Comment: Sunday's game in Croke Park betrayed the GAA

Comment: Sunday's game in Croke Park betrayed the GAA

Make a one-time donation to The DitchI don’t know why this stayed with me. Three years ago and it’s halftime of Newcastle United against Manchester City at St James’s Park. I’m in the East Stand, cigarette smoked, queuing for burgers. A man in his 50s, jersey on, Bruno G(uimarães) on the back, is on the phone. He says, with warmth and wonder, in his lovely Geordie accent, “Maxi is playing out of his skin.” He was right. That first half Maxi, All…