Advertisement
There were some hair-raising moments for Joe Brolly in today's semi final. RTÉ screengrab

Brolly: referee gave Mayo a penalty to make up for disallowed goal 'balls-up'

The former Derry player was in full agreement with his RTÉ punditry partner Pat Spillane for once.

IT IS A rare occasion when RTÉ pundits Joe Brolly and Pat Spillane find common ground on a subject. However, the duo were in agreement that Mayo were awarded a soft penalty in the All-Ireland semi final victory over Tyrone.

Alan Freeman slammed home a second-half penalty for Mayo after Colm Boyle was fouled near the 13-metre line. The goal put James Horan’s men ahead for the first time in the contest and they ended up winning by six points despite some lacklustre shooting.

Referee Maurice Deegan had ruled out a Freeman goal when he controversially opted to award a free against Tyrone’s Conor Gormley rather than allow play to develop.

Speaking after the 1-16 to 0-13 Mayo victory, Brolly declared, “After [Deegan] screwed up the goal so badly, Mayo were entitled to get a break… It doesn’t look like a penalty in the first place.”

Spillane commented, “If it was a foul it was clearly outside the 13-metre line… Maurice Deegan was in no place to judge because he was 25 yards behind the [incident].”

image

Boyle goes down beyond the 13-metre line but he may have been tackled before he got there. Credit: RTÉ

Brolly added, “What [Deegan] was trying to do was make up for the balls-up he made in the first half.”

What do you think? Should Mayo have been awarded a penalty?

Mayo make it back-to-back All-Ireland final appearances with win over Tyrone

Jim McGuinness “undecided” on Donegal future

Close
18 Comments
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Eamonn coughlan
    Favourite Eamonn coughlan
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 6:37 PM

    Deegan had to make the decision in a split second those clowns in the studio are able to watch it over and over again in super slow motion brollys an absolute clown

    97
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Derek Gannon
    Favourite Derek Gannon
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 9:32 PM

    In fairness they are right! The ref would have had a chance at half time to look at the disallowed goal plus the complaints by the mayo management team, so obviously the decision he made to rule out a perfectly legit goal would be weighing on his mind. . . Refs are human after all

    40
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Rory McCreesh
    Favourite Rory McCreesh
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 8:51 PM

    Maurice Deegan is the worst ref in the country. Mayo better team but penalty decision was massive, an arrogant man.

    92
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Michael Donnelly
    Favourite Michael Donnelly
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 6:01 PM

    Yes, it was a penalty and even if it wasn’t it’s no more than Tyrone deserve after their disgusting cynical tactics we’ve been subjected to all season.

    79
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Dominic Rafferty
    Favourite Dominic Rafferty
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 6:39 PM

    Are you trying to say there’ll be no more cynical fouling between now and the end of September? Tyrone was not the only team to foul/cynical foul during the championship !

    82
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute James Quinn
    Favourite James Quinn
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 7:51 PM

    Every football game is full of cynical fouling, I dunno why Tyrone are been targeted.

    71
    See 7 more replies ▾
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute 09celts
    Favourite 09celts
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 8:03 PM

    Surely you are contradicting yourself , as well as talking nonsense ,
    You cannot seriously think that because Tyrone fouled or didn’t
    foul in previous games previously , that decides for a penalty later
    on in the season

    28
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Dominic Rafferty
    Favourite Dominic Rafferty
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 8:05 PM

    No body suggested that.

    8
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Derek Gannon
    Favourite Derek Gannon
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 9:33 PM

    Because Sean cavanagh has been so blatant!!

    11
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute James Quinn
    Favourite James Quinn
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 10:55 PM

    He is a great footballer. Did u see him make many cynical fouls today? Looks a long way back for Tyrone, they were well beat in all areas today. Mayo showed a lot of guts after a terrible start.

    23
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Colin McGarrigle
    Favourite Colin McGarrigle
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 11:11 PM

    Totally agree, cynical tackling is part of the game now. How many frees do Mayo/Donegal/Tyrone/Kildare etc concede in their own half forward line when defenders are coming out with the ball?? Tyrone were scapegoated by pantomime ‘analysts’.

    20
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Spoddgy
    Favourite Spoddgy
    Report
    Aug 26th 2013, 11:07 AM

    If you looked the stats Tyrone had fouled a great deal more than anyone else, you make up your own mind after that!

    1
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Ann Forry
    Favourite Ann Forry
    Report
    Aug 26th 2013, 11:49 AM

    It was Mayo last year. Who will it be next year I wonder?

    4
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Paul Madigan
    Favourite Paul Madigan
    Report
    Aug 25th 2013, 6:26 PM

    Them 2 langers wreck my head trying too hard to be like dunphy and Giles even 2 bigger langers

    68
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Gavin Buckley
    Favourite Gavin Buckley
    Report
    Aug 26th 2013, 12:25 AM

    Joe brollys hair is a disgrace !

    35
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute tayto79
    Favourite tayto79
    Report
    Aug 26th 2013, 3:16 AM

    Brolly is bang on. .

    23
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Jigsaw
    Favourite Jigsaw
    Report
    Aug 26th 2013, 12:35 PM

    Brolly only does what’s good for his career on tv. Because of his outburst mayo got a pen and 3/4 soft frees at a critical time.
    The mayo goal would probably not have been scored as at least 1 of the Tyrone pulled out of a tackle when he heard the whistle.

    2
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute The Plath Diaries
    Favourite The Plath Diaries
    Report
    Aug 26th 2013, 1:08 PM

    What do you expect from an idiot like Deegan.

    It was Mayo’s day though, Tyrone were outclassed in second half :(

    4
Submit a report
Please help us understand how this comment violates our community guidelines.
Thank you for the feedback
Your feedback has been sent to our team for review.