Celbridge challenge is to produce 10 out of 10 performance in Kildare football final

It's a spin down the road for Celbridge and Naas to Netwatch Cullen Park for today's Kildare senior football final. Throw-in 4pm.

With St Conleth's Park in Newbridge currently being refurbished, the decision was taken by the Lilywhites board to move the decider outside the county.

Celbridge PRO Niall Lanigan highlighted the "novelty factor" in taking the final to Carlow town, when speaking to RTÉ Sport ahead of the game.

"Our team had a run out at Cullen Park last weekend, so did all the finalists (Allenwood take on Castledermot in the intermediate decider). Playing there then shouldn't be an issue, but it will be the buzz that's generated on the bus journeys down from north Kildare.

"Ourselves and Naas travelling at the same time, that's will only add to sense of colour and excitement. And then there's Kildare legend Johnny Doyle playing for Allenwood at 45. His presence will swell the numbers. Cullen Park holds 11,000; we're expecting an attendance of 8,000.

"In Celbridge town, the flags are out in force, lots of buntings. You'll know that there's a county final on on Sunday.

"For all our fans there is a nervous energy. We've only one Kildare senior title on the board."

That success came in 2008, when a team managed by former Dublin stalwart Barney Rock defeated Sarsfields after a replay. Another final appearance came in 2017, a day when Moorefield edge a tight contest, though Lanigan was quick to share the general "disappointment" of how Celbridge performed over the hour.

"We only lost two points but we didn't do ourselves justice. It was defintely one that got way, a chance to beat one of the big guns from Newbridge."

Sarasfields are the other big gun. With 25 titles they lead the way in the Kildare roll of honour. Neither