Gormley vows to learn lesson

ON a day when he scored his first goal for Tyrone, Conor Gormley also had the dubious distinction of getting both yellow cards for the All-Ireland football champions in Clones yesterday.

Luckily for him – and the team – the second one came two minutes from the end of time because an earlier dismissal might very well have been costly at a stage when they were desperately defending a one-goal lead.

And, in keeping with the general bonhomie generated by the good-natured way in which the teams contested the game, not only did the Carrickmore man not question referee Pat McEnaney’s decision to send him off but actually praised him for refereeing the game ‘very fairly.’