Sleepless nights and driving doubts all in rearview on Joyce's road to redemption 

I have had a few rough nights at it, and I had a lot of soul-searching," says Galway manager ahead of return to an All-Ireland decider for the first time since 2001 

A long way in a short time: Galway senior football manager Pádraic Joyce at his team's press evening last week ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland senior football final against Kerry in Croke Park. Pic: INPHO/Bryan Keane

John Kiely recently admitted to regularly pacing his back garden during a difficult first year in charge of Limerick.

The county didn’t win a single championship game the summer of 2017, with Kiely spending many an evening doing laps of the backyard while questioning if he was the right man for the job.