Ill discipline costs Tipp dear in dour defeat

GAA: Allianz National Football League Division 3 Round 3

 

Derry 0-10
Tipperary 0-6

Report: Michael McMullan at Celtic Park

 

MATCH DIGEST

Man of the Match: Ciaran McFaul (Derry)

SCORERS – Derry: Shane McGuigan 0-7 (6 frees); Liam McGoldrick, Niall Keenan, Niall Toner 0-1 each.

Tipperary: Conor Sweeney 0-3 frees; Jack Kennedy 0-2 frees; Kevin O'Halloran 0-1 free.

 

Tipperary's unbeaten start to the National Football League was brought to an end in an dour affair at Celtic Park on Sunday against a Derry team who picked up their first win of the season.

The visitors failed to score from play and were reduced to twelve men for a spell during the second half after red cards for Daire Brennan and Steven O' Brien, on top of defenders John Meagher and Alan Campbell spending time in the sin-bin.

The build-up to the game was dominated by the state of the pitch at the Lone Moor Road venue after it was cut up by Saturday's U20 win over Fermanagh that went to extra time in the driving rain.

An initial pitch inspection, before 9.00am on Sunday morning was followed by a request to Croke Park, who were determined for the game to go ahead, for a second assessment was requested. The surface was passed playable only 80 minutes before throw-in, following the arrival from Mayo of referee Jerome Henry.

Tipperary manager David Power admitted that his side wanted the game to go ahead, rather than face another trip north, but felt the GAA should've made a call on the game on Friday with the storms being forecasted.

 

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