DONEGAL’S TWO-TIME Allstar winning goalkeeper Paul Durcan is set to join Dublin senior football club Ballyboden St-Enda’s.
Donegal News GAA writer Chris McNulty has reported today that Durcan is set to make the move to the club.
30 year-old Durcan is in line to move from his native Four Masters to Ballyboden. He is currently working and living in Dublin.
Durcan is a cousin of current Ballyboden defender Robert McDaid, a member of the Dublin U21 team that won the All-Ireland final last year, and part of the UCD squad that contested this year’s Sigerson Cup semi-final.
The potential availability of Durcan is a huge boost for Ballyboden St-Enda’s. Durcan won Allstars in 2012 and 2014 while he was between the posts when Donegal won the 2012 All-Ireland title.
Ballyboden St-Enda’s were defeated at the semi-final stage by eventual champions St Vincent’s by 1-17 to 1-10 in last year’s Dublin county championship. They last claimed the Dublin senior crown in 2009.
Dublin senior footballer Michael Darragh MacAuley is their best-known player while Dublin senior hurler Conal Keaney is also part of their ranks.
Originally published at 13.04
If that team doesn’t sum up how great a manager Fergie was, then I don’t know what will. The difference between Fergie and all the other top coaches is that he always had a second string of players that were always willing & able to perform for him when called on.
Fletcher, Park, O Shea, Fortune, were the type of player that you knew were going to come in and “do a job” because they has a boss who could manage their expectations.
Most squads now are just full of mercenaries who want to take a pay packet and couldn’t be arsed if they don’t get a run out or not!
Biggest difference is the philosophies of the managers.
And the presence of Paul Scholes
Does anyone know where all these young guys who were on the bench are now??
Matty James is hanging around at the top of the league with Leicester City, although I think he’s injured since last season. Oliver Gill is David Gill’s son and I believe he quit football to go to university a few years back.
Eikrem had a sh*te half season with Cardiff after being bought by Solsjkaer, Cameron Stewart was with Hull for a while but didn’t do much. Went to Ipswich for free last season and is on loan in League 1 now.