John Bannon: Numbers around dugouts should be curbed

BRAWL: Two-time All-Ireland SFC referee John Bannon has reiterated his call to clean up sidelines in the wake of Saturday’s brawl in Parnell Park. Pic: INPHO/Tom Maher

Two-time All-Ireland SFC referee John Bannon has reiterated his call to clean up sidelines in the wake of Saturday’s brawl in Parnell Park.

Longford man Bannon, now the Leinster GAA referee development committee secretary, argues too many people, particularly substitutes, are allowed on the whitewash. Furthermore, he believes some dugouts should also be revised in the interests of safety but stresses it is also a financial issue.