Bernard Brogan: Alan made me player I am today

Bernard Brogan has stated it is “100% fact” that he wouldn’t have emerged as one of the forwards of his generation without the timely interventions of big brother Alan.

Alan, 33, called time on his 14-year Dublin career on Tuesday, leaving Bernard, one of three brothers to have played for the county, as the last man standing in the famous family approaching 2016.

Many believe that Bernard, a former footballer of the year like Alan, is the more effective player of the pair though Bernard himself insisted he owes everything to his sibling.