Glass: 'I had to learn it again, and it took me a year or two'

It's been a tough journey from there to here, from having mastered the oval ball to setting it aside and attempting to do the same with the round size five.

WORTHY WINNER: Derry’s Conor Glass lifts the Division 1 League Cup. Pic: Leah Scholes

The pound-for-pound best footballer in Ireland right now? Conor Glass has to be at the forefront of that conversation.

The thing is, this is a player who was still learning the game just four years ago, returning from Australia and the AFL to a Derry team that was still mired in Division 3, a year after competing in the lowest tier.