Restore Cup to former glory

THE cup we runneth over. Once the pinnacle of every season, the Munster Senior Cup has become a parody of its past, openly mocking its own illustrious history.

Pre-All-Ireland League, clubs played friendlies and provincial league games but the success of their season hinged on their performance in the cup at the end of the season. The same situation applied in every province but it is fair to say the Munster Senior Cup carried a special aura.

There have been many classic cup finals over the years stretching back long before my own powers of recollection.However, I can clearly recall the deathly silence that enveloped a packed Musgrave Park in 1989 as Cork Con's Kenny Murphy slotted the winning kick against mighty Shannon or the inspired display of Sunday's Well which secured an unlikely win over Young Munster in 1994.