Numbers lay bare the changing face of football 

Traditionalists longing for someone, anyone, to put their boot to the ball in the 2024 final were consistently left frustrated. 

BOOT TO BALL: Kerry's Eoin 'Bomber' Liston gets his shot away in the 1984 All-Ireland final with Dublin. Picture: ©INPHO/Billy Stickland

A few moments after Aidan Forker's 25th minute point for Armagh in July's All-Ireland football final, Eamonn Fitzmaurice put a positive spin on things.

"We've a great game in fairness," he said on RTÉ TV's broadcast. "It might be tactical, it might be close but there's a lot of good football."