Meath footballers don’t want 14-year journey to be wasted

It was a touch harsh on Eamonn Barry, Meath’s manager at the time, though the national newspaper headline ‘Barry’s bizarre decisions backfire’ did sum up the confusion felt by some supporters at the time.

Meath were hosting Kildare in a Division 1B Allianz League encounter in 2006 and with 25 minutes on the clock both Joe Sheridan, arguably their best player, and Brian Farrell, who’d just hit 1-1, had been substituted.