Mickey Harte believes his Tyrone team can spring a surprise in next Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final.

The Red Hands are looking to throw a spanner in the works of Dublin's four-in-a-row bid and Harte doesn't subscribe to the theory that the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

"I don't think we were favourites in '05 against Kerry or favourites in '08," he pointed out to the Sunday Independent.

"We were still the underdog, though maybe not by as wide a margin as perceived now. We're not in new territory - we are where we were in those years.

"The thing is that we aren't being given any hope this time. We would have been given a degree of hope in the previous years against Kerry, whereas we are not being given much chance this time at all in the eyes of many experts.

"But that should not deter us from believing that we can upset the odds, and we believe we can upset the odds.

"Otherwise this won't be a final that people will want to see."

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