Players of the Faithful

Players of the Faithful is a documentary on Offaly's bid to stop Kerry becoming the first team to win five consecutive All-Ireland Senior Football Championships in 1982.

[2] Players of the Faithful was repeated on RTÉ One on the night of 1 September 2019, following The Sunday Game's highlights of the drawn 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in which Dublin's opponents were Kerry.

[citation needed] The title is a pun both on Offaly's nickname ("The Faithful County") and the series of prayers said by members of the Catholic Church.

The documentary shows how Bord na Móna and the ESB's role in employing young local men during this time led to many footballers for the county to choose from.

[5] It features contributions from five members of the 1982 Offaly team, including goalkeeper Martin Furlong (who saved a Mikey Sheehy penalty) and Séamus Darby (who scored the most famous goal in the sport's history past Charlie Nelligan).