It was Muhammad Ali who said ” The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym and out there on that road, long before I dance under those lights”. A quote that is particularly apt with tonight’s game. Months and months of hard training have been done and it all boils down to seventy minutes of football.

Here is a look at some of the hard work put in by the Carlow Senior Footballers this year.