A miracle wouldn’t have saved Clare

Kerry 0-32 Clare 0-10: New-look Kerry and new ground broken.

The consensus in the press gantry after referee Barry Cassidy had taken Clare out of their misery and away from the glare of a baying home support was that a Kerry team had never before kicked 32 points in a Championship match. Éamonn Fitzmaurice, too, had never seen as many white flags raised.

It’s similarly unlikely that any other county has ever managed such a points haul at Championship-time. Mind you, we stand open to correction on this one.