Tony Davis: 'Football is tolerated in a lot of Cork clubs and that’s being nice'

"On the wider scale of things here in Cork it’s well down the line."

'TOLERATED': Cork great Tony Davis feels the big ball showpiece fails to grip Cork imaginations like its hurling counterpart. File pic: Gerard McCarthy

Skibbereen great Tony Davis has a county senior football medal with O’Donovan Rossa from 1992, but in final week he’s acutely aware the big ball showpiece fails to grip Cork imaginations like its hurling counterpart.

Speaking on the Irish Examiner Gaelic Football Podcast about the build-up to Sunday’s final meeting of St Finbarr’s and Nemo Rangers, the former Cork star accepts the buzz is not quite the same as a fortnight ago.