Banty: time for Meath and Louth to move on
January 13, 2012
Meath manager Seamus McEnaney with his selectors Graham Geraghty and Tom Keague
That meeting of the neighbouring counties was one of the most controversial matches of the modern GAA era, when Joe Sheridan's illegal goal denied the Wee County their first provincial title in 53 years, and it is still being talked about by supporters of both counties as the sides prepare to meet again in this weekend's O'Byrne Cup quarter-final at Navan.
But, speaking in Friday's Irish Sun, 'Banty' says it's all in the past and must be forgotten: "That's a long time ago now, it's a memory.
"Surely to God it is time everybody just left that in the past. As far as we in the Meath dressing-room are concerned, that saga is over. It has been put to bed.
"The qualifier game last summer in Cavan was when it really ended. So that's it. The saga is over.
"Let's be realistic about it: this is an O'Byrne Cup game in January, the start of the season, and it is an opportunity for both managements to look at players and try out certain things.
"There will be a lot of players involved on Sunday who were not playing in that Leinster final." Tweet
