Everybody loves Raymond as Sligo seal historic title victory

HURLING was in short supply on a football weekend at Croke Park but the brilliance of Keith Raymond did the small game’s stock no harm as Sligo claimed Nicky Rackard Cup honours.

Full-forward Raymond hit a brilliant 1-8, all from play, with some truly stunning scores worthy of a much higher level than the third tier of hurling.

His 17th-minute goal pulled Sligo back to within a single score of Louth who burst out of the traps and led 1-3 to 0-1 after just eight minutes courtesy of Sean Conroy’s goal.