Memories for the rest of their lives

by Ivan Smyth news@clareecho.ie

GIVEN the amount of effort put in by St Joseph’s Spanish Point’s senior footballers, winning a national title was “the absolute minimum” that the players deserved.

That was the views of victorious selector Paul Dillon in the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s five point All-Ireland PPS Senior D final win against Ard Scoil Chiaráin Naofa Clara.

He told The Clare Echo, “It’s amazing. In the build up to the game we had said a lot about the work we had put in but to be honest with you it's the absolute minimum this bunch of players deserve so we are absolutely delighted. We knew it was going to be a tough game. A very tough start for us there but I knew when we got them in for half time that we could then start well in the second half which we did”.

This level of work served as a foundation for their storming second half display, Paul noted. “The work rate is something we have emphasised all year. We just wanted them to run in waves at them [Clara]. We knew we had the fitness. We knew we had the