Surface tensionsYou probably know the Páirc Uí Chaoimh playing surface yesterday was the subject of much negative comment, to put it mildly. You may not be familiar with the fact that inquiries to the Cork County Board about the playing surface were referred by officials to Peter McKenna, the Croke Park stadium director. Before Christmas, McKenna revealed the size of the Pairc Ui Chaoimh stadium debt to the Irish Examiner; he added that the playing surface “will have to be replaced. - Michael MoynihanStruggling for a footholdKildare’s Cian O’Neill and Cork’s Ronan McCarthy admitted that the poor quality of the Páirc Uí Chaoimh pitch impacted on yesterday’s League tie on Leeside. Said O’Neill: “It wasn’t easy to be as clinical and as fluid in attack because the pitch stopped us from doing that.

Source: Irish Examiner February 04, 2019 04:18 UTC