Clare emerge from the shadows

TWO STATISTICAL anomalies at the end of this game, one as baffling as the other.
Clare emerge from the shadows
Fri, 07 Sep, 2007 - 01:00
Clare 2-10 Galway 0-14, Diarmuid O’Flynn

The first, an announced attendance of 14,551, drew hoots of derision from the bumper crowd who packed every corner of Cusack Park.

The second – how did Clare win this by just two points? Because in truth, and as claimed by manager Tony Considine afterwards and accepted by Galway’s Ger Loughnane, there was much more than that between the teams.

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