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Published 17:10 30 Aug 2021 BST
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Tommy Walsh of Kerry in action against Ronan McNamee of Tyrone during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final at Croke Park. (Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile)[/caption]
In the final throes of an absorbing semi-final, Conor McKenna's dart at the Kerry goal, which earned a 45, looked to have earned Tyrone the win.
McKenna did not score but his effort was deflected out for a 45 that Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan chewed up the clock with before missing with his attempt.
David Coldrick allowed play to restart, even though there were mere seconds to play, and waved play on despite the cynical efforts of a couple of Tyrone players to foul Kerry lads up the pitch. Time had gone past the additional minute of added time, at the end of extra time, but Coldrick was not blowing his whistle.
"I think Coldrick would have given Kerry plenty of time," said Parkinson, "because he was so pissed off with Ben McDonnell for that black card, when he picked up the Kerry player and threw him on the ground. "And then, hilariously, he was sent off. I've never seen that happen before - the ref sent him off without stopping the play. He was like, 'Let's get ye up here and get this equaliser, and we'll all have penalties!' There was that feel about it." "For that reason, I think the ref would have given Kerry a chance to get a shot off."Kerry did get themselves up into scoring range and while they got no clean look at the sticks, Tommy Walsh did get his mitts on the ball some 35 metres out [possibly closer to 40]. It was do or die, but Walsh's effort had neither accuracy nor distance. It was game over.
"From a Tyrone perspective," said Colm Cavanagh, "I was glad to see Tommy Walsh take that shot. "I knew as soon as he out running that loop that it was a very, very tough kick. Running at pace and trying to get a step on someone like [Ronan] McNamee bearing down on him. "I thought, if they had've been cute about it, they could have tried to work it in closer to someone like Sean O'Shea on the ball to finish it, or Stephen O'Brien. Someone who can run it and get a yard, or step, in front. And I'd say it wouldn't have taken very much for Coldrick to give a free to level it up. He nearly wanted to do that. "Kerry had done well to get it back close after going five points down so it was a harsh way to finish. But, from a Tyrone perspective, I can't complain."Tough as it may have been for Kerry to go down swinging, Cavanagh says - as a Tyrone supporter - he was happy that the Kingdom's forward unit lacked composure just when they needed it most.
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