Ilen Rovers off the canvass and looking up, not down

“We were maybe too good to go down for a long time, but we didn't have realistic aspirations of winning the county either. There were lots of difficult years and it is tough when you are losing lots of games. We are probably an example of the old structure and it being wrong.” 

Ileen Rovers' Damien O'Sullivan (left) and James Lordan of Ballinora ahead of the McCarthy Insurance Group IAFC final at SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Pic: Jim Coughlan.

THEY'VE swapped post-mortems for a press evening. Out with your September relegation, in with your November ribbons.

The Ilen Rovers freefall has caught a rope. They’re climbing again.