Another bitter twist mars a great football rivalry

We’ll get to the Kerry-Tyrone rivalry in a moment but first things first: a second spitting controversy involving Tyrone in the space of a few weeks does nothing but raise more questions about discipline in the county.

As we know, Karl Lacey was spat on by a Tyrone supporter during their Division One game against Donegal last Sunday week.

To their credit, chairman Ciaran McLaughlin and manager Mickey Harte went to the Donegal dressing room afterwards to apologise. We’ve been told the individual in question has since been reprimanded.