Meath All-Ireland winner Paul Shankey: 'Football is gone way too sanitised'

It was the 1992 All-Ireland final and Armagh looked to have the game in the bag.

Trevor Giles was still a minor and came on as a sub in the decider victory over Kerry, who had Seamus Moynihan and Mike Hassett. Darragh O’Se came in off the bench.A new wave was coming to back-up what Shankey’s club mate Brian Stafford - “He put Kilmainhamwood on the map” - had achieved with Meath in the 1980s.The “secret sauce” applied by Sean Boylan, according to Shankey, was making players “mentally believe they can compete” at the highest level.

Shankey was a sub when Meath landed the 1999 All-Ireland title, a fourth Sam Maguire in 13 remarkable seasons for the Royals. Typically, as with the 2010 Leinster final and Joe Sheridan’s late winning goal that should have been disallowed, it was neighbours Louth on the receiving end at Navan in 2002.

“Extra-time wasn’t on his radar. He went for it. Navan was bouncing. It was a great night. Louth felt aggrieved, again. “It seemed to be just a thing that no matter what happened the body language didn’t change. You just kept going. Sean was very central to it.” “Football, you get any sort of physical challenge, it’s a big drama, going to linesmen, umpires. Hurling have a really good rule. It’s only a black card when you are going in on goal.

“They shouldn’t be so quick to hand out yellow cards. Spectators want to see hard hits. This thing of a hand in, hand across the neck and a fella throwing his neck back.

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