Two GAA presidential candidates want club finals played in January

Several counties are opposed to Croke Park’s plans to incorporate all fixtures in a 12-month period.

Two of the five GAA presidential candidates have proposed the All-Ireland club finals be played in January as a means of a calendar year season compromise, writes John Fogarty.

With several counties particularly dual ones opposed to Croke Park’s plans to incorporate all fixtures in a 12-month period, Galway’s Frank Burke and Martin Skelly of Longford have put forward the idea of the deciders being played in the first month of the year.