FORMER MEATH STAR Joe Sheridan has outlined the extent of the fallout arising from his infamous ‘goal’ in the 2010 Leinster final as he revealed hate mail sent in the post brought his mother to tears.
Ahead of next Sunday’s Leinster championship meeting between Meath and Louth, Sheridan recalled that the situation could have been “handled better” and that it was “hyped up for entertainment purposes.”
“I remember my mother got a letter in the post one day and she actually started crying. It didn’t bother me, that stuff doesn’t bother me. I just get on with things but to think somebody could do that over a football game. It is a bit much.
“People still talk about it but its six years ago now. I just accept it and acknowledge it. Some people try and annoy you about it.
“I think it’s nearly gone by talking about at this stage. Still I suppose people will always probably talk about it that’s just the way life goes.
“The way it was handled was probably the worst thing. It was put back on the Meath players and what we were going to decide to do regarding a replay.
“It shouldn’t have been. It had nothing to do with the players. It should have come out that the players had nothing to do with it.
“That would have been the biggest issue I had with it and the way we were portrayed as players.
“At the end of the day we go out to play we go out to enjoy it. The goodness was taken out of it a wee bit as well.
“It was left to drag out. It should have been nipped in the bud simple as that and then everyone moves on.
“It was a bit much and the crack of Marty Morrissey up outside our meetings looking for white smoke for this and that. It was on the 6 o’clock news, it was blown out of proportion.
It was hyped up completely just for the entertainment side of things but probably a bit of thought should have went into it.”
The Seneschalstown clubman is thankful “nothing bad” came out of the situation but believes “emotions can bring the worst out in people.”
“I probably took the brunt of the abuse being the person that was involved. I got letters sent to the house and messages sent to me on the phone. It was pretty dire stuff for people to write down.
“To actually think that someone could sit down and write that kind of stuff on a letter and send it across anonymously as well. They didn’t even sign it off which was the annoying thing.
“People are quite emotional about the GAA. A lot of people are involved in it their whole lives and are brought up in it.
“Their whole family are involved and we are exactly the same, but you have got to have a point where you have got to draw a line and say this can’t happen that is stepping over the line as well.
“Emotions I think bring the worst out in people sometimes and that’s probably what happened but lucky enough nothing bad came of it.
“It probably wasn’t the nicest of things for people to be doing at the time but that’s life. There was no harm that came of it.”
Sheridan was axed off the Meath panel at the end of the 2013 season by Mick O’Dowd along with other county stalwarts Brian Farrell, Peadar Byrne and Caoimhin King.
He wore the Royal jersey for the last time in a Round 4 qualifier defeat to Tyrone in Croke Park.
“Did I expect it coming? Probably. Should it have happened? Probably not. To clean out so many players in one foul swoop was pretty severe.
“I didn’t agree with it but look that’s what happened. There is no point giving out about it that’s just the way life goes.
“It was disappointing the way it finished up to be fair.”
Meath will lock horns with Louth on Sunday for the right to advance to the Leinster semi-final on June 26. It is the first championship meeting between the two sides since 2011.
Cian Ward was the star that day netting four goals and helping the Royals to come out on top on a score line of 5-8 v 2-8.
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Shocking challenge seen red cards for far less than that
without question it should have been red, the yellow card was a disgrace, distin should also had a straight red for his blatant elbow to skertels’ face
Didn’t hit him hard enough! ;-)
Here here !! He’s Sc€m
The words pot & kettle come to mind
for any other player id say absolutely red but considering its Suarez, he bloody deserved – what goes around
comes around … karma.
Exactly, how many players has he got booked for his dives in the past
2 derbies in a row Everton players are booked for diving but you claim Suarez is a cheat. Clueless.
That’s the only time they dived Suarez dives more times every match. Your the clueless one or are you blinded by the jersey??
Spoddgy, what slimey rock you crawl from?
The LFC supporters club?
Couldn’t have put it better myself haha!!!
Haha, ya know, we have one when we are bad too, not only when winning…
At least your not denying LFC fans come from under a slimey rock
No doubt about it. Red card all day long.
Considering it’s Suarez, he should win some kind of humanitarian award.
All your stupid moron comments doesn’t mean it wasn’t a red card, bunch of fools
It wasn’t a red… Moron!
