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Pictured is the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Football Championship Team of the 21st Century who were revealed to the crowd ahead of the senior county final which took place on Sunday at Austin Stack Park.. Front row (L to R) Denis ‘Shine’ O’Sullivan (South Kerry), Killian Young (South Kerry), Kieran O’Leary (Dr. Crokes), Pat O’Sullivan (Chairman, Kerry County Board), Dara Ó Cinnéide (An Ghaeltacht), Brian Looney (Dr. Crokes), Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper (Dr Crokes), Shane Myers (Dr Crokes). Back row (Lto R) Shane Murphy (Dr Crokes), Mike Maloney (Dr Crokes), Eoin Brosnan (Dr Crokes), Bryan Sheehan (South Kerry), Johnny Buckley (Dr Crokes), Declan O’Sullivan (South Kerry), Eamonn Fitzgerald (representing his brother Maurice for South Kerry) and Stephen O’Sullivan (South Kerry.).
GARVEYS Supervalu in association with Kerry GAA, revealed the senior football county championship team of the 21st century ahead of the Kerry senior county final between East Kerry and Mid Kerry which took place at Austin Stack’s Park, Tralee yesterday.
45 players were shortlisted but, as expected, the final fifteen was dominated by Dr Crokes and South Kerry as both teams won a combined 12 county championships over the 22 years.
The sole representative outside of those two teams was Dara Ó Cinnéide of An Ghaeltacht who took the full forward spot, having helped his club to winning two county finals in 2001 and 2003.
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Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper edged out current Kerry star and nominee David Clifford to secure the number 13 position, having won eight county finals over an 18 year period, a record only matched by fellow Dr Crokes man Eoin Brosnan who secured the centre back position.
Team Of The 21st Century
1. Shane Murphy (Dr Crokes)
2. Stephen O’Sullivan (South Kerry)
3. Mike Maloney (Dr Crokes)
4. Killian Young (South Kerry)
5. Denis ‘Shine’ O’Sullivan (South Kerry)
6. Eoin Brosnan (Dr Crokes)
7. Shane Myers (Dr Crokes)
8. Bryan Sheehan (South Kerry)
9. Johnny Buckley)
10. Kieran O’Leary (Dr Crokes)
11. Declan O’Sullivan (South Kerry)
12. Brian Looney (Dr Crokes)
13. Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper (Dr Crokes)
14. Dara Ó Cinnéide (An Ghaeltacht)
15. Maurice Fitzgerald (South Kerry)
The top 15 players that will go into the history books were chosen from the finalists and winning teams from the year 2000 to 2022 by five judges including All-Ireland winning selector with Kerry and three times a county championship winning manager with East Kerry Sean Counihan, former Kerry ladies legends Geraldine O’Shea and Mary Joe Curran, the legendary Eoin ‘Bomber’ Liston and Donal Barry, host of the Radio Kerry’s Terrace Talk.
The Team Of The Century is part of a new marketing campaign by title sponsors Garvey’s Supervalu called ‘Heirs To The Kingdom’ which celebrates the past and present legends of this fabled competition.
Jim Garvey, Director, Garvey Group said, “We are delighted to have brought some excitement beyond the matches themselves to this year’s competition with the Team Of The Century. It is an amazing line-up of household names that made the final 15 and we hope it has created some nostalgia for people as they think back at the great days in Kerry Senior County Championship history that they helped to create.”
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