Semple's Triple Fitzy

29th Jul 2008

Semple's Triple Fitzy
Danny Elbow

If the tannoy at Semple Stadium last Sunday was to be taken as gospel, hurling fans would think that Gerard McCarthy had made some very strange last-minute adjustments to his starting fifteen against Clare.

"Ben O'Connell, Dermot O'Sullivan and Tim Kenny" were among the surprise additions to the Cork team that raised about 35,000 pairs of eyebrows just before the parade.

Admittedly, we could be doing the announcer an injustice with the last faux-pas: his vowel-slender Tipperary accent might have genuinely outputted "Tom" as "Tim" in the same way Kerrymen call Ben O'Connor, "Bin".

KEVIN WHO?
When Joe Deane was called ashore, us Rebels were again sent leafing through our programmes searching for Cork substitute "Kevin Murphy". Whoever he was, his first touch of the ball resulted in a goal so we hope this Kieran 'Fraggy' Murphy impersonator will make an appearance in Croke Park again next Sunday week.

Incidentally, the specific term "a fitzy" has been coined by our Sports Forum users for those who mix up one player with another. A thread entitled the "Niall Fitz Appreciation Thread" (the original 'Fitzy' was committed with Cork hurler Niall McCarthy's name) has received 2,500 replies citing various examples of Fitzys for your perusal.