Players have calendar ‘certainty’, says fixtures csar

The new head of the GAA’s fixture analysis committee, Micheál Martin, is satisfied club players have certainty as to when they will play championship this year.

All county boards were obliged to submit their 2018 master fixtures plan by the end of February and such is the level of detail contained within them, Wexford native Martin believes club players are no longer in the dark regarding championship dates.

As revealed by the Irish Examiner last Friday, club footballers in 20 counties have no championship games to look forward to this month. The majority of county boards have opted not to utilise April to commence their championships, choosing to wait until late summer/early autumn.