"The ball found 'God' and 'God' found heaven"

That was my favourite quote of this weekend and was issued yesterday as Peter Canavan scored a fantastic point from play in the All Ireland Football final held in Croke Park.


Peter Canavan is the one being squashed.

It was one of the better All-Irelands in recent years and you would have to admit that Tyrone were worthy winners. They had to play ten games to reach the final and the sense of hunger and ambition in the team was palpable. It was also a fitting tribute to their late team mate Cormac McAnallen, it was terribly moving to see manager Mickey Harte reduced to tears on live television directly after the game and I'm sure not even the thwarted Kerry fans would begrudge the win to Tyrone.