But the answer to all that was going on a drink ban for three months. We couldn’t put the ball over the bar, kick-pass the ball straight – and our kick-outs were terrible. We actually coined the phrase, “there is a DB now in operation”. Stuff like that always takes me back to my early club days where drink bans were in vogue. And they’ll have to go back to the drawing board for what rules they put in place for 2025. Nonetheless, I’m putting it out there now that they won’t win anything. Clarinbridge drew up a set of rules for a group of grown men that included, ‘no golf,’ although a club source later said it referred to playing 18 holes on training days and that the charter was player driven. Then there was the famous charter doing the rounds recently – and to be honest I half expected it to end up with “and a partridge in a pear tree.” I didn’t take it seriously at all at the time but it turned out it was genuine enough.

Whatever statement they are trying to make, they’ve just made themselves look silly - extremely silly. READ MORE-'Hurling needs oxygen' - Dónal Óg Cusack criticises GAAGO hurling schedule Maybe it’s Kilmacaud Crokes, of all clubs, ‘unable’ to field in a League final. I’m torn between what my favorite story is. In terms of off-the-field antics, the winter season can throw up the best stories. Thankfully too, for those of us who want to muse non-stop in the off season about the trials and tribulations surrounding the game. One thing you can be sure of is that the GAA will always give us plenty to talk about at this time of year.

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