IF Jim McGuinness and Mickey Harte announced they were going to deliver a lecture on the fundamentals of successful coaching, I would walk over broken glass to hear them.

The Football Review Committee.

People tend to be surprised when they find out I spent four years doing a degree in communication, advertising and marketing.

I was told the story about the day Eddy Young (RIP) decided he was going to stop playing football around 25 years ago and it has remained lodged in my mind ever since.

Then we said goodnight to Broadway

On arriving in Dublin Airport for the All Star trip to New York, I spotted Joe McMahon standing near the check-in desk.

Gambling has received the makeover of the century.

Before gaelic football became gaelic fistball, under-age coaches used to continually inform their young charges that “the ball moves faster than the man”.

One of the longest-serving chairmen in the history of Derry football used to come into the team changing room to make a short speech before every game. His brief oration never changed.

Just over a year ago, Eugene McGee got into a bit of bother with some of the head honchos in the GAA.