Growing up I wanted to digest anything about sport that I could, from watching games live and on tv, reading the daily paper from back to front and of course tearing into the most recent sporting autobiography to hit the shelves, says Louise Galvin. Over the years, some of the latter have left me a little dissatisfied on reaching their conclusion.

Kerry forward Paul Geaney has labelled their Allianz League clash with fellow basement battlers Down a “four-pointer” that they must win.