‘All I want to do is play football’

As Seanie Johnston stepped on to the Clane pitch on Saturday, amid a furore of controversy, his new club stood behind him.

Following a meeting on Friday night with his new hurling colleagues from Coill Dubh, he was given permission to play alongside them in the Kildare SHC against Éire Óg/Corrachoill to rubber-stamp his move to Kieran McGeeney’s side.

Johnston addressed the Coill Dubh team to ask them for permission to line out and an agreement was reached to start the former Cavan Gaels clubman and haul him off after the first break in play. Just 35 seconds after the opening whistle, he was off.