The cool Blue ready for Royal test

HE HAS played in two All-Ireland semi-finals, won three Leinster titles and represented Ireland but the last time Alan Brogan had a problem with nerves was when he walked into St Declan’s school in Cabra to sit his Leaving Cert physics exam eight years ago.

The butterflies he leaves to his dad Bernard who gets more uptight these days watching Alan and Bernard Jnr play than he ever did in the 70s when Dublin football first hotwired itself into the capital city’s collective consciousness.

“My mam is worse. Calling down to the house on the morning of matches can be a bit of a drag because my mam is so uptight,” Brogan laughs.