zurich, the following decisions were reached:

"1. That the nomination of John McBeth as FIFA vice-president by the four British associations to replace David Will is withdrawn with immediate effect.

"2. That Geoffrey Thompson is nominated as FIFA vice-president on behalf of the four British Associations to replace David Will, with Geoffrey Thompson to be inaugurated at the FIFA Congress on 31 May 2007. Geoffrey Thompson will serve a four-year term.

"3. That, at the FIFA Congress in 2011, Jim Boyce, will be nominated by the four British Associations to replace Geoffrey Thompson as FIFA vice-president."

Thompson said: "I am very honoured to be nominated for this position and would like to thank the national associations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the trust they have placed in me.

"I have gained considerable experience of the world game over the years and look forward to making a real contribution to the FIFA executive committee's debate and decisions on behalf of British football."

Boyce added: "The most important thing was to ensure that the British vice-presidency of FIFA, which is in the gift of the four British associations, was not put at risk and I am delighted with this solution for the overall good of football in the four home countries."