John Fogarty: Paudie Clifford’s Golden Cleric speech viewed dimly
SPEECH: Fossa’s Paudie Clifford lifts the cup after the final watched by GAA president Larry McCarthy. Pic: INPHO/Bryan Keane
With one hand, Paudie Clifford gave – “To the referee and his officials, obviously a tough game to referee especially at the end. A good job...” Only with the other, to take it away - “other than the end when I was wrongly sent off. Unbelievable how I was sent off.”
Reading the room and the guffaws and gasps of disbelief at his comment, Clifford added that Thomas Murphy had done “a great job all round”. Video footage would indicate the Galway referee was correct to show the two-time All-Star the line and the early indication is he may face a sanction for his remarks in accepting the All-Ireland junior club football cup on top of the straight red card.
