"I was the shy one, he was the talkative one," Acton told BBC Sport. "We just connected," Dodd added. "We finished junior school and then went to the same senior school, so we literally spent the whole five years [and] school holidays in each other's pockets."
Celebrating 100 years should be a time of celebration, but the reality is the cost of running the club has become extremely difficult. Yes we may get the odd one who comes through and goes on to play for in England under 20 like my son, or Sadia Kabeya who was player of the match in the World Cup final just a few months ago - that's at the very pinnacle.
Unfortunately, our application for a period of grace to fulfil the required criteria for our SFA bronze licence was declined by the SPFL board. On this basis we are not eligible to participate in the pyramid play-off competition.
Waterford put up a strong fight, trailing by nine points at one stage, but ultimately fell short against Clare's impressive performance.