Arthur Mathews: Portrait of the artist as a League of Ireland fan

Fr Ted writer Arthur Mathews has been going to the Drogs for years. Liam Mackey finds out why. 

Look up the Wikipedia entry for Arthur Mathews and you’ll discover chapter and verse about his stellar career in comedy writing, including co-credits for such luminous achievements as Fr Ted, Toast of London, Big Train, and I, Keano.

Under the heading ‘Personal Life’, by contrast, just this one sentence appears: “Mathews has supported Drogheda United since the 1970s.”