On the market: Players to sell face time to highest bidder

THERE are those who say footballers are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers but they equally put them to good use off the pitch.

This Saturday night is no exception and what better cause than a children’s charity and a hospice for the terminally ill.

Cork senior football captain Graham Canty is setting a charitable example by putting himself forward for auction in a fundraising event set to benefit Barnardos and Marymount Hospice.