STEPHEN BRADLEY has criticised the inclusion of St Kevin’s Boys in the Under-15 national league, which gets underway in a fortnight’s time.

SSE Airtricity League and schoolboy clubs — who had been forced into tie-ins together — are up in arms about the Santry-based nursery’s admission.

1 Shamrock Rover's boss Stephen Bradley Credit: Sportsfile

DDSL set-ups may proceed with legal action next week while Shamrock Rovers boss Bradley is also unimpressed with what has happened.

Bradley said: “I don’t understand what makes one club different from everyone else.

“That’s the way it should have been from the very start and it hasn’t been. If we had have had that, I don’t think these issues would have arisen.

“It should have been open to everyone, if you’re Belvedere, Cherry Orchard, Home Farm, St Joey’s . . . they’ve done really well over the years with the players they’ve produced, they deserved a fair crack at it as well and it doesn’t look that way.”