The big backroom teams driving top clubs to success

While being a tribute to the doggedness and dedication of the players behind Kilcoo’s march to their third Ulster club football final achieved last Sunday with a win over Derrygonnelly Harps, it was also reward for the huge backroom effort that has powered the Down club over the past decade.

With eight senior Championships accrued since 2009, Kilcoo are one of the superclubs dotted around Ireland with outrageous ambitions, though they have yet to break the glass ceiling of winning their own province.