FORMER BANNER ALL-IRELAND winning teammates Davy Fitzgerald and Anthony Daly will be in managerial opposition to each other after Clare and Dublin were pitted together in this morning’s draw for phase two of the All-Ireland senior hurling qualifiers.
Clare, knocked out of the Munster championship last week by Waterford, will crucially have home advantage on Saturday week July 7th for a clash against a Dublin side who will be trying to bounce back from the huge disappointment of Saturday’s defeat in the Leinster semi-final against Kilkenny. The counties last met in the qualifiers two years ago with Dublin convincing winners by 2-22 to 0-15 in that game in Croke Park.
The other phase two qualifier will see Cork in opposition to Offaly with Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s men having the advantage of home venue for this tie. Cork, narrowly beaten in yesterday’s Munster semi-final by Tipperary, will be renewing acquaintances with an Offaly team, who were ousted by Galway in the Leinster semi-final, that they faced in the qualifiers last year. On that occasion Cork prevailed by a slender margin, 2-17 to 2-16.
The draw took place this morning on RTE Radio’s Morning Ireland programme and was conducted by GAA President Liam O’Neill and Wexford attacker Diarmuid Lyng. The times and venues for the two matches will be confirmed later but it is likely that Cusack Park in Ennis will stage the Clare and Dublin game with Páirc Uí Chaoimh in line to host the battle between Cork and Offaly.
Fair play
A very decent gesture. Well done.
Great stuff Matt
Thats an outstanding gesture, practical, straight to the players and coaches at the coal face and no way that administrators can waste it (he says hopefully)
@Rochey77: yeah imagine the money went to Delaney instead, he’d have spent it on a ice sculpture of himself
Well done.
On a related note Robbie Keane needs to take note, as a multi millionaire he should step down from his FAI role and stop waiting around for a payout from our bankrupt soccer association which will ultimately mean funds go into his large bank account instead of grass roots football
@stoned.walled: totally agree – can you make any sense of giving him a 5 year assistant manager role when McCarthy was only on a 2.5 year contract ? Keane is holding out for the big payout and from reading media reports he seems to feel he is entitled to it as a “Irish footballing legend “……. he looks to join a list who have taken millions from FAI in termination settlements (MO’N – €4m apparently – Roy Keane €1M apparently. ) Now when FAI ask the Irish government for bailouts this becomes all of our business ….
@Fred Frederickson: Robbie Keane signed the deal he negotiated with the FAI and should be paid up. Robbie is a legend and has given everything in the green Jersey. Have some respect for the man. A deal is a deal. Just because the FAI are bad negotiatiors and incompetent
@padar: he is no longer a legend in my eyes.
Question who needs the money / will benefit more, Robbie Keane to piss away (as it’s buttons to him) or grass roots soccer (ie kids playing)
FairPlay, I’m aware of that course and the work they do with disadvantaged communities. Great gesture by Matt Doherty.
RoyKeane is all piss and wind should have had his Irish Passport taken away after the Saipan incident. I remember the Evening Herald running a front page fundraiser for Robbie Keane father to go and see him play in the U.18 Euro finals, Robbie has pocketed over €10M as his cut from transfers alone, so come on Robbie let’s see what your made of.
Soccer just reflects society – some give to their communities & some have a sense of entitlement & don’t give anything back. The latter usually give out about everything & everybody also
24 laptops, 24 GPS systems and a motion camera for 15k? Can you find out where he shops? Fair play to him.
Good man!