‘You know, it feels quiet. It’s like wearing a pair of ear muffs for a change, quietens all the noise’
Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney celebrates at the final whistle with Kieran Donaghy after the All-Ireland SFC win over Galway at Croke Park. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
“ ... with faith and belief and hard work, anything is possible,” Forker told one and all from the steps of the Hogan Stand’s VIP area.‘Your strongest steel is forged in fire’: how Armagh used their years of heartache to win Sam MaguireArmagh’s long road reaches prized destination as Galway lose their way
Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney celebrates with his wife Maura, son Cian and parents Pat and Brigid. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho The game itself was typical of Armagh-Galway encounters of recent times. There were days there weren’t even a kick of a ball in it at the end and others when that’s all there were, draws and one-point wins or one-point losses. Always close. And close again.
“And then the last quarter we’ve great legs coming off the bench. Gave a couple of balls away – which will happen when you haven’t won it before. Just that sort of belief, rather than self-sabotage. But brilliant tackle, I think it was by Ben on the far side that turned it over, changed the game.“But they’re the thin margins. On other days we’ve been on the wrong side of it; today we got on the right side of it.
“But in the whole, they did. And once Armagh wanted me about, that was an easy choice. I know what it takes in a small county and a small club to try and win something. It takes a while; it takes a lot of people.”
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