DUBLIN’S JAMES MCCARTHY has been named man-of-the-match from this afternoon’s thrilling All-Ireland senior football championship final at Croke Park.
The Ballymun Kickhams half back led the way for Jim Gavin’s side as they lifted the Sam Maguire for the third successive year, beating Mayo 1-17 to 1-16.
McCarthy produced a colossal and tireless display as he scored two points — the second of which tied the game in the 65th minute — to emerge as the outstanding performer from a truly memorable contest.
The 27-year-old beat off stiff competition from team-mate Dean Rock — the matchwinner — and Mayo’s Chris Barrett among others to receive the accolade from The Sunday Game panel.
“I’m absolutely delighted of course, but more delighted we won the match today,” he said. ”I’m happy out, happy out.”
Do you agree with the panel’s selection?
Man of the Match @JamesyMac26 chats to Michael Lyster. What odds for Footballer of the Year? #RTEgaa pic.twitter.com/mcOcW1oawm
— The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) September 17, 2017
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The FAI would love him..
Sounds a nice lad, but it says a lot about the average footballer that it is so noteworthy
I gave up my seat on the LUAS today. Where’s my bleedin’ article?
It’s not even newsworthy though. Complete non-story.
Some footballers are creeps, many aren’t. They’re just people. In life the silent majority are the ones we most resemble but find boring as media figures. The rest are heroes or villains, whose merits or demerits are exaggerated, mainly because we like it that way. Someone like Aaron Ramsey or David Meyler being a nice bloke isn’t a news story. Someone famous being a tool in a nightclub is.
Louis C K has a routine about giving his first class seat to a soldier. He only thought about doing it, he didn’t actually do it. Despite this he felt very proud of himself for just thinking about it.
Does this not say more about Liverpool as a club that would book them different seats
Wasn’t Ryanair so?
I’m sure the young staff member escorted him to orgasmville later on though.
Liverpool propaganda again.
w@nker giving up his seat
True he’s after digging a hole for himself there as it will be expected every week now..
Blah blah she must have been good looking , only one thing on his mind !
Why not get two first class tickets.
Following in roys footsteps