Hoey toasts joy of six and wants Rockmount rookies to savour moment

Veteran captain will play in his sixth FAI Intermediate Cup final at the Cross and hopes that the Keane effect can spur them on

Still standing strong: Rockmount AFC captain Ken Hoey stands for a portrait during the FAI Centenary Intermediate Cup Final Media Day at FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin.

When he delivers his final words in the huddle before Saturday’s FAI Intermediate Cup decider, Ken Hoey will remind his Rockmount teammates of their privileged position.

This will be the 40-year-old’s sixth time to grace the final but many of his contemporaries at elite amateur level over his distinguished career never got to sample one.