The Championship game where players almost outnumbered spectators

KILKENNY footballers know their place in the scheme of things.

Clear evidence is in the Kilkenny People and Kilkenny Voice, neither of which carried a single line on their preliminary round clash with London in the Tommy Murphy Cup on Saturday.

Not that any publicity would impact on the attendance in Freshford. A quick hand count registers just 40 people inside the grounds of St Lachtain’s, the club of Kilkenny senior hurling star, Michael Kavanagh.