‘We must bring it up to another level’

SIMPLY saying the names of the counties brings it all back. Cork-Meath. The tight shorts of the late eighties. Sulphurous clashes.

With Billy Morgan and Colm Coyle, pivotal figures in those games, in charge of their respective counties in tomorrow’s All-Ireland semi-final, then surely a lot of pent-up anger from those days will only need a flashpoint.

Er, no. People don’t seem to remember the two teams played in the 1999 All-Ireland final, which didn’t leave any bodies strewn across Croke Park. Nicholas Murphy recalls that afternoon, but even though he’ll see a familiar face at the throw-in, it’s all about this year for the Cork midfielder.