Connor looks for change of fortune

IT’S a seasoned smile Dan Connor wears as he talks about his career. They say football can be a cruel game but the Waterford United keeper has experienced that cruel side more than most.

Such has been the path Connor has taken to tomorrow’s FAI Cup final at Lansdowne Road, lesser souls might have been looking for a different career. It’s a tribute to his persistence that he is 90 minutes away from a cup medal.

Connor is determined his footballing life isn’t condensed into another hard-luck tale of a young Irish lad going across the water only to see their dreams shattered. And his story, while familiar, is a little different.