Former NI star Keith Gillespie and Brian Adair launch football agency
The former Northern Ireland star Keith Gillespie has launched a football agency along with former Irish League player and manager Brian Adair.
The OneTwo agency will represent players all across the UK and the pair are hoping their wealth of experience will help them gain a foothold in the market.
Gillespie's playing career saw him garner 86 caps for Northern Ireland and play for huge clubs sides like Manchester United and Newcastle United.
Adair enjoyed considerable success with Loughgall, and later managed the club, before moving into business with Experience Epic Ltd.
That saw him attracting top NI talents like Carl Frampton, David Healy and Kyle Lafferty onto the public speaking circuit.
The pair are hoping to use their business and sporting nous to best represent their players' interests.
"This is an exciting venture for myself and Brian and we are determined to do it right," said Keith.
"I've dealt with agents myself, I've seent eh bad side of an agent and then the really good side.
"The agent that I had when I was playing in the later parts of my career was fantastic.
"He's someone I can lean on too, so it's great that I can draw on my past too to help the players.
"The pitfalls of the game as well, that I experienced throughout my career, is something in which players can lean on me and they can relate to as well."
"It is an opportunity to represent footballers, be that in Northern Ireland, England, Scotland or elsewhere and try and do our best for them," said Brian.
"Keith was the first client I took on in terms of staging nights for the public and from there we have a developed a close friendship and trust and I’m delighted to have him with me in OneTwo for what we believe will be an exciting future.
"It is a perfect fit for both of us with his experience in top level football and my experience in business and we are keen to drive this venture on.
"We appreciate it will be a challenge but I have worked hard in any business that I have been involved in and intend doing the same with this one to ensure it is a success for our clients.”