Down selector Benny Coulter has urged his county’s delegates to Central Council to vote down both proposals to reform the All-Ireland football Championship with two tiers of competition. I believe that if players have an opportunity to play in a lower tier Championship, they would say to themselves, ‘I will just stick with my club here. After the past year spent assisting Paddy Tally on the Down sideline, Coulter can see the game from both sides now. The amount of Mayo people up around Newry here, the place was buzzing,” Coulter said. “We didn’t get out of Division Three that year and they went on to win the All-Ireland.”

Source: Irish Examiner July 02, 2019 04:52 UTC