Proud Fitzpatrick hails heroes

PETER FITZPATRICK has accused Kildare of failing to pay his team any respect ahead of Saturday night’s dramatic Leinster senior football championship encounter at Páirc Tailteann.

The Louth manager was barely able to talk, the hoarseness in his voice betraying his own efforts in the 70 minutes of drama before.

In his first year at the helm of his native county, Fitzpatrick is intensely proud of his footballing roots and what he perceived as arrogance on his opponents’ behalf in looking beyond Louth did not sit well with him.