No of course it wasn’t, even the majority of people who hate the man said it was a red, except someone called john john, who calls someone else a moron but who is in fact so stupid he needs to write his name twice so he doesn’t forget it. Ape
stop feeding the troll Peter !
Ur the guy who started calling others moron and fool!! Did he get a red r yellow card??
He didn’t get the right one
Could not think of a second name…. Hmmmm
Ur reply says it all peter…
Why don’t you crawl back in to the sh*t pile you came from JJ!! You never add anything of value! Honestly boy, show your parents what you writ (if you know them) and see how utterly embarrassed you will look!! Big man!!
Suarez injured Mirallas in the derby last season and didn’t even get a yellow for a deliberate stamp. So revenge for Mirallas was sweet. Should have been a red but a player like Suarez reaps what he sows.
Exactly
Drew blood from Henderson in the 2nd half as well.. Lucky boy
if I was Mirallas I’d get a tetanus straight after the game, just in case….
But when people respond to you, you try to be taken seriously, like you ahem, know what your talking about….
quit yo stalking dude :-(
Niall, why? Was he with your missus??
ah now David, only the loons in here use personal insults………..the rest of us discuss things and engage in whats known as banter :-)
It’s only Suarez
It’s a red card but in life sometimes you don’t get them. I’m sure the Everton fans would point to a similar incident in the derby last year when Suarez stayed on after a nailed on red that put Mirales out for 3 months.
Don’t forget when he got Rodwell sent off for nothing. Que Sera Sera.
Karma indeed, between biting and racial remarks he should expect nothing less then a few hard knocks in games
Deffo should have been sent off but I’d give Mirallas a medal for that wee taster of the karma Blacula has coming his way…
I guess that made keanos gbh assault on haaland ok right? Suarez got his punishments, but not enough for you guys…. Typical BS… Guys also whine about dives, but never mention Bale or Young… Destroys your mediocre credibility….
No sympathy for Suarez.
Yellow enough. A hard challenge. Only a scratch.
He should of hot a red card for not breaking the rats leg!!
You truly are a muppet!
Wow look at the big man!!
Only joking lads ..was a red card all day long!
It actually reminds me of a tackle by Carragher on Nani a few years ago, it also drew blood. He didn’t get red for that, so can’t see the difference really
He makes it hard because he would still get nothing if he was sucker punched right in front of ref anyway… You forget, he is not English… As for that crap you say about how many players he get booked? Only that Everton guy… Which was so wrong…. But remember noddgy, certain English players manage to get penalties, red cards and goals in 1 dive, mr A Young…. Ohhhh but he is Man U….. Lets not mention that… Biased right??
As a Liverpool I’m sick of fake fans talking Sh!te , this has nothing to do with Utd s€um so why bring it up , get a life ya spas
“As a Liverpool” as in a city? Your a city all by yourself! Mad ted that. And you have a spa in it!
Would love to be you.
Suarez dives & wins peno’s all the time. And as for the tackle, karma is a bit*h. It was Suarez who stamped on Mirallas last season and got away with it and don’t forget a couple of years ago Suarez pathetic rolling around faking injury incident to get Jack Rodwell sent off
Aye Ashley young is as bad as Suarez for it but Suarez has also bit an opponent so he is at least one up on young!
In sure you would love to be me going over to support my team a couple of times a year . How many matches do you go to clown !
Ah Terry aka Paul Johson, the posting is all the same.
Hello paul, I see you are “Terry” today, how are you feeling today Terry? As I’ve already said, my offer of professional help is an open one to you(them), all you have to do is ask….
It probably should have been a red but the Liverpool doctor was a disgrace. He clearly tried to tell the ref what to do. Once he had done that the ref couldn’t give a red or it would have looked like he was taking instructions from the Liverpool bench.
I normally don’t watch the premiership games but that was an absolute cracker.
Course it was a red but it was a beaut of a tackle. Suarez goes down too easily when he not touch now refs don’t know if he’s simulating or not which is prob why mirallas didn’t get a card. Ye will have to admit pool fans that he make it hard for the referee they can’t just give him every decision
The stud marks on his knee are a little hint that contact was made!!! How many red cards has he got in the past year for diving compared to players like Young and Bale? U might be surprised!
What comes around goes around