Mayo should dare to be different. But don’t drop the keeper this time

Bottom line up front: We have tried it every other way. 1989. 1996. 1997. 2004. 2006. 2012. 2013, 2016 and now 2017. Let’s dare to be different, says Colin Sheridan.

I made a mistake in 2011, one that has haunted me each September since. A South African buddy was keen to watch his first All-Ireland and so myself and my brother gladly obliged and convened at a speakeasy in Lower Salthill.

We happened upon an actual Dub. At the game’s beginning, we impartially broke things down for our Joburg friend: the history of Kerry-Dublin, the rules of the game, what makes a good pint.