‘They’d stick a knife in your head to do it. There is a nastiness there, they’d do anything to beat you’

Tyrone defiance has always manifested most in Kerry’s company

Tyrone's Conor Gormley and Cormac McAnallen tussles with Kerry's John Crowley and Liam Hassett during the 2003 All-Ireland semi-final. Photo: Sportsfile

Colm Keys

Enda McGinley recalled the opening passages of the 2008 All-Ireland final and how it was all going so wrong for Brian Dooher.

“He had four or five possessions early on, and from what I recall, he gave the ball away and got turned over. He was having a ‘mare,” said McGinley. Most ‘unDooher-like.’