'I'm filled not with despair and cynicism but with hope and excitement about GAA's future'

By the time you read this article, London’s 2019 senior football championship season may be over. The first round of the All-Ireland qualifiers begins today, and in all but two of the seasons of London involvement, we have fallen at this very hurdle.

And yet, here I am, excited and confident about our trip to face Offaly, in Tullamore, this afternoon. Why, you may wonder? Given our limited resources and the extremely challenging circumstances under which we work, the respect afforded to this team has been overwhelming at times.