Nemo can draw on proud tradition

The numbers don’t lie. Tradition is tradition and Nemo are Nemo.

Since a Barr’s footballer last held aloft the Andy Scannell Cup — Gene Desmond, 1985 — their opponents in Sunday’s Cork decider have won the county championship on 12 occasions.

From the St Finbarr’s team which started their recent semi-final win over Carbery Rangers, only Glen O’Connor, Michael Shields, Robert O’Mahony, and Roy Leahy have county final experience. And not the good kind, either.