Kingdom on winner since leaving ‘spies’ out in cold

In Pat Spillane’s autobiography Shooting From The Hip, he related how Mick O’Dwyer would deal with rumours of opposition spies attending Kerry training.

Once word had filtered through that there were subversives at Fitzgerald Stadium, the instruction was passed to the players that they should play ‘ground football’ — or soccer — for a while.

Upon his appointment as manager last year, Eamonn Fitzmaurice opted for the nuclear option of closing sessions, barring a few exceptions.