Banty awaiting seal of approval

MEATH secretary Cyril Creavin fears the county’s search for a new senior football boss may drag on until 2011 if Seamus McEnaney is not ratified at tonight’s crunch board meeting in Navan.

The county management committee ratified McEnaney’s candidature last week and it will be put before club delegates to be rubberstamped tonight. But that may not be a fait accompli with former Meath boss Eamonn Barry claiming in recent days that many clubs are against the appointment of an outside manager and have grave concerns over the costs involved in financing the new setup.

Creavin has urged club delegates to put aside personal agendas and focus on the betterment of football in the county when they come to vote tonight.