Battle royal lies ahead

ACCORDING to Marty Morrissey, the cherubic umpire will be 21 next week. After yesterday’s controversy, he should be guaranteed a crowd without even having to resend the Facebook invites.

Maybe Joe Sheridan and Graham Geraghty will tip on down to Wexford to liven up the gig. Joe has been attending every other bash these past few weeks, one more won’t kill him.

He wasn’t invited in to give evidence to the stewards’ inquiry pursuant to Geraghty’s fisted goal at Croke Park yesterday, but he gatecrashed it nonetheless. Joe’s no star witness, alas, and the sight of his mounting rage will have moved very few nationwide, least of all next door in Louth.