Eamonn Fitzmaurice: ‘It should never have happened’
In the beaten Kerry dressing room afterwards, a bewildered Seamus Moynihan shook his head. “It was like Times Square out there. I don’t know, is that football now?”
The Kingdom, bidding to recover from the 2002 All-Ireland final defeat to first-time winners Armagh, were now facing a ravenous Tyrone side in the 2003 All-Ireland semi- final. Mickey Harte had his side ready to swarm on every Kerry possession, every breaking ball in order to suffocate the favourites and the game. The Red Hand had waited too long and were now determined to play football on their terms. New rules.
