Pat Spillane: Footballer, pundit, teacher, father, husband and son

In Pat Spillane's new autobiography, we learn plenty about the footballer and the pundit, but also Pat Spillane the teacher, the father, the husband, the son.

Pat Spillane pictured at the launch of his book 'In The Blood' in Templenoe, County Kerry on Saturday.

During our chat with Pat Spillane over some tea and sandwiches in his home in Templenoe, he makes the kind of declaration we’re long accustomed to from him.

“I was talking to someone the other day about the greatest team of all time. And I tell you this, [Jim Gavin’s] Dublin may be the most successful team ever and probably the best. But, if you were to take one team in one year it has to be Kerry ’79.