Former Laois boss Tom Cribben is the new Offaly Senior Football manager.

The Offaly GAA Co Board have moved swiftly to appoint a successor to Richie Connor tonight by installing Tom Cribben as their new senior football manager, following a Co Board meeting at Tullamore.

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GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell has defended the upsurge in player unrest, claiming inter-county panels have every right to make their voices heard when they believe highest of standards are not being met.

Offaly have appointed former players Vinny Claffey, Phil O'Reilly and Tom Coffey as an interim football management team.

THE central, uplifting and sometimes divisive part sport plays in the Irish psych and life was plain to see on at least three occasions over last weekend.

MANAGER Richie Connor yesterday resigned his post ‘‘in the best interest of Offaly football’’.

Richie Connor has quit as Offaly senior football manager with immediate effect after the Walsh Island native tendered his resignation with the Offaly GAA County Board this morning.

Offaly's enior footballers this evening gave a vote of no confidence to their manager Richie Connor, before walking out of an emergency meeting with the Offaly Co board.

OFFALY’S difficulties proved to be Roscommon’s opportunity last Sunday but Fergal O’Donnell was very much on counterpart Richie Connor’s side yesterday when he launched a staunch defence of the beleaguered Faithful manager and GAA managers in general.

Dublin 0-15 Offaly 1-07, Tullamore

IF there is a consensus about Offaly football it is probably one of a plucky little county punching several divisions above its weight.

Offaly football boss Richie Connor is set to receive a boost, with numerous stars set to return for 2009 according to reports.

MICHAEL FOLEY has won the Boylesports Irish Sports Book of the Year Award for ‘Kings of September’, his account of the 1982 All-Ireland football final in which Offaly foiled Kerry’s bid for a historic five-in-a-row.

Offaly 0-12 Cork 1-05

TO the thousands of admirers that came from across the country to pay their final respects, he was Tim Kennelly, the powerful, battle-hardened Kerry footballer and winner of five All-Ireland medals.

TWENTY-eight years on, Mickey ‘Ned’ O’Sullivan finally got to lift the Sam Maguire Cup, not in Croke Park where the honour was denied him in the 1975 All-Ireland football final against Dublin, but in Dunmanway where winning captains and their representatives over the last 75 years were honoured on Saturday.

Brian Talty has turned down the offer to succeed Mick O'Dwyer as Kildare senior football manager.

Brian Talty and Padriag Nolan have emerged as frontrunners to take over from Mick O'Dwyer as Kildare football boss.

CARLOW have appointed former Kildare player Mick Condon as manager of their intercounty senior football side.