Kerry rivals going for glory

TOMORROW afternoon in Dr Crokes club grounds in Killarney they will don opposing bainisteoir bibs on the sideline for the Corn Ui Mhuirí decider, yet it was on the field that John Flannery and Aidan Moynihan first crossed paths.

Flannery kicked ball for Dingle while Moynihan lined out for John Mitchel’s and they collided in plenty of club games. Their playing careers may now be winding down but their managerial ones have intertwined.

Flannery did his diploma in Coláiste Chríost Rí while training to be a teacher, where he counted Moynihan amongst his colleagues. Now Flannery has gone back to his west Kerry roots, presiding over the fortunes of Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Dingle, while Moynihan holds the managerial reins at Chríost Rí Cork. Both insist that their focus will not be sidetracked ahead of tomorrow’s decider.