Fermanagh chiefs blast scheduling of next season’s NFL fixtures

FERMANAGH county board chiefs have lashed out at the GAA’s fixture scheduling for next season’s National Football League (NFL), as the Erne County are set to be forced to play a greater number of away matches than home games for the seventh time in eight seasons.

The GAA recently issued their fixture plans for next spring’s NFL action with Fermanagh pencilled in for four away games in Division 3 and three home ties.

The Fermanagh county board have revealed that since 2003, the only season in which they had four home matches was in 2007. That particular campaign Fermanagh elected to move their ‘home’ fixture to neighbouring county grounds in Cavan and Monaghan, after consulting with the GAA’s National Infrastructure Committee about the redevelopment of Fermanagh’s county grounds in Brewster Park.