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All-Ireland winner Bernard Flynn on coach’s ‘brilliant psychology’, a bruising Bettystown encounter and the lesson he learnt from his bold Bad Bobs escapade

Bernard Flynn of Meath in action against Tony Davis of Cork during the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in Croke Park in 1987. Photo: Sportsfile

Star forward Bernard Flynn believes one location was pivotal to Meath’s double All-Ireland-winning team in the 1980s.

Flynn would discover in a brutal way that there were severe consequences if you broke the code that drove the squad with the fervour of medieval monks: “The training in Bettystown was savage. I hated the running sessions. I would always be at the back while fellas lik

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