Wallace claims Offaly players ‘held to ransom’

Deposed Offaly senior football manager Stephen Wallace has contradicted a number of claims made by county chairman Tommy Byrne.

Declaring the players are now being “held to ransom” by the Offaly board, Wallace countered Byrne’s remarks yesterday that he was only informed about Wallace’s failed appeal against an eight-week suspension on Sunday.

According to Wallace, he alerted Byrne to Munster Council’s decision to uphold his ban for an altercation in a Kerry IFC game last month as soon as he was informed last Friday.