Cooper cuts loose as Dubs fall apart

IF football matches had titles this one would be labelled ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’.

Tue, 04 Aug, 2009 - 01:00
Kerry 1-24 Dublin 1-7 Brendan O’Brien

Or maybe 40. Once Colm Cooper found the Dublin net inside the first minute the realisation dawned that our expectations were about to be shattered.

It was supposed to be the day that we paid our last respects to a great but aging Kerry side, a day when the Dubs ended a 32-year wait for a win over the Kingdom and took the scalp of a ‘top’ side for the first time since 1995.

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CourtsGaaFootballPlace: KerryPlace: Croke ParkPerson: CooperPerson: Colm CooperPerson: John EganPerson: DeclanPerson: Darran O’SullivanPerson: Pat GilroyPerson: Tom O’SullivanPerson: Tomás Ó SéPerson: Darragh Ó SéPerson: Paul GalvinPerson: Declan O’SullivanPerson: Tadhg KennellyPerson: KerryPerson: Tommy WalshPerson: KennellyPerson: Jack O’ConnorPerson: WalshPerson: Paul O’ConnorPerson: Stephen CluxtonPerson: Alan BroganPerson: Diarmuid MurphyPerson: BroganPerson: Diarmuid ConnollyPerson: Bernard BroganPerson: Conal KeaneyPerson: Owen MulliganPerson: C CooperPerson: P GalvinPerson: T KennellyPerson: T Ó SéPerson: P O’ConnorPerson: T O’SullivanPerson: D WalshPerson: S ScanlonPerson: A BroganPerson: B BroganPerson: C KeaneyPerson: B CahillPerson: T WalshEvent: All-IrelandEvent: LeinsterEvent: OscarOrganisation: DubsOrganisation: DublinOrganisation: Kerry
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