Erne impasse worsens as 11 quit panel

ELEVEN Fermanagh footballers have slammed their county board for the handling of the impasse between the senior squad and manager John O’Neill.

The players, who have left the panel, accused officials of attempting to “drive a wedge between the current squad and the players involved in the dispute,” and also hit out at the board’s rejection of recommendations made under the GPA/GAA Disputes Resolution Protocols.

Though the board claimed only four players were involved in the row, 11 names appeared at the end of a statement e-mailed to The Irish Examiner yesterday afternoon.