The Kerry midfielder combines a potent centre-field cocktail of brain and brawn — the latter turning him into a genuine engine-room force, writes Mike Quirke

A few years ago, I was captivated by all I could find about the Lance Armstrong controversy.

Dublin v Tyrone

Limerick stalwart John Galvin is thankful for a career that was short of glory but full of honour. He has made peace with the disappointments and is ready to revisit them, writes Kieran Shannon.

He’s always backed himself. So when it came to telling his colourful life and football story, the only person he’d trust to put proper context on all those raucous and riotous moments was his own hand. Galvin In His Own Words. It has bestseller written all over it

ALL-IRELAND SFC QUARTER-FINAL:

Currow 0-13 St Brendan’s 3-13 (AET)

Currow 2-11 St Mary’s 0-14

“Don’t let the game pass you by. Don’t worry about the outcome, worry about the job at hand. What are you going to do? Thinking about winning doesn’t mean you are going to win. Don’t sit back and wait for it.”

All fixtures are tomorrow unless stated

At a get-to-know-you meeting with the media earlier this year, Jim Gavin showed journalists footage of Dublin football from the 1970s and 1980s.

St Kieran’s 2-13 West Kerry 1-12

St Kieran’s 0-20 Kilcummin 0-11

Galway’s Paul Conroy is a perfect example of how inter-county Gaelic football can be a cruel task master.

Seamus Scanlon insists Kerry are too experienced to be distracted from their mission of beating Tyrone in Omagh this Sunday.

There’s a myth Marc Ó Sé would like to dispel but he knows only an All-Ireland title will do it.

HE was described as “a very hard bas***d” last night by his Kerry colleague Paul Galvin, but one of the toughest calls Seamus Scanlon had to make was the weekend decision to walk away from inter-county football at 30.

Seamus Scanlon has played his last game of senior inter-county football for Kerry and will not be part of Eamonn Fitzmaurice's Kingdom panel next season.

Two Offaly football heavyweights met in today’s county SFC final in Tullamore with Rhode pulling through to claim their 25th title, moving them within one of Tullamore on the honours list.

It was back to the grindstone for St Kieran’s on Tuesday evening.

GAA clubs have been warned they are now prime targets for sneaky thieves who are brazenly stealing from dressing rooms while players train.

St Kieran’s 2-11 Kerins O’Rahillys 0-14

After getting their Championship bid back on track against Tyrone, Kerry will unsurprisingly field an unchanged team when they tackle Clare tomorrow in the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

Colm 'Gooch' Cooper will captain Kerry from a new position - full-forward - when they meet Westmeath in the All-Ireland SFC second round qualifiers on Sunday.

It took all the experience of man-of-the-match, Seamus Scanlon, and former inter-county colleague Padraig Reidy to see St Kieran’s over the line against West Kerry in this Kerry SFC losers’ round cracker in Ballymacelligott yesterday.

Kerry star Kieran Donaghy admitted his impressive performance for Austin Stacks in the Kerry senior football championship is a confidence booster ahead of the All-Ireland qualifiers.

Austin Stacks1-14 St Kieran’s1-11(AET)

Flagrant bias! Blazing prejudice! Local radio!

Cork 0-17 Kerry 0-12

IT was difficult to gauge the mood of both sets of supporters leaving Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday. Cork, of course, are bound to be pleased after a comprehensive defeat of their age old rivals, and their first championship win over Kerry in five attempts.

All Star Kerry midfielder Bryan Sheehan has been ruled out of action for five weeks, meaning he could miss the Munster final if the Kingdom get there.

Kerry face Cork in Sunday’s Munster semi-final with 11 of the team that beat Tipperary last Sunday week. Bryan Sheehan has been ruled out with a knee injury, while there’s a recall for Kieran Donaghy, a used substitute in Thurles.

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor has made four changes in personnel for Sunday's Munster SFC semi-final against Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (throw-in 2pm).

Bryan Sheehan is a major doubt for Kerry’s Munster semi-final against Cork tomorrow week.

Moyvane's Patrick Curtin has been rewarded for his consistent league form by being included in the Kerry team to face Tipperary in Thurles on Sunday.

One of Kerry's defensive lynchpins, Marc Ó Sé, will be absent from their side when they tackle Tipperary in Thurles on Sunday.

Colm Cooper makes his first appearance of the year for Kerry as he captains the side against Mayo in Sunday’s Division 1 game in Fitzgerald Stadium.

Colm Cooper makes his first appearance of the year for Kerry as he captains the side against Mayo in Sunday’s Division 1 game in Fitzgerald Stadium.

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor has made seven changes in personnel for their Allianz Football League Division 1 tie against Laois in Killarney on Sunday (throw-in 2.30pm).

Ulster 3-11 Munster 1-15

Munster Council chairman Sean Walsh last night moved to clear up a misunderstanding surrounding the availability of Kerry players for the province’s M Donnelly Interprovincial semi-final against Leinster in Parnell Park next Sunday and described as “unfortunate and disappointing” theunavailability of Tipperary players in the squad due to county trainingcommitments.

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor has made two changes in personnel for Saturday's Allianz Football League clash with Armagh in Tralee (throw-in 7pm).

FEBRUARY gains fall well shortof September losses but what-ever boxes could be ticked for Kerry were ticked. What could be achieved was achieved.