Armagh's Peter Loughran NAME: Peter Loughran DATE OF BIRTH: 19-4-78 HEIGHT: 5' 11" WEIGHT: 11st 7lbs CLUB: Carrickcruppin GFC COUNTY: Armagh NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Under 21 Ulster Championship medal (Armagh); Ulster Senior Championship medal (Armagh); U16 All County Championship (club); U16 League medal (club) NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Northern Ireland Boys Club cap (soccer) TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Paul Curran (Dublin) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croke Park HOBBIES: Golf, swimming FAVOURITE POSITION: Right half forward THE WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: Peter Quinn (club mate) MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Coming on as substitute in Armagh v Donegal replay in Clones and being taken off 10 minutes later FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Anthony Tohill (Derry), Padraig Joyce (Galway) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Parents, family and clubmates THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning Ulster Championship 1999 against Down BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Not playing in that match WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Improved insurance for injuries DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Supporters who criticise players. They seem to forget that the GAA is an amateur sport and players do not play bad intentionally RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Mother, brother, uncle, father PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Butch Dingle (Emmerdale) PET HATES: Losing matches, players wearing unofficial football togs or socks during club matches FAVOURITE MUSIC: Pop music FAVOURITE FILM: Titanic WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Spend! Spend! Spend! PERSON LEAST WELCOME AT YOUR HOME: People looking for match tickets IDEAL DATE: Julia Roberts HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: For being successful at gaelic football and being a member of the first Armagh team to win an All-Ireland Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 21st January 2000 Vol 10 No 3 Tweet

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