Radio reviews
Former Dublin football manager Jim Gavin. Photo: Sportsfile
One evening about 10 years ago, I was listening to Newstalk’s Off the Ball (Newstalk, daily, 7pm) where Colm Parkinson was grilling Dublin manager Jim Gavin about what sounded to the layman like a terrifying scene at a “friendly” match between Dublin and Armagh, played behind closed doors.
Even Parkinson, no layman himself, but a former Laois county star, seemed concerned as he described injuries received by Dublin’s Davey Byrne which had put the player in hospital – a closed eye, a broken nose and 10 stitches on his forehead.