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vspace="0" hspace="0"> <div class="cap">Jim Boyce has been the IFA's president for 11 years</div> </div> </td></tr> </table> <!-- E IIMA --> <!-- S SF --> <b>The Irish FA has launched a campaign to get Jim Boyce elected as the next British vice-president of Fifa.</b> <p> Scottish representative David Will is standing down after 17 years and the four British countries must decide on a successor in February. <p> Boyce, who has been president of the IFA since 1995, will face competition from each of the other home nations. <p> Geoff Thompson (England), John McBeth (Scotland) and Peter Rees (Wales) have been proposed by their associations. <!-- E SF --> <p> "If it happens, it happens. 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