Creedon slams board’s ‘crazy’ fixtures crux

Tipperary senior football manager Peter Creedon has slammed his county board for a “crazy” fixtures pile-up that is putting huge pressure on the county’s U21 players.

Creedon highlighted the case of Clonmel Commercials pair Ian Fahey and Michael Quinlivan who were involved in a South U21 football semi-final against Moyle Rovers on Saturday that went to extra-time, before starting for Tipperary against Antrim in Sunday’s Allianz League Division 4 tie. The pair will be key figures for Tipp against Clare in this evening’s Cadbury Munster U21 semi-final in Milltown-Malbay before facing the potential prospect of two club games over the coming weekend as Commercials are pencilled in for a South final against Ballyporeen on Friday night, with a county semi-final against JK Brackens fixed for Sunday.

Speaking after the Antrim game, he fumed: “Not only had we to beat Antrim but we had to beat our own county board and officials for fixing matches with two of our key players having to play a game in extra-time at four o’clock Saturday afternoon.