‘Mickey Moran is a gentleman who tries to play football the right way’

One former Donegal county man said it this week about Mickey Moran and his spell in the county that brought them to an All-Ireland quarter-final in 2002.

“Mickey was a gentleman, maybe too nice in ways.”

In all likelihood, he was possibly referencing that famous quarter-final. On a scorching hot August Bank Holiday Monday, they played Dublin off the park but could only draw. The replay was set for a fortnight’s time.