Meath's Fergus McMahon NAME: Fergus McMahon DATE OF BIRTH: 13-4-1978 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 14st CLUB: Ballivor (Football), Kildalkey (Hurling) COUNTY: Meath NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 1 Leinster Junior Football; 2 U18 Leinster Special Hurling; 2 Kehoe Cups; 1 Ryan Cup Hurling; Div 3 League Football; Hurling Scholarship to DCU TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Brian Whelehan (Offaly); Enda McNulty (Armagh) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Pairc Tailteann, Navan HOBBIES: Reading, cinema, socialising FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre forward THE WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: Myself MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Trying to sing after Ballivor won the league(someone spiked my drink) FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Sean Og O hAilpin (Cork), Ian Robertson (Dublin), Maurice Fitzgerald (Kerry) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My father, Meath team 87-88, DJ Carey (Kilkenny), Maurice Fitzgerald THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: To captain the Meath Under 21 footballers this year, winning a medal with Ballivor for the first time ever after ten years of playing BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing to Laois in the last two Under 21 Leinster Championships OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Martin Doran (Ballivor), Shane Ryan (Dublin), Ronan Fitzsimons (Trim) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Allow handpass scores in hurling, introduce the mark in gaelic football from the kick out DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Inconsistent referees, playing hurling in November, December, January and February RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Brothers Ian and Brian both play hurling with Kildalkey FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Ah, jaysus you can't be doing that lads!' PET HATES: Getting out of bed, training in the muck and shit FAVOURITE MUSIC: Country and Irish FAVOURITE FILM: Con Air WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Hire D'Unbelievables to perform live in my sittingroom IDEAL DATE: Michelle Pfeiffer (Siobhan Callagher if Michelle is busy) HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: A hard working centre forward who gave it a good lash! Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 30th July 1999 Vol 9 No 31 Tweet

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