Ferbane eventually claimed victory in the Offaly Senior Football Championship semi-final.
"One of those Saturday evenings in O'Connor Park that you'll never forget."
That's how Midlands 103's Brian Gavin is describing the Offaly Senior Football Championship semi-final between Rhode and Ferbane.
Eventually Ferbane emerged from a back and forth contest to dethrone the defending county champions, only to go on to lose the decider against Tullamore.
The final score was 20 points to 1-14 after extra time.
Gavin says the energy of the contest was unique: