Player support for sacked Offaly manager is gathering momentum

PLAYER backing for ousted Offaly football manager Paul O’Kelly has grown since he was controversially sacked on Tuesday night.

O'Kelly, a selector under Tommy Lyons, failed in his bid to be re-appointed after a secret ballot (38/24) at a meeting of the Offaly County Board.

Yesterday, former captain Finbarr Cullen voiced support for O'Kelly, an Edenderry club-mate. He said the dismissal and especially the circumstances under which it was carried out, was 'a sickener.' It was a particular blow, he felt, to the younger members of the panel, who had been developing under his management.