Comeback kid Lennon walking tall

WHAT a year it has been for Owen Lennon. As 2010 dawned, he thought his playing days were over.

A lot of pain, lonely nights rehabbing and even lonelier nights standing on the side of various pitches watching his Monaghan team-mates training left him feeling down.

The day job was also suffering. The cracked vertebra pushing in on his nerve was hampering his role as a PE teacher in Cootehill, Cavan.