With one kick they were free. Monaghan have emerged Houdini-like from the bottom of so many rivers – throwing off the chains of relegation – that it’s almost routine. Jack McCarron nailed the 75th minute free to confirm this year’s version.
His team needed the score to beat Dublin, who are now relegated.
The last day of the Allianz Football League season is now an established attraction, its constantly running real-time narratives of success and failure changing as the afternoon progresses.
For instance, the match with the greatest championship significance, Offaly versus Cork in Tullamore, went all the way to the threshold of the final whistle before the visitors overhauled a one-point deficit in injury-time – Cian Kiely and Stephen Sherlock supplying the vital scores.
It leaves the winners with their status in the Sam Maguire c …
- March 28, 2022
