A different ball game for McGrath as Kilmacud eye final spot

DON’T ask Nicky McGrath how he ended up managing the Kilmacud Crokes senior football team. The guy has simply no idea.

Though he has lived in Crokes’ Stillorgan catchment area for nigh on 25 years, he’s not even sure if he ever kicked a ball in their distinctive purple kit.

Actually, he might have played a county junior semi-final once, but he can’t be sure. The match, whether he played in it or not, is buried somewhere in the mists of time.