THE TRADITIONAL FINAL – and sometimes fraught – act of the football championship on the Sunday Game is the selection of the Team of the Year along with the show’s crowning of the Footballer of the Year.
This year’s 15-man selection was drawn entirely from the All-Ireland semi-finalists, with Dublin the best-represented with six players, followed by another five from Kerry and a trio from Derry along with one player from Monaghan.
Dublin duo Cormac Costello and Brian Howard were deemed the most unlucky to miss out, with honourable mentions also going to Gavin White of Kerry, Roscommon’s Enda Smith, and Tyrone’s Darragh Canavan.
The Footballer of the Year gong, meanwhile, went down to a choice between two players: James McCarthy and David Clifford. It ultimately went to McCarthy, whom Tomás O’Sé hailed as Dublin’s greatest-ever player.
Sunday Game Football Team of the Year – 2023
- Stephen Cluxton (Dublin)
- Michael Fitzsimons (Dublin) Conor McCluskey (Derry), Tom O’Sullivan (Kerry)
- James McCarthy (Dublin), Tadhg Morley (Kerry), Conor McCarthy (Monaghan)
- Brian Fenton (Dublin), Brendan Rodgers (Derry)
- Paul Mannion (Dublin), Sean O’Shea (Kerry), Paudie Clifford (Kerry)
- David Clifford (Kerry), Shane McGuigan (Derry), Colm Basquel (Dublin)
Sunday Game Footballer of the Year – 2023
James McCarthy (Dublin)
I like GAA too! If only I cold find a way to wriggle out of my PAYE obligations, I could then throw out a bit of the cash I’d save to my pet sport and everyone would say I’m a great fella.
@Hibernicus: There’s always one who has nothing good to say.
@Richard Ford: You misunderstood, I am inspired & keen to emulate the great man!
@Hibernicus: the man owns and runs a Swiss based company where he is clearly doing pretty well. This is also where he pays tax. I appreciate that might be a difficult concept to wrap your head around when you’ve likely spent your life in the one village.
@Hibernicus: . Well then please do your very best to do so. All donations gratefully accepted Hibernicus.
@Hibernicus: typical
@Paul Odeier: succinct!
@Hibernicus:you come across as a great fella.revenue are crying out for great fellas
As I said to Shane below, we are a tax haven. Tax avoidance is the way of the world. We gratefully accept multiple billions from corporations who base their headquarters here to avoid tax. We can’t have it both ways. People be careful not to fall off their high horses.
Fantastic balanced journalism from the headline down, exactly why I decided to pay for a subscription.
I look forward to the day when I can stop paying tax like all the smart people and donate an iPad to the club raffle for a gushing write-up in the local paper.
@Shane Griffin: When are you expecting to become one of the smart people?
@Shane Griffin: how do you feel about the fact that Ireland is a tax haven? Do you think we should send back the multiple billions we receive from tax dodging corporations every year???