Moroney says fixture plan will help clubs

The GAA’s fixtures chief Simon Moroney is convinced proposals aimed at streamlining the All-Ireland senior championships will benefit club’s scheduling.

The Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) chairman has seen the fixture planning committee’s initiatives and believes there is an appetite for change the football championship fixtures arrangement. Central Council are expected to adopt the recommendations next month before they go forward to Congress in Derry next March and introduce them in 2014.

One of the proposals will bring an end to the six-day turnaround for beaten football provincial finalists.