Love of game enough to keep lucky few going on and on...
With the Mayobridge thirds locked in a tight local championship battle, Mickey Linden, at the age of 50, was unleashed from the dugout to score not just two or three but four points from play to seal a 2-11 to 1-8 win over a plucky bunch called Darragh Cross.
A couple of hours down the road in Mullingar, another wonder of the world was stripping off his tracksuit bottoms, there being no phone booths on the sidelines or just about anywhere else these days.
