Kelly: It hasn’t been the greatest season in terms of decisions, but we’re only human

ONE of the country’s top referees admits the 2011 season “hasn’t been the greatest” in terms of mistakes being made by match officials, but insists human error will always be an element of games.

Barry Kelly, who took charge of two All-Ireland SHC finals, was speaking on Kfm radio in the wake of the latest high profile error that saw David Coldrick overrule his umpire to disallow Tomás O’Connor’s 40th minute goal in Kildare’s dramatic injury time loss to Donegal in Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final.

The incident came just a week after the controversy surrounding the validity of Ian Ryan’s match-winning point for Limerick against Wexford.