01 October 2004 Galway County board left in limbo Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! Click on masthead to enter web site GALWAY’S Football Board has been left highly embarrassed by the decision of the Connacht Council to reschedule its club championship fixture. A meeting of the Connacht Council’s GAC on Wednesday night opted to put back its entire club championship schedule by two weeks. It followed Tuesday night’s decision by the Galway Football Board not to defer the date of its county final between Killererin and Salthill/Knocknacarra from Sunday because of a clash with Galway’s All-Ireland ladies football final with Dublin in Croke Park. The Galway ladies board and its umbrella authority in Dublin had appealed for a change of date to accommodate supporters wishing to see both games. But the Galway Board stuck to its original schedule to allow time for its champions to play in a Connacht club championship preliminary round fixture against the Sligo champions on October 17. But in a statement yesterday the Connacht Council said it had put back its club fixtures by two weeks to avoid a clash with the Railway Cup games and the International Rules series on October 17 and 24. The meeting of the Sligo and Galway champions will now take place on November 7, five weeks after Sunday’s Galway final. It leaves the Galway Board in an embarrassing position as their football final presses ahead in opposition to the first ladies senior final involving a Galway team since 1975. This article was kindly provided by Colm Keys and The Irish Independent Share this Article 0 0