by Daragh Small

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty insisted that the plans were in place to facilitate New York's potential victory over Roscommon in the Connacht Championship Preliminary Round, but that it would have been a headache.

Roscommon only edged the Gaelic Park clash 1-15 to 0-17 on May 1, and had they lost it would have been one of the biggest shocks in the championship history.

Many suggested that the Connacht Council would not have been able to fund New York's trip to Carrick-on-Shannon for their Connacht quarter-final tie against Leitrim if they had got the victory. However it never materialised and Prenty brushed off suggestions that it could have been a disaster for the Connacht Council.

"It could have (been a headache). You'd have to take it at face value that if New York won they'd be playing Leitrim in Carrick on Sunday week, that's what we'd be hoping.

"I assume we'd have some kind of row going on at the minute if it did happen. But we'll have to wait until some day it does happen and it will probably cause a problem.

"The game would be in Carrick. They get one game in New York in the first round based on the fact that we are twinned with New York. We go to London in the first round based on the same fact and as part of the twinning we let them keep the gate. They are big days in New York and in London, next week in particular they are absolutely wedged with Mayo.

"I wouldn't like to say you'd hope New York wouldn't win, but it would be a major financial burden on Connacht if they did win. Someday they will win and we have got to put up with that. We didn't think London would win but they beat Sligo and Leitrim a couple of years ago and got to a Connacht final.

"New York would have logistical difficulties in getting over here to play. That would be an issue we'd have to deal with when it happened," said Prenty.    

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