Youthful Crokes aim to upset champions’ historic bid

THEY were underdogs too that day, but victory was the catalyst for a generation of success for Dr Crokes.

“There’s a lot of similarities with that 1986 Co U21 final,” says coach Pat O’Shea, who was corner forward twenty years ago against Castleisland.

“We were a very young side, with a lot of raw talent, and the general view would have been that it was a season too soon for us. Winning (by 1-11 to 2-4) was a huge fillip, because the club had just decided to go it alone in the senior championship.”