Mayo's Billy Joe Padden NAME: Billy Joe Padden DATE OF BIRTH: 20-7-81 HEIGHT: 5' 11" WEIGHT: 12st CLUB: Belmullet COUNTY: Mayo NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 1 All-Ireland Vocational Schools title; 1 Connacht Vocational Schools title - senior 1999 inter county; 2 Connacht Junior Vocational Schools title (with school) 1997 and 1998; 1 Connacht MFC medal 1999; 1 Connacht ML 1998; 1 Ted Webb inter county U16 medal 1997 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Paul Coady (Mayo minor centre back) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Town Park, Belmullet, Pairc Ui Chaoimh HOBBIES: Listening to music, TV FAVOURITE POSITION: Left corner forward (but anywhere in the forwards will do) THE WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: My brother David MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Missing a 14 yard free in a North Mayo Final FAVOURITE PLAYERS: James Horan, Liam McHale and Anthony Finnerty INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My family, Joe Earley and St Brendans College, Belmullet THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Captaining Mayo Vocational Schools to an All-Ireland title in Phairc Ui Chaoimh this year BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the All-Ireland Junior Vocational Schools Final 1998 with my school against Boherbue OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Alan Dillon, Gary Dillon (Mayo Vocational Schools and Mayo minors), Shane Barrett (Belmullet) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Set season from March to October DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Lack of expansion, e.g. not allowing players to advertise etc. RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Father Willie Joe, brother David - Ireland U17 International rules goalkeeper, cousins Eamon Reilly - Cavan minor, Paul Kerrigan - London senior football, Karen Toher - London senior ladies, William Togher - Mayo U16 hurler PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: A Mayo man with an All-Ireland SFC winners medal FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'If there's panic, let it be organised' PET HATES: Man United fans and Pat Spillane after a Mayo defeat FAVOURITE MUSIC: Anything from Elvis Presley to Elvis Costello FAVOURITE FILM: There's Something About Mary WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Sponsor the Mayo senior football team and take the Mayo minor team to Ibiza IDEAL DATE: Cameron Diaz HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: An all round nice guy and not a bad ball player either Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 24th September 1999 Vol 9 No 39 Tweet

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