Cavan's Phillip Kermath NAME: Phillip Kermath DATE OF BIRTH: 17-8-73 HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 11st CLUB: Ramor United COUNTY: Cavan NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 5 Ulster Vocational medals; 1 All-Ireland Vocational (Minor Championship county); 1 Feile na nOg All-Ireland medal; Senior County Championship medal, Ramor United INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Athletic Grounds against Armagh 26-11-95 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Club level Sean Cole; County level Mickey Linden (Sean Cole makes my life hell in training) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: St Tiernachs Park, Clones; Casement Park, Antrim HOBBIES: Golf, soccer, music FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre half back, corner back FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Stephen King, Peter Canavan, Anthony Tohill INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Fr Tom McKiernan and my father, football fanatics THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Playing in the Ulster Championship semi final against Down this year (1996) BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing against Down - semi-final (1996). Then losing All-Ireland Vocational Final (2nd) in Croke Park in 1990 against Kerry OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: There are a lot of young promising players on the Cavan panel at the moment from the successful Under 21 team (1996) including Jason Reilly, Dermot McCabe, Peter and Michael Reilly, Anthony Forde etc. WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Greater participation by the linesmen and umpires as in soccer, to combat off the ball incidents etc. DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: There should be great rewards for players after a long years training, even if unsuccessful, it's still a very big commitment DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Family members involved at club level with Ramor United including football and camogie PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: A night on the town with David Jason in 'Del Boy' persona, fabulous character, 'Only Fools and Horses' FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Take it easy' PET HATES: Receiving rubbish mail. Training for football!! WHO WOULD BE THE LAST PERSON YOU WOULD GO FOR A PINT WITH: Mickey Linden, down corner forward. It's bad enough meeting him on the field IDEAL DATE: Andie McDowell HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As the first captain of CAvan since 1952 to lift the Sam Maguire Cup Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 6th December 1996 Vol 6 No 49 Tweet

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