Leahy hoping for one final surprise

ST FINBARR’S football manager Tony Leahy is disarmingly frank about how he originally saw 2009 unfolding.

He was hoping for consolidation. Now Clonakilty stand between the Blues and a first county title since 1985. “At the start of the year, that was the furthest thing from our minds. We just wanted to get over our first game, against Carbery Rangers, which we did.

“That win secured our senior status for the next two years, which was what we wanted – the last thing we needed was another dogfight.”