Saffrons boss slams fixtures ‘disgrace’

DRAWING Kerry was bad enough but Antrim football manager Liam Bradley was left fuming last night when the dates and venues for next weekend’s All-Ireland qualifiers were revealed.

It has been decided that the Saffron hurlers will face Offaly at Parnell Park on Saturday while Bradley’s footballers will be in action a day later in Tullamore’s O’Connor Park.

“I think it is an absolute disgrace that the GAA have decided to have the Antrim hurlers play Offaly in a relegation qualifier in Dublin on the Saturday and the footballers in Tullamore on the Sunday,” said Bradley.