‘We’re buzzing to be back up to Senior’ says Carrickcruppen captain Jack Cunningham

“You could see it coming from a mile away that the game was going to go down to the wire,” he said.

“For the last two weeks, we have been saying that this game was going to come down to the last 10 minutes, so we’re happy with how it turned out.”

The conditions meant that one side was at a disadvantage in each half, with Carrickcruppen playing into the strong wind in the first half and St Paul’s playing into it in the second half.

Cunningham described the wind as ‘nearly impossible to play against’.

“Conditions were desperate to be honest,” he said.

“The wind was swirling and for both teams in each half you could see that it was nearly impossible to play against. But we both had to deal with it.”

Cruppen trailed by four points at the break, but knowing that they had the wind advantage, they were content.

“Basically we just had to keep our heads. We knew that the wind was ridiculous, so we didn’t want to start pumping the ball out over the end line.

“So it was ‘keep the heads and get the ball to the shooters’.”

The Camlough men are back up to Senior football for 2025 – and they’ll have their sights set on staying there.

“Definitely,” Cunningham agreed.

“We’re buzzing to have the club back up at Senior football. We’re going to give it another rattle, and we’ll try our best.”