O’Rourke credits Dubs’ Maradona - two

Perhaps, in hindsight, fortune took too many hostages.

O’Rourke credits Dubs’ Maradona - two
Mon, 23 Sep, 2013 - 01:00
Larry Ryan

For the match. For Mayo.

Maybe Michael Lyster called it with his opening prompt. “Are we naïve in expecting a lovely open game of football?”

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