It’s time to push on, says Gilroy

PAUL GRIFFIN had hardly wrapped his mitts around the Delaney Cup when the pitch invaders surrounding the security cordon in front of the Hogan Stand broke into song. “We want Sam,” they chanted. “We want Sam.”

Pat Gilroy wasn’t singing but the lyrics rang a bell.

He could have taken a few hours to wallow in the satisfaction of his first major title as Dublin manager but if he was tempted he didn’t show it.