Delight for ‘Sparrow’ as Kilmallock defy odds

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Delight for ‘Sparrow’ as Kilmallock defy odds
Mon, 20 Oct, 2014 - 01:00
Jackie Cahill

With 10 minutes to go that familiar refrain struck up and you knew that Kilmallock were home.

“Come on you boys in green,” their ecstatic fans bellowed in the 2,910 strong crowd at the Gaelic Grounds.

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