Cassidy’s call to scrap provincial finals rebuked

ULSTER COUNCIL secretary Danny Murphy has delivered aveiled but stinging rebuke to Damien Cassidy who made headlines last week with his suggestion that the four provincial championships be abolished.

The Derry manager, speaking ahead of his side’s championship opener against Armagh on Sunday, called the current system “unfair” and suggested that someone should “face down” the four provincial councils in order to bring about change.

However, while he did not name Cassidy yesterday, Murphy’s message was clear when he pointed to the fact that Derry have failed to reach an Ulster final in 10 years. Their last title came two years prior to that.