Keeper McGhee unfazed by Monday’s date with All-Ireland club history
Fazed? Are you serious? Gareth McGhee seems cool, so cool that this Monday's fixture might could just as well be an early-season challenge match. He has just come in from training, lounging easily in the kitchen of their fabulous new pavilion, arms folded, holding court. Goalkeeper isn't exactly the position most coveted by kids in the schoolyard growing up. Most have to be pressured into the position, persuaded with promises of being allowed outfield 'later', or bribed, or even threatened.
Not so with Gareth. "I was no good anywhere else!", he says with a grin, so which you know it must be a lie. "I always admired Shane Elliott (previous incumbent) when he was in goal, a good keeper you know. I watched him in the club finals, '95, '96, the craic was unbelievable then nobody could believe it, an All-Ireland final. You see it, you want to get to one yourself, and win it. I watched him with Antrim for years as well, just took a fancy to it."
