Tonight's Division 2 clash of Clare and Dublin brings up memories of the 1992 All-Ireland semi-final between the counties.
BEFORE PLAYING IN the 1992 All-Ireland SFC semi-final, the Clare footballers were treated to an unlikely training session in Croke Park.The players had just watched the clash of Donegal and Mayo in the other final-four tie, when they were permitted to step onto the grass in an unprecedented move. Croke Park isn’t normally used for such purposes. Entrance to the pitch is tightly restricted and the facility is mainly reserved for playing matches.
“It was a quick enough turnaround after the Munster final and the celebrations,” McInerney says in conversation with The42 about his memories of Clare’s brilliant season in 1992. McInerney was first drafted into the Clare seniors in 1986, and in 1989, the footballers reached a serious lowpoint when they shipped a 10-point defeat to Tipperary in the Munster championship. In 1990, they welcomed the appointment of Mayo’s Maughan and began the climb again.Force to retire from football at 25 due to injury, Maughan took his first steps into coaching with his native county in 1989, and was part of the backroom team who brought Mayo to the All-Ireland final.
“John was a player’s man. He was there for us and he was one of us. He came in and placed demands on the players and the county board. He wasn’t afraid to call it out if he didn’t think things were going well.” “They had legendary players like Pat Spillane, Jack O’Shea and Maurice Fitzgerald, but again, Noel Walsh fought hard for an open draw and it raised the profile of football in the so-called weaker counties.
“Even seeing the Dublin supporters on the Hill singing their chants was something we’ll never forget.
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