Gerald Kennedy and Bob Stephens: A Neptune bond forged forever by the shot that rocked the Stadium

Bob Stephens built the 1988 League and Cup champions around Gerald Kennedy and now a long distance friendship endures

Gerald Kennedy’s remarkable three-pointer from the outskirts of downtown won the league for Neptune for the fourth season in a row in 1988, capping a dramatic end to a career as a coach in Ireland for Bob Stephens

It was 10pm in Swords, Co Dublin and 5pm in Atlanta, Georgia.

Gerald Kennedy and his young son Carlos were chilling out on their couch as Wednesday wound down in Ireland and Kennedy’s former coach, Bob Stephens, was rounding out his work day over 6,000kms away.