The Donegal County Board have tonight hit out at the decision to not grant them a Sunday fixture in the All-Ireland quarter-finals next weekend.
Donegal defeated Louth yesterday but now will have only six days to get ready to face Monaghan after the CCCC fixed the match for Saturday at 4pm in Croke Park.
Jim McGuinness’s team are the only side to have come through the Preliminary Quarter-finals that haven’t been granted at least seven days of a recovery.
Donegal GAA released a statement on the matter this evening saying:
“A spokesperson for Donegal GAA County Board states they formally requested a Sunday fixture in lieu of Saturday for the upcoming
weekend.
“No other county has played as many matches as Donegal in this year’s championship. To compound the physical and mental demands,
those eight games have been played within an 11 week window.
“Match number nine comes this Saturday, less than 12 weeks after playing Derry in the Ulster Championship Preliminary round on April
6th.
“On that basis, We thought it wholly reasonable and fully justified to seek an extra day recovery time for our players this weekend.
“Coiste Chontae Dhún na nGall concludes that it is most regrettable, and very disappointing, that our request has been turned down. We
feel the welfare of our players was not adequately considered in the decision making process.”
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