Spa aiming to climb last step

IT’S early in the season, but tomorrow afternoon sees Croke Park house a Kerry-Tyrone All-Ireland football final battle. The best intermediate outfits from both counties go head to head and, in Kerry club Spa, there is a feverish sense of anticipation ahead of the game against Cookstown’s Fr Rocks.

“There is a really great atmosphere here,” says Spa manager Sean Moynihan. “We’ve been waiting for this game with a huge air of expectation. It’s surreal to think it’s here now. We’ve a huge crowd going up to Dublin and we’ve a function organised for the Burlington Hotel on Sunday night. The whole committee from the club have put in a great effort and we’ve 400 tickets sold for that event. It should be a fantastic occasion.”

The pageantry surrounding the game is to be savoured, but Moynihan is adamant their player focus will be on what happens after throw-in at 3.45pm tomorrow afternoon.