Kernan warns against segregation
Former Armagh manager Joe Kernan says that the GAA may as well "shut up shop" if they introduce segregation at matches.
Crossmaglen Rangers of Armagh and Dr Crokes of Kerry meet in the All-Ireland club senior football semi-final on 18 February in O'Moore Park, Portlaoise - the same venue that hosted the controversial junior football semi-final between Dromid Pearses and Derrytresk last weekend.
Kernan, who led Crossmaglen to three All-Ireland club titles, says that any moves towards segregation would have a hugely negative impact on Gaelic games.
"The day segregation comes into the GAA is the day you shut the gates. Crowds being able to mingle is what the Association is built on.
"People from England come to watch our games and they admire supporters being able to sit with one another," Kernan said in The Irish Examiner.
"Unfortunately, there have been incidents of late - and I'm sure there have been incidents in Kerry as well as everywhere else - that are regrettable.
"It's certainly not the way we have been brought up. But if we go down the road of segregation the GAA might as well shut up shop," added Kernan.
On Thursday, Dr Crokes clarified that their request for blocks of tickets for the game was to facilitate juvenile members and their families, and not a call for fans to be separated.
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