Derry's Eoin McCloskey NAME: Eoin McCloskey DATE OF BIRTH: 10-6-74 HEIGHT: 5' 11" WEIGHT: 12st 7lbs CLUB: St Canice's, Dungiven COUNTY: Derry NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Football: County Under 16, Minor, Senior Championships; Ulster Minor Club, Ulster Senior Club Championships. Hurling: County Under 14, Senior Championships, 2 Ulster Senior Colleges medals, Colleges All Star 1992 INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: NFL Derry v Antrim TOUGHEST OPPONENT: The ball FAVOURITE GROUNDS: St. Tiarnach's Park, Clones; Celtic Park, Derry HOBBIES: Socialising (mostly), spending money and relaxing FAVOURITE POSITION: Anywhere except goalkeeper! FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Jack O'Shea, Anthony Tohill INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: All of my uncles have been very influential down the years as well as Anthony Burke, Jimmy Sweeney and Liam Hinphey who are all very knowledgeable THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Making my senior debut for Derry, winning Ulster Club Championship in 1997 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing to Corofin in this year's AIB All-Ireland Club Semi Final, a game that we should have won OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Too many to name but the present Derry Under 21s are very promising WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: By implementing the direct pick up off the ground, higher standards of refereeing DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Outrageous prices for championship games. Facilities for injured player DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: My uncles Plunkett, George, Liam and Andy Murphy all played for Derry. Also more recently, cousins Ryan and Paul Murphy and Gareth Murphy PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: George Michael (with a big stick) FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'How's the form, sir?' PET HATES: Nagging, college, bad weather FAVOURITE FILM: In The Name Of The Father IDEAL DATE: Denise Van Outen (Bit Breakfast) HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? To be successful at football and business as well as fun loving person with no enemies Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 24th April 1998 Vol 8 No 17 Tweet

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