Blue collar climax as Mayo’s September misery continues

The case for the defence rests.

Blue collar climax as Mayo’s September misery continues
Mon, 23 Sep, 2013 - 01:00
Tony Leen
Tony Leen

Football not only delivered the summer’s high pulse-rate Croke Park moment at the start of September, it finished it with the All-Ireland champions it deserves.

That’s a good season by most measuring tapes.

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