MICHAEL MOYNIHAN: Late great Heffo was the original football innovator

I remember it like it was yesterday.

MICHAEL MOYNIHAN: Late great Heffo was the original football innovator

It was August 28, 1983, and I was sitting in the covered stand in Páirc Uí Chaoimh ahead of Cork and Dublin’s clash in the All-Ireland semi-final replay.

A great day: contrary to general expectations, the descending hordes in sky blue had not adopted the Genghis Khan handbook on etiquette in new cities; the sun was shining; and Cork were at home.

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