Croker steward warns of volunteer drain

A STEWARD who was struck by a plastic bottle during the chaotic scenes after last Sunday’s Leinster SFC final has warned that a repeat of such incidents will lead to the GAA struggling to get people volunteering to work in Croke Park.

Eddie Geoghegan was hit near the Canal End in the dramatic aftermath of the provincial final, as he was trying to protect Tyrone referee Martin Sludden.

“There was one young lad, I can still see his face, and he was thundering towards the referee. I was trying to restrain him along with another steward and then I got the thump on the back of the head.