Tag: Bekan
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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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Meath look at home in the Dome and record statement victory
Meath… 2-18 Mayo… 1-15 It is said that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Perhaps this is just my overtly superstitious nature at play, but, gut instinct tells me those who are now Shane McCormack’s charges have a feeling of unfinished business from last term that needs attending to. So much has been…
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Cup football still has its value
Mention has been made previously on these pages of how the idea of bucket lists doesn’t sit at all well here. If only because it makes a body think about, well, the journey around this big auld ball. And that’s challenging enough without bringing a stopwatch into the equation. That’s not to say, that there…