It will be the same old football story this time next year

While some people will really savour the prospect of a ‘traditional’ final between Dublin and Kerry — I’m not one of them.

On Sunday, Kerry will set out to secure their 38th All-Ireland title. Dublin, often portrayed as Kerry’s underachieving city cousins, will be trying to land the Sam Maguire Cup for the 25th time. To date, the two counties have won a combined tally of 61 titles.

To put that figure of 61 All-Ireland crowns into perspective, consider the fact that the total number of titles won by Galway (nine), Cork (seven), Meath (seven), Cavan (five), Wexford (five), Down (five), Kildare (four), Tipperary (four), Mayo (three), Offaly (three), Louth (three), Tyrone (three), Roscommon (two), Donegal (two) and Limerick (two) comes to 64.