Maurice Brosnan: The mad bastards that are Mayo win the 75-year war

How did you expect it to end? Were this side ever going to follow any set of rules? Pain, a cursed history, the ghosts of heartbreak all around them. Mayo’s destiny was always this. The best way out is always through.

None of the supposed conventions mattered. Lose more kickouts? Fall into a significant hole at the start? A string of wides in the second half when the opportunity was there to really pull clear?

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