A bad day for the men in white

JUST when you thought the Championship was settling down, along comes Louth-Meath, Joe Sheridan, Dick Turpin, and the most infamous touchdown in Croke Park since either a) Vincent Clerc got a match-winning try for France in 2007 or b) those two “lovebirds” got freaky on the field back in 2002.

You’re familiar with the photograph from Sunday which shows Meath player Joe Sheridan about to pop the ball into the net for the infamous winning goal at headquarters since... well, nothing compares, really.

But the static figure of the goal umpire, in the other corner of the photograph, is what’s caught our eye. Everyone is up in arms about referee Martin Sludden’s call, but one question begs to be answered.