Tag: Walsh Cup

  • Treat people like fools and you’ll look like one yourself

    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…

  • Early season joy and false dawns

    Early season joy and false dawns

    A well travelled sage of the inter county football scene once dubbed a certain team ‘Kings of the challenge match”! The  meaning was clear, and franked by the fact they once beat a team by 2-16 to 0-00 at a pitch opening. A few months later, those who had been whitewashed sat atop the pile.…