McGuinness aiming to tame old pal Hughes

IT will be a childhood friendship lost in the heat of battle, temporarily at least, at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday. Sligo Rovers’ central defender Jason McGuinness will be eager not to give Shelbourne’s 26-goal striker Philly Hughes a kick — as he hopes to avoid getting one back.

Both grew up together on Dublin’s northside, attending the same inner city school. But sentiment will go out the window in another corner of the capital as both look to end their season’s on a high.

“I grew up with Philly and went to school with him in North Brunswick Street while we live in the same estate in Dunard near Dalymount,” explained former Republic of Ireland U21 cap McGuinness.