There’s a reason why the football is better in March than June
A full 10 weeks on from the hurling championship exploding from the off with Austin Gleeson’s wonder goal and Cork’s stirring comeback the same day in Thurles, the football championship at last offered up a couple of games to thrill and intrigue the country.
The scoreboard in Croke Park last weekend often resembled one from Thurles or Wexford Park this summer; 1-19 to 2-15, 2-16 to 2-14, 1-20 to 2-10. Mayo-Cork and Monaghan-Kildare in particular was as good as sporting entertainment as you could find on television this weekend anywhere, and would even have rivalled anything on a weekend when there was a hurling game on as well.
