The journey of the chosen few

On the morning of a county final you’re in two minds about what to say to a member of the parish’s panel should you bump into one. 

You want to say the right thing: an incisive comment that shows ‘you know a thing or two about the game’ or — although advancing in years — that you haven’t ‘lost touch.’

Ideally, it would be something the player might even quote in the final moments in the dressing room as the team prepares to burst out into the sunshine and the crescendo of noise.