Call from Mick McCarthy has lifted Sean Maguire’s spirits

The encouraging phone calls from Mick McCarthy helped, as did the support of his fellow Irishmen in the Deepdale dressing room and the countless monotonous, gruelling hours he has spent in the gym.

But as Sean Maguire looks to restart his English league career yet again, in Preston’s meeting with Swansea this afternoon, there are only two things on the former Cork City favourite’s mind.