No repeat of All-Ireland as passion play sadly lacking
So, in anticipation of another high-octane game, the crowds turned up to sunny Pearse Stadium in their thousands, the gates thrown open to allow the late-comers free access.
In truth, it was anything but a repeat. Galway had a new keeper in Fergal Flannery, a new centre-back in Joseph Cooney and, in the enforced absence of the suspended Andy Smith and Cyril Donnellan, the unavailability of club-tied St Thomas’s pair David Burke and James Regan, there were several changes from midfield forwards.
