Kerry bosses relish special moments to cherish deliverance

The Kerry backroom team had the luxury of enjoying the final moments knowing a long journey had been completed

DELIVERANCE: Kerry Manager Declan Quill celebrates after the final whistle. Pic:  ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Jubilant as they were afterwards, the Kerry management were seeking assurances nobody took offence to their exuberance on the sideline before the final whistle.

If it looked like there was triumphalism on their part as they cheered and hugged their substitutes, it wasn’t intended. Anybody who knows Kerry’s story would appreciate their unbridled delight. Putting right what had gone wrong for them in the past two All-Ireland finals.