How Midleton - and every club - can keep the show on the road

Liam Ryan, Midleton GAA chairman, is one of those trying to answer the burning questions that affect every club - not just in the east Cork town.

Midleton players celebrate after defeating Glen Rovers in the Co-Op Superstores Cork Premier SHC final at Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Midleton's county final victory last month over Glen Rovers was the club’s first title since 2013.

That victory eight years ago was in turn the first since their glory days of the 1980s and early ’90s — a run of victories that came decades after their previous county titles, back in 1914 and 1916.