new manager Giovanni Trapattoni alongside former Juventus teammate Marco Tardelli in 2008, while continuing to work as Director of the Arsenal Youth Academy. He stepped down from the Republic of Ireland post in April 2010 when his contract expired. He stated he would have gladly stayed on with Ireland were it not for his Arsenal commitments. On 30 January 2013, Arsenal announced that Brady would leave his role as Director of the Arsenal Youth Academy in May 2014. Brady served as an ambassador of The Arsenal Foundation. Media career Brady first worked as a pundit for the BBC at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups before moving for the 1998 tournament to RTÉ Sport. He joined what became a long-running studio team with fellow pundits Johnny Giles and Eamon Dunphy and presenter Bill O'Herlihy. They were parodied by the Après Match sketches in which Brady was portrayed by Barry Murphy. Brady has remained an RTÉ panellist, appearing on coverage of the 2018 World Cup, UEFA Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup. Brady was involved in an Irish anti-drugs campaign in the early 1990s, called "give drugs the boot", which encouraged young boys to play sport as a healthy pastime. In February 2023, a documentary about his life called Liam Brady: The Irishman Abroad aired on RTE 1. Career statistics International goals Managerial statistics Honours Club Arsenal FA Cup: 1978–79 UEFA Cup Winners Cup runners-up: 1979–80 Juventus Serie A: 1980–81, 1981–82 International Republic of Ireland Iceland Triangular Tournament: 1986 Individual PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1978–79 PFA Team of the Year: 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80 Football League 100 Legends: 1998 FAI Hall of Fame: 2001 English Football Hall of Fame: 2006 Arsenal Player of the Season: 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79 The Irish Post: Outstanding Sports Personality Managerial Younger's Tartan Special Manager of the Month: August 1992 References External links Profile at Arsenal Land.co.uk Profile at World Easy.com Profile at sporting-heroes.net 1956 births Arsenal F.C. non-playing staff Arsenal F.C. players Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. managers Celtic F.C. managers English Football Hall of Fame inductees Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Italy Irish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Inter Milan players Juventus F.C. players Living people Association footballers from Dublin (city) Republic of Ireland football managers Republic of Ireland association footballers Republic of Ireland expatriate association footballers Republic of Ireland international footballers Serie A players English Football League