Past lives on in Kingdom

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.

He had shown the same clips to his players on becoming manager. He did this to illustrate the county had played high quality football down through the generations and they had a reputation to maintain.

Tradition means a whole pile to Gavin and he is an immensely proud Dubliner.