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17th March 2018
03:35pm GMT

Daithí Burke and Ronan Steede bossed the battle of midfield. When one attacked, the other sat back. When one sat back, he picked out and executed some inviting, defence splitting passes.
Their forwards played with smiles on their faces as they galloped at their will all over the place. Their every dash and move was being picked out by their eagle-eyed teammates, who were straight up to support them once the ball had left their boots.
This was special from Corofin. Every move they made was calculated, every decision was spot on. Everything was so perfect.
Kerry legend Kieran Donaghy spoke for us all when he told of his admiration for each and every Corofin man's delivery on the big day.
https://twitter.com/starryboy14/status/975019284488388609
Their inside line of Martin and Michael Farragher and Ian Burke will probably never play as polished a game again. Martin, who reacted so well to a wrong red card in the semi-final, was on fire. He was Nemo's tormentor in chief. He was the best player on the pitch.
Immediately after the famous triumph, TG4 caught up with the man of the match and moment and he, unable to stop smiling, summed up this outer body experience. Everything Corofin touched turned to gold on Jones' Road.
https://twitter.com/shane147walsh/status/975014726110404608
"It really was, it was one of the best days of my life. It all clicked today, it all came together, it was unreal on the biggest stage of all."That red card against Moorefield is well and truly in the rear view mirror now.
"I can't thank the lads enough. They played a full game with only 14 lads and they came through it. Without them, I wouldn't be here."So selfless but at the same time so deadly. He scored some delicious points but also contributed handsomely to the team ethic that backbones this amazing team. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/975018934830358529 By the day's end, and without a Nemo glove on their pristine kits, they were 2-19 to 0-10 to the good. This was so easy. This is one of the best club football teams we've been lucky enough to see. The bookies, who had both teams priced at even money before throw-in, got it oh so wrong. That's something we don't get to say too often. They had the handicap for this game at -1/+1 both ways. Corofin made a mockery of that with 14 to spare by the time David Gough called the game to a halt. Rarely do they get it so wrong. But they weren't on their own. Many of us thought this would be tight. Maybe Nemo didn't show up, but it's more likely that Corofin just didn't let them. Maybe this Corofin team really are one of the greatest we've seen.
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