And Kerry are the All Ireland champions! That sentence has a familiar ring to it, having been uttered no less than 36 times in the last 110 years.

1913 was no different for the Kingdom who prevailed yet again, beating Wexford 2-2 to 0-3 in the All Ireland final at Croke Park - then known as Jones' Road.

It was also an important year for the iconic stadium. 1913 was the year that the GAA secured full ownership of the Croke Park site after purchasing it from sports journalist Frank Dineen for £3,500.

Financial rewards

Speaking of stadiums, across the water in English soccer newly relegated Woolwich Arsenal were leaving their Manor Ground in order to reap the financial rewards of moving to a brand new stadium called Highbury.

Ironically the same motives were at work when Arsenal decided to leave Highbury for the Emirates 93 years later.

The English Football league had a different look to it back then as Arsenal found out the hard away. The Gunners had just been relegated from the First Division in the 1912-13 season, finishing bottom.

At the other end of the table, Sunderland were the kings of English football, beating Aston Villa by four points. It was the Blacks Cats fifth league title and they would only win one more in 1936.

But Villa got revenge on Sunderland in that year's FA Cup with a 1 - 0 win in the final which was held at Crystal Palace. 

Closer to home the All Ireland hurling championship also had a familiar ending with Kilkenny beating Tipperary in front of 15,000 people at Croker by 2-4 to 1-2, their third title in a row.

That season also saw two sides from outside the 32 counties - Lancashire and Glasgow - reach the latter stages, while Ulster had no representatives.

In rugby, the 1913 Five Nations championship was not a vintage year for Ireland who finished second bottom ahead of France, while England won their first ever Grand Slam.