Kicking the ball.

‘The bicycles go by in twos and threes —

A few years ago the good people in Croke Park got so incensed about one of these columns that they sent a rather spicy letter of rebuke to my newspaper.

At an Armagh training session back in the day, joint-manager Brian McAlinden and Kieran McGeeney ended up glaring at each other.

In the not too distant future both Casement Park and Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be bulldozed to the ground and completely rebuilt.

My first ever training session with the Glen U12s was a slightly terrifying experience.

As the Omagh U21 squad made their way into the changing rooms at Creggan, I jumped to the swift and firm conclusion that they were going to lose their Ulster Club semi-final game against Cullyhanna.

‘Brawl at GAA club game’.

Anyone whose playing career bridged the gap from the 90s to the mid-00s will be able to testify how training sessions changed beyond all recognition.

As a person, Mickey Harte is widely admired for both his compassion and loyalty.