I remember many yrs ago attending the 1990 NFL semi-finals and i saw an old man from Roscommon being attacked and mugged on jones road, a sight which I'll never forget, the man looked old ( i was a young lad - so he might have been in his late 50's) he was wearing a suit and an overcoat with one of those paper rosettes, his face was bloodied with a deep cut on his head, the 2 young culprits sped off on their BMX......what annoyed me most was that 2 Guards were in close proximity, never gave chase, just let them go....
Down beat Roscommon with 4 goals with Meath winning the other game, but I'll never forget that incident which happened on the bridge over the Canal on Jones Road....