Everyone must face League pressure cooker head-on

In the middle of December, I spotted the story online about your man, Keval Nakeshree, the fella from Gloucester who placed a £5 bet on Leicester at 1000/1 to be top of the Premier League at Christmas. My heart went out to the poor auld devil at the time. ‘Jeez, what a bet, it’s a pity he’ll come up short’. After Leicester defeated Everton 3-2 on Christmas week, Mr Nakeshree picked up a cool £5,000.

We’ve been laughing at Leicester, and waiting for them to fall all season but who’s laughing now? As an eternal Spurs fan, I’m hoping they will stumble at some stage and leave the door open for us but you have to admire what the Tinkerman and his troops have achieved so far. It has been remarkable.

I saw Ciaran Carey say in these pages on Wednesday that if Leicester can achieve what they have, Kerry can do the same in Division 1B. You cannot compare amateur and professional sports but in the face of Kilkenny’s complete dominance, the Leicester story is an inspiration to every other county trying to forge its way up to Kilkenny’s level.