Dublin boss Kettle hints at transfer restrictions

DUBLIN chairman Andy Kettle, speaking after Eamon Fennell’s successful transfer from O’Toole’s to St Vincent’s this week, has raised the possibility of clubs being restricted to fielding as few as one or two ‘outside’ players.

Fennell finally engineered his switch following a protracted three-year struggle, culminating in a personal appeal to club delegates on Tuesday evening.

But the issue has again stoked the embers on the combustible transfer issue. Dublin is probably the most affected of all counties with the size of the population and – until recently, at any case – the greater scope for employment opportunities in the greater area – and it has long divided opinion in the local club scene.