Fuerty manager Eamon Towey believes that some questionable refereeing decisions cost them in last Sunday’s Connacht club IFC final defeat to Galway’s An Spidéal.

The Roscommon side lost out by the narrowest of margins, but they had to play the entire second half with 14-men after Philip Neilan was handed a red card.

Despite being five points down at the break, Fuerty fought their way back into the game, but couldn’t get the crucial score to level or win it.

“I don’t think anyone can be disappointed, even the lads that got sent off or got black cards. A lot of that can be out of a player’s control. It’s down to the referee’s interpretation,” Towey told the Roscommon Herald.

“I didn’t see the incident, so I can’t fully comment on it, but Philip was devastated. The work he’s done, he went to America at the start of the year and since coming back he hasn’t missed one training session.

“That lad should hold his head up high, and the lads put the work in for him once he was sent off and tried their best to win the game for him.”

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