Dolan late miss lets Meath off hook
Only Dessie Dolan knows what was going through his mind as he stepped forward to take the free that would have released Westmeath from the hex Meath have held over them for so long.
Dolan was the game's outstanding player. It was his ability, above any other, that engineered Westmeath's stirring fight-back in a match that seemed to have slipped by them at half-time. He scored over half his side's total and created many more of their chances. Yet, with history beckoning him to end the hoodoo, Dolan sliced the free off his boot and watched it float to the left and wide. Dolan's eyes hit the ground, as the talented forward seemed to accept his cruel twist of fate.
