Dad craves Harty glory for son after losing out in 1976

ONE man with more than a passing interest in tomorrow’s Dr Harty Cup final is Michael Power from Waterford, who hopes his son Stephen can succeed where he failed in 1976, when DLS Waterford lost to St Flannan’s in the final in Bansha, 2-9 to 3-4.

Though they lost, Michael recalls that game with great fondness: “No one gave us a chance yet we almost caused the shock of the year. We had a goal disallowed while Flannan’s scored a dubious goal which many people in the crowd felt was thrown into our net rather than hit.

“Like Flannan’s, De La Salle was a boarding school in those days and we got players in from Tipperary, Wexford, Kilkenny and Waterford, four traditional hurling counties, and our coaches Donal Kavanagh, a Kilkenny man from Rower Inistioge, and Mick Golden succeeded in putting a very good team together.