just checked Pats there. Only game scheduled for Brandywell is the 5th of August. If that was to be switched, it'd have to be with the 1st series (as last game of the season is Pats v Derry). It would mean that between 23 April and 10 May Pats would have 4 away games in a row (Bray, Cork, Derry and Galway). They've every right to object to that
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Would the Derry County board even have a right to discuss it? I thought central council would have to give their OK to any GAA ground be used for foreign games.
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There would be something rather wonderful about using Celtic Park against the wishes of the county board. Won't happen of course..
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Yes, out of the question. Bigotry is constitutionally enshrined in the rules of the GAA. It's not possible even if the will was there, which is extremely unlikely in Ulster. Is there another country in the world where a perfectly suitable venue half a mile down the road would not even be up for consideration?
(And yes I'm well aware that the majority of grassroots GAA people are decent, sports loving people but the rules of the GAA explicitly forbid all clubs and count boards accomodating foreign games.)
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so you meant yes there when you said no?
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Going on what has happened in other leagues, if one or two of the clubs objected, their match could always been moved to mid-week earlier in the season. Not ideal, but an option.
I still don't think the clubs have any say in the fixtures anyway. As we've seen before, the FAI reschedules matches regardless of what clubs involved think.
No quotes there. I'd be amazed if anything comes from it.
Derry News quoting a club official saying that they will ask teh Derry board about using Celtic Park. It'll need to go before Congress still, which is at the end of next month.
The preferred option is to switch the fixtures, still waiting to hear back from the FAI about that. Kenny Shiels says he'd be happy enough to play 14 away matches in a row, though it does sound like a mad idea.
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So not completely out of the question then.
Glad to hear it as I think it would be the sensible option.
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