Declan Brennan plans club player body after ‘10,000 messages’

Former Monaghan selector Declan Brennan has unveiled plans to establish a Club Players Association (CPA), revealing that he’s received over 10,000 messages from interested parties wishing to contribute.

The CPA’s goal will be to ensure a voice for club players countrywide, with particular emphasis on the fixtures schedule, which often sees them without games for weeks and months on end as the inter-county season is in progress.

Brennan, regarded as the driving force behind Dublin City University’s first Sigerson Cup win in 2006, is also a four-time county SFC-winning manager with Clontibret, with whom he won two titles as a player. Brennan worked alongside former Meath star Colm Coyle when he was Monaghan manager and, after a stint with DCU, he worked with Ulster University (Jordanstown) for two years at Sigerson Cup level.