Cargin's Tony Scullion says he is "sick to the teeth" of referees refusing to explain themselves.

Half-time substitute Scullion was dismissed by Padraig Hughes four minutes from the end of Sunday's Ulster Club SFC quarter-final defeat to Killyclogher of Tyrone with a second yellow card and claims he was snubbed when trying to ascertain why the second yellow had been shown:

"I asked Padraig why exactly I got my second yellow card and his reply to me was 'bye-bye'," Scullion states in The Belfast Telegraph. "I went to the linesman off the field - again, mannerly - and I asked 'what exactly was that for?' And he said 'cheerio'.

"My man went to offload the ball, hands out, he brushed into me and there was nothing malicious, nothing hard. I am a firm believer in firm but fair. The player stopped and started. But justify your decision, ref. And he just refused to do it.

"You can't talk to any referee on the field. They won't talk to you. At times you might ask them. Not being mouthy or vocal about it. You come to them in confidence, quietly, in a nice manner to ask why exactly you turned that over, and they just shrug their shoulders as if to say 'I am the boss here'.

"I am at the end of my career now so I can say what I want about referees. During your career you have to be very wary of what you say and bite your tongue because it could come back to haunt you.

"For the likes of me who has played for so many years, you are just sick to the teeth of it. You are running about and you can't play football because you are trembling on your toes because of people who have never played football at any level."

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