Foley remembers 2011

June 24, 2014

Kildare's Mick Foley
Full back Mick Foley has fresh memories of Kildare's titanic clash with Meath at Navan in 2011.

The Lilywhites came out on top of a breathtaking Qualifier encounter in mid-July on a scoreline of 2-11 to 0-14 and, three years later, Foley will don the No.3 jersey again as the sides meet this weekend for a place in the 2014 Leinster SFC final:

"I'll never forget the atmosphere in Navan that day - the best I've ever experienced," Foley reflects in The Irish Times. "It was one of those games where you just forgot about everything else, and your tongue is hanging out for the whole lot of it.

"Meath threw everything they had at us, and we threw everything we had at them and luckily enough we came out with two points at the end.

"But I just remember being just saturated and physically drained at the end from the actual battle that was involved. Because the crowd was in on top of us and it was just a real rip-roaring championship match and one that really stood out for me.

"I still remember sitting in the dressing room after it just being on a high, and I could imagine the feeling in the opposite dressing room."

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