O’Brien insists ‘self-belief’ key to famous win

The Ballincollig manager was adamant no one player, no one score or no one miss was responsible in delivering the club its maiden county senior football title. Self-belief had dragged ‘The Village’ across the line. Nothing more, nothing else.
The winners had the “worst possible start” to their first senior final appearance, Carbery Rangers kicking six points on the hop inside the opening 10 minutes. By 22 minutes, the gap had extended to seven, 0-9 to 0-2.