fined and put on transfer list
Portadown skipper Kevin Braniff has
been fined and placed on the transfer
list for what the Premiership club has
described as a breach of discipline.
The surprise move comes two days
after the Ports were hammered 4-0
by Ballymena United in the quarter-
finals of the League Cup.
In a newspaper interview, former
club skipper Braniff revealed he had
earlier had a row with manager
Ronnie McFall.
The striker said he felt he had been
singled out by the veteran Ports boss.
Portadown, who were early-season
leaders in the Irish Premiership, have
slipped to sixth in the table following
a poor run of results.
It included a 4-2 defeat at home to
Mid-Ulster rivals Glenavon in a live
TV game and Braniff said he had a
bust-up with manager McFall after
that game.
"We had an argument in the
changing room and, since I started
asking questions about our tactics, it
seems everything has been my fault,"
former skipper Braniff told the
Portadown Times.
"On Tuesday at Ballymena I did not
feel I was the worst on the pitch so
my reaction was out of frustration at
everything.
"Other players are not good enough,
and have not been good enough, but
all the problems suddenly came
down to me.
"I reported for training as usual on
Thursday night but was told a team
meeting would be held and I had to
stay away.
"I have been fined and told to stay
away from the club.
"I love it at Portadown and love
playing for the club, but I do not see
any future with Ronnie McFall as
manager."
A statement from Portadown said:
"Team captain Kevin Braniff has been
made available to other clubs.
"Braniff, one of the most technically
gifted players in the Irish League, is
being made available either in a
straight cash, player exchange or
cash and player deal.
"Although he cannot move until the
January transfer window, the club
are open to offers."
Braniff, 30, has been with Portadown
since December 2006, having started
his career with Millwall, and he is
regarded as one of the Irish League's
most skilful players.
In 2010, he won a senior Northern
Ireland cap under Nigel Worthington,
playing in a friendly against Turkey
in the United States.
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