‘GAA stood to David in Pardew incident’

You can take a man out of the GAA – and even put him in the Premier League – but you can’t take the GAA out of a man…

Carlow hurling manager John Meyler — who played senior hurling for both Cork and Wexford, father of Hull City midfielder and Ireland international David, is convinced his son’s gaelic games upbringing stood to him in the recent Alan Pardew controversy.

The Newcastle United manager received a seven-game ban for headbutting Meyler in an extraordinary incident on the touchline which garnered massive international coverage at the beginning of March.