Mr Football expects Clare to take fight to Down

“IF it wasn’t for bad luck, we’d have no luck at all,” was the assessment of Clare’s County Board’s liaison officer with the footballers, Tommy Downes, the county’s ‘Mr Football’.

Drawing both of last year’s All-Ireland finalists in their two games is an honour most sides would shudder at but when you’re struggling in Division Four of the league, it’s a sign that the football gods are against you.

However, in Ennis, anything is possible and when Down come to the town tomorrow afternoon, they will meet a considerable challenge.