Tommy Martin: Club World Cup? Even if the players didn't need a break, we certainly do

We badly need a rest from football barging its way into even the biggest weeks in 'other sport'

Chelsea's Levi Colwill holds the trophy after the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG. Adam Hunger/AP

Bloody hell, football, give us a break.

This is, after all, possibly one of the greatest weeks of sport-that-is-not-football in history. It is the week of a properly historic All-Ireland hurling final, the first ever between Cork and Tipperary. What a wonderful thing!