Striving to avoid the badlands of relegation

My first experience of Division 1B was Dublin’s opening game of 2013 against Offaly in Parnell Park. 

The game was live on Setanta Sports but it certainly didn’t feel box-office. We struggled. Offaly had a right cut and nearly caught us. From then on, I remember feeling pressure to get the hell out of the division back up to 1A.

Back then, the top two qualified for the final to decide who went up. You knew you could afford to lose one game but I remember being really low the night Limerick beat us in Croke Park.