St. Gall's have made an official complaint to the Ulster Council after their vice-chairman was allegedly felled from behind during the first half of last Sunday's Ulster club championship defeat by Crossmaglen.

Harry Bradley, who was acting as a water carrier, was shouldered to the ground at Crossmaglen's Oliver Plunkett Park seconds after the Armagh champions were awarded a first half penalty, which Oisin McConville converted.

The 44-year-old revealed that he was hit in the same area he suffered a collapsed lung and fractured ribs as he made a guest appearance during a centenary match for St. Gall's against Castlewellan earlier this year.

"Your man hit me in the exact same spot and I was dazed, slightly concussed, had difficulty breathing for a wee bit after it," he explained.

"I think it was more the shock. Mark McCrory, our team doctor, saw me at half-time to make sure I was okay."

St. Gall's chairman Paul Flanagan said the "onus is on Crossmaglen" to identify the player who allegedly struck his fellow club officer.

"We're making a complaint to the Ulster Council, but the onus is on Crossmaglen," he said.

"It's terrible what happened. We can accept that we were beaten on the pitch, but there is no place in Gaelic games for this type of action," added Flanagan, who insisted that the alleged assault was "totally unprovoked". Tweet

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