My Club: Kilmacud Crokes

Robbie Kelleher is a former Dublin captain and threetime All-Ireland medal winner

Robbie Kelleher is a former Dublin captain and threetime All-Ireland medal winner. He has been involved with Kilmacud Crokes for 10 years and has managed the senior football team for the last three seasons. Most of his time is spent as economic consultant with Davy, Kelleher and McCarthy Ltd.

Kilmacud Crokes was founded in 1966 when it merged with Crokes GAA Club. The club is based at Pairc De Burca in Stillorgan, with a second ground at nearby Silver Park, and serves the Gaelic community for most of the surrounding South Dublin area.

Membership: Between football, hurling, camogie and women's football, we probably field just over 50 teams. The football teams start at under-nine and go all the way up to seniors.

Status: We're interested in winning everything really, and right now are going in the semi-finals of the Dublin club championship against Ballyboden on Sunday week, and are defending champions in the All-Ireland Club Sevens, which we host on the eve of the football final.

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Honours: The '94/95 season, before I took over as manager, we won the Dublin league, Dublin championship, Leinster club championship and the All-Ireland, while this year and last we won the senior league.

Finest Hour: Winning the league back-to-back definitely stands out, since that hadn't been done before, and the league is won by consistency which is more important than a one-off championship match.

Worst Moment: The club semi-final last year against St Sylvester's was certainly a bad moment, considering we were five points up with five minutes to go and ended up throwing the game away.

Club Hero: No single person here, since the strength of the club is having so many people doing so much and the success doesn't come from certain individuals or groups.

Greatest Rivals: Most of the Dublin clubs, such as Ballyboden or Erin's Isle, are always strong, but our advantage is the depth and quality of players, so that if seven or eight are out injured we will have the back-up to stay competitive.

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics