Tag: Paul Murphy

  • Jack staying in his box surrounded by riches

    Jack staying in his box surrounded by riches

    From a neutral perspective, half of you would be saying ‘Damn it, Jack O’Connor is staying put with Kerry for another two seasons at least, knocking them off their f***ing perch isn’t going to be easy’. On the other hand, though, of course he is. Frankly, he’d be insane to vacate the manager’s sideline box…

  • Evolution of Jimmy Ball decides the finalists but the architect misses out

    Evolution of Jimmy Ball decides the finalists but the architect misses out

    There was something very fitting about Rian O’Neill emerging from under the crossbar at the Canal End seconds before David Gough blew for full time. Armagh football pedigrees don’t come more purebred. McConville. Crossmaglen. Besides that though, nobody has typified Kieran McGeeney’s Armagh model more than the fair haired forward. Remember the piece which appeared…

  • Trim gladiators depose Cats under their own tin roof

    Trim gladiators depose Cats under their own tin roof

    Trim… 0-16 Danesfort… 0-15 ‘Into the valley of death they charged, canons to the left of them, canons to the right of them, canons in front of them/Boldly they rode and well’. The above is a quote from The Charge Of The Light Brigade and, to this writer, nothing could summarise the magnificent achievement by…