It will be of little consolation to the Cremartin club or Niall Flanagan that they won their appeal against the sending-off of Niall Flanagen on a second yellow card in last year's Ulster club junior football championship final but it will reopen old wounds that had barely healed following their controversial defeat in the decider. Cremartin experienced delays in getting a copy of the referee's report and the DVD of the game which would enable them to lodge their appeal against what they saw on the day as a gross injustice and a decision that they believed, along with some other controversial refereeing decisions, ultimately cost them the match. Having eventually obtained a copy of the referee's report and the DVD of the game recently their appeal was heard by the Ulster Hearings Committee on Thursday night and the DVD evidence was conclusive showing that Niall Flanagan was at least 25 yards away from the incident that saw him issued with a second yellow card. Cremartin were not seeking to have the outcome of the game overturned but merely to get the point cleared up that a gross injustice had been done to the Cremartin player and the team. Despite that setback Niall Flanagan was named as Junior Player of the Year in Monaghan and he will pick up his award at a special presentation dinner in the Hill Grove Hotel, Monaghan on Friday night next January 27th. Tweet

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