Proud to see Delaney as captain of Palace

Congrats to Damien Delaney on captaining Crystal Palace on Alan Pardew’s first Premiership game in charge at Crystal Palace. Also his deserving “man of the match” award.

Damien has his roots in Blackrock and his father Finbarr and uncle Ger have and were heavily involved in sport all their lives.

Douglas, I know, would like to claim him (he played with Avondale United and Cork City) but more important is the fact that another Corkman is playing in one of the top leagues in the world.