Westmeath's Alan Lambden NAME: Alan Lambden DATE OF BIRTH: 27-3-82 HEIGHT: 5' 10" WEIGHT: 11st 12lbs CLUB: Mullingar Shamrocks COUNTY: Westmeath NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Club U14, Br. Hubert Cup. County - Vocational Schools All-Ireland 1999 NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (OTHER): Soccer - U14 Cup winners and League runners up; U15 League and Cup double (Mullingar Athletic); U17 Player of the Year (Mullingar Town) TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Clifford Ryan FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Cusack Park, Mullingar; Dalton Park, Mullingar HOBBIES: Dancing, rollerblading, stamp collection FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre back THE WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: Brother Brian and Greg Gavin MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Missing about 20 sitters against Coole/Whitehall in Intermediate Cup 1999 FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Martin Flanagan (Westmeath) and Darren Tyrrell (St. Lomans) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Colm O'Donovan (trainer) and Clifford Ryan (underage mentor) and father THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning Vocational Schools All-Ireland, being selected as captain for this year's Westmeath minors BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing to Meath in Vocational Schools A first round OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Dave Swarbrigg and Donal Donoghue (Mullingar Shamrocks), Colin Whyte and Gary Glennon (St Lomans) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Should give more reward to players to give youngsters incentive to play gaelic and not other sports DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: They give very little reward to players RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Brothers (Brian and Gary), Mullingar Shamrocks, numerous cousins who play with rival club St. Lomans PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Chief Wigham and Homer Simpson FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Easy now, too Keegan' PET HATES: Smelly feet, mis-kicks and raw rasher sandwiches FAVOURITE MUSIC: Anything from Steps to Nepalm Death FAVOURITE FILM: Seven, Rockey III WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Not do the Leaving Cert IDEAL DATE: Girlfriend Fiona Lyons or Jennifer Lopez HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: Captaining minors to All-Ireland Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 24th March 2000 Vol 10 No 12 Tweet

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