Leaders emerging for Meath, reckons Andy McEntee

When Gerry McEntee first arrived on the Meath scene as a player in the mid-1970s, he stepped straight into the slipstream of Dublin.

Just like now, Meath found Dublin to be virtually unbreakable in those years and lost five Leinster finals to their neighbours before finally ending a 16-year wait for success in 1986.

By that stage, McEntee was one of the leaders on the Meath team and went on to backbone All-Ireland wins in 1987 and 1988 as the most uncompromising of midfield generals.