Vincent’s ready to tame Brigid’s and collect 25th title

IF tradition was the chief barometer on which to forecast a result for tonight’s Dublin SFC final then St Vincent’s would take the title without breaking so much as a sweat.

The most celebrated club in the county, thanks to 24 football titles and 13 in hurling, the Marino side has given the GAA some of its most iconic figures in the shape of men like Kevin Heffernan, Jimmy Keaveney, Tony Hanahoe, Gay O’Driscoll, Des and Lar Foley and Brian Mullins... to name but a few.

Their richest seam was struck in the 1950s when they claimed a record seventh football title in the middle of the decade and they famously provided 14 of the Dublin team that won the NFL in 1953.