Teddy McCarthy not allowed in for Cork jubilee celebrations

[orangeman]

Corporate GAA.

No way to treat patrons all the same.

[ashman]

Like to see the full facts here before commenting tbh. 

[AZOffaly]

Like to see the full facts here before commenting tbh.

None of that sort of talk!

[Ranga]

I'm surprised Teddy didn't just head to the bar across the road for the day.

[manfromdelmonte]

McKenna is to blame

[armaghniac]

McKenna is to blame

He is, he is the boss. This is well out of order. If you have invited guests then any personnel should send them, even escort them, to the correct entrance if they happen to have gone to the other one. If that requires a master list of the different types of invitations/tickets and entrances then it that should have been provided and it is McKenna's role to organise this kind of thing.

[T Fearon]

Not allowed in? Surely that's not factual.Simple case of the three guys he encountered, probably under enormous pressure to not put a foot wrong,were unsure as to where he should be directed.Not the first Cork midfielder to desert his team mates in a big sporting occasion due to a childish tantrum

[highorlow]

Sounds more like teddy is the one at fault. Where were his old team mates? You'd think they would be hanging around together for a pint beforehand anyhow.

[Wildweasel74]

had a run in with the stewards on the premium level myself this year, i actually think they are stupid and don't be aware of ticket locations. Teddy McCarthy done something special 25yrs when he won hurling and football all-stars in the same year. I thought it be surpassed it hasn't, if he had the right pass and the steward knew this function was on  there was hardly no need to sent him from pillar to Post, i been pissed off too!

[Tony Baloney]

Like to see the full facts here before commenting tbh.

LOL you'll learn 

[T Fearon]

Ah ffs he wasn't recognised,and the stewards were unsure where he should go on the biggest day of the year when there was loads of functions on.Big deal.I remember Colm Mc Kinstry, the Armagh midfielder,turning up at the All Stars do in 1980, and feeling isolated,he was alone and was sure some of his fellow All Stars didn't even know who he was,and Kerry midfielder Sean Walsh read the situation and went over to set him at ease,for which he was very grateful.

Very childish from Mc Carthy,I have to say.

[ashman]

Like to see the full facts here before commenting tbh.

LOL you'll learn 

True .  The Internet is no place for reasoned consideration of facts.

[moysider]

Ah ffs he wasn't recognised,and the stewards were unsure where he should go on the biggest day of the year when there was loads of functions on.Big deal.I remember Colm Mc Kinstry, the Armagh midfielder,turning up at the All Stars do in 1980, and feeling isolated,he was alone and was sure some of his fellow All Stars didn't even know who he was,and Kerry midfielder Sean Walsh read the situation and went over to set him at ease,for which he was very grateful.

Very childish from Mc Carthy,I have to say.

Ah for Gods sake - everybody knew who Colm McKinstry was back in '80. Are you suggesting Armagh should have had a second All-Star to keep him company . Imagine poor Joe McGrath goin up there in '79 on his own Don't know how he managed. The 3 Rossies would have blanked him anyway and sure nobody else would have a clue who he was. I doubt he was ever on the telly.

But you re right. Teddy lost it for some reason and reading between the lines I suspect that he knows he did.
But its the Corks birth-right to throw tantrums. Roy Keane, Stephen Ireland, Dónal Óg e.g.

I had an experience in CP earlier this year. Printed out tickets and print was small. One of the kids got in on an adult ticket by mistake and the missus was stranded with a kid ticket. A couple of mobile calls and stewards arrived at our seats and we sorted the tickets out and the boss was in in no time.

Did Teddy have a bit of 'do you not know who I am' syndrome. If he did he needs to cop on. I saw Jack O Connor in the Cusack restaurant at ht in senior match and I swear some of the Kerry fans didn t give him a second glance.
I doubt Teddy had an ego about him. He had his tickets and all. We re all human and sometimes we get in a strop and another day we wouldn t let similar circumstances annoy us. Being moved from Billy to Jack and back to Billy is annoying. But usually you put up with it. It seems Teddy got annoyed and said a few things and went away in a huff. It can happen.

[T Fearon]

I think in Mc Kinstry's case it was more a case of regular All Stars sticking together,that made him feel out on a limb.

Teddy Mc Carthy's behaviour is unforgivable.Not only abusing the privilege of free access at the highest level to the prime event in the GAA calendar,but he must surely have known that his absence from the parade would have been noticed and the reasons why explored.

While we are all capable of strops most of us calm down and put things in perspective.Mc Carthy's failure to do so,in response even to an Ex President's appeal to him to return,doesn't say much for him I'm afraid.

[armaghniac]

I think in Mc Kinstry's case it was more a case of regular All Stars sticking together,that made him feel out on a limb.

Teddy Mc Carthy's behaviour is unforgivable.Not only abusing the privilege of free access at the highest level to the prime event in the GAA calendar,but he must surely have known that his absence from the parade would have been noticed and the reasons why explored.

On  the contrary, his actions will expose the shoddy organisation at Croke Park that treats with contempt those it purports to honour. The public nature of this makes it likely that something will be done to rectify this.