Ulster GAA say they “sympathised with Antrim GAA’s scenario” however that the Saffrons should transfer their Ulster Senior Soccer Championship quarter-final in opposition to Armagh to Pairc Esler.
Andy McEntee’s facet have been drawn to be at residence for the last-eight assembly on 12 April however Ulster GAA beforehand said that their Corrigan Park stadium does now meet the “required well being and security normal to accommodate” the anticipated crowd for the go to of the All-Eire champions.
With no different appropriate venue within the county, Ulster GAA stated the scenario reiterates the necessity to resolve the Casement Park redevelopment as “a matter of urgency.”
The choice to stage the sport in Newry was taken at a gathering of the Ulster Competitions Management Committee (CCC) on Tuesday afternoon, ending a month of hypothesis over the venue of the sport.
At a earlier CCC assembly final month, Corrigan Park was the one venue put ahead for the match by Antrim GAA delegates and Saffrons panellist Paddy McBride beforehand informed NEWSTORN Sport NI that if the sport was not held there, the county would “most likely not play it”.
