Club Championship/Errigal Ciaran v Enniskillen Gaels: Enniskillen Gaels are considering lodging an objection to Sunday's defeat by Errigal Ciarán in the Ulster club championship. The match was a tight, close contest at the end of which the Tyrone champions won by a point, 0-7 to 0-6, but it transpired that one of their players, replacement Damien "Daisy" McDermott, had been shown two yellow cards without being dismissed.

Club chair Frankie Rooney issued a short statement last night after a meeting to discuss the situation: "Enniskillen Gaels are investigating the avenues open to us regarding the two yellow cards issued to an Errigal Ciarán player, which we would consider had serious implications for the result."

If Enniskillen are to take the matter farther they will have to make up their minds to do so before tomorrow, the deadline for objections to match results being three days from the fixture.

The matter will have to be expedited, as Errigal Ciaran are due to play Derry champions Ballinderry in the Ulster semi-final next Sunday.

Television footage shows McDermott being issued with the cards in the 25th and 34th minutes of the match by referee Gregory Walsh from Antrim, yet no red card was shown in the latter incident. Although he was later replaced, the loss to Enniskillen was nearly an entire half with a man advantage.

Earlier yesterday, Enniskillen manager Simon Bradley explained the club's thinking. "We're looking at it in the context of the game. If the second sending-off happened with them leading 2-11 to 0-4 and 15 minutes to go this wouldn't be an issue. But this was the 34th minute of a very tight game.

"If they had gone down a man we would have played a different game and sat someone in front of Peter Canavan. That's the bit that's really hurting us. If you watch the video that's when they go into a purple patch and Damien McDermott made a few runs down the wing.

"I congratulated Errigal Ciarán afterwards and said that the best team on the day had won. I can't say that now because the best team was playing with one man too many for nearly the whole second half."

The match was a scrappy affair with a number of yellow cards, but, according to Bradley, Enniskillen were very conscious of keeping track of the various cautions.

"There were nine yellow cards in the first half. At half-time we were very conscious of that and telling players: 'You're on yellow, you're on yellow, you've been ticked', so that everyone knew where they stood."

The highest-profile precedent for this situation is the Derry-Cork All-Ireland minor semi-final in 2000 when Cork centerfielder Kieran Murphy (the Erin's Own player currently on the Cork senior hurling panel) was shown a second yellow card with seven minutes left in the match, but referee Gerry Kinneavy failed to dismiss the player.

Derry's objection was unsuccessful with Cork arguing that Murphy's first yellow card had been unjustified and adducing video evidence to support the case.

There was considerable ill-feeling in Derry over the refusal to offer a re-match in the circumstances, although in a public statement the Cork county board pointed out that they had never been formally asked for one.

In recent years, however, the GAA at Croke Park level have taken a negative view of the concept of re-matches being offered in various circumstances and Director General Liam Mulvihill has called for the cessation of the practice in his annual report.

Ulster county secretary Danny Murphy was present in Omagh at Sunday's match, but was unable to shed any light on the issue.

"I didn't see anything untoward, although it was a very busy day in the provincial championships so I wasn't giving the game my fullest attention. We'll be waiting to receive the referee's report."

The match against Errigal Ciarán was to have been Bradley's last in charge of Enniskillen.

"I couldn't speak highly enough, not just of the boys that played, but the entire squad has been superb the whole year through. I won't be taking the club next year, I might be helping out with the under-12 team.

"I had agreed a two-year term and that's up now. I think the team needs freshening up anyway so I won't be making myself available to continue, but it mightn't be all over yet."