They could have been in Gdansk...

The GAA stars who passed up on soccer careers cross-channel

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Cathal Naughton (Cork): I started playing with Charleville when I was 8, they compete in the South Limerick league. I played two years Kennedy Cup but got injured the second year when I broke my collarbone playing hurling. After that I got trials with Leeds, Man City and Sunderland but ended up signing for Nottingham Forest when I was 16. I was a left winger and I think the lack of left-sided players definitely helped me. I signed a 3-year contract with Forest but was only there for about a year. To be honest I got homesick, so I came back in 2004 and concentrated on the hurling. I played for a local team Millstreet a couple of years ago in the winter but it was never serious.