Tag: St Finbarr’s
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Are there rebellious rumblings by the Lee?
Team management has changed beyond recognition since the days of Sean (Boylan) with Meath or Billy Morgan in Cork and ‘Babs’ Keating’s reign over Tipperary. There are few if any capable of embarking on stints of the longevity of those like Kieran McGeeney or Mickey Harte or John Kiely. Even allowing for that, though, the…
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Treat people like fools and you’ll look like one yourself
Exhibit A: Clones, July 1993, what was to become known as the mudbath Ulster (SFC) Final. How St Tiarnach’s Park was ever passed as playable I’ll never know. It can only be assumed whoever arrived at the decision came from a land of draught. Exhibit B: Dunboyne, May, 2002. A hotly anticipated local derby between…
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The oddities of football management in England
A New Year’s Day family gathering – at which there are three televisions on duty – spanning World Championship Darts, a Premier League match and one in the English Championship – is not where you’d expect one of the greatest legends ever to grace the GAA to enter your mind. Now read on… But here…