Tribe’s double-barrel blast rocks Kingdom

TWO goals in a minute from Tommy Walsh and Conor Doherty proved the decisive scores in this superb ESB All-Ireland MFC semi-final at Croke Park yesterday.

Kerry had recovered from a disastrous start to lead 0-7 to 0-4 and looked well on their way to their second final in a row, but those goals rocked them back and they never fully recovered.

This was a wonderful game of football played in the proper spirit by two excellent teams, and the real pity was that there weren’t too many people in the ground to see it. Galway deserved their victory if only for their refusal to lie down when Kerry got the upper hand. Their football was magnificent, played with pace and precision and on this evidence they’ll be hard to beat in the final.