Maurice Fitzgerald clearly subscribes to the John Giles view that announcing one's retirement is far too grand and self-indulgent. You keep playing as long as you're needed.
Having guided his St. Mary's Cahirciveen team to the Munster intermediate championship last weekend, Maurice Fitz opted to give at least some of his overworked players a well earned breather.
And, so at the age of 46, and fourteen years after he last togged for Kerry in the senior championship, he came on as a second half substitute against Gneeveguilla in a Division 2 League clash.
Stephen McCarthy of Sportsfile was there.
Inevitably, he donned the traditional garb of the footballer in his mid-40s, namely an imposing knee bandage, although it should be noted that this bandage was not quite as oppressive looking as the one Pat Spillane was forced to wear in the final days of his inter-county career.
Naturally, Cahirciveen won again on a score of 1-14 to 1-7.
