Wasn't at the game but listened to the match on the radio but according to the commentators, the Tyrone teams behaviour was appalling. A Dromid player drove a guy over the line with a shoulder in the first half and it led to a melee, with the Tyrone teams subs jumping over the hoarding from their position in the stand and punching and kicking Dromid players. Mentors also got involved. According to the the Dromid commentators subs stayed in the stand.

Declan Sullivan was the subject of endless intimidation, late belts and verbal abuse. During the first half incident, two of the Tyrone players tried to throw Declan over the hoarding into the stand. He also got a lot of abuse after the game.

Was anyone at the game that could give a better account of what happened?

moomoo (Kerry) - Posts: 4023 - 22/01/2012 19:00:44    1097932

Bit of a biased account of things there. Both teams as bad as each other i thought. Declan O'Sullivan did get a bit of abuse but that was to be expected .. a kerry senior player was always going to be singled out.

tyronelegend (Tyrone) - Posts: 270 - 22/01/2012 19:40:46    1097971

Only going by what i head

moomoo (Kerry) - Posts: 4023 - 22/01/2012 19:47:35    1097987

Is this sour grapes

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1691 - 22/01/2012 20:00:10    1098004

The tyrone 'fan' here says the words 'a kerry player was always going to be singled out for abuse'!!

Comments like this just goes to show how much of a 'normal' and 'accepted' thing that abuse of players is in tyrone!!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 22/01/2012 20:06:29    1098009

cuchulainn35
County: Armagh
Posts: 402

1098004
Is this sour grapes

Care to explain how?

moomoo (Kerry) - Posts: 4023 - 22/01/2012 20:06:51    1098010

Tyrone footballers acting like animals?The idea.

TheRoad (Galway) - Posts: 1339 - 22/01/2012 20:13:38    1098019

Snufalufagus
County: Dublin
Posts: 4247

1098009
The tyrone 'fan' here says the words 'a kerry player was always going to be singled out for abuse'!!

Comments like this just goes to show how much of a 'normal' and 'accepted' thing that abuse of players is in tyrone!!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Never taught id be agree with you on something! Maybe it was made out to be a bit worse then it was but they hardly made up what they saw now did they?

moomoo (Kerry) - Posts: 4023 - 22/01/2012 20:13:39    1098020

A Kerry team loses to a Tyrone team and are unhappy with the behaviour of said Tyrone team.

Is it the mid 00s again?

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13846 - 22/01/2012 20:18:32    1098023

They're a Tyrone club and that kind of behaviour is par for the course up there.

derfil1 (Kildare) - Posts: 1612 - 22/01/2012 20:52:51    1098056

so many Angelic clubs down south!.

fortyfive (Tyrone) - Posts: 5929 - 22/01/2012 21:00:47    1098065

The abuse that the tyrone fans gave management and players of cremartin was a disgrace at ulster club final never heard talk like it before and two women left and went to a car.One will not go back to games again.Tyrone fans are a disgrace to the gaa and its not just a few its alot of them.Stopped going to tyrone club championship matches you woun,dt see the carryon of them at ballinaslow horse fair.

mickeylinden (Monaghan) - Posts: 587 - 22/01/2012 21:10:17    1098078

was at game disgraceful scenes. ref didnt caution anyone after the 1st half row (not blaming him) shows how bad the rules of GAA a number of lads could have gone. surely a 3rd man in rule with a straight red been shown should be brought in. also at end of game having taken a huge amount of abuse. dec o'sullivan refused to shake hands with a player and was attacked by a female opposing supporter who struck him a number of times with an object (looked like a handbag).
neutral fan.

GloryHunter (Meath) - Posts: 136 - 22/01/2012 21:13:52    1098081

Big bad Tyrone bullying other teams again? Dry your eyes

pplocal (Tyrone) - Posts: 5878 - 22/01/2012 21:25:06    1098095

Tyrone were playing Fermanagh today so who were these Tyrone supporters you keep banging on about? club supporters >>>>>>>>>

fortyfive (Tyrone) - Posts: 5929 - 22/01/2012 21:28:54    1098107

i wasn't at the game so i can't comment - but if the kerry side had won the match would there have been as much debate afterwards, as regards Cremartin, i was at the the ulster junior club final and it was a disgrace, the way Cremartin surrounded and joselled the referee, ( i have commented on this in past posts)

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1691 - 22/01/2012 21:29:15    1098108

Snufalufagus
County: Dublin
Posts: 4248

1098009
The tyrone 'fan' here says the words 'a kerry player was always going to be singled out for abuse'!!

Comments like this just goes to show how much of a 'normal' and 'accepted' thing that abuse of players is in tyrone!!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Yes very much like Dublin singling out Karl Lacey in last years AI semi final.

People. Glass Houses. Stones

Think before you climb up on that high horse Snuff.

theboydonegood (Donegal) - Posts: 522 - 22/01/2012 21:44:04    1098121

In any other sport, if a player is attacked by a fan it is a big issue. That woman that attacked o sullivan should be banned for life.

gaafan2012 (Dublin) - Posts: 10 - 23/01/2012 08:39:00    1098150

I can understand this from both sides. Tyrone lads will see it as 'sour grapes' and some of it probably is, but fella's all over the country have been saying it for the best part of a decade now, can everyone be wrong all of the time bar Tyrone fans?!

Ciarrai Abu (Overseas) - Posts: 1050 - 23/01/2012 08:46:05    1098151

Dromid call for fight to be investigated


There have been calls for an investigation after a mass brawl marred the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship semi-final between Dromid Pearses of Kerry and Derrytresk of Tyrone on Sunday.

The brawl erupted just before half-time and saw officials and substitutes from both sides enter the field of play. Dromid midfielder Thomas Curran was concussed during the incident and unable to play the second half. It is also claimed that Kerry star Declan O'Sullivan was struck by a handbag.

Derrytresk were ahead by a point at half-time and went to claim a 1-10 to 0-7 victory in Portlaoise, a neutral venue.

Dromid selector and Kerry county board officer Diarmuid O Se complained about a lack of security for players and called on the GAA to investigate using video evidence.

He said: "While Derrytresk beat us comprehensively on the day, I thought that some of the scenes out there were some of the most disgraceful I have ever witnessed at a football game.

"I cannot understand how the GAA can allow this to happen. There was no security there today for our players.

"Declan O'Sullivan got struck by a handbag and was struck by a Derrytresk supporter as well. That was seen by a steward and the Garda have it documented but I don't think Declan will be doing anything about it.

"The GAA have video evidence available and maybe it's time to use it."

moomoo (Kerry) - Posts: 4023 - 23/01/2012 08:59:56    1098156