Saffrons faced Tyrone in Clones ten years ago.

Ten years ago Bakers Boys faced Tyrone in the Ulster final in Clones. Rank outsiders that day as well the Saffrons put up a brave display, but lost in the end by six points. (we would brobably settle for that tomorrow evening in Armagh)

Here we take a pictorial look back at that hot summer day in Clones, through photos I took for the Ballymena Times, the crowds, the colour, the joy and the heartbreak.

THE FANS

THE FOOTBALL

As the great Kevin Casman once wrote “it ended in defeat of course, as the poets and Gods prefer” but we all had memories to store for life

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