One raking, high delivery into history for Clonmel Commercials

Dressing Rooms No 1 and No 2 are only feet apart at Mallow GAA’s stately Carrigoon complex, but the swing of a left foot yesterday daubed one in black and green despair, and turned the other into forever folk heroes in Tipperary.

Zapruder-like frame-by-frame analysis of Michael Quinlivan’s match-winning goal in deepest injury time is legitimised only because it will continue anyway for weeks, months and years to come. Leaden skies and heavy going, sleeting rain and piercing cold created the perfect club championship backdrop.

Clonmel will always have November 29 in Mallow.