Brogan ‘due’ free against Kildare

BERNARD BROGAN has poured more salt into Kildare wounds by claiming he “was due” Sunday’s late dramatic free which won Dublin passage to the Leinster SFC final.

Writing in his Vodafone column on www.hill16.ie/thedubhub website yesterday, the 2010 Footballer of the Year stated that he felt the free against Andriú Mac Lochlainn was justified because the defender had fouled him several times before he was whistled by referee Cormac Reilly in injury-time.

“On a number of occasions before that, I felt I was being fouled and there was one incident just before where I was being fouled and the referee decided to play an advantage and I was falling over taking a shot and got no advantage — so I felt I was due a free,” remarked Brogan.