Seán Kelly: How can we stop the inter-county lion from eating its club cubs?

Thirty-seven thousand feet above the United Kingdom as I flew towards Brussels last Monday morning, I read every word of all six pages in Examiner Sport about the departure of the history-making Dublin manager, Jim Gavin. I was happy for Jim, whom I often met on the same flight as he too winged his way to Brussels as part of his day job over the years. He has ended his spell at the helm of Dublin’s footballers, still at the very top of his game, and is undoubtedly one of the greatest managers that Gaelic Games has ever seen.

I moved through the always-excellent Monday supplement and on Page 12, my eyes were drawn to the heading: “Cash-strapped Cork conjuring ways of wooing back the fans”.