Ambrose O’Donovan: ‘I paint the picture for them. No big fancy words’

All-Ireland-winning captain Ambrose O’Donovan will be perched high in the Hogan Stand on Saturday afternoon in his role as a match analyst for Radio Kerry. Though the Kingdom has been installed as favourites to lift the Sam Maguire, the former midfielder is nervous and wary ahead of the meeting with an old nemesis

Ambrose O’Donovan, who captained Kerry to win the centenary All-Ireland in 1984 pictured at a famous photograph on display in the tunnel at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney this week ahead of the Kerry v Tyrone All-Ireland semi-final. Picture: Don MacMonagle

Outside the county, he’ll forever be the Centenary Captain, the man who lifted Sam the same year Freddie was going Radio Gaga.

Within it, Ambrose O’Donovan is also now known for going all radio gaga himself about Kerry football.